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Nobel Peace Prize 2021: Two journalists standing for democracy and freedom of the press
In October, the two journalists Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. …
New Publication: Assessing Competences for Democratic Culture
Together with an international team, Prof Martyn Barret (Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Surrey, UK) has published a new Council of Europe book which takes a further step in the use of the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC)….
New Publication: Growing up and Living in Democratic Families
Two of our Living Democracy Campaign team members Svetlana Lazić (Preschool Teachers Training College, Novi Sad) and Rolf Gollob (IPE Department, PHZH) have written two new handbooks for families on behalf of the Council of Europe for Serbia….
DEMOCRACY IN SCHOLS: TRAINING THE TEACHERS IN ANKARA
Ankara 2021, August. The first few days of the month aremuch too hot. Most teachers are on holiday, but not all. 240 teachers from 10 provinces across Turkey participate in a long seminar to become trainers as part of the EU/CoE Joint Project “Strengthening Democratic Culture in Basic Education”….
DEMOCRACY AS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE FOR CHANGE IN SCHOOLS OF KOSOVO
EDISON (Experience Democracy in Schools Now) is a project financed by the Charitable Fund of Canton Zurich and implemented by the IPE Centre at Zurich University of Teacher Education in cooperation with KEC (Kosova Education Center) which will last until 2023. The project is implemented in coordination with the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and the respective municipalities….
IS “NETIZENSHIP” THE NEW CITIZENSHIP?
With the discussion on citizenship still ongoing, a ‘new’ term seems to be gaining increasing attention. Netizen, a blend of the words internet and citizen, is used to describe a person who is actively involved in online communities or the internet in general and –like an active citizen– a netizen is more than just a user. …
DOCUMENTARY ON REFUGEE EDUCATION DURING AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWNS
“Agape (Love) is the most beautiful word in Greek”. This is the title of the 80-minute documentary produced in the context of the National Geographic Society project “Teaching to Hope: Saving the education of refugee teens during and after the pandemic’s school shutdowns”….
DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The question of how citizenship education and human rights education are connected, how they relate to each other and how they relate to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comes up again and again….
THE PANDEMIC NEEDS LIVING DEMOCRACY
The Corona pandemic and its effects on democratic coexistence represent a huge challenge. A personal one, because the consequences are felt by each and every one of us, but also a social one. What is right, what is wrong? These questions move people all over the world. …
Summer reading: www.opendemocracy.net
OpenDemocracy is an independent, public interest-centered “digital commons” that investigates different forms of democratic change, while also promoting human rights, peacemaking and…
