Who preceded us?

The SIGNIS Media Education project consists of bringing together the experience and efforts accumulated in this field around the world , optimally using financial, material and human resources, giving a coherent response to the "avalanche of national and global media ", and institutionalize and form a regional federation of media educators, or media education organizations, which are absent at this time.

SIGNIS 'predecessors, Unda and OCIC, had a long tradition in this field. In the 1950s, for example, OCIC's father Leo Lunders was one of the founders of the International Film Center for Children and Young People (CIFEJ); In the 1960s and 1970s, organizations supported the DENI Plan initiative in Latin America, and from 1989 to 2001 Unda produced the Educomunicación magazine.

One of the outcomes of media education should be an educated person who can create their own media statements , feed back to media producers, and actively exercise their rights as a democratic citizen. So it is understandable that this work has become a SIGNIS priority.

How was the historical evolution of Media Education at SIGNIS?

1980
Manila - Philippines - OCIC / UNDA World Congress
Debate on Communication and Education
PhilippinesPhilippines
2001
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Media Education became one of the organization's seven priorities
2002
Lima - Peru
The idea of a research project on MS is raised.
PeruPeru
2002
Manila - Philippines
Symposium-workshop: Rethinking the democratization of the media
PhilippinesPhilippines
2002
Rio de janeiro Brazil
Conference on Children and TV held in Rio de Janeiro.
BrazilBrazil
2003
Cape Town - South Africa
Pilot study of MS in countries in Asia and Africa started in 2004 and was completed in mid-2005
South AfricaSouth Africa
2005
Lyon - France - World Symposium on MS
SIGNIS Global Media Education Project - SiGMEP
FranceFrance
2005
Writing a Charter for media education.
Set up a SIGNIS ME desktop. Establish a global network of media educators: GNME.
Media education initiatives: national and regional presentations
2007
Johannesburg - South Africa - World Summit on CM for Children
SIGNIS Charter on media education is unanimously approved
  • GNME: approved in principle
  • Regional Workshop (Summit) on ME - KIV
  • Summit on media education at the next world congress in 2009 - KIV
South AfricaSouth Africa
2009
Ching-Ma - Thailand - SIGNIS World Congress
The GNME team is made visible through its Media Education activity in four areas
SIGNIS VJ program launched by Lawrence John Eljay is presented
ThailandThailand
2010
Karlstad - Sweden - World Summit on CM for Children and Youth
Creativity and critical thinking skills in education, Media Ed: Peace in the region of.
Pacific, Children's Rights in Actions, Media Ed: ideas, practices and perspectives,
Bridge of culture and religion through media literacy, Children making means for peace
SwedenSweden
2011
Madrid - Spain - World Youth Day
SIGNIS Program Videl Jornalistas (VJ), ten young people from Malaysia, Cambodia, Lebanon, Cuba and Kenya were invited
SpainSpain
2013
Phonm Pen - Cambodia - Catholic Center for Social Communication
8 VJ students from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam gathered for the SIGNIS Asia VJ program
CambodiaCambodia
2013
Nairobi - Kenia - Don Bosco Youth Educational Services
Training session for SIGNIS Video Journalists (VJ)
KenyaKenya
2014
Rome - Italy - Congreso Mundial signis
Centralization in the development of young communicators through the COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY CommLab.
ItalyItaly
2015
Rome Italy
Leadership training for selected VJs from Asia and Africa.
ItalyItaly
2015
Malaysia - World Summit on Media for S XXI Children
The Asian GNME team participated in the summit.
The SIGNIS VJ (CommLab) program was absorbed by the newly formed Media Education Desk as a global training program for young communicators.
MalaysiaMalaysia
2015
Phonm Pen - Cambodia - Catholic Center for Social Communication
SIGNIS Asia project in conjunction with Maryknoll and Pax Christi. Eleven dioceses or Catholic organizations
CambodiaCambodia
2016
Nairobi - Kenya - Don Bosco Youth Education Services (DBYES)
13 participants from Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Ethiopia and Nigeria, 10 days of COMMLAB training
KenyaKenya
2017
Quebec - Canada - Congreso Mundial signis
Second global leadership / immersion program for top CommLab participants from Africa, Asia and North America.
CanadaCanada
2018
Quito - Ecuador - as ALC
1st COMMLAB in Latin America with 12 participants from the region
EcuadorEcuador
2020
Bhubaneswar - India - Xavier University
SIGNIS Fellowship program with Xavier University, India,
IndiaIndia
2020
SIGNIS Department of Media Education
Creation of a global educational communication network SIGNIS