During the ten-day course, 20 female journalists from the Euro-Mediterranean area will be trained in new media, by working on the creation and animation of a blog. Once they have returned home, each participant will then create her own blog. A federating portal, a “women’s blogs’ blog”, will then highlight the salient contributions put online.

This training course involves four partners as part of a North-South training initiative serving some 20 female journalists.

Canal France International (CFI) will be calling upon its network of experts to coordinate this project, finalise the choice of trainees and create the educational support material.

The Permanent Conference of Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators (COPEAM) will be overseeing a communication campaign to raise awareness of the project.

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is involved in preparation for the training course and the press conference. This major Euromed cultural centre is a crucial player in intercultural dialogue and diversity.

Last but not least, L’Orient Le Jour, the benchmark, Lebanese, French-language daily newspaper, will give the project media coverage. The blogs’ blog will be coordinated by one of their female journalists and hosted on their Web site which is visited by over 22,000 people on a daily basis.

The Anna Lindh Foundation will be providing 50% of funding for this project.

Visit the women’s blog

Photograph credits: Georgia Popplewell