{"id":68,"date":"2020-01-27T08:48:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T08:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2020-09-16T08:59:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T08:59:06","slug":"media-winter-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/?page_id=68","title":{"rendered":"Media Winter School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 19-23\nFebruary 2020, a Media Winter School was organized for the representatives of\nthe regional media outlets from Kvemo Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Pankisi\nregions. The main media outlets were selected from each region and their\nrepresentatives were trained on the issues considered especially important in\nthe context of Georgia\u2019s EU integration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it was\noriginally planned, ethnic minorities attended the winter school; for\nthem it was an additional opportunity to share their formal practices on\nhow to bring EU-related information to their language-speaking audience and\nwhat kind of challenges they face. During these five days, participants\ndiscussed various issues. In addition to the training course, they were\ngiven specific assignments, which were successfully completed with all of them.\nIdea behind the assignments was for them to practically understand what they\nmight encounter in their daily activities after returning to work, in addition\nto giving them relevant theoretical knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nsummarize the session, the winter school participants noted that not\nonly formal, but also informal environment was rather interesting and\ninformative for them, as beyond the project, they communicated with\nthe invited speakers during the training sessions, as well as in an\ninformal setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A five-day Media Winter School was organized on February 19-23, 2020 at Hotel Bakuriani Resorts and covered the following topics: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Specifics of Eastern Partnership (EaP) and the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (focusing on human rights and democracy development). \u00a0<\/li>
  2. Strategies of media to provide accurate information and counter anti-EU propaganda: Role of government and media in shaping citizens\u2019 foreign policy preferences; media as an agent of informal education about the EU-related topics; the impact of fake news on the rise of anti-EU attitudes among the population and the media strategies to resist it. <\/li>
  3. Media Democracy: Media as a watchdog of the government; media as a mediator between the government and citizens; ensuring independence, impartiality, trustfulness and accountability of media in the developing democracies.<\/li>
  4. Role of media in promoting multiculturalism and tolerance: Diversity and equality (ethnic, religious, gender) in the context of EU integration; the role of media in overcoming stereotypes (ethnic, religious, gender) and promoting inclusion.<\/li>
  5. Role of local media in the country\u2019s EU integration: Enhancing knowledge and promoting discussions among Armenian, Azerbaijani and Kist ethnic minorities considering the needs of particular target groups. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Winter school program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n