Unesco has once again called for attention to the increasing relevance of MIL education and the need for a multistakeholder approach. Participants from all over the world convened in Paris on May 27-28 to discuss MIL-related issues (e.g., policies, the relationship with computer or digital education etc.). As a result of the meeting, the draft version of a manifesto on MIL was released on May 28 (available at URL: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/news/paris_mil_declaration.pdf ; the final version will be available soon).

UPDATE:

Here you find more info about the last MIL meeting in Paris: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/in-focus-articles/2014/paris-declaration-on-media-and-information-literacy-adopted/ .
A report (by S. Livingstone and J. McDougall) on the meeting is available here: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2014/05/30/changing-the-world-with-media-literacy-the-unesco-forum-and-declaration/
Here’s how a MIL education plan addressed to 600 primary and secondary students has been recently implemented in the dynamic Qatar: http://www.dc4mf.org/en/node/4976

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