An adventure in Georgia

Our local volunteer, Sylwia Regulska went to Georgia for a week and now, she's sharing her experience with us, thanks to Erasmus+ projects.

Sylwia is a very talented artist and she has been collaborating with us for a few years.

"Lately, I participated in an Erasmus+ training course, which was held between 8 and 16 September in Bakuriani, Georgia. The project was named “Dismantle Disinformation”, as its main aims were focused around media literacy, propaganda and social media/cybersecurity. We got familiar with several tools and ideas, to increase awareness on the topics via non-formal education in our environments/NGOs, and there was a lot of space for creativity and personal expression.

During the workshops, we could test ourselves a bit to check if we can spot and recognize fake news and manipulative techniques used for disinformation. I got familiar for the first time with techniques like “participatory photography” and “forum theatre”. At the final, we had a very informative presentation and exercise about project writing and the logistics behind it. We were introduced to several funding sources and I’m very happy with the outcome of that day. We did a great group work and hopefully, we will hold our own project someday in the future.

As the group was very multinational, I enjoyed conversations about biases and their links to our various socio-cultural backgrounds. The participants came from Portugal, Spain, France, Poland, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, and Georgia, so it was a great opportunity to have meaningful talks and first-hand opinions from citizens of such different geographic regions of both European Union and The Eastern Partnership (EaP). Obviously, on the top of everything we had great cultural exchange, and for me it was also very first direct contact with Georgia and its heritage! 

We visited historical places, had chances to talk with locals and had an amazing traditional dinner with lots of khinkali and khachapuri

Very positive experience, worth recommendation. Big thanks to the hosting organization Closer Europe Institute and MasterPeace Eastern Partnership and Central Asia Regional Hub ".

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