For the public
Open workshops, lectures and bilingual open classes; training for teachers and journalists that strengthens everyday MIL skills.
Global MIL Week 2026 · Feature Activity
Building media & information literacy across China and ASEAN.
A sustained, city-rotating regional activity that helps people access trustworthy information, evaluate what they see, engage responsibly and create credible media — for the public, young people and enterprises.
An activity organised by the International Communication Organization (ICO) on the occasion of UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2026.
A rotating regional platform
2026 →
Inaugural in Ha Long, then a new China or ASEAN city every year.
About the action
When information crosses borders, trust must cross them too.
In a region connected by trade, travel and digital conversation, misinformation crosses borders as freely as goods and people do. CAMIL exists to close the media and information literacy gap between China and ASEAN — helping citizens, young people, educators, journalists and enterprises seek truth, judge content responsibly and communicate with trust. Convened by the International Communication Organization (ICO) on the occasion of UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week, it turns MIL into an everyday, usable capability: open workshops and lectures, teacher and journalist training, youth co-creation, and enterprise dialogue on credible cross-border communication. Each year the action travels to one city in China or an ASEAN Member State — beginning with Nanning and Hạ Long in 2026 — building a lasting regional community of MIL practitioners rather than a single conference.
For enterprises
Dialogues on trustworthy communication and product credibility, supporting quality brands moving between China and ASEAN.
For young people
A China–ASEAN Youth MIL Action Team, youth press corps and co-creation — the next generation of credible storytellers.
What is MIL
Media and information literacy, in four competencies.
Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is the set of competencies to access, retrieve, understand, evaluate, use, create and share information and media content ethically and effectively. In an era of misinformation, AI-generated false content and deepfakes, it is an essential life skill — and the framework CAMIL is built on.
Access
Find and reach reliable, diverse information amid an overload of sources.
Evaluate
Judge sources and content critically; spot disinformation and manipulated media.
Engage
Take part in public dialogue as responsible, rights-aware digital citizens.
Create
Produce accurate, ethical and credible media that others can rely on.
The global moment
UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week.
Global MIL Week is the leading global occasion for media and information literacy, uniting governments, organisations, educators, youth and platforms. Rather than a single conference, it works as a worldwide calendar: organisations everywhere register and run their own feature activities — workshops, roundtables, lectures, community actions — under a shared annual theme.
In 2026, Global MIL Week takes place from 24 to 31 October under the theme “We All Play a Part — Media and Information Literacy for the People.” CAMIL is registered on that calendar as a feature activity held on the occasion of the Week.
2026 theme
“We All Play a Part —
MIL for the People”
24–31 October 2026 · A participatory, decentralised global week — CAMIL contributes the China–ASEAN regional chapter.
Echoing the 2026 theme
“We All Play a Part” — and everyone in CAMIL has a part to play.
The public
Open MIL workshops, lectures and bilingual classes put literacy directly in people’s hands.
Young people
A regional Youth MIL Action Team, press corps and co-creation let youth lead, not just listen.
Educators & journalists
Train-the-trainer sessions and a shared toolkit turn one workshop into lasting local capacity.
Enterprises
Cross-border dialogues on digital trust bring the private sector into the public-interest effort.
Regional partners
Universities, media bodies and civil-society groups co-host each rotating edition.
Why China–ASEAN
A shared region, a shared information environment.
China and ASEAN are comprehensive strategic partners bound by dense trade, travel and digital connections. Messages, media and products cross their borders every day — so does disinformation. Regional agendas now name media literacy and information integrity as shared priorities, giving a civil-society action a clear place to stand.
China–ASEAN
Capacity building in the Plan of Action
The Plan of Action to Implement the China–ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2026–2030) calls, in its media section, for strengthening media education, literacy and training for media practitioners through exchanges and capacity building, and for improving the ability to address disinformation.
ASEAN
Information integrity as a strategic goal
The ASEAN Work Plan on Information and Media 2026–2035 sets Information Integrity as a strategic goal, to be advanced through capacity development, and identifies the region’s persistent literacy deficit as a fundamental driver of disinformation. The 2025 Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the safe and responsible use of social media likewise calls for empowering citizens with MIL.
Our niche
The public and enterprise side of regional cooperation
Official mechanisms connect institutions and governments; large public programmes provide general literacy. CAMIL works where the two meet daily life — hands-on MIL for the public and youth, trustworthy communication for enterprises, delivered city by city across the region.
Purpose · Mission · Vision
Why CAMIL exists, and what it is building towards.
Purpose
Make MIL learnable and usable
To make media and information literacy learnable, usable and verifiable for everyone in China and ASEAN, and to strengthen a trustworthy information environment.
Mission
One city, one edition, every year
Each year, bring public-interest MIL into one China or ASEAN city through workshops, training, dialogues, lectures and open educational resources — reaching the public, young people, educators, media and enterprises.
