Global MIL Week 2019 around the world

Global MIL Week is worldwide. We invite stakeholders around the world to organize online/offline local events or activities related to MIL in their community or region, taking place around the period of Global MIL Week in October/November 2018. What can you do to promote MIL? How can you make MIL happen where you live, study or work?

Celebrate with us! Tell us how and where you promote MIL. Showcase your MIL event on our map!

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List of Celebration Events

Africa

Café Com' Média
26 October 2019
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

OPEN ACCESS WEEK 2019 COTE D'IVOIRE
18 – 22 November 2019
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Kenya

Digital Citizenship Summit
10 – 12 October 2019
Nairobi, Kenya

Mauritania

محو الأمية الرقمية من خلال أدوات الويب
27 October 2019
Nouakchott, Mauritania

Nigeria

Using Social Media as a Tool for Learning among Young People
7 – 10 October 2019
Katsina, Nigeria

Empowering and engaging students on media and information literacy
24 – 25 October 2019
Jos, Nigeria

COMMENCEMENT OF AFRICAN MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS IN AFRICA
24 – 27 October 2019
Uyo, Nigeria

Literacy Day
27 – 28 October 2019
Lagos, Nigeria

Data Management in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
24 – 30 October 2019
Abuja, Nigeria

Media and Information Literacy as a tool to counteract online hate Speech
6 – 10 October 2019
Kano, Nigeria

Tanzania (United Republic of)

AL MEDIA AND INFORMATION LIITERACY WEEK FOR TANZANIA
24 – 31 October 2019
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (United Republic of)

Uganda

MOBILIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTHS
26 October 2019
Soroti, Uganda

Zambia

Breaking down fake news to promote a media literate society.
28 – 31 October 2019
Kitwe, Zambia

Arab states

Jordan

Media Literacy for Youth - Amman
24 – 26 October 2019
Amman, Jordan

Tunisia

Using Technology for an Effective Citizenship to achieve the rights of persons with disabilities
21 – 22 June 2019
Ben Arous, Tunisia

Importance des médias et de l'information dans la vie locale
24 October 2019
Medenine, Tunisia

Yemen

Photo Exhibition “HUMAN OF TAIZ”
29 – 31 October 2019
Taiz, Yemen

Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week
1 November – 1 December 2019
Dharmar, Yemen

Asia Pacific

Armenia

Media and Information Literacy Week: MIL Days in Armenian Schools
28 October – 8 November 2019
Yerevan, Armenia

Media literacy week in Armenia
1 – 8 November 2019
Yerevan, Armenia

Australia

Mysteries of MIL Revealed
10 – 20 October 2019
Hindmarsh, Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/education/media-literacy/
21– 25 October 2019
Australia (online)

Newseum Ed's Fighting Fake News webinar for Australian teachers
23 October 2019
Australia (online)

Bangladesh

Global MIL day celebration
10 – 20 October 2019
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2019
24 – 31 October 2019
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Media Literacy Masterclass at the ABU RadioAsia Conference
29– 31 October 2019
Dhaka, Bangladesh

China

An Unprecedented Crisis: Post-truth
26 – 27 September 2019
Kaifeng City, China

India

International Youth Forum India 2019
24 October 2019
Chennai, India

#GlobalMILWeek- Global MIL Week 2019 by SocialGoodSummit supporting “STI for ensuring inclusiveness and equality”
25 – 26 October 2019
India (online)

Understanding Gender Stereotypes created by the media
25 – 30 October 2019
New Delhi, India

Digital Technologies and Artificial intelligence for Cities and Citizens Development. An Engineering Perspective
26 October 2019
Hybderabad, India

Empowerment of Citizens using Digital technologies
30 October 2019
Visakhapatnam, India

Make Yourself "Gopal"
30 October – 5 November 2019
Lucknow, India

Language Resources Release during Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2019
31 October 2019
Bhubaneswar, India

Indonesia

Class of Bandung School of Peace Indonesia
6 July – 26 October 2019
Bandung, Indonesia

Islamic Republic of Iran

Open Science and Open Access Publishing: Equity in Open Knowledge
21 October 2019
Terhan, Iran

Media and Information Literacy Seminar: Media and Information Literate Citizens
22 October 2019
Terhan, Iran

