Democratic Schools

This mid-term evaluation shows that the Schools for Democracy programme has been able to achieve its objectives, despite the dramatic change in working conditions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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.

This article is written by 3 professors from the University of Banja Luka together with Robert Gollob, based on their experiences in the EWC project Preparing Future Teachers in the Western Balkans.

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).

Audio presentation on whole school approach to development of competences for democratic culture.

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

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.

Developed through the Schools for Democracy program, this online toolbox contains more than 600 teaching and learning activities for development of school students’ democratic competences. It can be used for lessons at 25 different subjects.

Managing Controversy (2017): This CoE tool offer practical support to school leaders/ senior managers on how to proactively manage and react to controversial issues in and beyond the school, including within a whole school approach.