Vision
Critical minds, credible information
A China–ASEAN region where people think critically, information flows with credibility, and trust grows across borders.
Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
CAMIL advances the 2030 Agenda through MIL capacity building, with a direct contribution to three Goals.
SDG4
Quality Education
Inclusive MIL education, training and lifelong learning for all ages.
SDG16
Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
Public access to information and information integrity, countering disinformation.
SDG17
Partnerships for the Goals
Multi-stakeholder, cross-border cooperation among civil society, educators, media and enterprises.
What the action does
Programme formats, outputs and plans.
Every edition combines familiar, high-quality exchange formats with the character of its host city. Detailed schedules are published with each edition; the action is built around a stable set of formats, outputs and long-term plans.
Programme formats
Forums & keynote dialogues
High-level openings and keynote conversations.
Seminars & workshops
Hands-on sessions by the four MIL competencies.
Roundtables
Facilitated discussions among media, platforms and enterprises.
Lectures & open classes
Public MIL lectures and bilingual open classes.
Showcases & exhibitions
Youth works, credible-media practices and tool showcases.
Dialogues & exchanges
Dinner and cruise-luncheon conversations in friendly settings.
Study visits
Professional, industry and cultural-heritage visits.
Youth co-creation
Youth action teams, press corps and short-video creation.
Key outputs
- 01A regional joint initiativeA multi-party China–ASEAN Joint Initiative on Information Credibility, renewed each year.
- 02A bilingual MIL toolkitA China–ASEAN MIL educational resource kit in English and Chinese, issued in annual editions.
- 03A Youth MIL Action TeamA regional youth network launched, trained and flagged at each edition.
- 04An annual outcomes reportA public record of results, commitments and the handover to the next host city.
Long-term plans
- →Annual rotationOne host city in China or ASEAN every year during Global MIL Week.
- →Permanent standardsBrand, curriculum standards, certification and resource library held by ICO; each city adds local co-creation.
- →Regional collaborationGradual cooperation with regional foundations, universities, media bodies and civil-society networks on courses, research and youth programmes.
Inaugural edition · 2026
The first edition: Nanning & Ha Long.
Inaugural theme
Credible Information across Borders
Echoing the global theme “We All Play a Part — MIL for the People.”
Dates
25–28 Oct 2026
During Global MIL Week 2026
Sites
Nanning + Ha Long
Guangxi, China & Quang Ninh, Viet Nam — connected across the China–ASEAN land border
Setting
Dialogue, not a formal conference
Opening gathering, welcome dinner, a Ha Long Bay cruise-luncheon dialogue, workshops, roundtables, showcase, study visit and youth co-creation
Launched at the inaugural edition
China–ASEAN Joint Initiative on Information Credibility (Ha Long 2026)
A shared commitment by media, educators, platforms, civil society and enterprises to advance MIL and trustworthy information across the region.
Joint Initiative on Digital Trust and Product Traceability in Cross-border E-commerce
Launched by the first group of Chinese and Vietnamese enterprises, turning information credibility into tangible, trustworthy cross-border cooperation.
China–ASEAN Youth MIL Action Team & Youth Call to Action
The founding regional youth team, with a youth call to action for credible media and responsible participation.
Built to last
A new host city every year.
2026
Inauguration
Nanning + Ha Long, Viet Nam
Launch the brand and the joint initiatives, establish the cross-border friendly-dialogue model, release toolkit 1.0.
2027
Regional benchmark
Singapore or Kuala Lumpur
Information integrity, platform responsibility, and governance of AI and deepfakes, with regional institutional partners.
2028
A mature rotation
Bangkok or the Greater Bay Area
Youth MIL and trusted cross-border e-commerce under a stable “host bid + ICO standards” rotation mechanism.
Take part
Join the action.
Public MIL workshops, lectures and open classes are open and free; selected public sessions are also streamed online across the region. Invitations for the Nanning–Ha Long programme are coordinated with partners; regional organisations, educators, media, youth and enterprises are welcome to collaborate.
Educators & journalists
Lead or join workshops, training and the bilingual toolkit.
Young people
Apply for the Youth MIL Action Team, press corps and co-creation.
Enterprises
Join roundtables on trustworthy communication and credible products.
Regional partners
Universities, associations and civil-society groups can co-host future editions.
Express interest or propose a partnership
ICO will open invitations and publish the public programme schedule ahead of October 2026.
Contact — ICO
info@icoun.org
Organiser
International Communication Organization
CAMIL is an activity of ICO, not a separate organisation. ICO initiates and organises it and holds the brand, curriculum standards and certification, while each edition is delivered with local co-organisers in the host city. This website is the official event website of CAMIL.
CAMIL is registered on the UNESCO Global MIL Week 2026 calendar as a feature activity held on that occasion. References to UNESCO describe this relationship only; they do not imply endorsement or authorisation.