Duration: 2010-2011
Donor: US Embassy in Macedonia
Description: The general goal of the project was to help the society overcome the existing interethnic divisions and promote social cohesion and democratic participation, especially among the young citizens. The direct goal was to make the young people understand that although they belong to the different communities, they share same needs and interests, which are more in numbers and more important than the differences that divide them.
For this purpose, MIM in cooperation with the School of Journalism and Public Relations (SJPR), organized five-days workshop in Ohrid, on which participated 33 high school students of different ethnicity, who were introduced to the basic tools for creating online multimedia contents and their placement on the Web; competition “Express yourself through the Media“ that was opened for all high school students across Macedonia, who were invited to participate with a photo story, video clip or other media products dealing with interethnic relations, expressing their attitudes and perceptions regarding other communities that live in Macedonia; one-day workshop for preparation of The National Youth Declaration for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations attended by 36 students of different ethnicity from all over Macedonia.
All the media products created by the students were placed on the first high school web platform www.multiviamedia.edu.mk, that was created within the project. The web platform is open to all interested students who want to share their experiences and ideas with their peers from other ethnic communities by means of creating media products on different topics related to their immediate environment.
