[ecrea] European Media Literacy Forum (Call)

The *First European Media Literacy Forum* will be held on May 27 and 28 
at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This conference is co-organized by 
UNESCO within the frame of the *GAPMIL* and will bring together experts, 
teachers, media professionals, industry, audiovisual authorities, 
researchers, NPOs, and foundations with the aim to relaunch MIL policies 
at a European level.

Professionals and institutions willing to participate should contact 
trough the Conference website 
<http://www.europeanmedialiteracyforum.org/p/blog-page.html> before 
April 4th.

The main objective of the forum is to contribute to the proposal 
of*recommendations* for the *inclusion* of* Media Education in European 
school curricula* and the development of *initiatives in the field of 
informal education and education for disadvantaged groups*.

Resulting from in-depth research in 27 European countries, the EMEDUS 
project has proposed recommendations to improve media education in each 
of those areas. This *conference* will foster debate among institutions, 
experts, industry professionals, schools and the media as well as among 
political and* regulatory authorities*in order to discuss and readjust 
recommendations.

 The event also pretends to encourage the creation of a collaborative 
platform that constitutes the European Chapter of the Global Alliance 
Partners in Media and Information Literacy (*GAPMIL*).


Further information: http://www.europeanmedialiteracyforum.org/