The Project was implemented in cooperation with Public Journalism Club and supported by the U.S. Embassy in Armenia. The Project Implementation period: 01 December 2021 – 30 September 2022.
Purpose of the project: To equip the CSO representatives and the officials of local government bodies with the necessary knowledge and skills to detect and identify fake news, disinformation, manipulation; to support them to seek, receive and distribute accurate and reliable information; to create the opportunity of networking and cooperation for them to support each other on the common mission of breaking the disinformation flows.
The project objectives:
- Empowering the CSO representatives with media literacy and fact-checking knowledge, supporting them to build a disinformation resilience capacity.
- Empowering the officials of local government bodies with media literacy and fact-checking knowledge, supporting them to seek, receive and distribute accurate and reliable information.
- Enhancing the level of cooperation between the CSOs representatives and local government officials towards the collaborative struggle against disinformation.
In framwork with this Project FOICA will conduct fact-checking training for local government representatives
