NEZ – DARE Network

September 7, 2026September 8, 2026

DARE position to: Quality education for all: a 2040 roadmap

Background: The EU Commission opened a Call for evidence (2026) for the new Education Package and asked citizens and all other relevant stakeholders for feedback. The initiative aims at “improving the performance of school education in the age of AI.” Read here DARE network’s position:

Stocktaking and learning from previous activities

DARE (Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe) would like to propose a careful and honest stocktaking measure as a first priority in order to learn from the challenges and mistakes of the past, before decisions about new investments.

August 12, 2026September 2, 2026

Critical Youth Work 2026

Rethinking and re-imagining conceptual approaches, (un)learning democracy and human rights under rapidly changing conditions. A networking conference for YOU(th) workers, EDC/HRE trainers, educators, facilitators, youth researchers, and activists

23.08. – 28.08.2026, European Youth Education and Meeting Centre in Weimar

July 31, 2026

Council of Europe: Recommendation on Peace Education by, with and for young people

On 8 July 2026, the Committee of Ministers adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2026)11, calling on member States to strengthen peace education by, with, and for young people.

It includes also Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on peace education by, with and for young people – and contributes in this way to the necessary and important discourse among educators, youth and youth workers on what peace education is, should be, and how it relates to other concepts in the fields of Education for Democratic Citizenship/Human Rights Education.

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July 8, 2026August 12, 2026

Lifelong Learning Platform GA 2026 and Project Digital Youth Work: Education & AI

The Digital Youth Work – Rights-sensitive, Open, Accessible, Democratic (DIYW-ROAD) project’s final activity took us to Brussels between June 29 and July 1, 2026. This is where the General Assembly of the LLLP—the European platform for lifelong learning, of which DARE is a member—took place. The focus was on digitalisation.

June 8, 2026August 20, 2026

Policy: Digital Youth Work and Democratic Participation in Digital Spaces

Key challenges, findings, European policy linkages, and recommendations from the project DIYW-ROAD

June 3, 2026July 1, 2026

Roundtable: Digitality, Education and Youth Work in the EU

Key challenges, findings, European policy linkages, and recommendations

Wednesday, 01. July 2026 | 9-11:30 am | Brussels
at Lifelong Learning Platform, Rue Des Deux Eglises 14-16 | 1000 Bruxelles | Belgium
Registration: under this link (links to Framaforms)
Questions: Email to Nils-Eyk Zimmermann, nz@dare-network.eu

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May 31, 2026May 31, 2026

DARE TrendsLab and General Assembly 2026

Intensive and inspiring days at the DARE TrendsLab and General Assembly 2026 are behind us. The DARE members exchanged about practice and policy. They discussed the development of the DARE network which will look forward to the 25th anniversary in the next year. The citizenship-related competence framework currently developed as part of the EU Key Competences for Lifelong Learning was also the subject of lively discussion, as the general state of civil society in Europe (with most non-formal citizenship and human rights education providers as its part).

May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

Critical Thinking in the Digital Age

From 21 to 23 April 2026, Timișoara (Romania) became a meeting place for European professionals from the fields of youth work, education and digitalisation. Also the DIYW-ROAD project had the opportuniyt to contribute to the meeting organised by the CoE-EU Youth Partnership.

May 4, 2026May 27, 2026

Fundamental Rights in Daily Actions of Social Workers: Case Studies Published

The F.R.I.D.A.S. project deals with fundamental rights in daily actions of social workers. It published recently a case study collection with 46 real-life cases of human rights violations, discrimination, and vulnerability, social inclusion, presented through didactic cards accompanied by corresponding audio versions.

April 28, 2026September 10, 2026

Digital Citizenship Education Handbook: More than Go with the Flow

Cite: Plasencia-Kanzler, M.; Rapetti, E.; Zimmermann, N. (2026). More than Go with the Flow. From platform users to active citizens. Competendo Facilitator Handbook, Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe, Brussels. 107 pages, DARE network
https://competendo.net/en/More_than_Go_with_the_Flow

Authors: N. Zimmermann, M. Plasencia-Kanzler, E. Rapetti (ed.)
Design: S. Georgiev
Download: PDF
Languages:
EN: More than Go with the Flow
DE: Mehr als mit dem Strom schwimmen
BG: Не просто да се носим по течението
ES: Ir contra la corriente
IT: Andare contro corrente
PT: Mais do que só seguir a corrente