ALTER ECO – Communicating trough Media

ALTER ECO – Communicating trough Media is a non governmental organization created by a group of professional in the media and social field. ALTER ECO is promoting activities addressed to young professionals in the social, media and communication area aimed to inform and sensibly the public opinion and civil society about the social problems derivate from human rights abuses, social exclusion and xenophobia, corruption and disrespected of any democratic practices and basic human rights.

The creation of ALTER ECO – Communicating trough Media is based on the direct work in the area of youth and media in Romania in the last two years. The founders and staff of this organization are young professionals in communication, journalism and psychology with long term experience in the civil area and European Programs. ALTER ECO works in national and international level developing actually several European projects in the media, social and cultural field. The most significative example is "Brainstorming, an Investigative International View Publication" a bilingual printed publication in Romanian and English where young journalists from all over the world are analyzing the main social problems affecting their countries.

Mission: The main purpose of ALTER ECO - Communicating trough Media is to give a voice to social issues trough media resources and non formal education actions. ALTER ECO is using the media formats as a tool to effectively approach the social problems and reinforce the media involvements in social realities as civil actor.

ALTER ECO activities are focused on:

1. Creation of independent media formats (publications, bulletins, documentaries, radio)
2. Development of regional, international networking projects in the field of social, media and communication
3. Providing resources in consulting and advising within communication field
4. Training of young professionals in the social and communication field

OBJECTIVES

1. To develop new communication formats among civil actors
2. To increase knowledge about current social issues of different countries
3. To foment the civil role of media in society
4. To develop networking projects in media and communication field
5. To organize an international network of young journalists interested in creating in using investigative and analytic journalism to explore social issues.
6. To explore active forms of communication among countries and institutions.
7. To encourage the active participation of young people in activities that help them to confront the social context
8. To provide communication resources and strategies to organizations and institutions
9. To train young professionals in media and social work