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DISCO Call for proposals: micro-grants to support small-scale activities disseminating and further promoting previous cycles’ outcomes
Are you interested in concretely supporting human rights and democracy in your country? A call for proposals accepting applications for micro-grants has been published today. This is the first of two calls relating to micro-grants that will be published during the current cycle. Under this...
Launching Conference and First Joint Coordination Meeting - Projects 5th Cycle
The Launching conference of the European Union/Council of Europe Joint Programme “Democratic and Inclusive School Culture in Operation (DISCO)” will take place in Strasbourg on 16 April. Two projects will be promoted in the new cycle: the first project, “Digital Resistance” focuses on digital...
Students present their videos on Competences for Democratic Culture at CDPPE meeting
Which is the best way to promote a democratic culture in the school environment? Students from Croatia, Georgia and Slovak Republic presented their videos at the meeting of the Steering Committee for Educational Policy and Practice (CDPPE) that took place on 7 December 2017 in Strasbourg. A video...
Results discussed at Final Conference of the Joint Programme “Human Rights and Democracy in Action”
What was the impact of the projects supported by the 4th cycle of the Joint Programme “Human Rights and Democracy in Action”? More than 60 participants including partners, teachers and students discussed the results of the projects during a conference that took place on 6 December 2017 in...
Call for Project Proposals 2017
The EU/Council of Europe Joint Programme “Democratic and Inclusive School Culture in Operation” (DISCO) is currently accepting applications for project proposals for the next cycle of the Programme. The Call for Project Proposals 2017 will support projects designed to contribute to building...
Baltic Forum on Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE) held in Tallinn
How can co-operation on promoting Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE) be strengthened in the Baltic countries? This was one of the topics discussed during a forum that took place in Tallinn on 17 October. The aim of the Baltic Forum was to share good...
Third Coordination Meeting – Project “Instruments for implementation of the Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture”
The Third Coordination meeting of the project “Instruments for Implementation of the Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture” will meet in Strasbourg on 6 October. Partners from Andorra, Croatia, Georgia and Slovak Republic will present the activities carried out in their countries and...
Third Coordination meeting – Project: “Democratic School Governance for Inclusion: a whole community approach”
The third coordination meeting of the Project “Democratic School Governance for Inclusion: a whole community approach” will take place in Athens on 28-29 September. Partners from Greece, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Poland will present the activities carried out in their countries...
International Conference and 2nd Partner Meeting, Bucharest – Project “Democratic Culture in Action – democratic competences in the digital era”
How can teachers help students to develop democratic competences? What are the competences that are necessary in the digital environment? These are two of the topics that were addressed during the International Conference “Democratic Culture in Action – democratic competences in the digital era”...
Teaching and Managing Controversy in classrooms and schools in Europe – Case study session in Strasbourg
How can controversial issues be taught in the classrooms? How can school leaders manage controversy in their schools? A case study session that took place in Strasbourg on 22 June 2017 addressed these two topics. The case study session entitled “Teaching and Managing Controversy in classrooms...
