Education for Democratic Citizenship
The Conference of European Churches supports education that encourages open and democratic perspectives on European society. Education is a core means for promoting values of peace and reconciliation, intercultural dialogue, and democratic participation in European society.
In this area, CEC monitors and contributes to the work of the European Institutions. We are also in the process of co-organising a pilot project for teachers in church-related kindergartens in several European countries. The project will focus on developing intercultural and interreligious competences.
For more information about our work in this area, please contact Rev. Sören Lenz.
Related posts
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6 Oct, 2017
Будущее Европы – какое оно? Церкви Южной Европы готовятся к Ассамблее КЕЦ 2018 года
С 5 по 6 октября в греческом городе Волос собрались представители членских Церквей КЕЦ в Южной Европе. Эта встреча стала третьей в ряду региональных консультаций, подготовительных к Генеральной ассамблее КЕЦ, которая состоится в 2018 году в Нови-Саде.
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5 Oct, 2017
CEC and the Spanish Evangelical Church deplore the violence in Catalonia
We express the solidarity of European Christians with the churches and all people of Catalonia and Spain.
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12 Apr, 2016
Democracy through education: European ministers back new tool
On 12 April, CEC General Secretary Fr Heikki Huttunen participated in the Standing Conference of the Council of Europe Ministers of Education, which brings together ministers of education from the 27 CoE member States. The meeting took place in Brussels.
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9 Dec, 2015
Reflections on EDC: Case study from Denmark by Hanna Broadbridge
In 2016 Danish schools teaching the age groups from 6 to 16 will have to find space and time on the already crammed timetables for an week’s teaching on democratic citizenship. This initiative has come about in the wake of the Paris bombings and a meeting in Brussels of Ministers of Education in November 2015.
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8 Jan, 2015
Reflections on EDC: Estonia leads the way by Hanna Broadbridge
An interchurch group from the diocese of Aarhus, Denmark visited Estonia in late September to meet congregations and the consistorium in Tallinn and to hear how church life was developing and also to sense the atmosphere in the country in the present ‘cool’ climate in that part of Europe.
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8 Nov, 2014
New publication from the Council of Europe on EDC: Signposts
The new Council of Europe document is worth reading. It offers a rich collection of issues, arguments and content about policy and practice for teaching about religions and non-religious world views in intercultural education. Its purpose is to help implement Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)12 on the dimension of religions and non-religious convictions within intercultural education issued by the Committee of Ministers in 2008.
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1 Jul, 2014
Stell Dir ein Europa vor . . .
Die Europawahlen sind vorbei. Aber die wichtige Aufgabe, die Demokratie lebendiger zu gestalten und immer mehr Menschen zur Teilnahme zu motivieren, bleibt bestehen. Wir bieten den Kirchen diese Serie von 8 Karten an, um sie für europäische Fragen zu sensiblisieren, vor allem die Frage der demokratischen Teilnahme am Leben der Gesellschaft.
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1 Jul, 2014
Imagine une Europe, . . .
Les élections européennes 2014 sont passées. Mais rendre la démocratie toujours plus vivante et participative demeure une tâche très importante. Cette série de 8 cartes est proposée aux Églises pour les sensibiliser aux questions européennes, surtout celle de la participation démocratique à la vie de la société.
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1 Jul, 2014
Imagine a Europe…
As a service to Member Churches wishing to promote an active, democratic and responsible participation in European Affairs, the CEC-CSC Working Group on Education produced a set of postcards portraying a vision of Europe as it could be and linking its preoccupations and concerns directly to the Christian ethos.
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20 Jan, 2014
Reflections on EDC: Pity in a welfare state by Daniel Schmid Holz
A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest and a Levite had also been journeying along the same road, but when they saw him they passed by on the other side. Then a Samaritan came along and when he saw the injured man he was moved with pity.