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 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 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 ...

A number of residential traineeships will be made available in cooperation with the Council of Europe. Further staff can also be employed on the basis of supplementary resources or through secondments of staff by third parties on a short, medium or long-term basis.The working language of the Centre ...

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

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 Summer Academy “Democracy at School” in Poland is organized by the EWC in cooperation with The Polish Ministry of National Education, the Polish Centre for Education Development, and the Council of Europe. It will take place from July 10-17 and will bring together headteachers, teachers and representatives from parents associations and NGOs from up to 13 countries.

The 3rd European Seminar "Preparing future teachers for intercultural understanding" will take place from May 10-14, 2010 in Lillehammer. It is organized by the Pestalozzi Programme in cooperation with the EWC.

The Council of Europe Pestalozzi Programme workshop focuses on the significance of values (religious as well as non-religious) within school communities shaped by (increasing) socio-cultural diversity. The topic will be approached from different perspectives - mainly related to practice through sessions with experienced trainers from a broad variety of institutions.

The conference "Intercultural meetings within institutional borders - Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication" will be held in Oslo, Norway, and is organized by the Centre for Educational Research and Development in cooperation with Intercult at Oslo University College. The main focus of the conference will be intercultural meetings that take place within the borders of an educational institution.