Partners
DigiTales was a major element of a transnational co-operation partnership funded
through the EU EQUAL ESF programme, Round 2. It was led by the UK Development
Partnership Inclusion Through Media which had more than 26 partners in the UK,
each working towards the same goals(www.inclusionthroughmedia.org). A variety
of projects focused on using participatory media production to engage young people
from disadvantaged and minority communities by enabling them to work with media
professionals to create exciting and dynamic films, print and digital media products
that would represent diverse viewpoints and act as a catalyst for change in their
lives and in their communities. Hi8us Projects Ltd led Inclusion Through Media.
The DigiTales Partnership also included:
- YLE - Finnish Broadcasting Co. Ltd, (Helsinki), working with immigrants and
ethnic minorities living in Finland;
- BGZ - Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (Berlin),
working with immigrants, including groups from Roma and Russian Backgrounds;
- Dimitra - Institute for Training and Development (Athens and Larissa), working
with unemployed re-patriate journalists from Albanian and Pakistani backgrounds;
- Miramedia - the Dutch national organisation for media and minorities (Utrecht),
also running a project with young people from diverse backgrounds;
- Politiek Cultureel Centrum De Balie (Amsterdam), working with muslim women;
- ACEC, Association for Culture, Education and Communication, Slovakia, working
with Romany people in Slovakian society.
