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Global MIL Week Stakeholders Forum

Title	Global MIL Week Stakeholders Forum
Theme	“Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative”
Date	October 24, 2022
Time	8:30 AM – 12:00 NN
Modality	Face-to-face and online via Facebook Live on the following pages: Far Eastern University National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT) Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy MovePH Rappler
Venue	FEU Auditorium, Far Eastern University (FEU), Nicanor Reyes St, Sampaloc, Manila, 1008 Metro Manila
Event Format	Panel discussion
Target Audience	College students and educators
Registration Fee	Free admission

The theme for the Global MIL Week 2022 is “Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative”. The event “focuses on trust and solidarity as it relates to people, media, digital platforms, governments, private sector, and non-governmental organizations” (UNESCO, n.d.).

In support of the Global MIL Week 2022, different organizations in the Philippines collaborated to organize the Global MIL Week Stakeholders Forum which aims to discuss key Media and Information Literacy (MIL) issues in the country relevant to the theme. In line with this, the organizers identified the following topics:

Nurturing public trust on professionals and institutions providing reliable sources of media and information
Bridging MIL, civic participation, and digital rights
Best practices, challenges, and prospects for the multistakeholder MIL movement in the Philippines

In line with the rationale, the Global MIL Week Philippine Stakeholders Forum will have the following objectives:

At the end of the forum, participants will be able to…

discuss how MIL education can nurture public trust on professionals and institutions that are reliable sources of media and information;
advocate for MIL as a tool in promoting and safeguarding human rights online and offline;
identify the challenges, opportunities, milestones, and best practices in the MIL movement in the Philippines; and
propose recommendations that MIL stakeholders can undertake to advance MIL movement in the country.

Program

8:30 – 9:00	Registration
9:00 – 9:10	Preliminaries House rules National anthem Prayer
9: 10 – 9:30	Opening remarks Rowena Capulong Reyes, Ph.D, Institute of Arts and Sciences – Far Eastern University Jose Reuben Q. Alagaran II, Ph.D, International Steering Committee of the UNESCO MIL Alliance
9:30 – 9:45	Keynote address: “MIL: A Balancing Act Between Humility and Militancy” Marlon Julian S. Nombrado, Out of The Box Media Literacy; University of the Philippines Baguio
9:45 – 10:20	Session #1: “Empowering Digital Filipinos: Building Resilience Against Disinformation, Online Hate and Cyber Harms” Facilitator: Paolo Ordonio, Break the Fake Movement Speakers: Thina Lopez, Foundation for Media Alternatives Sam Bagayas, MovePH of Rappler
10: 20 – 10:35	Intermission
10:35 – 11:35	Session #2: “MIL Development in the Philippines: Opportunities, Challenges, and Milestones” Facilitator: Richelle Sy-Kho, Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy (PAMIL); MGC New Life Christian Academy Speakers: Maria Gwenetha Y. Pusta, Ph.D, Institute of Arts and Sciences – Far Eastern University Arniel Ping, LPT, Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy (PAMIL); St. Stephen’s High School Judy H. Galleta, National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT)
11:35 – 11:50	Closing Synthesis Acknowledgements