1. Education for Democracy ( European Perspective ) Dr. Reinhild Otte, Council of Europe International Seminar on Education for Democracy 21-22 May 2012,Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2. Council of Europe (CoE ) 47 member states, oldest European organization ( 1949) 3 priorities: - human rights -democracy -rule of law Headquarters: Strasbourg/ France

3. „Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE )“ -CoE „Flagship Project„ started in 1997 -It is: „ designed to help young people and adults to play an active part in democratic life by equipping them with the knowledge,skills and understanding and by developing their attitudes and behaviour to empower them to exercise and defend their democratic rights and responsibilities „ ( see Charter )

4. EDC/HRE main elements LLL project Broad,multifaceted,holistic approach Formal,non-formal,informal learning Inter-sectorial Inter-institutional

5. EDC/HRE Project: Phases 1997-2000: Conceptual 2001-2004: Networks and Policy 2005: European Year of Citizenship through Education 2006-2009: „ Learning and Living Democracy for all „ 2010-2014:“Learning Democracy and Human Rights in school and out-of-school throughout life „

6. EDC/HRE: Political Support and International Context 1997 Strasbourg: 2nd Summit of CoE 2002 RecommendationCMRec(2002)12 2007 Istanbul: Standing Conference of European Ministers of Education 2010 CMRec(2010)7 CoE Charter EDC/HRE UN World Programme for Human Rights Education(2005-09/2010-14) UN Declaration for Human Rights Education and Training ( 2011 )

7. EDC/HRE: Main Outcomes Reference texts,political framework, wealth of high quality material 2005:“European Year of Citizenship through Education „ EDC Coordinators´ network Rec.CM/Rec(2010)7:“ CoE Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights „ (11 May 2010)

8. CoE Charter on EDC/ HRE Content:“ aims to codify best practice in EDC/HRE and to disseminate it around Europe and beyond „ 1.General provisions,incl.scope and definitions 2.Objectives and Principles 3.Policies 4.Evaluation and Cooperation Explanatory Memorandum

9. Recent Developments Promoting the Charter (translation,implementation, questionnaire for governments, EDC/HRE Conference Strasbourg, Nov.2012) Putting materials into practice (dissemination,piloting) Promoting partnerships and networking: (bilateral,regional,multilateral cooperation, „International Contact Group on Citizenship and Human Rights Education „

10. International Context (I) UN OHCHR: -World Programme for Human Rights Education, 1st phase ( 2005-2009), 2nd phase ( 2010-2014 ), CoE = European Regional Partner - UN Declaration for Human Rights Education and Training ( Dec. 2011)

11. International Context ( II ) UNESCO OSCE/ODIHR close partners(together with OHCHR)inEDC/HRE -jointly organized Regional Conference on Human Rights Education (2007 ) -Compendium of Good Practice in HRE(2009) -Guidelines addressing Islamophobia through Education (2011) -International Contact Group (2012 )

12. Experiences Strategic partnership Cooperation formal education / civil society Participation of practitioners Ownership Regional cooperation Dissemination and visibility

13. Discussion/ Reflection Similarities and diversities Education for Democracy What can we learn from each other? Which experiences are transferable? Where and how could cooperation be useful?

14. www.coe.int/edc http://www.exploringhumanrights. coe.inthttp://www.exploringhumanrights. coe.int Thank you very much