Open Science and Open Access Publishing: Equity in Open Knowledge
23 October 2019
Ahvaz, Iran

Israel

Information Literacy week for fresheners (both students and teachers) of High school at Hebrew University
2 September – 29 November 2019
Jerusalem, Israel

Japan

The Citizenship Education of Digital Era
9 November 2019
Fujimi (Tokyo), Japan

Kazakhstan

Media and Information Literacy Week 2019
24 – 31 October 2019
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Media and Information Literacy Day
25 October 2019
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

MisInfoQuest
24 – 27 October 2019
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Korea (Republic of)

Media Literacy Workshop for Global Citizenship(October, 2019)
4 – 5 October 2019
Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

Kyrgyzstan

Annual school media forum for the best media corners'
5 November 2019
Osh, Kyrgyzstan

The first Central Asian Media Information Literacy Conference #CAMILCon 2019
15 – 16 November 2019
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Mongolia

LET’S JOIN THE “SHARE THE POSITIVE” NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
1 – 31 October 2019
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Mongolia: Media and Information Literacy Week
24 – 31 October 2019
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Pakistan

MIL conference on psycho-social well-being of journalists
26 June 2019
Punjab, Pakistan

Interactive Session on MIL for Students
25 October 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan

Youth Awareness Campaign on Media and Information Literacy
24 – 31 October 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan

Philippines

Komunikathon – An Inter-School Digital Hackathon
12 – 13 September 2019
Manila, Philippines

MILYA-MILYA (Media and Information Literacy Youth and Community Approach)
22 – 23 October 2019
Mandaluyong, Philippines

#ThinkFirst: Championing Media and Information Literacy in the Philippines
23 October 2019
Manila, Philippines

Singapore

"We Think Digital" for mothers
31 October 2019
Singapore, Singapore

Tajikistan

Media and Information Training for Journalists
26 – 27 September 2019
Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Thailand

UTCC Library MIL Week 2019
24 – 31 October 2019
Ratchadaphisek (Bangkok), Thailand

Uzbekistan

VIII National Information and Library Week "INFOLIB-2019"
28 October – 3 November 2019
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Latin America and the Caribbean

Barbados

PSA Training for FYE Peer Mentors at UWI, Cave Hill Campus
25 October 2019
St. Michael, Barbados

Fake News and Social Media: Challenges or Opportunities for Democracy in the Caribbean Panel Discussion
13 November 2019
St. Michael, Barbados

Brazil

II Soeitxawe - II International Congress of Scientific Research in Amazonia
12 –15 October 2019
Cacoal, Brazil

Difusão online de publicações sobre Educação Midiática
24 – 31 October 2019
São Paulo, Brazil

How not to be fooled by Fake News
24 – 31 October 2019
São Paulo, Brazil

Workshop: Praxis info-docente: Actividades de aprendizaje paradesarrollo de habilidades informativas en estudiantes
24 October 2019
Florianopolis, Brazil

Keynote Talk: Habilidades informativas en tiempos de cambio
25 October 2019
Florianopolis, Brazil

MIL Day São Paulo - Compartilhando experiências e práticas de Letramento midiático e Educação
29 October 2019
São Paulo, Brazil

Artificial Intelligence: Tool to deconstruct cultural barriers and build MIL citizenship
25 October 2019
São Paulo, Brazil

Digital Citizenship: governance and citizenship in the Platform and Blockchain Age
29 October 2019
São Paulo, Brazil

Workshop: MIL and Audiovisual Production
1 October – 26 November 2019
São Paulo, Brazil

V Forum de Competência em Informação do Rio de Janeiro
7 November 2019
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

14 Abralin em Cena: Fake News e Linguagem [Fake News and Language]
21 – 23 November 2019
Campinas, Brazil

Colombia

Educational campaign: Take control
1 – 31 October 2019
Pereira, Colombia

Hackathon! News Outlets for Indigenous Youth
28 – 29 October 2019
Bogotá, Colombia

Dominican Republic

Workshop "Media and Information Literacy to combat disinformation"
30 – 31 October 2019
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Haiti

Role of civil society organizations in access to public information
26 – 27 October 2019
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Jamaica

