The counter-disinformation community is confronted with serious threats to its financial future. While it is clear that most philanthropic or platform funding is not available anymore, the EU has not yet provided a sustainable alternative to ensure the protection of democracy and the information ecosystem.

This can be achieved only if the counter-disinformation community mobilises and coordinates its efforts. In this webinar, our speaker Katrīna Luīze Ašmane will present AgoraEU – a new programme that could finance research and investigations to counter disinformation in Europe. In this webinar, you will learn:

  • What is the “MFF” and why it is important to be active on this topic;
  • What is the AgoraEU programme and if it can help to fund the counter-disinformation community;
  • What needs to be changed at this stage to make sure more European funding is unlocked;
  • What can you do as a civil society organisations to support this effort.

This webinar is intended exclusively for civil society members of the EU DisinfoLab community, including non-profit, academics, and researchers working on countering disinformation.

Only members of this community have access to the recording, which can be requested by email at info@disinfo.eu

Speaker: Katrīna Luīze Ašmane, EU DisinfoLab

Katrīna Luīze Ašmane is a Policy Intern at EU Disinfo Lab, where she monitors and analyses EU level policy developments on digital platform regulation. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL). Before joining EU Disinfo Lab, she completed an internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and worked as a Legal Research Assistant at RGSL’s library.

Moderator: Joe McNamee, Senior Policy Expert, EU DisinfoLab

Joe McNamee has been working on topics related to internet regulation for over 20 years. Prior to his current role as Senior Policy Expert at EU DisinfoLab, he worked as policy adviser for a political group in the European Parliament. From 2009 to 2018, he led European Digital Rights, the association of digital civil rights organisations in Europe, working on major topics such as the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Copyright Directive. Prior to this, Joe worked for a political consultancy specialised in telecommunications and internet policy, where he led three research projects funded by the European Commission. During this time, he also worked on the EU’s E-Commerce (the predecessor to the DSA) and ePrivacy Directives. Joe holds master’s degrees in European Politics and in International Law.

The opinions expressed are those of the speakers/authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of EU DisinfoLab. This webinar does not represent an endorsement by EU DisinfoLab of any organisation.