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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 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.

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

EPALE Discussion: Rooting democracy and active citizenship in adult learning – 26/03/2026

The discussion day will open at 10 am, with a live expert session (45 minutes) featuring

Aoife Crawford, Research and Policy Officer,
Margaret Murray, Literacy Student and Development Officer, both from the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA), Ireland,
Nils-Eyk Zimmermann, project manager of Dare Network
Tamás Harangozó, European Basic Skills Network, moderator.

More Information

https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/discussions/rooting-democracy-and-active-citizenship-adult-learning

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026

Unleashing Human Rights: DARE at the Human Rights Education Forum 2025

The Forum took place in December 2025 in Budapest on invitation by Council of Europe Youth Department and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with their non-governmental partners. The forum aimed to critically review the status, achievements and challenges of human rights education for, with and by youth, as conceptualised and practiced by them and their partners.

December 15, 2025December 29, 2025

DIYW-ROAD project presented in the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg

IJAB e. V. – Fachstelle für Internationale Jugendarbeit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V. (International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany) and the Council of Europe invited youth work and youth education professionals, as well as the project DIYW-ROAD, to the conference ‘Democracy in Action – Youth Work Matters’ from 3 to 5 December 2025 at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg (FR).

November 19, 2025December 29, 2025

10 years EENCE!

10 years EENCE. The Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education celebrated its tenth anniversary in Berlin.

The strength of democratic resilience is persistence. Despite all violence and conflict, despite the fact that many of EENCE members have to move around Europe, show resilience and struggle for opportunities to offer for civic education. . Despite that their countries are in conflict or turning towards autocracy: The ties between the parts in Europe in the community of Education for Citizenship/Human Rights Education exist and that is what makes networks strong. Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe – DARE Network is proud to have EENCE as a member!

More: https://eence.eu