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Situation in Ukraine
We have all been deeply shocked by the situation in Ukraine. This country made a decision to follow the path of democracy and to align its state structure, everyday life and schools accordingly. What is happening right now puts all that in danger….
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić makes an official visit to Serbia
In an earlier newsletter, we reported on the publication of democracy manuals for families in Serbia, written by Svetlana Lazic and Rolf Gollob, which are based on the living-democracy approach…
6 April 2022: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
At the UN headquarters in New York on 23 August 2013, the UN General Assembly declared 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) – a decision that represented an historic step in recognising the transformative power of sport and its great potential in advancing positive social change. …
North Macedonia: Three-day workshop Initiation and assessment of democratic school climate
We received information about a very interesting workshop in Skopje, Northern Macedonia, in which our two colleagues Natalija Aceska and Ivanka Mijikj (both Advisors at the Bureau for Development of Education) participated, and in the course of which the two spoke about the website www.living-democracy.com…
Building Resilience in a Pandemic Era
We are very pleased to draw your attention to the remarkable report on the state of democracy in 2021 (the link to the full report can be found below). As IDEA points out, the new millennium started optimistically as a “century of democracy”…
EDC/HRE competences and the teachers for the future
Within the framework of the “Preparing Future Teachers in the Western Balkans: Education for Democracy and Human Rights 2019 – 2022” project led by the European Wergeland Centre and guided through the support of the IPE Department at Zurich University of Teacher Education, and in particular with the professional contribution of Prof. Rolf Gollob and the Albanian education expert Astrit Dautaj …
International Mother Language Day
21 February, International Mother Language Day (IMLD), is a worldwide yearly celebration that promotes awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity. First declared by UNESCO in 1999, it was formally recognised by the United Nations in 2002 as part of a broader initiative “to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world”….
Proposed teaching and learning publication: All different – all equal
We recommend a reissued classic of the Council of Europe, the educational pack All Different – All Equal. This publication aims to provide practical and theoretical materials that can be used by educators, trainers, youth workers and teachers in informal education in order to facilitate the learning process and the knowledge of young people about the social environment in which they live….
The Council of Europe Democratic Schools Network
Developing students’ competences needed to participate effectively in a culture of democracy…
Art making children’s rights visible
A project with and in shelters for unaccompanied minors in Greece…
