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- In today's Lithuania geopolitical situation there is a lack of suggestive educational methods for information literacy based on non-formal education principles and adapted for work with youth with fever opportunities. - So far, pilot information literacy programs, confined integration to formal education system or, by educating critical approach, have not specialized in information literacy area. - Some of initiatives operated in Lithuania in information warfare reacted counter-propaganda. In various strategies it identified as destabilization of situation: just as petrol can not extinguish fire, via propaganda it is impossible to create antidote for other propaganda mechanism. That is why this project aims: T1. Increase youth work quality by integrating critical thinking and information literacy education. T2. To develop youth critical thinking and media literacy. Objectives: U1. To take over the foreign partners good practices in critical thinking and media literacy areas. U2. By invoking international cooperation create critical thinking and information literacy methodology for young journalists and empower to adapt it in practice both - young journalists and institutions working with them. U3. By invoking international cooperation, set critical thinking and information literacy educational program which would fit in Lithuania non-formal education scholars program requirements and empower youth workers to adapt it. U4. In order to ensure sustainability of project results, empower young leaders by developing their critical thinking and information literacy to adapt it through peer-to-peer education. U5. Implement critical thinking and information literacy promotion campaign among youth. U6. To disseminate project intelectual outputs in Baltic and other partners countries. Project activities will be organized in a way that would ensure sustainability of project results (results further application through non-formal education scholars program, peer-to-peer educators, journalists educational institutions) and applied to those group which has potential to change broader society opinion: young journalists, organizations working in the field of journalist education, youth information. Different sectors connected in the project will let us ensure that methods, born during project implementation, will be tested systemically: A. By young journalists, institutions which is working with them, organizations (including organizations working in youth information field, Eurodesk network, youth information points). In the future particular organizations will become sustainable base for critical thinking and information literacy education campaign implementation. B. Non-formal education specialists – youth workers, peer-to-peer educators. A few methodological implementation cycles for young journalists and non-formal education specialists – youth workers will help, in order to improve methodology, target groups will be prepared to act independently, will be ready for possible challenges and have tools, possibilities to act further according non-formal education scholars program and in this way ensure further financial sustainability. By implementing, testing and improving methods, created during project implementation, special attention will be given to geopolitically vulnerable regions, youth with fever opportunities. Planned that project activities will directly reach 1350 people, by results dissemination events the number will be increased with at least 80 people. Critical thinking and information literacy education popularity campaign will reach even higher part of the auditory (not less than 20% of young people). Individuals who will participate in the project will improve their critical thinking and information literacy skills (1350 young people participated in peer-to-peer education, 50 young journalists) or learn how to adapt methodology (20 youth workers, 90 peer-to-peer educators and 20 institutions or informal groups which is working with journalist education, youth information).
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