The initial findings of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study - the largest study ever conducted on civic education in secondary schools - were presented this week.

How can history teaching in Europe contribute to overcome old dividing lines without creating new ones? This was one of the leading questions when the new Council of Europe project ”Shared Histories for a Europe Without Dividing Lines" was launched at a conference on June 16-17, 2010 in Drammen, Norway.

On 11 May 2010, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and representatives of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe adopted the Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education.

The 23rd Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education provided an opportunity to discuss the role of education, more specifically, teachers in fostering sustainable democratic societies in Europe.

The conference "Education and Citizenship in a Globalising World" will take place at the University of London, 19-20 November. Academics, researchers from education, sociology, politics, as well as teachers, political or community activists, and those working for NGOs are invited to submit a paper by 11 June 2010.