The complex changes regarding civic participation in Europe and its effects on socially disadvantaged groups will be discussed during the conference. On the one hand, citizens tend to refrain from traditional political participation. On the other hand, a rising number of new ways of getting involved in politics and society, i.e. using new media, have emerged. However, these new forms of political involvement are to a large extent determined by the access to education and by income and skills. Groups with no access to these resources remain widely excluded from participation in civil society and political processes. Socially disadvantaged groups with poor educational opportunities suffer from a conspicuous ‘empowerment gap’. Experts and activists in the fields of citizenship and cultural education, youth and social workers, NGO representatives will meet in Warsaw to discuss the role of citizenship education in this context. How can citizenship education become a suitable tool for closing the empowerment gap?

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