Educating for a Democratic Europe

The European Wergeland Centre promotes education as a tool to strengthen and safeguard our democracies.

Online Courses

Visit our online learning platform and check out our course on Digital Citizenship Education as well as other courses in education for democracy and human rights.

EWC Online Learning Plattform

Resources

EWC develops and disseminates free, high quality teaching and learning resources. Just out: Understanding and Promoting ROMA INCLUSION in Education.

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Latest News and Events

Join our team!

Project manager with responsibility for Ukraina- Education and Democracy.

At the European Wergeland Centre, you will join colleagues who are deeply committed to promoting democracy-building and human rights.

Oslo welcomes you to the NECE Festival 2025

Registration for the NECE Festival 2025: HOPE is open! As the local co-organizer, the European Wergeland Centre looks forward to welcome you to Oslo 2-4 September.

Arendalsuka 2025

The European Wergeland Centre will be participating in Arendalsuka from 11–15 August 2025 and will be based in the Human Rights Tent, alongside the other Peace and Human Rights Centres.

“Auschwitz did not Fall down from the Sky”

In a time of war and growing polarisation, museum professionals from Ukraine, Poland, and Norway are rethinking how museums can move beyond or around memory to become dynamic learning spaces for dialogue, democracy, and civic engagement.

Sofie Høgestøl New Chair of the Board

“It was a great honour to be asked,” says Sofie Høgestøl, the new Chair of the Board at the European Wergeland Centre.

ROMANIA: “Suddenly They Want to Go to School”

Teachers, school heads and local leaders in Călărași and Suceava returned from trainings with one goal: to create schools where every child feels they belong. The result? Higher attendance, engaged students, and a renewed belief in what education can achieve.

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EWC projects involve a wide range of stakeholders from policy, research and practice with activities ranging from training courses to participation in expert groups on policy development.

EWC activities and services are free and open to all 46 member states of the Council of Europe.

EWC is a resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship. Our headquarters are in Oslo, Norway. We have field staff in Ukraine, Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The centre was established by the Council of Europe and Norway in 2008.

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Action Areas

We focus on five action areas to achieve our aim of building and sustaining a culture of democracy and human rights in education.

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