EAVI is pleased to announce that, following its long and tireless Media Literacy for Full Citizenship Campaign, media literacy measures have been adopted by the European Parliament’s Committee for Culture and Education to put media literacy back into the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD).
Paolo Celot, EAVI Secretary General, said:
“We are very pleased with this development. It is a step towards media literacy being adopted by the EU as a priority for the benefit of all European citizens. It has never been more important that citizens should be equipped to use, interact with and create media safely and responsibly.”
The Culture Committee of the European Parliament voted on more than 1300 amendments into the proposed AVMSD on 25 April 2017, of which EAVI’s tabled proposals to include media literacy in the language and scope of the Directive were passed. The report will go on to be announced in Plenary on 15 May 2017. The Council will adopt its general approach on 23 May 2017. This is in order that inter-institutional level negotiations may begin under the Maltese Presidency for a first reading agreement.
Further Information:
EAVI is a non-profit civil society organisation based in Brussels. It works in Europe and internationally to empower individuals to become more than simply passive consumers of media, making them active, engaged citizens and consumers in an increasingly challenging media environment. EAVI works with the European Commission, UNESCO, the UN Alliance of Civilisations, and others to promote media literacy initiatives and awareness.
Media literacy is the ability to access, critically evaluate, create, share and participate in the media. These competencies are considered to be key 21st century skills.
For further information on this or any other of EAVI’s activities, or to arrange an interview, please contact [email protected].
For more on the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive see the European Commission’s website here.
EAVI is pleased to announce that, following its long and tireless Media Literacy for Full Citizenship Campaign, media literacy measures have been adopted by the European Parliament’s Committee for Culture and Education to put media literacy back into the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD).
Paolo Celot, EAVI Secretary General, said:
“We are very pleased with this development. It is a step towards media literacy being adopted by the EU as a priority for the benefit of all European citizens. It has never been more important that citizens should be equipped to use, interact with and create media safely and responsibly.”
The Culture Committee of the European Parliament voted on more than 1300 amendments into the proposed AVMSD on 25 April 2017, of which EAVI’s tabled proposals to include media literacy in the language and scope of the Directive were passed. The report will go on to be announced in Plenary on 15 May 2017. The Council will adopt its general approach on 23 May 2017. This is in order that inter-institutional level negotiations may begin under the Maltese Presidency for a first reading agreement.
Further Information:
EAVI is a non-profit civil society organisation based in Brussels. It works in Europe and internationally to empower individuals to become more than simply passive consumers of media, making them active, engaged citizens and consumers in an increasingly challenging media environment. EAVI works with the European Commission, UNESCO, the UN Alliance of Civilisations, and others to promote media literacy initiatives and awareness.
Media literacy is the ability to access, critically evaluate, create, share and participate in the media. These competencies are considered to be key 21st century skills.
For further information on this or any other of EAVI’s activities, or to arrange an interview, please contact [email protected].
For more on the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive see the European Commission’s website here.
EAVI is pleased to announce that, following its long and tireless Media Literacy for Full Citizenship Campaign, media literacy measures have been adopted by the European Parliament’s Committee for Culture and Education to put media literacy back into the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD).
Paolo Celot, EAVI Secretary General, said:
“We are very pleased with this development. It is a step towards media literacy being adopted by the EU as a priority for the benefit of all European citizens. It has never been more important that citizens should be equipped to use, interact with and create media safely and responsibly.”
The Culture Committee of the European Parliament voted on more than 1300 amendments into the proposed AVMSD on 25 April 2017, of which EAVI’s tabled proposals to include media literacy in the language and scope of the Directive were passed. The report will go on to be announced in Plenary on 15 May 2017. The Council will adopt its general approach on 23 May 2017. This is in order that inter-institutional level negotiations may begin under the Maltese Presidency for a first reading agreement.
Further Information:
EAVI is a non-profit civil society organisation based in Brussels. It works in Europe and internationally to empower individuals to become more than simply passive consumers of media, making them active, engaged citizens and consumers in an increasingly challenging media environment. EAVI works with the European Commission, UNESCO, the UN Alliance of Civilisations, and others to promote media literacy initiatives and awareness.
Media literacy is the ability to access, critically evaluate, create, share and participate in the media. These competencies are considered to be key 21st century skills.
For further information on this or any other of EAVI’s activities, or to arrange an interview, please contact [email protected].
For more on the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive see the European Commission’s website here.
