Our Empowering Youth to become Civic Actors (EYCA) project aimed at increasing freedom of expression in Moldova by empowering youth from rural areas to become civic actors. The project provided training to young people in Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and blogging, to encourage them to report on social issues in their local communities.
In parallel the project encouraged local media in the raions to collaborate with young people and local authorities in order to improve their own media content and increased civic dialogue in the rural areas, including through public events on social and political issues.
Achievements
- Over 1300 young people were trained in understanding and reporting on social and political issues through media literacy activities.
- Over 300 media products were created by the young people involved in project training sessions and events and half were published on youth platforms collaborating in the project.
- 2 Moldovan Multimedia Connector events were held for 360 young participants
- 6 Media Tours led by well-known Moldovan bloggers and social media activists were organised for young people across the country.
- 10 city halls have updated their web/social network pages as a result of the project.
- 11 independent local media in different raions across Moldova improved their audience engagement and developed links with young people and local authorities
- 700 people attended public discussions on social and political issues