At the workshop “Spreading awareness of hybrid threats – Strengthening resilience in the Western Balkans”, the representatives of the countries of the region, discussed about the ways to improve internet security. In the increasingly growing era of the Internet and artificial intelligence, there is an expansion of obscure and vague concepts, and therefore a clear message was sent about the necessity of education and literacy development in the field of media and cyber.
On the first day of the program, the Minister of Defense of North Macedonia, Slavjanka Petrovska, addressed the audience and underlined that state and non-state actors use various methods to cause instability in the region. During the four-day lectures and discussions, it was pointed out the types of fake news and misinformation that can cause damage to the entire society, and which can negatively affect citizens’ trust in the systems set up in this way.
With the conclusion that the response to general and emerging threats must be comprehensive and common, the first phase of the project was completed, with the assignment of tasks to the groups formed by the organizers (Višegrad Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Atlantic Alliance of North Macedonia) with the aim of making the project continue in the form of quarterly symposiums in each of the participating countries.
