Abstract

The Mentor International Association for Media Education was founded in Barcelona at the end of May 2004 during the media education workshop organized by Unesco and the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona in collaboration with the European Comission and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Its objective is to connect media education professionals from diverse official and institutional structures in order to develop and coordinate international activities in the area of media education. It is and independent association with support of Unesco.