Youth for Free Media Erasmus Project

Project Title

Youth for Free Media

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in neighbouring and enlargement countries

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

Community radios and free media are very rare in Balkan region and Cyprus and that is why we decided to focus on addressing this issue. Community radio, by its definition, should serve to community and be free of political influence – it is alternative source of the information. In chosen partner countries community media and media freedom are at low level. In Balkan region media freedom and involvement of youth in media work is lowest in Europe.By project activities, we will encourage youth to be active participants in communities and to be involved in creating another context of media, which are usually under political influence and give sensationalistic information. Media are not dedicated to youth and to their informal education. Those activities are chosen in order to achieve healthy media envirovement in this part of the Europe. After youth exchange, we expect to have 20 young people with strenghten capacities and knowledges they will transfer in their communities after. Also, they will be included in educational event in their communities and create radio shows and articles. This project is innovative since it is connecting few areas: Connecting region, community media cooperation, educational event and common radio programme. Through all those aspects we will incluence on position of community media in region. We expect to:- Empower youth through educative support, exchange and participation in community media as an alternative source of information in community – Empowerment of community media in region as an tool for alternative source of information and active participation of youth – Promotion of community media and networking among the region as a good advocacy platform for future development of this kind of media in Europe

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 25052,76 Eur

Project Coordinator

UDRUZENJE ZA BRIGU I OPSTA PRAVA DJECE NASA DJECA ZENICA & Country: BA

Project Partners

• UDRUZENJE GRADANA TACKA KOMUNIKACIJE – DOTKOM
• FUNDACJA RADIOKIT
• SDRUZHENIE GLOBOL ORGANIZEYSHAN FOR DIVELAPMANT
• CYPRUS COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER CCMC