The national learning programme ‘22 July and Democratic Citizenship” aims to strengthen young people’s democratic resilience.
It is our main initiative in Norway and closely linked to the two sites of the terrorist attacks 22 July 2011 – Utøya and the government quarter in Oslo.
We cooperate with the learning centre at Utøya and the 22 July Center in Oslo. The programmme has three main components:
The main component is our Norwegian project, targeting students from 9th and 10th grade at Norwegian Lower Secondary schools. Student groups accompanied by a teacher participate in a three-day learning program at Utøya.
At the end of the program, students have increased knowledge, confidence and commitment to act as multipliers with their peers – passing on knowledge about the terror attacks 22 July 2011 and promoting a democratic culture in schools and local communities.
Our teacher trainings aims to strengthen the competences of teachers and educators to facilitate democracy learning activities with young people.
EWC offers trainings on how to teach about 22 July and related topics in the classroom or other educational settings.
The aim is to help teachers and other educators to recognize the value of engaging young people in democratic dialogue about controversial issues, to strengthen the confidence and competences to make democratic dialogue about controversial issues a part of their everyday practice in schools and other educational settings.
The programme offers a range of learning resources on Democracy and Citizenship helping schools contribute to strengthening students’ belief that they have what it takes to participate in democracy.
Funded by
The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Science