The Summer Academy in Poland is organized by the EWC in cooperation with The Polish Ministry of National Education, the Polish Centre for Education Development, and the Council of Europe.

The Summer Academy 2010 “Democracy at School” will take place outside Warsaw from July 10-17 and will bring together headteachers, teachers and representatives from parents associations and NGOs from up to 13 countries, including the Eastern Partnership countries, Germany, Poland and the Nordic countries. The Academy will be held in English and Russian.

The Summer Academy translates Council of Europe’s policy into practice by offering training based on the recommendations and manuals of the CoE in the field of education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship. Furthermore, the Academy aims to initiate and strengthen cooperation between the participating countries by the exchanges of experiences and good practices in the field. The participants will also be trained to become multipliers who can promote and incorporate the principles of democracy and human rights in their practices and local communities.

A team of international teacher trainers and experts will run the training programme, which will include sessions based on two of the main manuals of the Council of Europe: “Democratic governance of schools” and “How all teachers can support citizenship and human rights education: a framework for the development of competences”.

Application procedure is closed.