The first SMARTeD project workshop in Slovenia on the topic of sensationalism, false news and media literacy took place place on April 10 at the premises of PiNA NGO in Koper. The event involved 30 citizens from Slovenia, including 3 participants via Skype from Greece, Estonia and United States of America. The aim of the event was to empower non-governmental organisations, youth workers and educators with practical tools for identifying fake news and various methods for addressing them.

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Youth Center Postojna in cooperation with the Institute for Electronic Participation (INePA) invites young people to attend a workshop on fake news. The workshop will take place on May 14 at 2 p.m. at the premises of the Youth Center Postojna (Vilharjeva ulica 14, Postojna).

Participants of the SMARTeD project workshop will learn first-hand what are fake news, how to identify them, and in what ways journalists handle them. The workshop is intended for young people, youth workers, students and others who are interested in the topic.

As a part of the SMARTeD project, an on-line survey on disinformation and fake news has been implemented to collect national realities, approaches and practical applications with the following specific objectives: (1) to assess the overall relevance of the issue of the disinformation and fake news in partnering countries of the project, (2) to assess the significance and effectiveness of different actions aimed to minimise the negative effects of the disinformation on national and European level, including actions that can be taken by online platforms, and the use of e-democracy tools and (3) to address the role of politicisation in disinformation strategies as one of the causes of disinformation and fake news.

PiNA NGO, in collaboration with the Institute for Electronic Participation, is organising SMARTeD project workshop on the topic of sensationalism, false news and media literacy. The event will take place on April 10 at the premises of PiNA in Koper (Gortanov trg 15).

What future awaits news production in the flood of social networks, likes and tweets? Where the truth lies in the world of fake news? Are you interested in strengthening media literacy of young people through an informal learning approach? Join us at the event aiming at learning practical tools for identifying fake news and various training methods and strategies for addressing the issue of disinformation.

V letu 2018 je Inštitut za elektronsko participacijo nadaljeval prizadevanja za krepitev vloge, kapacitet in zagovorništva slovenskih nevladnih organizacij na področju digitalizacije. V ta namen v okviru podpornega okolja vsebinske mreže nevladnih organizacij za vključujočo informacijsko družbo (NVO-VID) vzpostavil delovno mesto vodje mreženja in zagovorništva. V okviru zagovorniških aktivnosti mreže je zmed drugimi koordiniral organizacijo 4. Dneva vključujoče informacijske družbe, pripravo pobude Napredna digitalna družba v Sloveniji - prispevek nevladnih organizacij in pripomb na osnutek Pravilnika o določitvi kriterijev za podelitev statusa nevladne organizacije v javnem interesu na področju razvoja informacijske družbe.

Na področji e-participacije je inštitut uspešno zaključil koordinacijo evropskega projekta »European Citizens Crowdsourcing«, se vključil kot partner v evropski projekt »Smart eDemocracy Against Fake News« in z vabljenimi predstavitvami prispeval k širjenju znanja na mednarodnih strokovnih konferencah. Na lokalni ravni je inštitut v sodelovanju z regionalnim stičiščem NVO Gorenjske in Osrednje Slovenije nadaljeval s pobudo za e-demokracijo v okviru pametnega mesta Kranj in moderiranje spletne aplikacije Pametni glas NVO.

Letni prihodki INePA v letu 2018 so znašali 24.278,93 evrov. Odhodki so znašali 14.964,91 evrov. Vsi prihodki so bili pridobljeni iz naslova javnih razpisov in izvajanja storitev na trgu na področjih, za katere je zavod registriran v skladu z Aktom o ustanovitvi.

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