Unlocking Caribbean Memory: Uncovering New Records, Discovering New Archives.
29 – 31 October 2019
Kingston, Jamaica

Mexico

MACCS Digital Citizenship Event
25 October 2019
Albuquerque, Mexico

Media Literacy Event: making discourses and practices evident
29 October 2019
Zapopan, Mexico

Cultura informativa:Fomento cognitivo en el aula de competencias mediáticas e informacionales
30 October 2019
Lima, Mexico

Forum for the Promotion of Scientific Literacy
30 October 2019
Zapopan, Mexico

El papel de la escuela frente al derecho a Internet y el Open Content: Wikipedia, Creative Commons y CommonLit
31 October 2019
Zapopan, Mexico

Peru

MIL DAY AYACUCHO
26 October 2019
Ayacucho, Peru

Trinidad and Tobago

Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Session
30 – 31 October 2019
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Venezuela

Ciudadanos en la Era Digita: Informados, Comprometidos y Empoderados
28 October – 1 November 2019
Caracas, Venezuela

Europe

Albania (Republic of)

MEDIA REGULATORS AND MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY (MIL)
23 – 25 October 2019
Prishtina, Albania

Open Lecture on Media Literacy
28 October 2019
Prishtina, Albania

Austria

Media Literacy Awards Ceremony
23 – 25 October 2019
Vienna, Austria

Media Education Experts’ Conference 2019
24 October 2019
Vienna, Austria

Belgium

La Semaine Numérique
14 – 25 October 2019
Bruxelles, Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The role of MIL-Empowered Engaged Citizens in process of regulation and self-regulation of media and content
24 October 2019
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Panel discussion entitled 'Media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue'
24 October 2019
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The role of MIL-Empowered Engaged Citizens in process of regulation and self-regulation of media and content
24 October 2019
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Media for Citizens - Citizens for Media project supporting Global MIL Week
24 – 31 October 2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina (online)

Media education in kindergarten
26 October 2019
Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Workshop for students on the topic "Importance of media literacy and media influence: timing, type, significance and intention"
30 October 2019
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION for teachers
24 – 25 October 2019
Stubičke Toplice, Croatia

Media literacy - a trend or a necessity? /Medijska pismenost – trend ili nužnost?
29 October 2019
Zagreb, Croatia

Czech Republic

Wise and Inventive ScreenAgers
31 October 2019
Brno, Czech Republic

Finland

Media and Information Literacy: Current needs, future perspectives
14 – 25 October 2019
Helsinki, Finland

Towards Digital Wellbeing
31 October 2019
Helsinki, Finland

France

EMI (MIL) Day – Journée Médias et Education citoyenne
7 – 8 October 2019
Vannes, France

UNESCO Side-Event – MIL and Games in the Digital World
14 November 2019
Paris (UNESCO HQ), France

Greece

International networking initiative between the International Children and Youth Film Festivals
24 – 31 October 2019
Athens, Greece

Global Media and Information Literacy Week, 2019 - Wise and Inventive ScreenAgers actively celebrate
31 October 2019
Makrychori, Greece

Event "The Media in Education" on the publication of the collective work "Media Literacy: In Search of Its Meaning and Function"
31 October 2019
Athens (Attiki), Greece

Our media choices
6 – 7 November 2019
Athens (Elliniko), Greece

3rd Greek Media Literacy Week
9 – 15 November 2019
Athens, Greece

Social Media Awareness Campaign by EKOME SA
24 – 31 November 2019
Athens, Greece

Italy

Can a photography speak?
28 October 2019
Curtatone, Italy

BiblioVerifica suggest Metaliteracy #MOOC for #MIL
31 October 2019
Ariccia, Italy

Information Literacy as a cross competence
13 November 2019 – 28 May 2020
Bologna - Cesena - Forlì - Ravenna - Rimini, Italy

Luxembourg

Assises de l'Information Jeunesse (Youth Information Congress)
24 – 25 October 2019
Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Netherlands

Dutch Media Literacy Week
8 – 15 November 2019
(All over the) Netherlands

Learning Innovations and Quality (LINQ) 2019
22 November 2019
Roermond, Netherlands

