Democrat: Education for Democracy

Education in general, and in particular Education for Responsible Democratic Citizenship (EfD), should contribute to defend, strengthen and deepen liberal democracy in the EU.

Democrat aims to strengthen liberal democracy in the EU by redesigning and implementing innovative and context-sensitive EfD curricula and learning methods in compulsory school, including formal and informal learning, as well as learning for teachers and social educators.

The project will test curricula and learning approaches through a series of real, open, local innovative learning projects and propose a toolbox to enhance EfD in the EU member states and beyond.

This ambitious research and innovation programme is based on a participatory approach. Cooperating with a wide range of actors is at the core of the project – public authorities responsible for education, municipalities, schools, students, parents, teachers, social educators, their associations, and other relevant NGOs among others.

How will the project tackle the challenge?

This tree-year project is organised as follows:

1.????? A first section of work will aim to build robust evidence base for redesigning curricula in support of democracy, with an emphasis on students’ active participation and engagement in this process.

2.?????? Secondly, toolkits will be developed to enhance the humanistic and civic aspects of education with a view to promoting active democratic citizenship and empowerment, including through experimental approaches.

3.?????? Finally, Democrat aims to strengthen the democratic processes in education through the involvement of citizens.

Upcoming events

There will be two conferences organised by the Democrat consortium over the course of the project. The first one, Strengthening Democracy Through Education: Conceptual and Practical Perspectives, will be held in in Tallinn on 27-28 February 2024. Participation at the conference is free of charge.

We invite academics, practitioners, representatives of other EU projects, policy makers and anyone else for the two days of dialogue, inspiring connections and sharing of ideas and information in Tallinn.

Registration is now open, register your interest here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhnhXih-jmEqfbCoCI922DU7aft05fps9k78xs0X8xMpRg9Q/viewform?pli=1

You can find the preliminary agenda and information about all other upcoming events here: https://democrat-horizon.eu/events/