Media Education Center (MEC)

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The Media Education Center (MEC) is an initiative launched by the Institute for Community Partnership – Bethlehem University in June 2008 to invest its resources for the benefit of the Palestinian teachers, students, parents and media professionals by providing them with knowledge and training in the field of media education.

Since its establishment, the ICP has been concerned for developing the entire Palestinian community through identifying emerging needs and providing opportunities for further education among many other responsibilities. Since 2003, Bethlehem University and the ICP have made tremendous efforts to develop and enhance media education and literacy in Palestine like developing a finely equipped Digital Media Center located at Bethlehem University, organizing training courses in citizen media skills aiming at media literacy and other activities in media education. All of these efforts led to the establishment of the MEC which is foreseen to become a leading center for media education in Palestine.

Objectives of MEC:

To disseminate information on media education among the Palestinian communities.
To help Palestinian citizens develop understanding of media and to train them to enhance their own media skills and to create their own media contents.
To improve the possibilities for active citizenship in Palestine.
To help Palestinians become part of the modern information society.
To develop and enhance media competence and education of the Palestinian communities.
To establish an electronic archive for media resources developed by teachers and students.

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