The European Wergeland Centre shall: Act as a resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship for the member states of the Council of Europe; Carry out and support research on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and ...

The Warsaw Summit in 2005 recommended the Secretariat of the Council of Europe (CoE) to set up a resource centre on intercultural education. In cooperation with the CoE, Norway took the initiative to contribute to realize this recommendation. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, at i ...

The European Wergeland Centre is a European resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship. It is established in cooperation between Norway and the Council of Europe.The centre is located in Oslo, Norway. The Centre is open to all member states ...

The EWC facilitates bridge-building between research and educational practice in the field of intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship. The State of the Art ProjectThe State of the Art Project is a space where scholars and researchers are invited to publish their views o ...

In the course of 2010 the EWC provides the following main activities:   EWC-Pestalozzi Programme Seminars The European seminar "Preparing future teachers for intercultural understanding" took place ...

Svein LorentzenHanne Sophie GreveInger S. EngerTheo KoritzinskyGuido Bellatti CeccoliGabriele MazzaViljana LukasSubstitute Members:Cesar BirzeaVera StastnaLoveleen Rihel BrennaArild ThorbjørnsenSvein LorentzenChair, ProfessorNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)Graduated from the Un ...

The International Academy on "Remembrance and Human Rights" will take place in Berlin from March 14-19, 2010. For the second time the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future organizes this academy for multipliers in educational work. Application deadline: January 20, 2010.

The "Forum on Universality of Human Rights" will be held in Oslo 21-22 October, organized by the INGOs at the Council of Europe, and the EWC.

The 7th International Human Rights Forum Lucerne (IHRF) will discuss the topic "Human Rights and Pervasive Computing"on May 18th and 19th, 2010.

The international conference "Educating for Human Rights, Peace and Intercultural Dialogue" will be held from 4-6 November in Sydney. It will examine the contribution of human rights culture to the good functioning of the civil society; highlight key trends and achievements in human rights education in particular, and aim to secure greater commitment for future human rights education.