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World Forum for Democracy 2015

The World Forum for Democracy will be held in Strasbourg (France) from 18-20 November 2015. The theme of this year’s Forum is “Freedom vs control: for a democratic response”. The growing tension between the concern for safety and the protection of freedoms is one of the key challenges facing democracies today. The Strasbourg World Forum […]

Report on the 2014 European Elections

The European Commission published its report on the 2014 European Elections, looking back at the first campaign to feature lead candidates from European political parties. The selection of candidates for the Commission Presidency by major political parties in Europe was a new step towards European-level democracy, resulting in the election of Commission President Juncker and […]

European Passport to Active Citizenship (EPTAC)

It’s our Europe! It’s our voice! But how to put this into practice? The new EPTAC in 23 official languages facilitates public participation across the European Union, the world’s biggest transnational democracy, with its 28 member states, 500 regions and more than 100 000 municipalities. Trying to change the education system? Having a problem with […]

Call for projects: CALL4Europe

In the year 2015, the Austrian not-for-profit association Respekt.net organizes a call for projects entitled “CALL4Europe” and invites interested European project initiators which work on current and future challenges of Europe to make use of crowdfunding opportunities on the platform www.respekt.net. As additional incentive Respekt.net offers EUR 100,000 as “doubling donation” to a selection out […]

World Education Forum adopts Declaration on the Future of Education

A transformative vision for ‪education‬ over the next 15 years was adopted at the World Education Forum on 21 May in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The Incheon Declaration was welcomed by the global education community, including government ministers from more than 100 countries, non-governmental organisations and youth groups. It encourages countries to provide inclusive, equitable,‪ quality education‬ and ‪Lifelong learning‬ opportunities for […]

Congratulations to ME Yvelines and BBAG

Congratulations to our members Maison de l’Europe des Yvelines and Berlin-Brandenburgische Auslandsgesellschaft (BBAG) for their successful applications within the Europe for Citizens programme Strand 2 Measure 2.2 – Networks of towns ! ME Yvelines will receive funding for their project “CitiPart – Cities’ Partnership against extremism and populism” and BBAG for “Together for a better […]

Democracy and Human Rights Start with Us – Charter for All

“Democracy and Human Rights Start with Us – Charter for All” explains the Council of Europe Charter on Citizenship and Human Rights Education in a fun and friendly way. This publication includes a brochure for children, guidelines for educators and a poster. An exhibition is also available entitled “Democracy and Human Rights start with Us” […]

EUCIS-LLL statement against the inclusion of Education at the TTIP

European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL) had published a paper (  ) exposing the reasons why they consider the education has to be left aside in the negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) as well as these negotiations might be open up to the public domain. On their own words, “EUCIS-LLL […]

Online Handbook “1914-2014: Europe Lost & Found in War & Peace”

On the occasion of the centennary of the First World War, the Interkulturelles Zentrum initiated and coordinated the international thematic school networking project “1914-2014: Europe lost & found in war and peace“. One result of this project is an online handbook with 21 methods with teaching suggestions about the topics of Europe, war and peace. […]