Latvia to host Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018

Its Feature Conference, the Eighth MIL and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) Conference, will be held from 24 to 25 October 2018 in Kaunas, Lithuania, under the same theme as Global MIL Week 2018.

The annual celebration of Global MIL Week will take place from 24 to 31 October this year, under the theme "Media and Information Literate Cities: Voices, Powers, and Change Makers".

Its Feature Conference, the Eighth MIL and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) Conference, will be held from 24 to 25 October 2018 in Kaunas, Lithuania, under the same theme as Global MIL Week 2018.

The Feature Conference will be followed by the Global MIL Week 2018 Youth Agenda Forum, an event designed by and for youth. It will be held on 26 October 2018 in Riga, Latvia, under the theme "Media and Information Literate Cities in the Era of Algorithms: Youth Voices".

These two Feature Events are respectively hosted by the Vytautas Magnus University and the University of Latvia.

Global MIL Week is a major occasion for stakeholders around the world to review and celebrate the progress achieved towards "MIL for all". It is a cap and aggregator for MIL-related events and actions across the world leading up to this Week. Together with its Feature Events, Global MIL Week promotes MIL connections and policies across countries, stakeholders, development issues, disciplines and professions.