InMedia

The aim of the project is to develop a strategy for the implementation of active media work by and for people who are affected by social exclusion. The prerequisite for this is a comprehensive educational process for those who work in participatory media.The project is scheduled to last 30 months and 6 partners will take part. Teleduca in Barcelona, the Fédération de l’audiovisuel participatif with around 40 members in France and the Open Channel in Magdeburg belong to the so-called community media sector; the Filmforum in Warsaw is a participatory media project center. “Community media” as a form of civil society media create publicity for people and their concerns and thus serve the participation of individuals and social groups. In 2008 and 2009, the EU Parliament and the Council of Ministers declared community media to be an important part of a democratic media system and challenged the member states to ensure that they were strengthened. Two universities are also involved: the University of Santiago de Compostella is researching communication in socially unequal communities with the project CIDACOM and the University of Sibiu is represented with the Department of Social Sciences / Journalism and here especially with the focus on “social journalism”. Teleduca, the USC, the Fédération and The Open Channel were already active in the strategic partnership “Media Fellow” - new in the partnership are the Filmforum and the University of Sibiu.A total of 78 employees from the partner organizations take part in a total of six project meetings and four 5-day learning activities. Together, they develop and test further training courses for media educators that aim to strengthen and expand their skills. The main goal is the exchange and development of tools and methods aimed at a stronger and sustainable opening of the institutions involved to social groups affected by exclusion (intercultural opening). As an indirect target group of the project, they should use media for their own interests and become subjects of reporting. For the project, this means an exchange on the following points: What influence do the media have on exclusion or inclusion processes in the individual partner countries? This is associated with the reflection of your own requirements and your own work: where are the barriers and obstacles? The aim is to develop awareness of mechanisms of exclusion and discrimination in the media and to develop a closer relationship with local communities affected by exclusion. The aim is to develop and strengthen competencies in the area of inclusive media education: exchange about methods of media competence transfer in media work with marginalized, vulnerable groups.Since all partners involved come from the media sector, extensive public relations work is planned for the project. In addition to a project website, audiovisual training material is also being created, which will be disseminated through the partner's specific channels and can be used by the partner's networks at local, national and European level as well as by any other interested public.