Led by the Italian organisation Lunaria, MILD will provide training for journalists, journalism students and activists from social organisations in Italy, Malta, Greece and Spain. The aim is to enable them to identify, report and counter disinformation and discriminatory messages that appear in the media and on social networks when migration and racism are discussed, through accurate, fact- and data-based content.
To achieve this, the project will carry out an analysis in each country on how migrants and racialised people are represented in the media and will identify common disinformation narratives. This work will result in a guide of best practices to promote responsible and inclusive communication.
What will Fundación Maldita.es contribute?
Fundación Maldita.es will use its experience in fact-checking and media literacy to create educational content on disinformation for online training sessions. It will also take part in research on the Spanish media context around migration, collaborate in organising meetings in Spain with key actors from the media and social sectors, and support the dissemination in Spanish of the project’s tools, materials and learnings.
Who is involved in the project?
The consortium is made up of the following organisations::
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Lunaria (Italy)
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Associazione Carta di Roma (Italy)
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African Media Association Malta (Malta)
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ANTIGONE (Greece)
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Fundación Maldita.es (Spain)
How much funding will Maldita.es receive to carry out the project?
MILD is a project co-funded with €250,000 by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme (Grant Agreement: 2024-1-IT02-KA220-ADU-000153626). Fundación Maldita.es will receive €60,343 to carry out the assigned activities between 2025 and 2027.