On September 29, at the 26th session of the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education, the Ministers of Education declared 2025 as the European Year of Digital Citizenship Education

The European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025 will provide a platform for member states to set common goals, exchange sense-making practices, measure achievements and define together a road map for the future. It will concert the efforts of stakeholders to create initiatives to make learners more aware of the changes that digital technology is bringing to the world, to see more clearly the positives of the online environments they choose to move in, and improve their knowledge and skills to avoid the downsides. Moreover, it will highlight ways and advantages of participating in a culture of democracy and the importance of living peacefully together with others in culturally diverse democratic societies.

Download here the informational booklet on the Year
 

The objectives of the European Year shall be:

• raise public awareness of the importance of DCE in enabling learners of all ages to live in a digitally enriched world

• increase understanding of the importance of competences for a democratic culture, and ways that they can be developed online

• promote the take-up of and define a roadmap for the future of DCE

• link the work of the Council of Europe with that of other organisations, in particular UNESCO and the EU, on digital education, digital literacy and on the use of emerging technologies (including Artificial Intelligence) in education

• contribute at the level of the European region to the UN agenda on SDG4 and the global initiatives launched by the Transforming Education Summit concerning the digital transformation of education

• motivate key stakeholders in public, private and civil sectors within education to work together towards common goals.

The European Year will encourage member states to analyse their needs to create targeted campaigns on a national scale, with support and guidance from the Council of Europe.

 Write us at: 

digital.citizenship@coe.int to get information on how to support us in the preparation of the European Year!