REEL fACT

forthcoming

Misinformation threatens Europe’s democratic fabric, with 70% of citizens encountering fake news weekly (EC, 2022). MasterPeace leads REEL fAct, an Erasmus+ project across 9 countries (NL, DE, HR, GR, PT, PL, RO, SK, MK), empowering youth and CSOs to rebuild trust and combat disinformation. REEL fAct fully addresses the EU Youth Strategy’s Engage, Connect, Empower pillars through four objectives: strengthen CSO capacity (SO1), build youth media literacy (SO2), boost democratic participation (SO3), and amplify anti-disinformation campaigns (SO4). Through Transnational Project Management (A.1) and Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring (A.2), the partnership ensures quality and learning. 75 CSO staff will be trained via CSOs Trainers Academy (A.4) and provided with NFE artivism and fact-checking toolkits (A.3). Youth Trainers Academy (A.5) trains 180 peer leaders. Youth teams co-create 108 outputs (reels, podcasts, murals) at AIrtivism Workshops and share them through bi-weekly Fact-Check Fridays (A.6), generating over 30,000 online engagements. Youth civic activism is fostered in Civic Café Relays (A.7) and EU REEL fAct Days (A.8), where they challenge myths and fake narratives about the EU. The Disinfo Avatar Challenge (A.9) involves 1,000+ young people to design creative avatars as digital learning tools. Two annual REEL fAct Policy Mixers (A.10) generate youth-led EU Digital Trust Manifestos. The Dreamsharing Festival 2026 (A.11) showcases youth outputs to policymakers, with over 50,000 views. fAct Street Reels (A.12) engages rural communities through public fake-news quizzes filmed and shared online to 25,000+ viewers. Finally, REEL fAct Digital AImpact Gallery (A.13) amplifies youth voices across Europe, reaching 1 million+ online users. REEL fAct ensures sustainable anti-disinformation leadership and inclusive youth engagement in Europe’s digital and civic spaces.