The Euro – Atlantic Council of North Macedonia supported by NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division is working on a new project entitled: „Info vs. Disinfo: Building resilience to disinformation practices in post - Covid environment in North Macedonia“.

The situation with Covid-19 Pandemic has demonstrated how much the country is vulnerable to the vast amount of (dis)information, which is consumed by the population without deeper deliberation and evaluation. This poses a serious threat to democracy, the legal and political order and the capacities of the authorities and institutions to effectively deal with crises such as pandemics.

This youth – oriented project has a primary purpose to reduce this unselective receipt of disinformation, which has gained momentum in the new reality in North Macedonia, largely as a by-product of the Covid-19 pandemic, and to build long-term societal resilience through education and informative tools and techniques.

The project would actively engage young people through integrated tools and multi-modal content, as well as other actors (such as media and public institutions) responsible for countering disinformation in order to raise awareness, examine stances and attitudes regarding this issue and to stimulate active societal behavior and engagement of all relevant stakeholders through cooperation and networking.