The Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week which is celebrated annually from 24 to 31 October is led by UNESCO, in cooperation with the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance (GAPMIL), the Media and Information and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) University Network, and other partners such as the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (Netherlands), the Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) and others.
The ninth annual global celebration of Global MIL Week will take place under the subject “Resisting Disinfodemic: Media and Information Literacy for everyone and, by everyone”.
The subject highlights how the society today can address disinformation by recognizing the shared interest in improving everyone’s competencies to use opportunities and to address risks in today’s world of communication, technology, and information.
MIL stakeholders around the world will be mobilized to organize and register in on-line events and activities related to MIL in their community, city, or region, taking place in the period of the Global MIL Week and beyond, during October and November 2020.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Global MIL Week 2020 feature events will take place in on-line format.
More information about the Global MIL Week 2020 can be found here: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/globalmilweek
In Central Asia, the celebration of the Global MIL Week has started on 26 October with a series of different on-line events organized by the Modern Journalism Development Centre of Uzbekistan (MJDC), including one regional and several country events such as the MIL Online Regional Conference, the Presentation of the Qlever game platform, the Interactive on-line lecture on media literacy and others.
The official on-line opening of the MIL Week in Uzbekistan was held on 26 October in Tashkent (at 3 p. m. Tashkent time). It was opened jointly by Mr Jan Hladík, Head of the UNESCO Tashkent Office and UNESCO Representative to Uzbekistan, and Ms Saida Sulaymanova, Director of the MJDC.
Read message from Mr Jan Hladík in English | Russian
In addition, during the week the Centre will run different tests and questions during the week as part of an online Quiz to check the general public's knowledge on media and information literacy and give prizes.
The UNESCO Tashkent Office is a partner and contributor to the on-line Quiz.
All events will be held on-line on the website, Facebook, Instagram and the Telegram channel of the Modern Journalism Development Centre of Uzbekistan.
Follow all the details of the Global MIL Week on-line and do become an active participant in various events!
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Video from the prize drawing of the Quiz dedicated to the Global MIL Week 2020.