Civic Media Engagers

A unique university & NGO collaboration for promoting media literacy among youth.

About the project

Civic Media Engagers project has brought 3 universities and 3 NGOs from Norway, Finland and Romania together with the aim of increasing youth organizations’/youth workers/educators’ capacity and skills in the field of media literacy for young people, for promoting democratic values and inclusion, and increasing young people’s civic engagement.

To reach these goals, we will develop the following innovative educational resources and publications:

Outcomes

Project milestones

December 2020

We got the good news from Aktiv Ungdom for the Erasmus+ financial support. 

January 2021

We have officially started the project.

March 2021

We had our first project meeting, of course online

April 2021

We had our first transnational meeting and project management meeting online. We had to keep it online due to Corona situation. 

October 2021

We will have our second transnational meeting and project management meeting, which is originally scheduled to take place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 

Who is behind the project?

Our story started in 2019 with a creative friends talk and the project has been put into action with participation of the inspiring people from University of South Eastern Norway (coordinator), University of Helsinki, Babes Bolyai University, Fundatia Danis, The Finnish Society on Media Education (Mediakasvatusseura), and  Norsensus Mediaforum. We had also financial support of Aktiv Ungdom Erasmus+.

Meet the team

Blog

You will hear 👂 all updates and news from the team here:

Contact us

Having any question, idea or feedback? We always get happy to hear from engaged and curious people. You can directly write by filling out the contact form or contact our local representatives. 

    Finland 🇫🇮

    Contact: University of Helsinki
    Contact person: XXXX
    E-mail: XXXXXX

    Contact: The Finnish Society on Media Education (Mediakasvatusseura) 
    Contact person: XXXX
    E-mail: XXXXXX

    Norway 🇳🇴

    Contact: University of South Eastern Norway (USN)
    Contact person: XXXX
    E-mail: XXXXXX

    Contact: Norsensus Mediaforum, University of Helsinki
    Contact person: XXXX
    E-mail: XXXXXX

    Romania 🇷🇴

    Contact: Babes Bolyai University
    Contact person: XXXX
    E-mail: XXXXXX

    Contact: Fundatia Danis
    Contact person: XXXX
    E-mail: XXXXXX