Media and Critical Thinking Against Radicalisation Erasmus Project

Project Title

Media and Critical Thinking Against Radicalisation

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

“Media and Critical Thinking Against Radicalisation” (MCTAR) is a youth project coordinated by Euro- Med Eve (Tunisia) in partnership with EN.O Greece, AL-EMAD ALKABEER FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO (Jordan), and Freeminds in Action (Italy). It aims to develop tools and resources to prevent radicalization and fight hate speech in media.MCTAR is thought to be a project to develop further different methodologies and approaches in youth work as a way to prevent and identify radicalization processes amongst youngsters. On the other hand, the project aims to foster youth’s understanding of current topics and foster their critical thinking as a way to become mindful citizens who are able to discern hate speech and negative messages in media and online. The project is divided into two main phases. The first one is devoted to providing youth workers with tools and resources in order to identify risky behaviors and patterns in youngsters that could lead to radicalization. The second phase objective is to engage youth in critical thinking and debate over different topics spinning around the concept of intercultural dialogue and tolerance. On the other hand, youth will get the opportunity to get an insight into creative processes such as photography and videomaking as an alternative way to express themselves and oppose hate speech messages. By sharing these experiences with youth from different countries and cultural backgrounds, youngsters get the chance to share diverse perspectives and learn from each other. In addition, they engaged in the production of several short Vidos that will be presented at a local festival in Nabeul. Throughout the project, several intellectual outputs are to be produced, highlighting, an anti-radicalization toolkit, a field research report on the four communities, OER’s related to the project content and training sessions, photography and videos made during the youth exchanges, and several short films co-produced by the youngsters. All the learning outcomes is available through our website under a creative commons license for free use.The main goals achieved can be divided into three points: 1. Raising awareness about radicalization and hate speech in media. 2. Developing tailored methods for youth workers to address the prevention of radicalization and provide them with tools and resources adapted to each specific context.3. Foster critical thinking amongst youngsters provided them with skills and creative tools as a way to develop counter-narratives.With MCTAR we aimed to provide tools for change, a different approach to youth work, focused on the prevention and identification of youth radicalization processes by promoting the intercultural dialogue and the creation of alternative messages through media tools. MCTAR is a project to overcome mental walls and build up new narratives in contraposition to hate speech.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 137753,12 Eur

Project Coordinator

L ASSOCIATION EURO-MEDITERRANEENNE DES ECHANGES, VOLONTARIATS, EVENEMENTS & Country: TN

Project Partners

• AL-EMAD ALKABEER FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO.
• FREEMINDS IN ACTION
• ENVIRONMENT ONLINE – GREECE