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Activity in Romania at the Institute for Education Sciences in Bucharest
On 23 February, Ms Andreea Scoda and Mr Sorin Mitulescu from the Institute for Education Sciences in Bucharest organised a meeting with teachers and NGO members in the context of the project “Democratic school governance for inclusion: a whole community approach” supported by the Joint Programme...
Video interview with Mr Christopher Reynolds on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture
In this interview, Mr Christopher Reynolds introduces the project that led to the development of the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. Mr Reynolds explains the role of the Council of Europe member states in the development of the Framework and how can countries support...
First Joint Coordination Meeting - 2016 International cooperation projects
Representatives from 20 partner organisations in 17 countries implementing the projects funded in 2016 by the EU/Council of Europe Joint Programme “Human Rights and Democracy in Action” met in Strasbourg for the First Joint Coordination Meeting on 31 January – 1 February 2017. The representatives...
Third Coordination meeting - "Addressing Violence in Schools through Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education"
An international dissemination workshop brought together representatives from the discussion focus groups from Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland and Romania at the European Youth Centre in Budapest on 9 April 2016. The meeting gave them the opportunity to take stock of the focus groups outputs,...
Call for Project Proposals 2016
Important reminder for submission of applications
The application form, completed and signed, together with the supporting documents, must be submitted in electronic form (Word and/or PDF) to the following e-mail address only: EDCHRE2016.Applications@coe.int. The message containing the application shall not be sent to or copied to any Council of...
Call for Project Proposals 2016
This call for proposals will support projects designed to contribute to the sustainable development and promotion of education for democratic citizenship and human rights education. In particular, it will focus on: LOT 1: Putting into practice the Council of Europe Framework of Competences for...
Second coordination meeting - “Addressing violence in schools through Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education”
The second coordination meeting of the pilot project on “Addressing violence in schools through Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education” took place in Athens from 29 February to 1st March 2016. The representatives from Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland and Romania...
First coordination meeting -" Managing controversy: A whole-School Training Tool"
The representatives from Albania, Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Montenegro, Sweden and the United Kingdom met in Strasbourg on 10 February 2016 for the first coordination meeting of the pilot project “Managing Controversy: A Whole-School Training Tool”. The participating countries first...
First coordination meeting - “Addressing violence in schools through Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education”
The representatives from Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland and Romania met at the Rektorat Univerziteta Crne Gore in Podgorica, Montenegro from 5 to 7 November 2015 for the first coordination meeting of the pilot project on “Addressing violence in schools through Education for Democratic...
Launch of an Exhibition Event in Strasbourg
The exhibition « Democracy and Human Rights in School » as well as the animations inspired by the 10 most popular entries are being presented to the public at the Lieu d’Europe, 8 rue Boecklin, 67000 Strasbourg, until 3rd April 2015.

