Six public and private organizations in the field of media education came together on June 10 at UNESCO House (Myeongdong, Seoul) to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a joint effort to promote Media and Information Literacy (MIL). 

The participating organizations were the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, the Community Media Foundation, the Korea Education and Research Information Service, the Korea Press Foundation, the National Information Society Agency, and the National Association of Community Mediacenters.

Attendees at the ceremony included the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Yoon Eun-hye, and the chiefs of each of the participating organizations.

Under the MoU, the organizations agreed to work together on a variety of measures to promote MIL, including efforts to co-host international conferences and joint memorial week events, to develop and support MIL promotion programs, to share human and material resources, and to develop joint programs.

The six organizations that have signed the MoU will establish a mutual cooperation system aimed at tearing down the walls between the public and private domains in implementing joint projects to promote MIL.

Their first project following the signing of the MoU is the designation of the last week of November (November 24 ~ 30) as Media and Information Literacy Week, during which multiple events will take place all over the Republic of Korea.

The parties also plan to hold a joint conference, the '2019 Media and Information Literacy International Conference,' from November 28 to 29.