Promoting education for democratic citizenship and human rights education in Eastern Partnership Countries: discussion on project results

Tbilisi 28 November 2017

What has been achieved after the implementation of the Joint Programme on Promoting Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE) in Eastern Partnership countries? A conference took place on 21-22 November in Tbilisi, Georgia with the aim to bring together educational...

Read More

"Competences for Democratic Culture" training seminar for curricula developers held in the Republic of Moldova

23 October 2017 Chisinau

How can competences for democratic culture be integrated in the national system of secondary education? This was the specific focus of a training seminar on “Competences for Democratic Culture in the System of Secondary Education in the Republic of Moldova” that took place in Chisinau on 15-18...

Read More

Fourth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Project

3 May 2017 Kyiv

Members of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Project ‘Promoting Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education’ met in Kyiv on 26 April to discuss the progress of the activities undertaken in the participating countries. Committee members shared information on the 2017 training...

Read More

Training in Belarus for education professionals on human rights education and on competences for democratic culture

15 March 2017 Minsk

35 representatives of the National Institute of Education and other leading educational institutions participated in a 4-day training course on the main principles of the Education for Democratic Citizenship/Human Rights Education at the policy level and on the Reference Framework of Competences...

Read More

How to inspire all teachers by Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education

19-22 February 2017 Chisinau

Within the CoE/EU Programme “Promoting Human Rights Education and Democratic Citizenship in Eastern Partnership countries”, a workshop for educators is being organised 19-22 February 2017 in Chisinau, Moldova. 35 primary school heads, teachers and educators from different regions of Moldova are...

Read More

Series of Seminars on Human Rights and Democracy in Primary Schools Launched in Azerbaijan

27-30 January Baku

The Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, has launched a series of training seminars on human rights education and education for democratic citizenship for trainers and teachers. The first series of seminars is held within the framework of...

Read More

Piloting of the Council of Europe human rights education materials in the schools of Kharkiv

9 December 2016 Kharkiv

In the framework of the Joint EU/CoE project ‘Promoting Human Rights Education and Democratic Citizenship in Eastern Partnership countries’ a piloting seminar for teachers and school directors took place in Kharkiv, Ukraine on 1-3 December 2016. The seminar was organised in cooperation with the...

Read More

Training seminar for judges in Ganja city

28 November 2016 Ganja

On 24-25 November 2016, the Council of Europe organised, in cooperation with the Academy of Justice of Azerbaijan Republic, a training course in Ganja city on “The right to property under the European Convention on Human Rights”. 20 judges representing Ganja Appeal Court and the courts of first...

Read More

Regional Conference on ‘Supporting Democratic School Culture in the Eastern Partnership countries’

14-15 November 2016 Strasbourg

The Conference was organised in the framework of the Regional Project “Promoting Human Rights Education and Democratic Citizenship (EDC/HRE) in Eastern Partnership countries. Mr Matthew Johnson, Director of Democratic Citizenship and Participation addressed the participants of the Conference at...

Read More

Study visit to the Netherlands

28-30 September 2016 TILBURG, DEN HAAG

In the framework of the CoE/EU Eastern Partnership PCF 2015-2016 project “Strengthening Integrity and Combatting Corruption in Higher Education in Armenia” a delegation from Armenia visited The Netherlands on 28-30 September 2016. Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Armenia led the...

Read More

Call for expression of interest for short-term consultants

Strasbourg

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...

Read More

Human rights education in the EaP

Kyiv 2-4 February 2016

Within the CoE/EU Programme “Promoting Human Rights Education and Democratic Citizenship in Eastern Partnership countries”, a second stage training for trainers and teachers on human rights education and education for democratic citizenship was organised on 2nd – 4th February 2016 in Kyiv. The...

Read More

Education for human rights and democratic citzenship in secondary schools in Ukraine

4-5 December 2015 Lviv

Introducing the basic principles and tools of Education for Human Rights and Democratic Cizitenship into school governance helps teachers and school heads to take responsibility together, to allow students to perceive school as the first institution in their lives that organises teaching,...

Read More

All-Ukrainian seminar for teachers and teacher trainers "Education for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship"

26 October 2015 Irpin, Ukraine

The Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, is beginning a series of training seminars for trainers and teachers on human rights education and education for democratic citizenship. The seminars will be held within the framework of the EU/CoE Joint...

Read More

First steering committee meeting of Eastern Partnership countries

Human rights education and democratic citizenship

Council of Europe Office in Ukraine 22 April 2015 Kyiv, Ukraine

The Council of Europe and European Union joint project to “Promote human rights education and democratic citizenship (EDC/HRE) in Eastern Partnership countries” held its first steering committee in Kyiv on 22nd April 2015. The steering committee was set-up to supervise the implementation of the...

Read More