The Council of Europe's Directorate General for Democracy has issued a call for expression of interest for short-term consultants under the Council of Europe and European Union's joint project “Promoting Human Rights Education and Democratic Citizenship (EDC/HRE) in the Eastern Partnership countries”. The project will raise awareness of the main principles of the EDC/HRE at the policy level and facilitate the practical implementation of the Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in national education systems.
The project will support the integration and/or further development of education for democratic citizenship and human rights education in national education systems by providing support to review and enhance school curricula; build capacity of educational professionals to teach and promote EDC/HRE and pilot EDC/HRE materials in schools of 6 countries. It will also serve to build networks between different education systems in the Eastern Partnership countries.
Call for expression of interest
The deadline for application is 26 February 2016.