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LEVEL 1. Stop Rumours

BRIDGE Main Challenge: A.2. Gap between regulatory frameworks, institutional discourses and actual inclusion practices

What problem does it address?

Stop Rumours addresses the presence of prejudice, stereotypes and disinformation about migrant populations in everyday and digital interactions. This situation is linked to Social Challenge A.2 because it highlights the gap between regulatory and institutional frameworks for equality and inclusion and actual social practices, where stigmatising discourse and discriminatory practices persist.

What does it propose?

Stop Rumours proposes a socio-educational and community-based strategy to combat prejudice and misinformation about migrant populations. Its approach combines the training of anti-rumour agents who act as multipliers, the verification of information using reliable data, the dissemination of accessible materials and the development of networks to foster intercultural coexistence and cohesion.

Why is it an inspiring practice?
  • • Translating institutional principles into concrete practices: It acts as a mediation mechanism that turns regulatory frameworks for equality and inclusion into concrete community actions addressing everyday discriminatory discourse.
  • • Innovation in addressing disinformation: It treats rumours and misinformation directly as the focus of socio-educational intervention, combining critical analysis, fact-checking and media literacy.
  • • Empowerment and training of multiplier agents: It promotes a model in which citizens and technical staff are trained as anti-rumour agents to intervene actively in their everyday social and community environments.
  • • Participatory governance and networking: It structures the Anti-Rumour Agency as a collaborative alliance between public authorities, social organisations, educational institutions and individual citizens.
  • • Sustainability and continuous development: It has maintained a sustained trajectory since 2013, demonstrating the capacity to adapt to new misinformation and evolving towards positive narratives centred on coexistence and interculturality.
  • • High transferability and accessible educational resources: It offers a highly replicable methodological model and a diverse repository of pedagogical materials adaptable to multiple contexts, including Higher Education.
Resources you'll find
  • • Anti-rumour manuals and strategy guides
  • • Self-learning resources and interpersonal communication strategies
  • • Educational and awareness-raising graphic materials
  • • Audiovisual resources and anti-rumour campaign materials
  • • Fact-checking sources and verified documentation
  • • Tools and materials for creating “Rumour-Free Spaces”
Featured results
2.033+
Anti-rumour agents trained cumulatively by 2017 to act as multipliers in educational and community contexts.
15.500+
People reached through Stop Rumours awareness-raising and training activities by 2020.
70
Rumour-Free Spaces established by 2020 as environments committed to intercultural coexistence and the prevention of discriminatory discourse.
329
Organisations registered with the Stop Rumours Agency in 2022, including social organisations, public authorities, citizens’ associations and educational institutions.
What can visitors learn?
• Learn to recognise the most common misinformation, stereotypes and biased headlines affecting migrant populations, both in everyday life and in digital environments.
• Access verified documentation and rigorous information repositories to debunk false claims using objective evidence.
• Acquire practical skills, dialogue techniques and assertive listening strategies to address rumours constructively in direct interactions.
• Develop the ability to analyse discourse critically, identifying how stigmatising narratives contribute to polarisation and social exclusion.
• Become familiar with the methodologies and training resources needed to act as anti-rumour multiplier agents in their own social, educational or professional environments.
• Access practical resources and methodological guides for creating “Rumour-Free Spaces”, promoting intercultural coexistence within organisations and supporting spaces free from discrimination.

LEVEL 2. EXPLORE BEST PRACTICE

Introduction

As a socio-educational and community-based strategy, Stop Rumours addresses the reproduction of prejudice, stereotypes and disinformation about migrant populations in everyday and digital environments. This situation highlights the gap identified in Social Challenge A.2, between regulatory frameworks for inclusion and actual social practices where stigmatising discourse persists. It therefore intervenes in the symbolic dimension of discrimination to help prevent processes of social exclusion.

  • Coordinating organisation: Federación Sur Acoge
  • Participating countries: Spain (ES)
  • Duration: 2013 - Currently active and permanently integrated into the organisation.
  • BRIDGE Main Challenge: A.2. Gap between regulatory frameworks, institutional discourses and actual inclusion practices
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • SDG 1: No Poverty
  • SDG 4: Quality Education
  • SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Secondary Challenges
  • A.1. Structural and intersectional inequalities that shape inclusion and social cohesion
  • A.4. Fragmented management of cultural diversity and weak institutionalisation of intercultural dialogue
  • A.5. Discrimination, racism and sociocultural polarisation, including hate speech
  • A.7. Digital ecosystem, disinformation and the need for media literacy and critical thinking

The Challenge

What social issue does it address?

