Global Media and Information Literacy Youth Hackathon
Mentoring Programme Agenda
UNESCO’s 2023 Youth Hackathon, a key element of the Global MIL Week, has drawn worldwide interest, with 95 teams from 40 countries submitting a project on this year’s theme: “Youth powering media and information literacy in digital spaces”.
All the participants were offered a 2-days online mentorship programme on MIL and coding, offered by UNESCO specialists, professors, and international experts.
On 10 October 2023, an international and independent jury selected the four winning teams, one in each category (see below).
On 14 November 2023, during the Youth Forum and as part of the Partnerships Hub, the four winning teams will present their project in UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. Representatives of each team, aged between 20 and 29 years-old, will receive an award for successfully addressing the need of improving MIL in digital spaces.
Game: MIL Justice League, Cameroon
“MIL Justice League: towards a harmonious digital world” is a narrative media and information literacy video game in which a team of MIL superheroes help citizens find solutions to real-life media-related problems and suggest good practices in order to become media and information literate.
Video: Wazobia, Nigeria
The project 'Disagree in Peace' brings together divers artists from different ethnic backgrounds with a vision to educate, inform and create awareness on the depth of hate speech and disinformation spreading across social media spaces and how it affects global peace and unity. If there are no regulations guiding the use of social media spaces and mediums to fact check Information before posting, our mobile phones would soon become weapons.
Application: MILES, Philippines
The Media Information Literacy Empowerment Space (MILES) is a mobile application that targets youth to enhance their media and information literacy skills. It offers bite-sized resources for learning MIL, engaging mini-games to test MIL knowledge, and facilitates collaboration within communities to promote media information literacy. Additionally, MILES provides monthly highlights, including events and campaigns, tailored to support marginalized groups in their journey towards digital empowerment.
Community-based intervention: Youth Media Literacy Ambassadors Program (YMLAP), Jordan
Youth Media Literacy Ambassadors Program (YMLAP): Elevating urban youth as media literacy ambassadors empowers them to educate peers and communities, promoting critical thinking and information literacy through campaigns and events. Our mission is to elevate youth's media literacy, empower all generations, and foster digital confidence.
