The project “Strengthening Democratic Citizenship Education in Albania” introduced in Tirana on 4th October 2022, the Swedish Institute initiative Fake ≠ Fact. The campaign targets young people and the need for critically assessing the information they receive particularly online. In their remarks, Jutta Gützkow, Head of CoE office in Tirana and H.E. Elsa Håstad, Ambassador of Sweden to Albania, emphasised the importance of « clicking wisely » and of raising awareness about better understanding and decoding information from different channels, namely, social media.

Dr Nina Guga, Deputy Minister of Education of Albania, stressed the importance of promoting democratic values and commended cooperation with the CoE in that respect, whilst Ms Keti Luarasi, Deputy Mayor of Tirana stressed the importance of youth participation and the role that the CoE is playing to support education for democratic citizenship in Albania.

This event took place in the framework of the project "Strengthening Democratic Citizenship Education in Albania” implemented by the Council of Europe and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency which aims to improve the quality of education in Albania by strengthening democratic citizenship education based on Council of Europe standards and practices.