It is focused on developing and piloting learning materials for elderly people and training programmes for adult education staff, with a focus on digital and media literacy, in response to the implications created by the global infodemic, misinformation and fake news.

The project is based on the understanding that media literacy is the ability to evaluate, analyse, and understand media messages in all forms with a critical eye, while digital literacy helps individuals navigate an increasingly online world (incl. understanding how social media platforms, websites, and apps interact with society).

Project Objectives:

1. To enhance elderly people’s digital and media literacy competencies through the development of innovative interactive learning materials with a focus on tackling disinformation and misinformation, expected to have a positive effect on at least 300 adults in Bulgaria, Romania and Austria during the project’s lifetime and at least 3000 across Europe by mid-2025.

2. To enhance adult education staff’s competencies to effectively engage in building elderly people’s digital and media literacy through the development and piloting of a training programme to directly upskill 120 adult educators during the project lifetime and at least 400 by mid-2025.

3. To promote the importance of and the benefits from enhancing elderly people’s digital and media literacy by effectively disseminating the project activities and results, reaching out to 3000 stakeholders from across Europe.