MIL Capacity Building in Action
全球文明互鉴中的媒介与信息素养建设行动
“We All Play a Part — Media and Information Literacy for the People.” Global MIL Week 2026 theme
Why this action
In the age of generative AI, dialogue among civilizations faces a shared information challenge: fake heritage narratives, deepfakes, algorithmic polarization, and declining confidence in digital information.
Media and Information Literacy is the practical tool and foundational capability for sustainable cross-cultural engagement — the method that turns the Week’s call, “we all play a part,” into real capacity.
Four pillars of MIL capacity building
Guided by the UNESCO MIL framework of Access, Evaluate, Engage and Create, the action links civilizational dialogue with practical digital capacity.
Information integrity & verification
Equipping the public and media with verification and provenance skills to counter deepfakes and fabricated heritage narratives, and to uphold information authenticity.
Critical thinking & dialogue
Using MIL to move beyond algorithmic echo chambers and filter bubbles, fostering open-mindedness and mutual understanding across cultures.
Inclusive participation
“We All Play a Part”: enabling youth creators, educators and digital citizens to produce, evaluate and share high-quality, verified media.
Multi-stakeholder cooperation
Bringing together media, technology platforms, academia and policymakers to strengthen credible information across societies.
Three information pressures on mutual understanding
Information pollution
False cultural narratives, AI-generated pseudo-heritage content, and fabricated origins or transmission lineages circulate faster than reliable sources.
Credibility deficit
Public confidence in where information comes from continues to decline, weakening the ground on which cross-cultural understanding is built.
Civilizational gaps
Information asymmetry deepens misunderstanding between cultures, when verifiable, accessible storytelling could instead connect them.
The MIL four-capability framework, applied across civilizations
Media and Information Literacy is practiced as four connected capabilities — the method running through the Beijing sessions, the Guangzhou workshop and the online campaign.
Access
How do people find trustworthy information about living cultures, and what role does credible provenance play?
Evaluate
How do we distinguish authentic origins and real transmission from false claims and AI-shaped narratives?
Engage
How can practitioners, communities and media tell verifiable stories and take part responsibly in public conversation?
Create
How does the public become a creator and guardian of credible information — not only its reader?
One sustained action, three connected streams
A Beijing anchor gathering, a Guangzhou node in the Greater Bay Area, and a bilingual online campaign running throughout the action.
Beijing anchor · Day 1
Wednesday · 28 October- 09:00Opening remarks
- 09:45Guest keynote address (invited): information integrity and dialogue among civilizations in the age of AI
- 13:30Parallel Panel A — Youth MIL action: the responsibility and skills of digital content creators
- 13:30Parallel Panel B — Information verification and credibility in cross-cultural communication
- 13:30Parallel Panel C — The educator’s role: bringing MIL materials into the classroom
Beijing anchor · Day 2
Thursday · 29 October- 09:00Reading of the Joint Initiative on Information Credibility
- 10:00Release of the bilingual MIL Educational Toolkit
- 11:00Launch of the Youth MIL Action TeamFlag presentation, youth statements and action commitments
- 14:00Open working session: planning the Guangzhou node and the online campaign
- 15:30Closing remarks
Guangzhou MIL workshop · November 2026 (planned)
A Greater Bay Area node on MIL education and intercultural dialogue, extending the action to southern China.
Bilingual online campaign · October–November
Workshops, youth activities and community resources open to participants across China and beyond, in English and Chinese.
Draft programme, subject to confirmation. Simultaneous interpretation and online access will be provided for the plenary sessions.
What the action produces
All outcomes are public resources supporting MIL practice.
Joint Initiative on Information Credibility
A shared framework for action across media, platforms, educators and the public.
Bilingual MIL Educational Toolkit
For educators, using dialogue among civilizations as the teaching scenario.
Youth MIL Action Team
Launched at the Beijing gathering and continuing afterward, producing public MIL content.
Open to every sector of society
Take part
The venues and detailed participation arrangements will be announced on this page. To express interest, propose a speaker or request the online access details, write to the organizing team.