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The Higher Council for Media Literacy
is a media education body

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set up by a Wallonia-Brussels Federation
parliamentary decree.

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Its main missions are to promote
media literacy

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and foster an exchange of information

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and cooperation between
all the players involved.

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Be it teaching,
young people,

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continuing education,
research or administrative bodies,

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 the aim is to provide them
with the tools, resources

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and projects for developing
media literacy.

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The way we see it, understanding
the mediais an essential key

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to understanding the world we live in.

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Being able to use the media effectively means
ensuring that every citizen

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has the media skills they need
in order to read,

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produce and organise media content
in an informed way

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and to navigate confidently
through a multi-faceted landscape.

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There are a number of issues:
in terms of identity,

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reputation, social
and personal relationships,

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rules and codes for assessing

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and searching for information

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and for producing content.

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Crisis situations arising have shown
the urgent need for media education:

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conspiracy theories,
cyberbullying, gossip, etc.

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BUT all too often, the responses called for
and in some cases provided

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have been too isolated,
thin on the ground and lacking continuity.

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Through its contribution to this project
the Higher Council

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aims to go further than
basic cautionary messages

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and to enable every citizen
to develop critically,

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creatively, independently,
responsibly and in a socialised way

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in today’s media environment.