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Promoting education for democratic citizenship and human rights education in Eastern Partnership Countries: discussion on project results
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...
"Competences for Democratic Culture" training seminar for curricula developers held in the Republic of Moldova
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...
Fourth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Project
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...
Training in Belarus for education professionals on human rights education and on competences for democratic culture
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...
How to inspire all teachers by Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education
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...
Series of Seminars on Human Rights and Democracy in Primary Schools Launched in Azerbaijan
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...
Piloting of the Council of Europe human rights education materials in the schools of 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...
Training seminar for judges in Ganja city
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...
Regional Conference on ‘Supporting Democratic School Culture in the Eastern Partnership countries’
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...
Study visit to the Netherlands
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...
Call for expression of interest for short-term consultants
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...
Human rights education in the EaP
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...
Education for human rights and democratic citzenship in secondary schools in Ukraine
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,...
All-Ukrainian seminar for teachers and teacher trainers "Education for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship"
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...
First steering committee meeting of Eastern Partnership countries
Human rights education and democratic citizenship
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...