Democratic Competences

EWC’s Little Big Handbook of Democracy aims to give young people a tool with concrete and tangible  advice and tips that would facilitate effective education for democratic culture and human rights.

The handbook “31 Basic Activities” is a resource for all who work in the field of inclusion. It addresses the challenges of receiving students with refugee background in schools, and is developed for educators and professionals in the field.

How does Artificial Intelligence influence the way teachers teach and students learn to live in democracy? Curriulum for primary School Children

The publication “Democratic culture and peace pedagogy in teacher education: Practice examples from
virtual classrooms” is composed of sessions developed for the online course which was implemented
through the Peace Education Hub of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, within the project ‘Preparing Future Teachers. Educating for Democracy and Human Rights’ (2019-2022).

Since the beginning of 2016, The European Wergeland Centre (EWC) has cooperated with Utøya and
the 22 July Centre on establishing the national learning program “22 July and Democratic
Citizenship”. This is the Report of Results 2021.

What is education for democracy and human rights? Why is it important for our societies? This short video gives the answers.

This module encompasses a series of topics all dealing with education for democratic citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE). The main goals are to familiarize future teachers with the basic concepts of EDC/HRE, with emphasis on practical work.

This educational pack from the Council of Europe offers a collection of educational methods and theories including ideas, resources, methods and exercises for non-formal intercultural education of young people and adults.

The module is aimed for students-future teachers to provide them with didactic strategies that implement contemporary cultural values and decision-making skills for implementation of democratic thinking and behaviour to real life by its integration in visual art education for pre-schoolers.