This publication reflects on how European citizenship and debates around European identity could help and empower young people to actively contribute to building Europe. It presents the debates and findings of the research seminar entitled "Young People and Active European Citizenship" organised by the Youth Partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Commission.

The publication is a documentation of a symposium which has been co-organized by the Academy of World Religions/University of Hamburg and the EWC in 2010. It includes all papers from the event dealing with the results of the international research project “Religion in Education. A contribution to Dialog or a factor for Conflict in transforming societies of European countries” (REDCo).

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released a result report of its survey of over 23,000 individuals from ethnic minority and immigrant groups about their experiences of discrimination, racist crime, and policing in the EU. The results reveal shocking evidence about the discrimination faced by minorities in everyday life.

The Handbook aims at strengthening the evaluation of human rights education/training (HRE) activities with a view to increasing their impact. It highlights relevant research and practice in educational evaluation and contains step-by-step guidance, including examples of tools and techniques, to integrate evaluation throughout the entire HRE process including design, delivery and follow-up.

The theme of the Conference was closely linked to the mandate of the Wergeland Centre: “Building bridges: education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship, from policy to practice”.