Recording: Advancing an International Multi-Stakeholder Framework for Digital Communications Companies to Promote Media and Information Literacy

Embedded below is the recording of an important panel that took place today as part of the Internet Governance Forum, supported by UNESCO and the European Union: Advancing an International Multi-Stakeholder Framework for Digital Communications Companies to Promote Media and Information Literacy. The panellists were: (as Chair) Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO; Ms Vera Jourova, Vice President and Commissioner, European Commission; Ms Samia Bibars, Minister Plenipotentiary and Director, Monitoring & Crisis Management Department Media & Information Sector, Arab League (Speaking on behalf of the Secretary General of the Arab League); Ms Silvia Bacher, Founder, Las Otras Voces, Member of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance; Ms Sonia Gill, Secretary General, Caribbean Broadcasting Union; Ms Sinéad McSweeney, Global Vice President of Public Policy, Twitter; and Ms Clair Deevy, Director of Global Policy Programs, WhatsApp. 

It was heartening to hear the speakers, from different regions and sectors, stress the importance of Media and Information Literacy (MIL): it seems that MIL is being propelled further up the agenda internationally. Amongst other things, Mr Jelassi mentioned the recent endorsement by UNESCO's General Council of the of the Windhoek +30 declaration on information as a public good.