Media Literacy Incubator: Disinformation, media literacy, and democracy | Lisbon, 23 June 2026

ChangingTIDE’s Media Literacy Incubator “Disinformation, media literacy, and democracyË®, organised by IPRI-NOVA, took place on 23 June 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal. The event brought together young people aged 18 to 30 in a workshop aimed at providing them with the skills to recognise and combat fake news.

The Media Literacy Incubator aimed to improve the ability to spot misleading or manipulative content, learn practical tools for navigating online information, exchange ideas with other young people from across Europe, and explore the Portuguese context together with experts and civil society actors.

After the event, participants had a chance to enter the Changemakers Programme, a central innovation of the ChangingTIDE project. Changemakers, a cohort of 20 motivated young people, will undergo a structured mentorship programme resulting in the creation of awareness-raising campaigns to address disinformation.

09:30 CEST
23/June/2026
Lisbon, Portugal

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ChangingTIDE aims to strengthen citizens’ resilience in the face of disinformation, information manipulation and interference by promoting media literacy and empowering young people to engage in democratic processes. Placing youth at the centre of its approach, the project combines participatory learning, peer exchange and the co-creation awareness-raising campaigns with expert-driven capacity building, and structured dialogue with policy-makers at the local, national and EU levels.

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