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The campaign on information resilience during the war reached almost 1 million Ukrainians

The Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law, together with the National Media Literacy Project “Filter” of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, in partnership with UNESCO and with the support of Japan, implemented the project “Media and Information Literacy in Wartime: Building Information Resilience.”

For seven months, we worked to enhance Ukrainians’ media and information literacy during wartime. As part of the project, we:

  • Launched a large-scale social media campaign to increase media and information literacy, reaching over 950,000 users. We published 20 video reels, 20 expert posts, and 4 social videos. The campaign was strengthened by the expertise of Margarita Rivchachenko, Oksana Moroz, Anastasiia Apetyk, Olha Kravchenko, Yana Lukashuk, Aliona Romaniuk, and Tetiana Tsilenko.

  • Organized the “Resilient Together: Enhancing Media Literacy in Ukraine” conference within the framework of UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week. The conference brought together 248 participants.

  • Introduced 130 young Ukrainian professionals, leaders, and students to ethical, safe, and effective use of AI through the “AI Youth” Innovation Program in September–October 2024 and a series of online lecture-workshops under the AI Youth Express Program in February 2025. As a result of the first cohort, participants developed and launched their own mini-projects on media and information literacy: AI Health Academy (an AI online course for medical professionals), PromtLab (an AI prompt engineering course for students), UniGuide (a “smart assistant” for university applicants), AI for Communities (an interactive platform for media and information literacy).

  • Trained 769 civil servants in the ethical and safe use of AI in public service through the “AI for Civil Servants” intensive course.

  • Prepared and presented a practical guide “Journalism in Wartime: Challenges, Dilemmas, and Solutions from Ukrainian Newsrooms”. The guide was created in collaboration with national and regional Ukrainian media outlets, including 1+1 Media (“Breakfast with  1+1” show), 5 Kanal, GALKA.IF.UA, Leopolis.news, Thebuchacity, Bakhmut IN.UA, Rayon.in.ua, Pershyi Zaporizkyi, Pro Rivne, Kyiv TV, Ukrainska Pravda, and Fakty ICTV. For five months, an expert team facilitated sessions to collect real-life cases, challenges, and dilemmas faced by Ukrainian journalists and editorial teams during wartime, along with practical solutions. The expert group — Tetiana Semiletko, Olha Krupnyk, Aliona Romaniuk, Ihor Rozkladai, and Iryna Subota — analyzed the findings and provided professional recommendations. Editorial teams have already incorporated the guide’s advice into their journalism practices, updating editorial policies, content creation approaches, and integrating the guidance into editorial and training processes.

Together, we are building a conscious, resilient, and informed society capable of withstanding informational challenges in the most difficult times.

The project “Media and Information Literacy in Wartime: Building Information Resilience” was implemented by the Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law in cooperation with the National Media Literacy Project “Filter” of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, in partnership with UNESCO and supported by Japan.