Sweden reconfirms co-operation for another two years in the field of democratic citizenship education

15 February 2024 Tirana, Albania

Inspiring, with positive energy and motivating examples, students from Joint Secondary School of Krrabë, in a visit at the Swedish Embassy in Tirana, introduced some of the activities conducted during the four-year journey of the Council of Europe project Strengthening Democratic Citizenship...

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Teachers train on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture

17 January 2024 Albania

220 teachers from 25 schools of pre-university education were engaged in a series of trainings focusing on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture of the Council of Europe with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Participants,...

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Council of Europe advocates for teaching the history of totalitarian regimes through state security documents at international seminar in Tirana

20 December 2023 Tirana, Albania

In a significant move to integrate contemporary educational methods into the school curriculum, the Council of Europe Head of the Education Department Villano Qiriazi emphasised the importance of using state security documents to teach the history of totalitarian regimes. This announcement was...

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LEMON courses on social media, democracy and human rights available in Albanian

7 November 2023

Four Council of Europe online courses on “The Key to Understanding Social Media, Democracy and Human Rights: A Guide For Educators”, “The Key to Teaching Democratic Competences for Social Media”, “The Key to Using Social Media as an Educational Tool for Democracy “ and “Intercultural School...

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Education ministers adopt new priorities and actions to implement the Reykjavik Principles for Democracy

30 September 2023 Strasbourg

At the 26th session of their Standing Conference, which ended in Strasbourg on 29 September, Ministers of Education set new priorities and actions to implement the Reyjkjavik Principles for Democracy by adopting five resolutions and endorsing the 2030 "Learners First" strategy. Renewing the...

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Education institutions in Albania share good practices on democratic citizenship learning

6 July 2023 Tirana, Albania

On 5 July, the Council of Europe organised a multi-stakeholder workshop to reflect on the lessons learned and best practises on democratic citizenship education and school democratic governance developed within the pilot schools at the national level. The workshop brought together about 75...

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The winners of the Fake≠Fact video contest participate in a study visit to Strasbourg

04 July 2023 Strasbourg

A group of students from "Sami Frashëri" high school in Tirana, accompanied by the school director, teachers and representatives of the Ministry of Education and Sports had the opportunity to visit the offices of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on June 27-29, to learn more about the Council...

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Introductory meetings with school representatives to promote democratic culture in Albania

8 June 2023 Albania

A series of fruitful meetings took place during the past week with around 200 students, teachers, and parents from the elementary schools "Hasan Prishtina", "Bashkim Fino", and "Naim Frashëri" in Tirana, "Çetë" in Kavaja and "Mlizë" in Elbasan, as well as the high schools "Eqerem Çabej" in Tirana...

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Discussions with civil society organisations on best practices in promoting democratic culture in school

25 May 2023 Tirana, Albania

In the framework of the project Strengthening Democratic Citizenship Education in Albania over 20 representatives of civil society organisations, experts and project staff gathered in a round table to discuss on best practises identified in the pilot schools of the project. The meeting was...

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Open lecture at Aleksandër Xhuvani University in Elbasan

6 April 2023 Elbasan, Albania

In the auditoriums of the Faculty of Educational Sciences at “Aleksandër Xhuvani” University in Elbasan an open lecture was held to discuss the role of the Council of Europe in the development of democracy and the promotion of human rights. Organised within the framework of the Council of Europe...

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