Deadline: 23 November 2018
The Media Literacy Council has launched the Better Internet x Youth Call-for-Proposals to support Digital Literacy community initiatives that promote online safety, responsibility and civility.
The Council hopes to empower youths to initiate projects that will reach out to and benefit their peers as well as the community at large.
A key criterion of the CFP is for applicant organisations to have existing youth networks and for them to include youth participation when ideating, co-creating and implementing the projects.
The project beneficiaries are not limited to youths and may reach out to benefit any social segment in Singapore including students, working adults, parents, seniors and persons-with-disabilities.
Priorities Area
Priority will be given to projects that are designed to:
- Provide public education on fake news detection by building critical thinking and fact-checking skills
- Equip parents and caregivers with information and resources to raise digitally savvy and resilient children. Any one or all of the following cyber-risks should be covered:
- Cyber-bullying
- Fake news
- Excessive and low-quality screen time use, or device addiction
Eligible Projects
- Make The Change: Digital Arts for All- Using digital arts as the main avenue of expression, Digital Arts for All (DAFA) is created to underline experiential learning and empathetic thinking. A welcoming platform for beginners to understand, apply and develop skills in digital art, DAFA strives to foster an active ecosystem through engaging workshops, an accessible online gallery and a purposeful e-commerce platform with the plough-back profit model.
- CHIJ (Katong) Primary School: Towards a Cybersmart Community- CHIJ (Katong) Primary School hope to reach out to the large community within the vicinity of the school to educate them about the perils of Cyber Space and how to keep themselves safe online while at the same time not lose touch with emerging technologies. The school has worked closely with stakeholders (parents, teachers and partners) to promote positive peer influence among the students and also drive cyber safety messages to them.
- Republic Polytechnic (DSEM): Intergenerational Digital Literacy Programme- Seniors are often left out in this fast-paced, technology-drive era. Through the Programme, Republic Polytechnic students empower seniors by helping them to pick up new digital literacy skills, thus enabling them to lead joyful, independent and inclusive lives.
- Temasek Polytechnic (School of Design): Zhun Bo- A webisode series by Temasek Polytechnic addressing the issue of fake news and promoting fact-checking habits among seniors.
- The Hidden Good: We-Ternet- A social experiment video involving a discussion between children and their parents on the Internet.
Funding Information
Applicants may be supported up to S$50,000 per proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
The Call-for-Proposal is open to applications from public, private and people organisations, including MOE schools, Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs), non-profit organisations such as self-help groups and voluntary welfare organisations, registered private educational institutions and youth sector organisations. Applicant’s organisation must fall within any of the following categories to be eligible for the CFP:
- Only organisations may apply. If applicants are an individual with a great idea, they could partner with an eligible organisation to submit their proposal.
- There are no restrictions to the project formats that can be used and applicants are encouraged to use fresh and thoughtful project formats that effectively reach their project’s target audience(s). Applicants should provide justification for the choice of project format in reaching their intended audience.
Assessment Criteria
The Media Literacy Council and its Secretariat will assess each proposal based on the following criteria:
- Promote digital literacy through the co-creation of ground-up initiatives by youths for targeted segments of society
- Relevance of project to target beneficiary
- Feasibility of project implementation
- Reach and impact
- Sustainability
- Scalability
How to Apply
Interested Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Better Internet x Youth.
