CheckMate Final Event & Multiplier Event Austria
On Friday, 6th of June the Final Event and Multiplier Event of the CheckMate project took place as part of the 3rd National Action Day against Disinformation in Innsbruck, Tyrol. BürgerInnen Forum Europa and the CheckMate project was part of a consortium of organisation including the Liaison office of the European Parliament in Austria, the European Forum Alpbach, Club Alpbach Tirol and the Media Campus Tirol.
The National Multiplier Event took place under the title “#DemocracyInAction. Aktionstag Gegen Desinformation”, where CheckMate had its own session. We presented all our main results, especially the training course and the web extension tool to an engaged audience.
The second event was taking place in the afternoon and was named “Hike & Talk. Demokratie im Dialog: Fake (f)or real” and was consisting in an interactive hike through the city of Innsbruck. With the participation of MEPs and local experts, the partly international event was inviting pedestrians to join them on the way to explore more about ways how to defend against Fake News and disinformation. CheckMate was involved here as we could present our developed tools and discuss with participants on the importance of fact-checking. In total, more than 100 people joined the two events making the two events and the Action Day an important dissemination event for the project.
