Enriching Youth Digital, Media, and Soft Skills Using Virtual Mobility Experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa and the EU

The DigiTREE project creates cross-cultural pathways for youth in EU and Sub-Saharan Africa countries for
virtual exchanges geared towards media literacy, critical thinking skill, and soft skill development. Through
participation in online modules, teams of students will learn how to recognize rhetorical strategies used in online
communication to persuade audiences. Young people will analyse their own everyday social and digital media
use through collaborative group activities led by expert facilitators. Participants will learn to recognize and to
resist misleading or inaccurate information, while practicing effective communication strategies to work
together in multi-national teams. The collaborative activities in DigiTREE will foster mutual understanding,
cultural sensitivity, and soft skill development, which will increase participant employability and open doors for
participants to explore new cultures beyond the scope of the project by connecting with people from across the
globe. The participants will gain an understanding of media literacy concepts while mapping out the differences
and similarities in media consumption on a global scale. DigiTREE fosters active citizenship by giving
participants the tools to create meaningful awareness campaigns through a variety of digital tools through the
use of communication strategies learned during the course of the project.

• Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Cyprus University of Technology
• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH)
• University of Lusaka
• Machakos University
• University of Botswana