North Macedonia

Media Literacy Days 2019
22 October – 15 November 2019
Skopje, North Macedonia

Moldova (Republic of)

The Awarding Ceremony of the Multimedia Connector for Youth Contest
29 October 2019
Chisinau, Republic of Moldava

Montenegro

MIL Week 2019 - Montenegro
30 October 2019
Prishtina, Albania

Romania

Media Literacy -CTMC
24 October 2019
Roman, Romania

Media Literacy - How to be an Informed Citizen
25 – 30 October 2019
Toplița, Romania

Media Education Workshop
27 October 2019
Bucharest, Romania

"Arts+" Magazine
28 – 30 October 2019
Iasi, Romania

Media_Literacy_Week@CNLR - Să fii educat media este cool!
29 October 2019
Bistrița, Romania

Power of information
30 – 31 October 2019
Turda, Romania

Wise and Inventive ScreenAgers
31 October 2019
Tulcea, Romania

Read between the lines
31 October 2019
Buzău, Romania

Global warming and fake news
31 October 2019
Satu Mare, Romania

Russian Federation

Media Literacy for Bachelors
22 October – 2 November 2019
Perm, Russian Federation

Serbia

Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers International Consultative Meeting
12 – 13 September 2019
Belgrade, Serbia

Learn to Discern Training
30 October 2019
Bujanovac, Serbia

Spain

Taller de Noticias Falsas (Fake News)
21 October 2019
Telde, Spain

Jornades del Dia de la Diversitat - Diversity Days Workshops
21 – 24 October 2019
Barcelona, Spain

Charla de Uso Responsable de las TIC
22 October 2019
Arucas, Spain

Charla de Uso Responsable de las TIC
23 October 2019
Telde, Spain

Jornada "La biblioteca escolar. Espacio detransformación y encuentro
24 October 2019
Oviedo, Spain

Alfabetización mediática e informacional
24 October – 14 November 2019
Badajoz, Spain

Charla: Información y desinformación. AMI
28 October 2019
Badajoz, Spain

Charla de Uso Responsable de las TIC
29 October 2019
Vega de San Mateo, Spain

Sweden

Evaluate, and create messages in a variety of forms
23 April – 4 September 2019
Vaxjo, Sweden

Global MIL Week 2019 – Feature Conference
24 – 26 September 2019
Gothenburg, Sweden

Global MIL Week 2019 – 4th Youth Agenda Forum
26 September 2019
Gothenburg, Sweden

What everyone needs to know about games MIL-day about games and gaming
31 October 2019
Gothenburg, Sweden

Switzerland

Semaine des médias à l'école en Suisse romande
25 – 29 November 2019
Geneva, Switzerland

Turkey

Information Literacy: From Past To Present Panel
24 October 2019
Ankara, Turkey

WISE&INVENTIVE SCREENAGERS
31 October 2019
Manavgat, Turkey

Information Literacy Workshop
7 – 11 November 2019
Kırşehir, Turkey

Ukraine

Media lesson "Young and media literate people"
5 October 2019
Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Media Literacy for Senior Citizens Focus group
23 October 2019
Mykolaiv, Ukraine

"Practical Media Literacy" (training for students)
24 October 2019
Uzhhorod, Ukraine

Тиждень медійної грамотності "Медіаграмотність - інформаційна безпека суспільства"
24 – 31 October 2019
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

Media Literacy
24 – 31 October 2019
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Media Literacy and Fact-checking Workshop for Journalism Students
25 October 2019
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

Make media literacy a part of your lifestyle !
26 October 2019
Odesa, Ukraine

Information literacy training for librarians
28 October 2019
Dnipro, Ukraine

Developing Critical Thinking through Cultural Awareness
29 – 31 October 2019
Kharkiv, Ukraine

Photo-mediaproject “QR in History”
30 October 2019
Sloviansk, Ukraine

Role of Media in International Politics
30 October 2019
Odessa, Ukraine

Training “Media Literacy for Senior sitizens”
30 October 2019
Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Watching and discussing the feature American movie "Switching Channels"
30 October 2019
Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Movie Time "Brexit"
3 November 2019
Poltava, Ukraine

