Second European Media and Information Literacy Forum
Peace building, human solidarity and war are all linked to the quality of the information environment (citizens, media, Internet, social media, libraries, citizens etc.) and the values it transmits. The new wave of extremism and gruesome terrorists’ attacks which persists in many regions of the world and more recently in Europe, and the unprecedented migration to Europe, underline the importance of media and information literacy competencies for the information environment. Media and information literacy empowers citizens with knowledge, skills and attitude to critically access information and media, to critically analyze information and media content, and to engage with media and other information providers for social, civic and creative purposes.
The Forum will be one of the key regional prepcom meetings leading up to the GAPMIL Global MIL Week features event, the Sixth Media and Information Literacy & Intercultural Dialogue Conference and the First GAPMIL General Assembly, 3-5 November 2016 in São Paulo, Brazil.
The Forum follows the First European Media and Information Literacy Forum (EU-MILINFO) held in 2014. The usefulness and desire for a collective ownership EMELINFO was reiterated in the First Coordination Meeting of the European Sub-Chapter of the UNESCO-initiated Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy held on 8 and 9 October 2015.
Outcome Document:
- Riga Recommendations on Media and Information Literacy in a Shifting Media and Information Landscape
Opening Speeches:
- Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia
- Guy Berger, Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO
Closing Speech:
Speakers' Presentations:
- Dace Baumgarte, Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association (LIKTA)
- Fabian Franke, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- Divina Frau-Meigs, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Alton Grizzle, UNESCO (1)
- Alton Grizzle, UNESCO (2)
- Mark Higham, Film Literacy Europe
- Renee Hobbs, Media Education Lab, University of Rhode Island
- Baiba Holma, University of Latvia
- Ivana Jeleca, Media Diversity Institute Western Balkans
- Kristina Juraitė, Vytautas Magnus University
- Igor Kanižaj, University of Zagreb
- Maija Katkovska, Latvian Safer Internet Centre
- Emily Keaney, OFCOM
- Sirkku Kotilainen, University of Tempere
- Khaled Koubaa, Arab World Internet Institute
- Andis Kudors, The Centre for East European Policy Studies
- Xavier Landes, University of Copenhagen
- José Manuel Pérez Tornero, Autonomous University of Barcelone
- Victoria Martin de la Torre, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament
- Julian McDougall, Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Bournemouth University
- Toms Meisītis, Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association (LIKTA)
- Manuel Pinto, University of Minho
- Kārlis Podiņš, CERT.LV
- Jukka Relander, EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations)
- Mari Sol Pérez Guevara, European Commission
- Jochen Spangenberg, Deutsche Welle
- Guna Spurava, University of Latvia
- Ilva Skulte, Rīga Stradiņš University
- Paul de Theux, Media Animation
- Ewa Thorslund, Swedish Media Council
- Leena Toivonen, EBLIDA
- Maciej Tomaszewski, DG JUST, European Commission
- Amélie Turet, French Digital Ministry
- Irma Velez, University of Paris Sorbonne
- Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield
- Aidan White, Ethical Journalism Network
- Carolyn Wilson, Western University