Stop Rumours addresses the structural reproduction of prejudice, stereotypes and misinformation about migrant populations in everyday and digital interactions. This issue highlights the distance between institutional regulatory frameworks for equality and inclusion and actual social practices where stigmatising narratives persist, acting as a mechanism of social exclusion.

Why is it important?

Stop Rumours is particularly relevant to Challenge A.2 because it translates institutional principles of inclusion and non-discrimination into socio-educational actions addressing prejudice, rumours and discriminatory discourse. In Higher Education, it provides transferable methodologies and experiences for training future professionals in critical thinking, media literacy and intercultural coexistence.

How does it contribute to the BRIDGE Challenge?

Stop Rumours contributes to Social Challenge A.2 by addressing the gap between institutional principles of equality and inclusion and social practices in which rumours, prejudice and discriminatory discourse persist. It does so through training, fact-checking, critical literacy and community networks oriented towards intercultural coexistence.

How does it work?

Stop Rumours operates through a narrative diagnosis that identifies misinformation about migrant populations in everyday and digital environments. It then verifies information using reliable data and produces accessible awareness-raising materials. Its central component is the training of anti-rumour multiplier agents, building a community network aimed at strengthening intercultural coexistence.

What might inspire you?
Ideas for adaptation
  1. Train students as anti-rumour multiplier agents.
  2. Run fact-checking workshops using reliable data.
  3. Use infographics and videos to develop media literacy.
  4. Train interpersonal communication skills to challenge prejudice.
  5. Use narrative diagnosis to identify stereotypes.
  6. Create Rumour-Free Spaces in educational settings.
  7. Develop counter-narratives on coexistence and interculturality.
  8. Design university-community service-learning projects.
  9. Analyse real cases from a critical and intersectional perspective.
  10. Use self-learning resources as teaching materials.
Resources created

Anti-rumour manuals and strategy guides

Manual

Includes the Stop Rumours Manual and various practical guides aimed at training anti-rumour agents and developing socio-educational and community intervention strategies. The materials provide guidance on identifying rumours, checking information, responding to prejudice and promoting forms of communication and intercultural coexistence based on verified information and dialogue.

Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, Policy Makers, General Public

https://stoprumores.com/recursos/

Self-learning resources and interpersonal communication strategies

Online training

Training resources for independent learning of strategies to address rumours and prejudice in everyday interactions. They include guidance on listening, interpersonal dialogue, identifying stigmatising discourse and constructing well-founded responses, fostering communication skills, critical thinking and literacy in response to disinformation.

Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, Policy Makers, General Public

https://stoprumores.com/como-desactivo-un-rumor/

Educational and graphic awareness-raising materials

Educational resource

A set of accessible materials for addressing rumours, stereotypes and disinformation about migrant populations. It includes infographics, leaflets, presentations and other graphic resources that address specific rumours using verified information and messages adapted to different audiences, facilitating their use in educational, community and awareness-raising activities.

Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, Policy Makers, General Public

https://stoprumores.com/recursos/memes-y-otros-contra-la-desinformacion/

Audiovisual resources and anti-rumour campaign materials

Educational videos

Videos, audiovisual pieces and awareness-raising campaign materials aimed at challenging rumours, prejudice and stigmatising representations of migrant populations. These resources use accessible communication formats to disseminate verified information, promote counter-narratives and encourage attitudes oriented towards intercultural coexistence and the prevention of discrimination.

Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, Policy Makers, General Public

https://stoprumores.com/category/videos/

Fact-checking sources and verified documentation

Educational resource

A selection of sources, data and verified documentation used to check information and debunk rumours or false claims related to migrant populations. The materials are organised by topic and enable anti-rumour responses to be grounded in reliable information and academic or institutional documentation, strengthening media literacy and critical thinking.

Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, Policy Makers, General Public

https://stoprumores.com/recursos/

Tools and materials for creating “Rumour-Free Spaces”

Teaching guide

A set of practical guides, activity proposals and community tools designed to create and facilitate “Rumour-Free Spaces”. The materials support participatory actions against prejudice, racism and discriminatory discourse, and assist organisations, educational centres and community spaces interested in promoting intercultural coexistence and social participation.

Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, Policy Makers, General Public

https://stoprumores.com/