An Active Role in Society
The competences required for people to become involved in sustainable public engagement are closely related to universal key competences, but they distinguish themselves in one regard: Civic involvement is an idea based on normative aspects. It promotes those skills that allow people to become active, responsible citizens in a society that respects the rights and the involvement of its individuals and fundamental democratic values.
On a European level, the Council of Europe promotes the combined approach of "Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education. more
More than a lot of other educational approaches citizenship education is an active approach, combining knowledge, attitude and active engagement. As such, the approach also has some points of connection to other action- and impact-oriented learning opportunities, such as Entrepreneurship Education or Cultural Education.
Therefore, the approach integrates into other pedagogies that accompany social transformations, such as sustainable development or digital transformation. In example, "digital citizenship essentially means learning to live as a citizen in today’s highly digitised society" (Council of Europe) or Education for Sustainable development entails to "take informed decisions and make responsible actions for environmental integrity, economic viability and a just society" (UNESCO).
Just as the meanings and justifications of the terms “active” and “democratic” differ in democratic societies from other forms of society, the same applies to citizenship. In plural societies characterized by mobility and coalescence, and bearing in mind the legacy of systematic exclusion by distinguishing between full and 'half' citizens or members of society who have been turned into strangers by state policy, such education must also take a critical look at the concept of the citizen and contribute to its further development. It denotes a status, a subjective claim to co-determination, performative actions and, last but not least, a vision, in terms of human rights, that extends beyond the respective constitutional space.
Articles, Checklists and Method
Here you find practical methods to use for training communication skills in your events.
Inspiring Handbooks and Resources: Activism, Civil Engagement
Civic Engagement: Steps Toward Action
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Intercultural Learning & internationalisation Toolbox
aimed at supporting teachers in including intercultural learning - by efil
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Group Up
How to create and motivate a youth group for Active Citizenship. By Generation Europe
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Initiative Cookbook
Homemade Engagement. An Introduction to Project Management. Download
Change-oriented adult education in the fields of democracy and digitalization
from the project FutureLabAE
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Toolkit for Democracy and Human Rights
by Human Rights Academy (HRA) Norway.
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Endlich Wachstum (finite growth)
Konzeptwerk neue Ökonomie, FairBindung e.V.
Method box for social-ecologic transformation in DE, EN, ES
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A Consensus Handbook
Seeds for Change Network's tool for co-operative decision-making
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Resource Mobilization Toolkit
FRIDA's toolkit (not only) for girls, young women and trans youth
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Networking for Entrepreneurship Education
Guide to networking and collaboration by the EntreComp 360 project
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td-net toolbox
of the Swiss Academy of Sciences for developing projects, conducting research and exploring ways to impact in heterogeneous groups
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Steps toward Action
Empowerment for self-responsible initiative. Help your learners to discover their vision and to turn it into concrete civic engagement.
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Let's Play Democracybarometer
Learning democracy through analog card games by GIGA and demokrative
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Participatory Method Toolkit
A practitioners manual.
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Toolkit European citizenship in youth work
Toolkit 7 (revised) of Council of Europe
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Have your say!
Manual on the Revised Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life by CoE
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Building our Citizen Muscle
SALTO-Youth Participation, Diána Hajdu-Kis
Planning youth participation projects Download
Seed for Change
Tools addressing skills around civic competences
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Game On
A Practical Guide to Campaigning
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Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
IDEO's guide
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Design Thinking for Educators
by Riverdale Country School and IDEO
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ENGAGE
Learning democracy with children aged 8-12 by DARE network
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Impact Management Toolbox
by the project BALTIC: YOUTH: IMPACT
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Development Impact & You
Practical Tools to trigger and support social innovation
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Community Tool Box
Created by by University of Kansas
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Democracy and Human Rights-related Digital Games
DemoDice
A cube-based non-commercial storytelling app (Demogames project, code by Curiousbirds)
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Observers
Card-based online riddle game based on the principle of the popular "Black Stories" (project Demogames, code by Curiousbirds).
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Card/Board/Dice Games
RFCDC Competence Card Game
Learners explore the Competences for a Democratic Culture
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Let's Play Democracybarometer
Learning democracy through analog card games by GIGA and demokrative
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Enter Dignityland
Learning About Social Rights with Young People within the framework of Human Rights Education by Council of Europe Download
PlayDecide
Card game platform & game sets for respectful & fact-based group discussion, created by Ecsite European network of science engagement organisations Download
Innovate!
The policymakers' board game by Nesta
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Consortium
Reimagine the Internet – by playing a boardgame by Nesta Download
Inspiring Handbooks and Resources: Entrepreneurship
EntreComp in Youth Work and Non-formal Learning
Inspiration from the EntreComp 360 project for transfer from the EntreComp framework to non-formal learning and youth work.
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EntreComp Community
The central platform for practicioners and advocates of entrepreneurship education in Europe.
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Networking for Entrepreneurship Education
Guide to networking and collaboration by the EntreComp 360 project
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EntreComp Playbook
The playbook is built on the experiments, perseverance and lessons learned by users of EntreComp.
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EntreComp into Action - Get inspired, make it happen
A user guide to the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework.
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EntreComp
The EU Entrepreneurship Competence Framework
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Assessment and recognition in formal and non-formal learning in entrepreneurship education
An introduction not only for entrepreneurship education by the project EntreComp 360
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Guide: Women’s Entrepreneurship
How can EntreComp support Women’s Entrepreneurship? Created by the project EntreComp 360
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DOIT Toolbox
from the project DOIT - Entrepreneurial skills for young social innovators in an open digital world
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Young People, Entrepreneurship & Non-formal Learning: A Work in Progress
A discussion about the relation between youth work and entrepreneurship education.
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Handbook: Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Non-formal education methods collected in the project Growing Green by Fora Copenhagen.
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Entrelearn
Entrepreneurial learning toolkit for teachers developed by the EU I-Linc project.
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PACE Workbook
Entrepreneurship education resource by Aarhus University together with Aalborg University and Aalto University School of Economics.
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Young Entrepreneurs: If not you, then who?
A guide developed by Asociación Jóvenes Solidarios with London Borough of Hackney and Hacettepe University.
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EntreComp Teacher Cards
Set of cards on the what, why and how to teach of each EntreComp competence
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Peer-to-Peer learning guide for entrepreneurship education
A collection of experiences and practices in Entrepreneurial learning
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Conneect Handbook 2015
Dr. Ian Heywood, Emma Heywood (editors)
Handbook for Entrepreneruship Education
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