MKC Praha Dagmar Sieglová MKC Prague

Multicultural Center Prague  Non-profit organization  12 year history in the Czech Republic

… interested in issues related to the coexistence of different cultures in the Czech Republic and abroad... Multicultural Center Prague

Infocentrum – Multicultural Library  Scholarly literature  Press monitoring  Mailing list  Consultations

Educational activities  teachers  school children  university students  specialists  state administration  business sector

Current educational projects : Project La Ngonpo ( ) – global and developmental education Project Stereotypes within ( ) Intercultural education for tolerance. Workshops against xenophobia and ra ci sm. La Ngonpo

tion online.cz  ABC about migration  articles  commentaries  information campaigns  blogs  video, audio reports

tion online.cz - TOPICS -Migration and visa -Labor migration -Gender and migration -Refugees -Integration -Media and minorities -Migration and EU -Illegal migration -Regularization -Migration and development

Current projects on migration: ( ) Visawatch ( ) Regularization as One of the Tools for the Fight against Irregular Migration ( ) Promoting Sustainable Policies for Integration (PROSINT) ( ) Multicultural Europe in the Media ( )

Public events  Public debates  Seminars  Conferences  Exhibitions  Festivals

Tuning in to Diversity 2011 Multicultural Europe in Media, MKC Prague May 2011, Haag

Multicultural Europe in Media Mira Media - main coordinator, MKC Prague – project partner 10 partners from European countries Duration: January 2009 – June 2010 Supported by European Commission, International Visegrad Fund and Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Activities: - International - National Trainings for NGOs and media, Conferences Meetings Trainings for NGOs and media Round table Research report

Training for NGOs and Media November 2010 – Prague, hosted by United Nations, Prague Based on the methodology from Sofia training and the Diversity toolkit for media 2 sessions (media and NGOs), common session afternoon 30 participants (interest of both sides, more applicants than expected) Speakers: David Vaughan, Marek Jehlička, Tereza Rejšková

Training for NGOs and Media

Feedback Both sides interested in the topic: how to inform about migration and minority issues Journalists – public broadcast (Czech TV and Czech Radio) The best evaluated part – common afternoon session: exchange of opinions, comments and contacts Interest to continue in similar meetings (concrete topics – development policy, specific migration communities), lack of similar trainings

Conference on Media and reflection of a multicultural society ( March 2011, Prague ) ½ day conference 30 participants (NGOs representatives, scholars, students, less journalists) Experience from abroad and from Czech media

Conference on Media and reflection of a multicultural society Media influence on public opinion (Tomáš Trampota, FSV UK) Multicultural society in public media in the Netherlands (Frans Jennekens, NTR, EBU) Czech public media and multiculturalism (Milan Fridrich, ČT) Multicultural society and new media (Jaroslav Valůch, ČvT) Video on:

Feedback Participants interested in topic (lack of similar events) Great inspiration from the Netherlands (multicultural programs in public broadcast) Best evaluated part – final discussion Lack of interest from the side of journalists (too general for them) For future projects: a more specific focus on one target group (young journalists, NGOs, migrants etc.)

General conclusion from the project (view of MKC Prague) Importance to continue in similar projects (new topic in the Czech Republic) Focused on one target group (media x NGOs – different needs) Diversity toolkit and DVD very useful – useful to create something similar based on Czech media experience A potential to work with migrants (NGOs) and young people Very good cooperation among partners Partner diversity from Central and Eastern Europe (similar experience) vs. from Western Europe (in some cases more developed tools than in the CR) – positive contribution to project results

Thank you for attention! Dagmar Sieglová MKC Prague

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