Ankara, 09 April 2015DGII/EDU/CIT (2015) OJ 2
Closing Conference
of the
Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education Project
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The 23rd Meeting of the Council of Europe Network of Co-ordinators for Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE)
Istanbul, Turkey
14-16 April 2015
Concept and Programme
14 April 2015 İstanbul Hilton Bosphorus Hotel |
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09.15 – 10.00 |
Registration |
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Theme 1 Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Turkey – Results and Outcomes |
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10.00 – 11.00 |
Opening Remarks |
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Jean-Christophe BAS Director Directorate of Democratic Citizenship and Participation Council of Europe
Emin KARİP President Board of Education
Béla SZOMBATI Charge d'Affaires a.i. EU Delegation to Turkey
Nabi AVCI Minister Ministry of National Education |
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11.00 – 11.15 |
Group Photograph |
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11.15 – 12.15 |
Exhibition Opening |
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12.15 – 13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.30 – 15.00 |
Panel “Strengthening Democracy through Education” Moderator Hüseyin ŞİRİN, PhD Vice President Board of Education |
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Democracy and Human Rights Course Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy Course Questions and answers |
Mehmet ÜLGER, PhD Short-term Expert Kırıkkale University |
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Capacity Building Strategy Questions and answers |
Mehmet Ali DOMBAYCI, PhD Short-term Expert Gazi University |
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Democratic School Culture Competencies Framework Questions and answers |
Ahmet AYPAY, PhD Short-term Expert Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Engin KARADAĞ, PhD Short-term Expert Eskişehir Osmangazi University |
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15.00 – 15.30 |
Coffee break |
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15.30 – 16.45 |
Group Sessions |
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Group 1 – Curricula Moderator Mehmet ÜLGER, PhD Kırıkkale University |
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Democracy and Human Rights Course Piloting the Elective Course – A Student-centred Approach Questions and answers |
A school principal, a teacher and a student |
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Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy Course Developing the Curriculum – Teacher Participation Questions and answers |
Four classroom teachers |
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Group 2 – Capacity Building Moderator Olena STYSLAVSKA Centre for Education Development, Poland |
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A New Way of Teaching |
Three teacher trainers |
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Cascade Training – Local Experience |
Three teacher trainers |
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Group 3 – Democratic School Culture Moderator David KERR Citizenship Foundation |
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Building a Democratic Culture in School Questions and answers |
A school principal, a teacher and a student |
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Guiding School System Questions and answers |
Two school principals and two teachers |
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17.00 – 17.45 |
Plenary - Conclusions Moderator Hüseyin ŞİRİN, PhD Vice President Board of Education |
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Curricula |
Rapporteur Mehmet ÜLGER, PhD Kırıkkale University |
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Capacity Building |
Rapporteur Olena STYSLAVSKA Centre for Education Development, Poland |
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Democratic School Culture |
Rapporteur David KERR Citizenship Foundation |
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Looking to the Future “Conclusions of the 8th Steering Committee Meeting” |
Rapporteur Sarah KEATING Education Department Council of Europe |
15 April 2015 Point Hotel Taksim Giza Meeting Room |
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Theme 2 Next steps – lessons learned and looking to the future |
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09.00 – 10.30 |
Plenary Chair Hüseyin ŞİRİN, PhD Vice President of the Board of Education EDC/HRE Co-ordinator for Turkey |
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‘Living Together as Equals in Culturally Diverse Democratic Societies’: The Competences Required for Democratic Culture and Intercultural Dialogue
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Questions and answers (10 minutes) |
Jean-Christophe BAS Director, Directorate of Democratic Citizenship and Participation, Council of Europe |
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Human Rights and Democracy in Action EU/CoE Pilot Projects Scheme: recent developments and future activities (10 minutes)
Pilot Project 1: Results (10 minutes) Pilot Project 2: Results (10 minutes)
Questions and answers (10 minutes)
Practical information (5 minutes) |
Marc HORY Education Department Council of Europe
Teaching controversial issues – developing effective training for teachers and school leaders: David KERR, EDC/HRE coordinator for England - United Kingdom
Teacher training in EDC/HRE – how to develop the ability of students to assess information from media and social networks? Maya TCHILASHVILI, EDC/HRE coordinator for Georgia |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee break |
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11.00 – 12.30 |
Workshop 1 |
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Collaborative design of the pilot project proposals for 2015-2016 |
Group A: Giza Meeting Room •Digital Citizenship •Open educational material for EDC/HRE Group B: Petra Meeting Room •Curriculum reform for EDC/HRE •Competences for democratic school culture Group C: Fuji 2 Meeting Room •Handling controversial issues •Promoting inclusion of vulnerable groups •Addressing violence at school – including bullying
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12.30 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 – 17.00 |
School Visits “Democratic School Culture in Action” |
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Pilot Schools Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak Primary School Dede Korkut Anatolian High School
Volunteer Schools İnönü Middle School Mustafa Kemal Paşa Middle School Firuzköy Primary School Kemal Hasoğlu Anatolian High School |
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19.00 |
Dinner |
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16 April 2015 Point Hotel Taksim Giza Meeting Room |
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09.00 – 10.30 |
Plenary Moderator Villano QIRIAZI Head of Education Policy Division Council of Europe |
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Follow up to the No Hate Speech Campaign and “Digital Citizenship Education” New project proposal for the Programme of activities of the Council of Europe for the years 2016-2017 (10 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes) |
Villano QIRIAZI Head of Education Policy Division Council of Europe |
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Learning Human Rights through Landmark Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights |
Stefania KRUGER Education Department Council of Europe |
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Handbook for upper secondary schools (10minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes) |
Jim MURDOCH Professor of Law Glasgow University |
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Repository of teaching materials and video on prohibition of corporal punishment in schools (10 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes) |
Bernard DUMONT Member of the Project Group
Olympia TSIPIRA Member of the Project Group
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Addressing bullying at school: Forthcoming report of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children (10 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes) |
Elda MORENO Special Assistant and Director Office of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee break |
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11.00 – 12.30 |
Workshop 2 |
