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Launching Conference of the European Space for Citizenship Education
How to regenerate European democracies? Citizenship education has a key role to play in revitalising democracies through the development of inclusive and democratic values, skills and attitudes. That is why the Council of Europe has launched a new initiative, namely, the European Space for...
The Council of Europe makes a step forward towards the creation of the European Space for Citizenship Education
The Steering Committee of Education (CDEDU) of the Council of Europe welcomed the progress made towards developing the European Space for Citizenship Education during its Plenary session held in Strasbourg, France, on 10 and 11 October 2024. The European Space for Citizenship Education aims to...
The Council of Europe convenes the 6th plenary session of the Steering Committee for Education (CDEDU) in Strasbourg
The Education Department of the Council of Europe is pleased to announce that the 6th Plenary Session of the Steering Committee for Education (CDEDU) took place on October 10th and 11th in the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg. This two-day event brought together representatives, observers and...
Montenegro joins the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees project
On 9 October 2024, Montenegro joined the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (EQPR), becoming the 23rd partner country to promote the EQPR as a practical tool for better and faster integration of refugees in their new societies. The EQPR was developed in 2017 to help Member States...
Democratic Culture Labs start spreading throughout Albania
As a part of the project "Strengthening Democratic Citizenship Education in Albania”* it is foreseen to equip selected project pilot schools with the Democratic Culture Labs. The Democratic Culture Labs project was developed in close cooperation between the project team, the donor, the Ministry...
Introducing the EDURES Pilot Initiative in Durrës Municipality
On 20 September 2024, the Council of Europe's Toolkit Education in times of emergencies and crisis (EDURES) was successfully introduced to representatives from Durrës Municipality and local schools from the Durrës area that will be a part of the piloting of this initiative in Albania. They...
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New publications : EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT 2023 + PUBLICATIONS CATALOGUE 2023
This report provides an overview of the main activities and achievements of the Council of Europe Education Department in 2023. From promoting democratic culture and quality education to harnessing the potential of digital transformation and artificial intelligence, the report highlights the main...
Moving Forward with Automatic Recognition of Higher Education Access Qualifications: final conference of the ARAQUA Project
On 2 October 2024, the final conference of the project entitled “Road to Automatic Recognition of Higher Education Access Qualifications (ARAQUA) took place in Tallinn, Estonia, gathering key stakeholders and experts in the field of recognition of qualifications. The event, hosted by ENIC-NARIC...
European Day of Languages 2024: Languages for peace
The European Day of Languages on 26 September is, this year, celebrated under the motto of “Languages for peace” – highlighting how linguistic diversity and language education can play a key role in promoting a culture of peace, living together and democracy. This theme has been taken up by many...
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