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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...
Workshop in Zagreb on creating videos - Project “Instruments for the implementation of the Reference Framework on CDC”
How do you make a video? How can students produce a video on the competences for democratic culture? On 16 May, the Joint Programme “Human Rights and Democracy in Action” in co-operation with the Education and Teacher Training Agency organised a workshop in Zagreb on creating videos in the scope...
Second coordination meeting - Project “Instruments for implementation of the Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture”
The second coordination meeting of the Project "Instruments for implementation of the Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture" took place in Zagreb on 28 April. Partners from Andorra, Croatia, Georgia and the Slovak Republic shared the progress of the activities in the countries. The...
Second coordination meeting - Project "Democratic school governance of inclusion: a whole community approach"
The second coordination meeting of the Project “Democratic School governance of inclusion: a whole community approach” took place in Sofia on 26 April. Partners from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland and Romania shared the progress of the activities in the countries. The results of...
Video interview with Yulia Pererva
What is the Charter on citizenship and human rights education?
What is the Charter on citizenship and human rights education and how can the Council of Europe member States get better in promoting democracy and human rights through education? In this interview, Yulia Pererva, Programme Manager, Education Policy Division talks about the Council of Europe...
Teachers in Croatia: “All citizens should learn and integrate competences for democratic culture in their everyday life!”
Two focus groups in Croatia, within the project „Democratic competences in digital era“ were held in the beginning of March in Zagreb and Bjelovar, where 20 teachers and experts working with youth and young people discussed on competences for democratic culture in digital era. Focus groups were...

