Ms Eva Van Passel
Media Programme Manager, Evens Foundation
Belgium
Eva Van Passel works as media programme manager at the Evens Foundation, a public benefit foundation based in Antwerp, Belgium and with offices in Paris and Warsaw. The Evens Foundation initiates and supports sustainable projects, and awards biennial prizes, that contribute to the progress and strengthening of Europe based on cultural and social diversity. It has awarded the biennial Evens Prize for Media Education since 2009. In line with the Foundation’s mission, Eva coordinates a range of projects that foster media literacy and quality of information as crucial aspects in contemporary European citizenship. The Foundation stresses the need for critical education, including media education, in support of norms and values in the European reality.