The role of CSOs in busting myths on the EU and in fighting disinformation Pavel TRANTINA

Background Social situation in the EU and some of its regions Easy information sharing - mistrust to traditional media Populist trends - politics based on emotions rather than on facts Hybrid information war imposed on the EU from Russia

Role of CSOs in this area True information sharing Offering positive narratives Civic and media literacy education Fact checking Myths busting

Examples – EU and national level

Getting personally involved - examples

Recommendations 1. EESC event on countering disinformation - with EEAS East StratCom Task Force and fact-checking community – aiming at joint actions and better personal involvement 2. Offer EC&EP Training for all EESC members - to be able to join #ThisTimeIamVoting campaign before the EP elections and to promote better „EU at work“