"Я - інформація. Я потребую перевірки"
31 October 2019
Kharvik, Ukraine

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Emerging directions for information literacy research and practice
28 October 2019
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Developing Digital Fluency with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms
31 October 2019
Coventry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

World Conference on Online Learning 2019
4 – 7 November 2019
Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

North America

Canada

Canadian Media Literacy Week
7– 11 October 2019
Montréal-Nord, Canada

MIL among immigrant families for a healthy city
26 October 2019
Montréal-Nord, Canada

MediaSmarts Break the Fake Campaign
1 October 2019– 1 March 2020
Ottawa, Canada

United States of America

National Media Literacy Week - Library Books & Resources
1 – 31 October 2019
Richardson (TX), United States of America

Film, Media & Digital Literacy in Academic Libraries
21 October 2019
United States of America (online)

Exploring Media Literacy in the Age of Disinformation
21 October 2019
Detroit (MI), United States of America

Free Facilitated Online Course for Teachers on Finding & Evaluating Information
21 – 27 October 2019
United States of America (online)

Media Literacy Minor Reception & Information Session
21 October 2019
Ithaca (NY), United States of America

Media and Information Literacy Beyond Borders
21 October 2019
Old Westbury (NY), United States of America

Cedar Crest College’s 8th Annual Media Literacy Week
21 – 24 October 2019
Allentown (PA), United States of America

News-O-Matic Features on Media Literacy for Students in Grades K-8
21 – 25 October 2019
New York, United States of America

Deepfakes & Disinformation: New Challenges for Media Literacy
22 October 2019
Baton Rouge (Louisiana), United States of America

Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse: Film Screening & Discussion
22 October 2019
Eugene (Oregon), United States of America

Exploring Media Literacy in the Age of Disinformation
22 October 2019
New York, United States of America

2019 NCSS/NCGE/TXCSS Annual Conference
22 – 24 October 2019
Austin (TX), United States of America

“Covering or Not Covering the Green New Deal: The Responsibility of Journalism in a Time of Climate Crisis"
23 October 2019
Eugene (MA), United States of America

Three New Free Media Literacy Lesson from Project Look Sharp
24 October 2019
Ithaca (NY), United States of America (available online)

Q&A with Jean Kilbourne
25 October 2019
United States of America (online)

Exploring Media Literacy in the Age of Disinformation
25 October 2019
Eagan, United States of America

VIDEO ROUNDTABLE: What is Youth Media?
25 October 2019
United States of America (online)

Power, Politics, and Production: Creating Media to Teach Media Literacy
25 October 2019
Newtown (Pennsylvania), United States of America

5th Annual U.S. Media Literacy Week
21 – 25 October 2019
United States of America

USI Media Literacy Week
21 – 25 October 2019
Evansville, United States of America

Rocky Mountain College-English 328, Digital and Media Literacy-Short Video Series
23 October 2019
Billings, United States of America

The Children's Media Association and NAMLE Kidfluencer Workshop
23 October 2019
New York, United States of America

Killing Us Softly Screening and Discussion
23 October 2019
New York, United States of America

MASCLab Research Demo: Game-Based Approaches to Media Literacy
23 October 2019
New York, United States of America

PBS Media Literacy Educator workshop
23 October 2019
New York, United States of America

Conversation with Danny Homan (Senior Writer at Gearbox) about Video Game Writing
24 October 2019
Utica (NY), United States of America

Media Hub: Screening & Discussion of "The Great Hack"
24 October 2019
Kalamazoo, United States of America

360 Live Event From Cedar Ridge HS Hillsborough, NC
24 October 2019
Hillsborough (North Carolina), United States of America

Nobias discussing how to identify bias in news articles
25 October 2019
New York, United States of America

Free Spirit West Lab- Media Literacy Week
28 – 31 October 2019
Chicago (Illinois), United States of America

HoopsHigh Media Literacy Week
28 – 31 October 2019
Chicago (Illinois), United States of America

Media Literacy Week at Hillbrook!
28 – 31 October 2019
Los Gatos (CA), United States of America

Be a part of The New Scene
22 October 2019
Albany (NY), United States of America

Beyond “Fake News”: Digging into Media Literacy and Cognitive Bias
4 November 2019
Orono (Maine), United States of America

Social Media

Global MIL Week 2019 around the world