EUDEC is an official partner of the LearningPlanet Festival 2025! Since its launch in January 2020, the annual LearningPlanet Festival – initiated by the Learning Planet Institute and supported by UNESCO – has been a free, open-to-all event dedicated to celebrating education and lifelong learning, bringing the world together on the occasion of the International […]
We’re excited to announce a new book in the field of Democratic Education! Twelve Dutch democratic schools have come together to create “Taking the Leap – Democratic Schools: Former Students About Their Lives.” This book offers inspiring insights into the lives of former students, sharing their unique experiences and the impact of democratic education. A […]
EUDEC’s team held a meeting in December in Berlin, Germany. From left: Martina Paone, Gabriel Groiss, Silvia McClanahan, Monika Kerme, Ishaan Pandley, Charlie Moreno-Romero, Paola Boccia, Paula Urban and Mike Weimann While most of EUDEC’s work is done remotely, with team members spread across the world, this time we had the chance to meet in […]
On 27–28 November 2024, around 150 stakeholders from the Youth, Education, and Training sectors across 26 EU countries gathered in Tallinn, Estonia for the Participation Forum, organized by SALTO Participation & Information. Martina Paone was representing EUDEC and had 3 days full on interesting and inspiring meetings, workshops and networking. EUDEC`s Counsil Member and co-founder […]
The 30th International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC) 2023 in Nepal has called on the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to clarify that “compulsory education” means a guarantee of universal access to education and does not mean forcing a child to attend school. EUDEC supports the resolution and joins the call […]
Hello there! A group from the Freie Schule Leipzig made up of current and former students and teachers will host a student-focused* event from 16-19 February 2024. Our idea is to simply have fun together and possibly connect students and graduates from different EUDEC schools! REMINDER: PLEASE REGISTER BY 1 JANUARY!
As you perhaps already know the next EUDEC conference will be held in Bulgaria! Finally, after having to cancel it in 2020… We are planning to ensure all the needed conditions for everyone to have big fun as well as to learn, discuss and play together as always. The location is the Training Center of […]
My name is Eva Kleinlein and I am currently working on an international research project on Inclusive Schooling Practices of Teachers Worldwide. Therefore, I am searching for teachers and educators who are interested in sharing their experiences in teaching diversity in an online survey. The survey is divided into two parts which each take about 15 minutes. As the […]
Our democratic school called “Slobodná škola” located at Ťahanovská 74, Košice, Slovakia, was main user of interior and community garden we established in 2017. As we are only 90km from Ukrainian borders and largest city around (250 000 inhabitants), since the war outbreak we have been offering support to refugees coming to Kosice. Our school […]
Call for Papers Within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “LabSchoolsEurope – Participatory Research for Democratic Education” we would like to invite interested educators across Europe to contribute to this Call for Papers for the series “Forschungsperspektiven” (Research Perspectives) of the University College of Teacher Education Vienna (ISSN 2412-799X). This volume will be published in […]