Projects

EWC provides projects in education for democratic citizenship, human rights and intercultural understanding, involving a wide range of stakeholders from policy, research and practice.

22 July and Democratic Citizenship

Using the terror attacks in Norway 22 July 2011 as a starting point, young people, teachers and other educators learn to create a democratic culture and stand up against discrimination, hate speech and extremism.

22 July and Democratic Citizenship

Schools for Democracy in Ukraine

Schools for Democracy: Supporting Educational reforms in Ukraine aims to support sustainable and systemic democratic reforms in school education in the country.

Schools for Democracy in Ukraine

Schools for All

In 150 schools with refugee pupils across Greece, school directors and teachers are trained to create safe and inclusive schools and classrooms where refugees are welcomed into a learning environment which aims to provide quality education to all.

Youth for the City, City for Youth

Youth for the City, City for Youth aims to strengthen young people’s resilience to handle crisis and reinforce their ability and confidence to participate in public life.

AIEdu

AIEdu is a one-year European research project funded by the Civic Innovation Fund and implemented by the National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’ (NCSR-D) in collaboration with the European Wergeland Center (EWC).

Countries where we work

Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, we work to build inclusive education.

Croatia

In Croatia, we focus on sustainability and citizenship.

Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic, we promote inclusion through an innovative partnership with the new Roma and Sinti Centre in Prague.

Greece

In Greece we work on a wide range of issues like inclusion of refugees in schools to artificial intelliegence in education

Lithuania

In Lithuania we developed a virtual school of citizenship

Norway

In Norway, we help transfer democratic values and principles into practice in schools and local communities through workshops, teacher training, and learning materials.

Poland

In Poland, we work to  strengthen young people’s resilience to handle crisis and reinforce their ability and confidence to participate in public life.

Romania

In Romania, we promote inclusive and democratic education for all.

Slovakia

In Slovakia, we train educators and promote inclusion in and outside of schools.

Ukraine

In Ukraine, our Schools for Democracy: programme aims to support democratic reforms in school education by promoting democratic culture and democratic citizenship in policy and practice.

Countries with completed EWC projects

Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo*, Latvia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and United Kingdom.

*All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.