About the project
About ImmuniFact
ImmuniFact — “building immunity through critical thinking and fact-checking” — is a small-scale Erasmus+ youth partnership running throughout 2026 and 2027. It helps youth workers in France (New Caledonia), Spain and Croatia support young people in reducing polarisation and resisting digital manipulation through stronger media literacy.
What we want to achieve
Understand the need
Map the media literacy needs of young people across the three territories.
Build the tools
Create an innovative learning methodology and a digital assessment tool, the Media Literacy Compass.
Train the trainers
Equip youth workers to use the methodology and pass it on to their peers.
Spread the word
Promote the methodology to youth organisations, schools and policymakers.
Who it’s for
The direct beneficiaries are youth workers and young people aged 18–30. Priority goes to those working with and young people facing barriers: women, NEETs, early school leavers, young people with a migrant or refugee background, and those in rural or remote areas. Through Udruga Zaželi’s lead on accessibility, project outputs are also adapted for young people with disabilities, including deaf and blind youth.
Why it matters
Disinformation is a cross-border problem that looks different in every context: manipulated images and rumours during New Caledonia’s 2024 unrest, false claims around migration and elections in Spain, AI deepfakes during Croatia’s 2024 elections. Working across three very different territories lets ImmuniFact build tools that hold up under diverse, real-world conditions.
Our approach: prebunking + debunking
The methodology is built on two complementary moves. Prebunking anticipates manipulation: young people meet weakened versions of tactics like alarmist headlines, emotional triggers or doctored images in a safe setting, and learn to name them. Debunking handles content that is already circulating: verifying information, questioning sources, and responding constructively. Delivered through non-formal methods — role-play, simulations, group exercises — the approach turns abstract “media literacy” into something young people practise and keep.
Project at a glance
- Programme
- Erasmus+ — Small-scale partnerships in youth (KA210-YOU)
- Duration
- 15 months
- Budget
- €60,000
- Countries
- France (New Caledonia), Spain, Croatia
- Coordinator
- CDJ Territorial (New Caledonia)
- Partners
- Backslash (Spain), Udruga Zaželi (Croatia)
- Funded by
- European Union, via the French National Agency
Priorities & topics
Priorities
- Addressing digital transformation through digital readiness, resilience and capacity
- Common values, civic engagement and participation
- Increasing quality, innovation and recognition of youth work
Topics
- Media literacy and tackling disinformation
- Democracy and inclusive democratic participation
- Digital literacy skills and competences