On 14 March 2011, the Council of Europe invited representatives of international institutions and civil society organisations to discuss strategies to assist member States with the national implementation of regional and international texts on citizenship and human rights education.
The EWC Executive Director, Ana Perona, took part in this meeting.
This fifth inter-institutional meeting launched an inter-institutional contact group on citizenship and human rights education. The main objective of the contact group is to ensure systematic and sustainable coordination of inter-governmental initiatives in this field. The contact group agreed on a number of concrete initiatives, including the mapping of relevant programmes, development of a joint calendar of international events, and a joint review of key international texts.
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.