Group A Learning Human Rights through Landmark Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights |
Petra Meeting Room |
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Group B Assessment of progress on citizenship and human rights education |
Fuji 2 Meeting Room |
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Group C Addressing violence and radicalisation through education |
Giza Meeting Room |
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12.30 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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Theme 3 Addressing violence and radicalisation through education |
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14.00 – 15.30 |
Plenary Moderator David ADDIS Journalist
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Addressing violence and radicalisation through education - Introduction |
Villano QIRIAZI Head of Education Policy Division, Council of Europe
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Approaches to prevent extremism and radicalization through education in Finland (10 minutes) |
Kristina KAIHARI EDC/HRE Co-ordinator for Finland
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Successful educational actions for preventing violence and radicalization: Training for families (10 minutes)
Discussion (15 minutes) |
Verónica RIVERA REYES Secondary Teacher Almina Public Secondary School ( Ceuta, Spain) |
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European Counter-Radicalisation and De-radicalisation: A Comparative Evaluation of Approaches in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Germany And Extreme Dialogue Project (10 minutes) |
Henry TUCK Institute for Strategic Dialogue |
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Contribution of inclusive education towards prevention of violence and radicalization. Case study: Regional Support for Inclusive Education in South East Europe (10 minutes)
Discussion (15 minutes) |
Sarah KEATING Education Department Council of Europe |
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15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee break |
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Film: Extreme Dialogue (8 minutes) |
Daniel GALLANT |
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16.00 – 17.00 |
Plenary Chair Aidan CLIFFORD EDC/HRE Co-ordinator for Ireland |
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Preliminary conclusions of the meeting (20 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes) |
Marinko BANJAC EDC/HRE Co-ordinator for Slovenia General Rapporteur |
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Closing of the Meeting (20 minutes) |
Hüseyin ŞİRİN, PhD Vice President of the Board of Education EDC/HRE Co-ordinator for Turkey Villano QIRIAZI Head of Education Policy Division Council of Europe |
19.00 |
Dinner |
The 23rd meeting of the Council of Europe Network of Co-ordinators for Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE) is organised in conjunction with the Closing Conference of the EU/CoE Joint Project on “Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Turkey”. This four years comprehensive project aimed to put into practice the Council of Europe Charter on Citizenship and Human Rights Education, based on the expertise developed in the framework of intergovernmental cooperation programmes of the Council of Europe. With the Turkish programme coming to its conclusion, it is time to celebrate its achievements and to reflect on the lessons learned from this experience.
The EDC/HRE co-ordinators are officially nominated representatives of the States Party to the European Cultural Convention for liaison with the Council of Europe in this area. The co-ordinators hold their annual meetings to share information on the latest developments in their countries, in the Council of Europe and in other international organisations and to discuss cooperation activities organised in the framework of the Council of Europe Programme “Learning democracy and human rights”.
At the 23rd meeting of the network special attention will be given to the following topics:
1)Results and outcomes of the Programme Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Turkey 2)Next steps – lessons learned and looking to the future (including cooperation in the framework of the EU/CoE Pilot Projects Scheme “Human Rights and Democracy in Action”) 3) Addressing radicalisation through education. |
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Background |
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Theme 1 Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Turkey – Results and Outcomes |
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The EU/CoE Programme on “Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Turkey” was launched in 2010, shortly after the adoption of the Council of Europe Charter on Citizenship and Human Rights Education, and aimed at putting into practice this legal instrument, developed and adopted by the Council of Europe member States. The Programme aimed to promote education for democracy in a comprehensive and systematic way, through the reform of legislation and curriculum, democratic governance of educational institutions, as well as through capacity building and awareness raising activities. The timing of the programme, as well as the resources made available and the strong connection with European standards make it a unique experience, which has drawn high level of interest from many education actors in Europe and beyond. This meeting is an excellent opportunity to take stock of the current achievement and to plan future work. |
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Theme 2 Next steps – lessons learned and looking to the future |
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“Human Rights and Democracy in Action” is an EU/CoE Pilot Projects Scheme, which supports the implementation of the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in the States Party to the European Cultural Convention. The participants will discuss the results achieved so far, and will work together on new project proposals, while taking into account the lessons learned from the EU/CoE Programme on “Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Turkey.
A new project proposal for the Programme of activities of the Council of Europe for the years 2016-2017 on Digital Citizenship Education will also be presented, and feedback from the participants will be collected with a view to the preparation and implementation of this project. |
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Theme 3 Addressing radicalisation through education |
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Conclusions of the survey on “European Counter-Radicalisation and De-radicalisation: A Comparative Evaluation of Approaches in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Germany” (organised with the financial support of the European Commission in the framework of the Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme of the European Union) will be presented and discussed. The participants will look into the current challenges, examples of good practice and ideas for future cooperation activities related to prevention of radicalisation of democratic societies through education. |
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Participants |
Background documents |
EDC/HRE co-ordinators from the 50 States Party to the European Cultural Convention Experts Local hosts and participants |
Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)13 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on ensuring quality education
Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)7)
Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2012-2015)
Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the participation of children and young people under the age of 18
Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)13 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on gender mainstreaming in education
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing) |
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Organisers |
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Ministry of National Education of Turkey National Board of Education of Turkey Education Department, Council of Europe |
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Working languages |
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English/French |
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Date and place |
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Istanbul, Turkey, 14-16 April 2015 Hilton Bosphorus Hotel |
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