The Centre for European Perspective is holding the third capacity-building training/conference on countering disinformation in Ljubljana (SI) from 15 to 17 March 2022, bringing together representatives of government, civil society and media from all 6 countries of the Western Balkans.
The conference will build upon the experiences and knowledge from previous conferences, enhance inter- and intra-country networking and regional cooperation while at the same time offer the participants insights into newest developments and good practices on countering mis- and disinformation, offer new tools to investigate them and propose concrete results/steps going forward on countering disinformation.
Project “Strengthening societal resilience and countering foreign perpetrated disinformation in the Western Balkans” is financed by the National Endowment for Democracy and Slovenian Development Aid fund (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia).
The Centre for European Perspective is holding the second capacity-building training on countering disinformation in Portorož (SLO), bringing together representatives of government, civil society and media from all 6 countries in the Western Balkans.
At this weeks training, the representatives from the media and NGO’s, had the chance to discuss disinformation issues with the governmental representatives. All sides presented good practices and made next steps in strengthening regional cooperation.
Project “Strengthening societal resilience and countering foreign perpetrated disinformation in the Western Balkans” is financed by the National Endowment for Democracy and Slovenian Development Aid fund (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia).
From 5 to 7 October 2021 in Portorož in Slovenia, Centre for European Perspective will organise the second capacity-building training on countering disinformation.
We will bring together representatives of government, civil society and media from all 6 countries in the Western Balkans. With the input from experts, role plays and simulations, the training is aimed at enhancement of resilience and encourages further cooperation of the six countries in the Western Balkans against disinformation.
Project “Strengthening societal resilience and countering foreign perpetrated disinformation in the Western Balkans” is financed by the National Endowment for Democracy and Slovenian Development Aid fund (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia).
On Friday, 11 June 2021, the capacity building workshop on disinformation concluded. The event brought together representatives of media and civil society from the Western Balkans. The representatives of government from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro were present, which enabled all three stakeholders to exchange experiences and learn from each other.
The participants received input from international and local experts, which was followed by a discussion. The topics were centred around how different actors in Europe counter disinformation and what is the role of the government, civil society and media in this. The event enabled media and civil society organizations to openly share their common challenges and engage in discussion on how to address them. It provided an environment in which stakeholders from all three sectors could engage in an open and honest exchange of views. In the second half, the participants actively engaged in scenario role-play to address crises situations and disinformation. This will be followed by other events and activities which encourage stakeholders to tackle the challenge of foreign disinformation in the Western Balkans.
The event was organized in the framework of the project “Strengthening societal resilience and countering foreign perpetrated disinformation in the Western Balkans” financed by the National Endowment for Democracy and Slovenian Aid fund from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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The three-day training is designed to enhance resilience and boost regional cooperation of the six countries in the Western Balkans against disinformation.
The training will bring together representatives of government, civil society and media from all 6 countries in WB. The project will enable them to work together when encountering cases of foreign disinformation. With this training, we are helping them in setting up national systems designed to detect and respond to disinformation. Moreover, the training will increase regional cooperation between CSOs and media, as well as encourage government-to-government sharing of cases of disinformation.
The training will cover a range of topics regarding disinformation, and it will follow specific interactive formats of role play.
Contact Ms Ana Ješe Perkovič, CEP Programme Manager (e-mail: [email protected]).
Slovene version:
Na usposabljanju za krepitev zmogljivosti v boju proti dezinformacijam bodo predstavniki civilne družbe, medijev in vlad iz Albanije, Bosne in Hercegovine, Črne gore, Kosova, Severne Makedonije in Srbije. Usposabljanje bo potekalo v Hilton Garden Inn hotelu v Zagrebu med 9. in 11. junijem 2021.
Na usposabljanju bodo sodelovali slovenski in tuji strokovnjaki za strateško in krizno komuniciranje, za digitalno družbo in dezinformacije. Na usposabljanju bodo poleg virtualnih predavanj in predavanj v živo tudi okrogle mize in delavnica, kjer bodo vseskozi sodelovali udeleženci.
A workshop on the topic of countering foreign perpetrated disinformation for North Macedonian NGO’s, media representatives and governmental officials
CEP is organising the second workshop on the topic of countering foreign perpetrated disinformation, this time for North Macedonian NGO’s, media representatives and governmental officials. All too often these groups are working separately from each other, yet all striving towards the same goal, which is to protect democratic institutions and diminish the space for disinformation. This training will bring them one step closer towards this goal. The online training will take place from 26 – 27 May.
On the first day, the participants will hear about a Dutch success story, on how the government works together with civil society to combat disinformation. They will learn about which online tools they can use to better detect and verify disinformation. Lastly, they will hear about the trends and cases of Russian perpetrated disinformation in Europe.
With the input from the international experts and the help of the North Macedonian civil society, we are aiming to support the government of North Macedonia to build their own national system of countering foreign perpetrated disinformation.
The series of workshops is a part of the project supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Slovenia’s Development Cooperation Programme.
