From October 17 to 21 in Ohrid, the Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society organized a networking meeting with training for the regional members of the network implementing the current regional project “Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub Exposing Malign Influences through Watchdog Journalism”.
In addition to representatives from Metamorphosis, the five partner organizations participated in the meeting – the Center for International and Security Issues ISAC, a think tank from Serbia; Why not from Bosnia and Herzegovina, founder of the fact-checking services Istinomjer.ba and Raskrinkavanje.ba; Center for Democratic Transition from Montenegro, founder of the fact-checking service Raskrinkavanje.me; Faktoje.al, a fact-checking service from Albania and Sbunker.net, a media publishing organization from Kosovo, as well as partners from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
At the event in Ohrid, the partners had the opportunity to share, compare and analyze the findings of their previous work on the subject of disinformation from foreign sources, their recording, and dissemination, with the aim of refining the methodology that includes fact-checking, publishing analytical articles and creating a database of knowledge – a system for detecting disinformation and early warning of its harmful effects. A significant result was the creation of synergies within the network, through which the partners’ knowledge is combined and results in joint coverage of cross-border trends and instances of disinformation, as well as the expansion of the network through cooperation with other networks and organizations.
The project “Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub Exposing Malign Influences through Watchdog Journalism” will be active in the coming period. More information about the project and its production can be followed through https://antidisinfo.net/hub/ and the social networks Facebook https://www.facebook.com/antidisinfohub and Twitter https://twitter.com/antidisinfonet. The project is financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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