The Netherlands has adopted a network approach to media literacy. The Dutch government's policy has been to facilitate entrepreneurship and stimulate decentralised media literacy efforts, which are therefore multitudinous and ubiquitous. Many of the 1,100+ Mediawijzer.net network partners offer significant contributions to the advancement of media literacy in the Netherlands in the form of programmes, projects, learning materials, meetings, and so on, and also regarding positive online content. Many of the services also focus on parents/carers and educators.
There are five core partners:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (cultural heritage)
National Library of the Netherlands (leading organisation of the library sector)
Stichting Kennisnet (service organisation for ICT in the educational sector))
ECP Platform for the Information Society (network organisation)
HUMAN (independent Dutch public service broadcaster specialising in information, education and culture)
Other key players are:
All 153 public libraries of the Netherlands, associated in the Association of Dutch Libraries (VOB)
My Child Online (Mijn Kind Online) (media literacy support for parents and education)
EYE Film Institute Netherlands (cinematographic literacy)
Cinekid (foundation for the advancement of quality media for children)
Media Literacy Schools Foundation (Stichting Mediawijsheidscholen) (network organisation for secondary education)
Mediacoach School for Library Professionals (GO Opleidingen)
Bureau Youth and Media (Bureau Jeugd en Media) (media literacy support for parents and education)
MiraMedia (organisation for advancement of intercultural media literacy)
For more information on positive content approaches in the Netherlands, please contact the Dutch Safer Internet Centre (SIC) in the first instance - find contact details and further information here.
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