Regional Chapters

Last update:26 July 2023

The five Regional Chapters of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance represent the Alliance and coordinate activities at the regional level. The representatives of the Regional Chapters are the focal points in the regions along with other Regional Committee members. They develop and implement regional action plans to stimulate synergies around media and information literacy, based on the Global Framework and Action Plan of the Alliance.

 

Regional Representative for Africa

Mr Andzongo Blaise Pascal (Cameroon)

Founder

Eduk-Media Cameroonian Association for Media Education

Pasblaise123@gmail.com

 

Regional Representative for Arab States

Mr Samy Tayie (Egypt)

Professor of Media Studies

Cairo University

Stayie@link.net

 

Regional Representative for Asia-Pacific

Mr Ali Reza Bastani (Iran)

Founder

Association of Iran Media Literacy

alirezabastani@yahoo.com

 

Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean

Ms Silvia Bacher (Argentina)

Journalist, Director

The Other voices, Communication for democracy (NGO)

Bachersilvia@gmail.com

 

Regional Representative for North America and Europe

Ms Anna Kozlowska-Barrios (USA)

Assistant Professor and Researcher Librarian

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Akozlows@uic.edu