Bookmarks is published to support the No Hate Speech Movement youth campaign of the Council of Europe for human rights online. Bookmarks is useful for educators wanting to address hate speech online from a human rights perspective, both inside and outside the formal education system. The manual is designed for working with learners aged 13 to 18 but the activities can be adapted to other age ranges.
Focusing on the participation of national minorities in decision-making, this publication compiles discussions from the UniDem Seminar held in Zagreb in May 2007. It explores whether constitutional frameworks can facilitate minority involvement and examines the role of international standards in shaping national policies. The challenges of employing cultural autonomy to enhance minority participation are also addressed. The seminar, organized by the European Commission for Democracy through law, involved various esteemed institutions and aimed to provide insights into these critical issues.
This publication is the result of the Edgeryders project, an online dialogue platform run by the Council of Europe with a view to promoting discussion with young people on the challenges of their transition to working life. Given that the imagination and the experiences of young citizens can only be understood in the context of horizontal relations (learning though sharing and joint management) in line with the networking approach, which restores the significance of individual effort and provides innovative solutions, a program such as Edgeryders can provide a future-oriented alternative.
Since 2008, the European Union Council of Europe youth partnership has regularly organized debates and discussions on the history of youth work policy and practice in various countries in Europe, in co-operation with its partners. The results have been published in three volumes of the Youth Knowledge Series. Volume 4 of the History of youth work in Europe, edited by Marti Taru, Filip Couss e and Howard Williamson, covers the 2011 workshop in Tallinn, which was co-organized by the European Union Council of Europe youth partnership and the Estonian authorities with the support of Finnish and Flemish partners, and sums up the discussions in the previous three volumes.
The book offers a comprehensive examination of child protection against sexual violence, featuring expert insights and a European perspective. It covers legal frameworks, prevention and reporting strategies, rehabilitation for victims, online abuse, and collaborative efforts against child abuse. Notably, it addresses the issue of children who perpetrate abuse and emphasizes the critical lack of data on sexual violence prevalence in Europe. The publication calls for coordinated research and information collection to inform effective policies and programs, highlighting the urgency of these efforts.
The book explores the evolving role of teachers in contemporary education, emphasizing the importance of human rights, democracy, and mutual understanding within curricula. It examines the Council of Europe's focus on teacher education and the guiding visions for a desirable future society. By addressing critical questions about educational values and the integration of democratic principles into teaching, the publication aims to enrich the ongoing debate about the significance of teachers and their training in fostering a sustainable democratic environment.
Focusing on the missions and responsibilities of higher education, this collection of essays examines its vital role in shaping modern societies based on democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. It emphasizes the need for higher education to prepare individuals for citizenship, personal development, and employment, while fostering intercultural dialogue. The essays advocate for a comprehensive understanding of qualifications and public responsibility in higher education, highlighting the collaborative nature of societal engagement in this sector.
A decade after the Committee of Ministers adopted Recommendation No. R (2000) 4 on the education of Roma/Gypsy children in Europe, it is time to take stock of the work undertaken on the subject of the schooling of Roma children and young people, to draw lessons from this stocktaking exercise and to make fresh proposals. There are over 10 million Roma in the member states of the Council of Europe, making up Europe's numerically largest - and at the same time most marginalised - minority. The Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)4 makes new proposals for a lasting solution to the education of Roma in Europe
Future teachers require specific training on democratic culture and social cohesion. By focusing on reflective thinking, training can enable them to situate themselves in diverse environments, develop a clearer sense of their ethnic and cultural identities and examine attitudes to different groups. Improving diversity management at school in Europe begins with initial teacher training establishments. This book is designed to provide a basis to help ensure that the needs of future teachers in this regard are met. It puts forward 18 "diversity competences" that were identified by a team of European specialists in teacher training between 2006 and 2009. In order to open up the debate on competences, four consultation sessions were organised in Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Estonia. These sessions provided an opportunity to discuss these competences with key players (civil servants, government representatives, teacher trainers, head teachers, researchers, teachers and students) from a national and topic-based perspective
The protection of national minorities is a core issue for the Council of Europe, and one of the major achievements in this field is the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The entry into force of the Framework Convention on 1 February 1998 was indeed an event of universal stature, for it is the first ever legally binding multilateral instrument devoted to the protection of national minorities in general. Its importance is widely acknowledged, and the number of ratifications has grown rapidly. The aim of this collection is to provide all those interested in the protection of national minorities with a user-friendly compilation of the basic texts concerning the Framework Convention. In addition to the Framework Convention and its explanatory memorandum, the collection contains texts pertaining to the monitoring mechanism in general and the Advisory Committee in particular. It further provides the state of signatures and ratifications as well as declarations.