Riksföreningen Folkets Bio

National Network
Sweden
Address

Linnégatan 21
413 04 Göteborg
Sweden

Telephone
+46 31 12 10 90
E-Mail
info@filmpedagogerna.se
E-Mail (2)
johan@filmpedagogerna.se
Mobile Phone
+46 707365651
Website
http://www.folketsbio.se
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1973
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
Folkets Bio is a non profit NGO with members and activities all over Sweden. Thirteen persons work in our different departments. Our anual turnover is close to 20 million SEK. The main part of the turn over is from our distribution and screening of films but also from our media education department, Filmpedagogerna. We work with media education on all levels, children, teachers and universities. We also produce educational materials, mainly for Swedish National Agencies. Through the use of free and easily accessible media we give lectures and workshops on how to work with issues such as media, democracy, human rights and gender. For two years we have worked with UNESCO on how to promote MILID- Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue in the world with focus on Africa. We have partners in Northern Africa who wich to start projects with us. They also want to include Tunisia and Libya in this project. UNESCO has just made us Partner organization.
Mission and Objectives

The mission and objective for our media education department is to educate the public, in all countries, on how to "read the media" in what ever form it comes. To build democratically and socially sustainable societies all citizens need to learn where to find information, how to read and interpret it and how to express yourself in what ever media form they may choose.

Main Projects / Activities

We work with cities and regions all over Sweden to promote Media and Information Literacy, giving lectures and work shops. For two years we have played an important role in promoting MIL, Media and Information Literacy on all levels in Sweden. This work has been done in cooperation with and on behal of the Swedish National Council for UNESCO, Göteborg Univresity, The Swedish National Agencie for Education, The Swedish Filminstitute and The Swedish media council.
For two years we have, in cooperation with and on behalf of UNESCO worked on building an interactive multi media tool for teachers on how to work with UNESCOs new Curriculum on MIL. UNAOC has also been included in this work.
Folkets Bio had a project on Media and Informatinn Literacy at Cairo University for about three years, supported by SI, The Swedish Institute. During that project we had more contact with other members. We also planned a project with the Universities in Cairo and Barcelona and other Swedish members, in cooperation with the Anna Lindh Foundation.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We have twenty years experience of working with youth and teacher education, especially through the use of moving images. We already have a quite extensive network in Sweden, The Nordic countries, Europe and in quite a few other countries and we are more than happy to share our experiences and contacts.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We have partners in Universities in Northern Africa, espesially in Cairo, who work with Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue, MILID. They are very interested to start projects with us. The University of Cairo is on of the UNESCOs MILID partner Universities and they will host the international MILID week next year. They also want to include their colleagues at universities in Tunisia and Libya in projects with us. We believe that ALF is a great Network for us to work through and hopefully find more partners that are interested in these issues.

Contact (1) Full Name
Johan Holmberg
Head of the organisation
Agneta Mogren