Mission
The European Wergeland Centre shall:
- Act as a resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship for the member states of the Council of Europe;
- Carry out and support research on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship;
- Provide in-service training and support for the professional development of teachers and teacher training professionals on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship;
- Disseminate information and serve as a platform and meeting place for researchers, teachers, teacher training professionals, policy makers and other relevant actors;
- Cooperate with the Council of Europe on the basis of the Council of Europe’s and Norway’s shared values and goals regards education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship
Henrik Wergeland (1808 – 1845) was a romantic poet and an important historian. He was an advocate for
democracy, and an eager defender of freedom of faith and freedom of expression.
