Since September 2018, SIMML III aims to strengthen Moldovan’s population’s resilience to fake news, propaganda and manipulation through the media by building media literacy skills, promoting civic interaction and through strengthening local reporting on key national, European and international issues.

Librarians are trained in media literacy skills bringing them to the level where they can run their own MIL activities in the communities. Media corners where citizens can access news and information with guided assistance from librarians have been set-up in partner libraries under a small grants scheme. To improve the quality and quantity of media reporting on social and political issues, we work with Moldovan media to build the capacities of a new generation of journalists through learning-by-doing internships. An important part of our project is to promote civic participation. We combine our media production and media literacy components by organizing public discussion sessions in partnership with local libraries – and the librarians who’ve undergone our MIL training program. Through small grants for regional media, the project aims to support independent regional media and improve quality of their reporting skills.

Timeline

  • Project launch: September 2018 (SIMML III). The SIMML project has been running since September 2014.
  • July 2020: Open source online manual and online MIL toolbox. Institutionalization of MIL curriculum for librarians.
  • September 2019: MIL Training of Trainers for Senior Trainers.
  • On-going: Capacity building for the Moldovan Association of Librarians. MIL outreach events.
  • Ongoing: MIL Training of trainers for librarians. Local workshops run by librarians who received ToT training. Media corners grants for the most active trained in MIL librarians.
  • Ongoing: Small grants for independent media. Learning by doing young journalism train
  • Ongoing: Organization of discussions and awareness raising events around women’s rights, with a particular focus on media literacy vis a vis women’s rights.
  • December 2021: End of the project

Donors

US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)

Partners

Independent Media Journalism trainings Media and Information Literacy Public dialogue Women's rights