A Europe of Active Citizens: Assessment, Policy Responses and Recommendations on Active Citizenship Education

Report of the International conference in Budapest, November 11, 2010

More than 100 international practitioners, researchers and policy makers from the local, national and EU level came together to discuss international studies surveys like the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS), trends in education policies in Europe, and European policy responses in active citizenship education.

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Tackling Poverty and Social Exlusion by means of Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights

This European conference provided a forum for more than 170 stakeholders in field of Human Rights Education and Education for Democratic Citizenship (HRE/EDC), among them practitioners in formal and non-formal education, NGO activists, educational experts, political scientists and policy makers from various levels ranging from city councils to the European Parliament and the Council of Europe.

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