Ana Perona-Fjeldstad
Executive DirectorØystein Sassebo Bryhni
Head of CommunicationsKjersti Toverud Klette
Chief Financial OfficerEarly Childhood and School Section
The EWC Early Childhood and School Section unites projects that foster democratic competences in school and early childhood education and care.
By contributing to policy development, building partnerships and supporting networks, providing training and access to educational resources and relevant research findings, the section works particularly on supporting education reforms and changes in everyday practices aiming at democratization of curricula, governance, learning environment, pedagogies and assessment.
The section also works on school and kindergarten development, with an aim to build democratic culture of schools and early childhood education institutions.
Iryna Sabor
Head of Early Childhood and School SectionKhrystyna Chushak
Head Programme Coordinator UkraineOlena Shynarovska
Programme Coordinator UkraineAndriy Donets
Programme Coordinator UkraineDora Katsamori
Project Coordinator GreeceDafni Anesti
Communications Officer GreeceYouth Section
The EWC Youth Section is responsible for projects which aim to strengthen young people’s confidence and trust in shared values and democratic institutions.
In our trainings young people, students, teachers and educators develop competences to encourage young people’s democratic efficacy and participation at local, national and global levels. The youth section addresses issues such as youth participation, digital citizenship and prevention of hate speech and extremism.
The section provides advise and expertise to youth policy and other key actors in the field and research, based on our experiences from practice.
Teacher Education and Civil Society Section
Building on EWC’s key approaches to capacity building and network of partners and experts, the Teacher Education and Civil Society Section supports teachers, future teachers, teacher training institutions, and NGOs in the promotion of democracy, human rights and inclusion in formal and non-formal education.
The section seeks to develop innovative and sustainable approaches to in-service and pre-service teacher training through partnerships with local and national authorities, teacher training institutes and leading higher education institutions as well as development of relevant practical resources.
The section also aims to strengthen the ties among civil society organization and other actors, thus building more resilient networks and strengthening the role and voice of civil society in the development and implementation of education for democracy and human rights.