Current Projects
Media Diversity Institute is working on a number of projects that promote media and information literacy, better representation of minority groups in the media and combat disinformation around the world.
LIMENet
MDI Global office in Brussels is the leading coordinator of the LIMENet project, aimed at enhancing local and community media across several European countries. This initiative seeks to promote a diverse, pluralistic, and independent media landscape, in Belgium, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Georgia, and Serbia. The LIMENet project will focus on empowering local media outlets by providing them with the necessary skills and resources to produce quality reporting while remaining economically viable. With a budget of €720,000 allocated for sub-grants, the project aims to equip 80 local...
CHASE – Combatting gender-based online HAte Speech by engaging digital media
Combatting online HAte Speech by engaging online mEdia (CHASE) project aims to define and respond to the challenges of tackling online gender-based hate speech in Cyprus, France, Greece and Italy. Online gender-based hate speech is a global phenomenon taking a number of forms of abuse and violence, which have become a threat to the physical and psychosocial well-being of women and LGBTQI+ people. While there has been some emphasis on monitoring and advocating for better responses to social media-generated hate...
YOU(th) CARE for CHANGE
Engaging new generations on innovative, joint, and multidimensional actions addressing the Global Challenges The YOU(th) CARE project aims to empower and mobilize the next generation of Global Caretakers for a shared, sustainable Euro-Mediterranean future. Recognizing the resilience and innovative approaches demonstrated by youth, the project addresses the complexity of current global crises by integrating social, ecological, and democratic perspectives. The project's key objectives include reinforcing active citizenship and encouraging young people to participate in building a better society. The project...
Get the Trolls Out! Phase V
Get the Trolls Out! aims to combat discrimination and intolerance based on religious grounds in Europe with the creation of powerful counter-narratives against divisive forms of hate speech including antisemitism, anti-Muslim hate, and anti-Christian sentiment. This new phase of Get the Trolls Out! aims to build on the projects existing track record in monitoring online hate speech and using the findings to challenge the perpetrators or debunk inflammatory rhetoric. It delivers social media-based campaigns to promote key messaging and help...
