The ‘Promoting media plurality, balance and media literacy in Central Asia’ project aimed at increasing the resilience of the Central Asian population to external false news and disinformation.

Together with our partners, we provided Media and Information Literacy training of trainers to different types of educators, including high school teachers, university professors and librarians, alongside developing teaching manuals for them to use in their classes.

Achievements

  • 559 educators took part in Media Literacy training of trainers workshops across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (103 university professors, 322 school teachers and 134 librarians).
  • Media and Information Literacy teaching manuals were developed for schools, universities and librarians and are available in Russian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Tajik.
  • In Kyrgyzstan our schools curriculum was accepted by the Ministry of Education and is now taught in schools across the country
  • The online tool Media Sabak is available in Russian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik and Uzbek.

Donors

Partners

Media and Information Literacy