Survey on European Union Financial Regulations
Through its working group on Civil Society Organisation recognition, Civil Society Europe has prepared a survey to collect NGOs views on the review of the financial regulations and rules of application of the European Union. The questions are based on the European Commission open public consultation. The purpose of the survey is to prepare some […]
Civic Education in Eastern Europe
The Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb) has published the book “Civic Education and Democratisation in Eastern Partnership Countries“. The publication is available as a free e-book in English and Russian language. Civic education is often regarded with scepticism in the formerly socialist Eastern Partnership countries. However, a vibrant civil society has […]
LLLP Position Paper on Learning Participation
A clear challenge for our educational systems is to better adapt to the needs of modern societies. Today’s learners expect “complimentary chains” between formal, non-formal and informal learning, which involves better-designed innovative and collaborative learning methodologies and assessment procedures, going beyond the traditional “one-size-fits-all” approach. These can contribute to improving learning participation, well-being and educational […]
Position Paper: Implementing Erasmus+ better!
The Erasmus+ programme is a unique funding opportunity and a great step forward to modernise education policies at the local, national and European level. To embrace its full potential, the LLLPlatform believes that the programme could benefit from more clarity, a stronger lifelong learning approach and a fairer budget distribution, in order to have a greater added […]
Call for Proposals: Projects that promote freedom and tolerance
Projects that foster inclusion, support democratic values and prevent radicalisation are invited to apply for funding under an Erasmus+ Call for Proposals published this month. The Call is linked to the Paris Declaration adopted by EU Education Ministers and Commissioner Navracsics in March 2015. The Declaration aims at promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance […]
Eurobarometer on European Union Citizenship
The European Commission has published new Eurobarometer on EU citizenship and the electoral rights that come with it. The survey shows that more Europeans (87%) than ever are familiar with their status as EU citizens. The report also shows that a similar number (88%) thinks that the EU should give citizens a stronger voice in […]
Imagining the learning community of tomorrow
Our member Centrum pre európsku politiku is official partner of the conference “Imagining the learning community of tomorrow” organised by the Lifelong Learning Platform. The LLLPlatform annual conference takes place from May 31st to June 1st 2016 in Bratislava. Gathering some 150 experts and practioners in education from all over Europe, the conference will be […]
Overview of education policy developments in Europe following the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015
A year ago, in response to extremist violence and terrorist attacks in Europe, the EU Education Ministers and Commissioner Navracsics adopted the Paris Declaration on ‘Promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education’. It reaffirmed Europe’s determination to stand shoulder to shoulder in support and safeguard of the fundamental values […]
Report by the European Parliament: Learning EU at school
The Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament published a new report on learning EU at school, underlining the increasing importance of a European dimension in education across the different disciplines, levels and forms of education, while stressing the need for a broad and in-depth understanding of the concept which takes into account its […]
Youth work and non-formal learning
The publication marks a quarter of a century of EU youth programmes accompanied by EU youth policy. It brings together some of the thinking that inspires – and is inspired by – EU actions for youth to encourage debate about what youth work and non-formal learning can contribute to European education. It reviews EU cooperation in the […]