Kids Radio Europe

The program titled “Kids Radio Europe” (GAP-101136199) was submitted and approved for co-funding by the EU at a rate of 70% under the NEWS – Media Literacy (CREA-CROSS-2023-MEDIALITERACY) call of the Creative Europe program. The proposal received a high evaluation score and is among seven (7) programs selected across Europe in the field of Media Literacy (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projects-details/43251814/101136199). The start date is March 1st, 2024, and the duration is two years.

Purpose of the Project

The aim of the project is to create a modern, common European platform for student podcasts and radio with artificial intelligence capabilities. Throughout its duration, tools will be developed to incorporate the audio productions of school radio stations from France, Germany, and Greece into a shared podcast repository.

Kids Radio Europe seeks to promote free expression, participation, and the empowerment of children and adolescents through radio practice and media in general. By adopting pedagogical approaches that foster critical media literacy and reflect on the influence of media in education, school radio stations operating at regional and national levels in France, Germany, and Greece will be integrated into a unified radio platform. This collaboration aims to support a more participatory, social, and democratic Europe.

Through the program, thousands of children, adolescents, and young people will have the opportunity to:

• Express themselves creatively through radio (FM and internet), talk about themselves, what they enjoy and do, discuss issues that concern them, and broadcast the music they love — at home, at school, or in recreational centers, within their cities and neighborhoods.

• Promote their own creative works, explore the world around them, and interact with peers and adults from different cultural environments, broadening their horizons.

• Develop Active Citizenship skills by highlighting young people’s concerns, needs, suggestions, and ideas.

• Understand and verify information sources, the intent behind content creation, and use this understanding effectively in their own content production.

Main Activities of the Program

• Creation of a European online radio station for children and adolescents, hosted on a digital platform and connected to a network of local radio stations in each country (national, regional, and/or local), which will feed content into the European online radio.

• Organization of radio festivals, educational workshops, and training programs that will support the creation of interactive media literacy materials for educators and youth across Europe.

• Experimentation in three innovative areas:

  1. Use of artificial intelligence for research and translation of audio content

  2. Inclusion of children with disabilities in radio productions

  3. Involvement of journalists from various European countries in international fora

The project is implemented by a consortium of four (4) partners in France, Germany, and Greece, in collaboration with EDMO through significant national stakeholders.