Democratic and Inclusive School Culture in Operation (DISCO)

European Union/Council of Europe joint programme for international cooperation projects
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Countries: 50 countries party to the Council of Europe Cultural Convention are eligible to apply.
Objective: To contribute to the sustainable development and promotion of citizenship and human rights education based on Council of Europe and European Union standards and strategies in this field
Outcomes:
- Education actors’ efforts to promote citizenship and human rights education, including for marginalized groups, are supported
- Democratic competences are strengthened
- Means for preventing violence, radicalisation and racism in schools are enhanced
- Ways to deal with controversial subjects in classrooms are identified and put into practice
Activities:
- Peer-to-peer learning among 3-6 interested countries on a topic chosen by the countries
- Publication and dissemination of results
- Awareness-raising activities

- Capacity building
- Current Projects
- European Qualifications Passport for Refugees
- Quality Education for All - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Quality Education for All - Montenegro
- Quality education for all – Serbia
- Strengthening Democratic Citizenship Education in Albania
- INCLUDE - Building Capacity for Inclusion in Education
- Strengthening Democratic Culture in Basic Education
- Education for Democracy in the Republic of Moldova
- Democracy Starts in Schools
- EEA/Norway Grants
- Best Practice Programme in Promoting Academic Integrity
- Supporting an efficient national mechanism of recognition of refugees qualifications in Italy
- Previous Projects
- Resources developed within capacity building projects
- Current Projects