11-12 March, 17 participants from 9 different cities participated in a study visit organized by the City of Oslo, together with the Council of Europe and The European Wergeland Centre. Besides speeches related to minority and integration issues in Norway, the participants discussed perspectives on integration with upper secondary school students at Elvebakken school.

During the seminar "Religious Diversity in Intercultural Education" Prof. Jackson, the EWC Special Adviser, outlined international policy documents. A vivid discussion took place about opportunities and challenges when integrating religious diversity into educational practice.

The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice calls for applications for its inter-disciplinary European Master Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation for 2010/2011. Deadline for application is March 19, 2010.

The European Wergeland Center in cooperation with Oslo University College is organizing the seminar "Religious Diversity in Intercultural Education - policies and practices" on the 2nd of March, 2010. The seminar is open to everyone.

UNESCO published a new report "Education under attack", which says that the number of politically and ideologically motivated attacks on teachers, students and school buildings is rising. Education was attacked in at least 32 countries between January 2007 and July 2009.