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One of the most beautiful experiences that DIALECT2 gave us was our trip to Oslo. From June 28th to June 30th, 2023, all the partner countries participating in the project sent a delegation to Oslo, Norway, consisting of 6-7 participants to receive face-to-face training in digital and media literacy skills. Following the online course, the in-person education came to reinforce and present, on a practical level, the knowledge gained during the online course. The main topics of the education were the role of digital media in society, their impact on young people, and the enhancement of their skills. In addition to in-person training, the teenagers had the opportunity to explore Oslo, take walks, admire the Norwegian fjords, and see a European city. For many of them, it was their first time traveling abroad.
In the video, you can see our most beautiful moments condensed into one and a half minutes!

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DIALECT2 “Combating youth raDIcalizAtion: Building communities of toLEranCe combining fooTball with media and digital literacy” sets its base on the DIALECT project “Remembering Polarization: Building Communities of Tolerance Through Football” (co-funded by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020)), which was realized the previous years.

DIALECT 2 goes further, having a twofold aim, combining the power of sports and football in specific, with media literacy. With the proliferation of mass media and social media information nowadays, a pursue to raise the critical thinking and self-determination of adolescents, whose identity construction is overlapping between offline and online interactions, seems more needed than ever.

A large number of mediators and trainers from all partner organizations participated in the online trainings, which were held according to the program and plan designed by Norsensus. All of them will finalize their training with training sessions that will be held in Oslo at the end of June 2023. In the continuation of the project, they will transfer the acquired knowledge not only to the young participants of the football3 tournament, but also much more widely.

On the occasion of the trip of mediators and coaches from Football Friends, a meeting was held where experiences and impressions from previous training sessions were shared, as well as concrete schedules, travel agendas and stay plans were agreed upon.

DIALECT 2 is funded by the Erasmus+ Sports programme of the European Union. It is being implemented in Greece by ActionAid, the National Center of Social Research (EKKE) and the Panhellenic Association of Paid Female Football Players (PSAP), in Italy by ActionAid, in Hungary by Oltalom Sportegyesulet, in Serbia by Football Friends, in Germany by Streetfootballworld and in Norway by Norsensus Mediaforum.

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DIALECT 2’s team has delivered the project’s toolkit.The handbook aims to assist coordinators of youth activities by providing examples and information on ways to support young people in digital media environments to enhance their civic participation.

It contains guidelines for developing counter-arguments or alternative narratives to combat hate speech and promote digital resilience, especially in online environments. This handbook suggests various communication and pedagogical approaches, both online and offline, as well as tools to challenge the narratives that perpetuate and legitimize hate speech.

It aims to enrich the tools of coordinators for young people, educators, and activists, who are already involved or want to be actively involved in human rights and education actions.

The toolkit is addressed to non-profit organizations, schools, sports clubs, and community centres, that want to use football and media literacy skills as a multi-faceted tool to combat racism, xenophobia and exclusion, training trainers and mediators around digital media literacy.

The handbook is based on the firm belief that the internet is a public space and therefore all the principles of a democratic society can and should apply online. In this light, young men and women have a particularly important role to play online, in terms of combating hate speech, detecting fake news, and leading by example as active digital citizens. They can even be the defenders of human rights on the internet.

You may find the toolkit HERE.

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During the last months DIALECT 2’s team has been working on the creation of the project’s toolkit.

Upon its completion the toolkit will provide an in depth understanding of the the role and functions of media in democratic societies, with a focus on the case of sports.

Its use will help trainees have a critical approach and evaluation on the media content, in the light of media functions, with a focus on sports news and will help participants gain insights on the internet opportunities and challenges in relation to values and stereotypes and the use of new media (social) and content creation tools and methods to produce user-generated media content.

Stay tuned for more in the coming months!