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  • NoHateSpeech Movement

    The 17th May is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, which is the subject of the No Hate Speech Platform in May. The Hate Speech Watch will look into the present situation of online hate against LGBTQI groups in Europe this month.
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  • Conference on right-wing extremism

    On 14 -15 May, international experts and stakeholders gather in Oslo for a conference on right-wing extremism and hate crime directed towards minorities in Europe and beyond. Summary of conclusions now available!
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  • PACE President visited EWC

    President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Mr. Jean-Claude Mignon, visited the European Wergeland Centre on April 5th. Mr. Mignon and his delegation was greeted by EWC Executive Director, Ms Ana Perona-Fjeldstad.
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  • educators' consultations

    To encourage dialogue among researchers and practitioners, the EWC annually organizes a series of events in cooperation with European universities and teacher training institutions.

    Latest research projects and their key findings related to issues of democratic citizenship, human rights and intercultural understanding are introduced.

    In 2011/12: The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS).

    » Go to educators' consultations

  • library

    • 23rd May 2013

      Report by UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

      Heiner Bielefeldt, Human Rights Council, 2012
    • 23rd May 2013

      Living Together - A handbook

      Council of Europe, 2009
    • 22nd May 2013

      Indignity, indifference, indignation: tackling hate speech online

      Robin Wilson, 2012
    • 22nd May 2013

      The New Face of Digital Populism: Tracing the rise of populism through online behaviour

      Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell, Mark Littler, DEMOS, 2011
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  • share connect

    The EWC network for teachers, teacher trainers, researchers, PhD students and other professionals in the field of Education for Human Rights, Democratic Citizenship and Intercultural Understanding.

    Diane Moore
    Teacher Trainer
    My work is focused on teaching and learning about religion from a non sectarian, cultural studies framework. I am especially interested in advancing literacy about religion to better understand the religious dimensions of conflict and peace in local, national, and global arenas.

    » Go to share & connect

  • News

    • 21st May 2013

      20th Council of Europe Web TV Journal

      The weekly CoE Web TV journal includes interviews with people working in and around the Organisation. This 20th edition includes an interview with Sjur Bergan, Head of the Education Department, who shares his views on 'How to deal with corruption in education?', as well as an interview with Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia – whose country assumed the chairmanship of the Council of Europe on May 16 – on the priorities of the Armenian Presidency.
    • 6th May 2013

      Call for Applications: Shaping Europe

      The German Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) and the Robert Bosch Stiftung are awarding 16 scholarships to active professionals from Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey. They are looking for people at the beginning of their professional careers who wish to be active internationally.
    • 3rd May 2013

      Launch of 'Toward Mutual Ground'

      Toward Mutual Ground: Pluralism, Religious Education and Diversity in Irish Schools, the new release edited by Dr Gareth Byrne and Dr Patricia Kieran, was launched on Friday 26 April. Prof Robert Jackson has written the first chapter 'Why education about religions and beliefs? European policy Recommendations and research'
    • 24th April 2013

      Seminars on Education for Citizenship in Russia

      The EWC in partnership with the Moscow School of Political Studies (MSPS) and regional partners organized seminars on Education for Citizenship in Rostov-on-Don and Stavropol in April.
    • 23rd April 2013

      Right Wing Extremism and Right Wing Populism in Europe

      EWC contributed to the symposium «Right Wing Extremism and Right Wing Populism in Europe», held in Rostock and Warnemünde in Germany on April 4-6, 2013. EWC’s Claudia Lenz presented the project “Democratic Readiness against anti-Semitism and Racism”, highlighting the importance of inclusive and democratic school cultures in order to make young people competent to participate in today’s diverse and pluralistic societies.
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  • Calendar

    • MAY. 4th Nordic Conference on Subject knowledge in school and teacher education
      29
      2013
    • JUN. 22nd annual conference of the EAN
      2
      2013
    • JUN. 7th annual conference: Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education
      28
      2013
    • AUG. Helsinki Summer School: Thinking allowed
      6
      2013
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  • EWC COOPERATES WITH

    • Council of Europe (CoE)
    • The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
    • The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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  • ABOUT EWC

    The European Wergeland Centre (EWC) is a European Resource Centre on Education for Intercultural Understanding, Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship. EWC’s mission is to build bridges between policy, research and practice.
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  • About Wergeland

    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.
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