Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2021 Feature Events Registration

Monday, 25 October 2021

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - High-level Opening Session: Placing Media and Information Literacy on the International Development Agenda

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. (CEST) - High-level First Plenary Session: Advancing regional cooperation on media and information literacy

Tuesday, 26 October 2021

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (CEST) - Plenary Session: Leave no one behind in media and information literacy: Mobilising resources for real impact

11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (CEST) - Plenary Session: State-linked response on media and information literacy policies and strategies

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 1: Media and information literacy: an enabler for media viability and digital platforms' transparency

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 2: Media and information literacy for people with disabilities

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - Closed Session: Second United Nations Roundtable on media and information literacy

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (CEST) - Plenary Session: Dialogue on an international multi-stakeholder framework for private/digital platforms to promote media and information literacy (policies and programmes)

11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 1: Media and information literacy for global citizenship and addressing digital transformation

11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 2: Early and late starters: Media and information literacy for children and elderly

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 1: Presentation of the Global Media and Information Literacy Youth Hackathon winners and outcomes

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 2: UNESCO MIL Alliance and MIL and Intercultural Dialogue University Network (Awards and Dialogue)

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. (CEST) - Plenary Session: Disinformation about scientific facts: media and information literate responses

Thursday, 28 October 2021

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (CEST) - Plenary Session: Africa Agenda 2063: Media and information literate citizens as change agents (a focus on media and information literacy in Africa)

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - Plenary Session: Media and information literate youth for a better future

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 1: Media and information literacy within youth organizations: Good practices and innovative approaches

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 2: Media and information literacy knowledge development and international cooperation: Youth as leaders and partners

Friday, 29 October 2021

11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 1: Media and information literacy to help secure safety of journalists

11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 2: Cultural expression and freedom of expression: Bridging the gap with media and information literacy

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 1: A festival of media and information literacy teaching ideas: Communities of practice

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST) - Parallel Session 2: Media and information literacy in journalism and journalism education

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. (CEST) - Plenary Session: World Cities Day meets Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2021: MIL Cities to address climate misinformation

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. (CEST) - Launch of the Global Recommendations on Media and Information Literacy Curriculum Development Guidelines

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Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2021 Feature Events Registration