Contents
Empowerment, Democracy Learning, Self-organisation Library
Competendo Materials
Feedback & Proposals
Please send us your feedback and proposals:
Nils-Eyk Zimmermann
nils.zimmermann
dare-network.eu
File:Competendo-method template.pdf
Get Inspired:
Non-formal Facilitation in General
Training Design Step-by-Step
Zimmermann, N., from the project LICEAL
more
Transversal Education: Participation, Life, Career Path
Zimmermann, N. with Pirker, G. and Rapettti, E., from the project LICEAL
more
Youth Workers Toolkit
For self-development from the project YouthWork 2.0 in EN, ES, RO
Download
Holistic Learning
Planning experiential, inspirational and participatory learning processes.
Download
Compass
Council of Europe's manual for human rights education with young people
Download
Teaching in a Digital Age
Guidelines for designing teaching and learning (3rd ed.) by A. W. Bates
Download
Learning Circles Facilitator Handbook
P2PU's basic facilitation handbook
Download
Reflective Peacebuilding
John Paul Lederach, Reina Neufeldt, Hal Culbertson,
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies: Planning oriented on impact Download
Facilitation step-by-step
Learning companion for facilitators . A self-learning portfolio tool for your professional development.
Download
T-Kit 6: Training Essentials
A comprehensive toolbox for training organization.
Download
Manual for facilitators in non-formal education
By Council of Europe on non-formal learning, team working and personal responsibilities. Download
Topics A-Z
Civic Engagement: Steps Toward Action
more
Intercultural Learning & internationalisation Toolbox
aimed at supporting teachers in including intercultural learning - by efil
Online
Group Up
How to create and motivate a youth group for Active Citizenship. By Generation Europe
Download
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
Download
Toolkit for Democracy and Human Rights
by Human Rights Academy (HRA) Norway.
Download
Endlich Wachstum (finite growth)
Konzeptwerk neue Ökonomie, FairBindung e.V.
Method box for social-ecologic transformation in DE, EN, ES
Online
A Consensus Handbook
Seeds for Change Network's tool for co-operative decision-making
Download
Resource Mobilization Toolkit
FRIDA's toolkit (not only) for girls, young women and trans youth
Download
Networking for Entrepreneurship Education
Guide to networking and collaboration by the EntreComp 360 project
Download
td-net toolbox
of the Swiss Academy of Sciences for developing projects, conducting research and exploring ways to impact in heterogeneous groups
OnlineSteps toward Action
Empowerment for self-responsible initiative. Help your learners to discover their vision and to turn it into concrete civic engagement.
Download
Let's Play Democracybarometer
Learning democracy through analog card games by GIGA and demokrative
Download
Participatory Method Toolkit
A practitioners manual.
Download
Toolkit European citizenship in youth work
Toolkit 7 (revised) of Council of Europe
Download
Have your say!
Manual on the Revised Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life by CoE
Download
Building our Citizen Muscle
SALTO-Youth Participation, Diána Hajdu-Kis
Planning youth participation projects Download
Seed for Change
Tools addressing skills around civic competences
Web
Game On
A Practical Guide to Campaigning
Download
Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
IDEO's guide
Download
Design Thinking for Educators
by Riverdale Country School and IDEO
Download
ENGAGE
Learning democracy with children aged 8-12 by DARE network
Download
Impact Management Toolbox
by the project BALTIC: YOUTH: IMPACT
Online
Development Impact & You
Practical Tools to trigger and support social innovation
Download
Community Tool Box
Created by by University of Kansas
Online
Healthy Conflict & Constructive Dialogue Classroom
Educators' Guide to Depolarisation
from the project DARE Download
Translating European Values into Practice
Methods for different group size from the project TEVIP Download
STEPS -Survival Toolkit for EDC in Post-factual Societies
Texts, studies and methods from the project STEPS Download
Building Bridges in Conflict Areas
SALTO YOUTH
Report of a training course. Download
Teaching controversial issues
CoE's practice handbook for developing effective training for teachers and school leaders.
Download
Bookmarks
CoE's manual for combating hate speech through human rights education
Download
Youth transforming conflict
CoE's T-Kit 12 on conflict and controversies
Download
Comic: I can
How to cope with stress, overcome challenges and handle conflict by the FENIKS project team (languages: EN, RU, UA)
Download
Free My Internet
A graphic journey from infrastructure to shutdowns
Online
We are AI Comics
Five Comics about AI by Julia Stoyanovich and Falaah Arif Kha
Download
We need to talk AI
Comic about Artificial Intelligence by Doc J Snyder & Lena Ziyal
Download
LifeComp
EU's framework for the Personal, Social and Learning to Learn Key Competence
Download
Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC)
Council of Europe's holistic competence framework for Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights.
Download
DigComp 2.2: The Digital Competence Framework for Citizens
2022 edition of the EU framework
Download
EntreComp
The EU Entrepreneurship Competence Framework
Download
GreenComp
The European sustainability competence framework
Download
PISA Global Competence Framework
An OECD Framework to "global competence"
Download
DeSeCo
OECD project to the definition and selection of key competences
Online
Education for Sustainable Development Goals - Learning Objectives
designed by UNESCO education sector
Download
European Qualification Framework
EU's translation device between different qualifications systems and their levels.
Download
Digital Competence of Educators
What has digital competency to do with you as a teacher or educator?
Download
ETS Competence Model for Trainers Working at International Level
SALTO Training and Cooperation's framework for educators
Download
A Competence Model for Youth Workers to Work Internationally
SALTO's competence model for international facilitation Download
Youth work competence
Council of Europe's Portfolio Tool on youth work competence
Online
RFCDC Teacher Reflection Tool
for the Council of Europe's Competences for a Democratic Culture (RFCDC)
Download & Online
READY
Reference model for Educators' Activities and Development in the 21st-centurY by ETF
Online
Learning for the future
Competences for education for sustainable development by UNECE
Download
Curriculum globALE
A global competency framework for adult educators by DVV International, German Institute for Adult Education, International Council for Adult Education and UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Download
greta Professional Teachers Competence Model
in Adult and Continuing Education
Website
Digital competence toolbox for youth work
Verke's toolbox includes criteria for digital competences, a self-assessment tool and also an online test.
online
The Conspiracy Theory Handbook
by the project COMPACT (Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories)
Download
The Conspiracy Theory Handbook
Unravel the Conspiracy behind conspiracies. Dare to be Grey.
Download
Addressing conspiracy theories
What teachers need to know. By UNESCO
Download
Digital Resistance - Handbook for Teachers
By Council of Europe/DISCO programme
DownloadBookmarks
CoE's manual for combating hate speech through human rights education
Download
EU vs. Disinfo
The EU portal on disinformation
online
Open your eyes
Handbook: How to identify and tackle online disinformation?
Download
Open your eyes
Database: Fake news
Online
Visual facilitation Cookbook
Estonian UNESCO Youth Association's, Biedrība Piepildīto sapņu istaba's and cooperativa braccianti's cookbook on visual facilitation and graphical recording.
Download
Creative Writing Cookbook
Estonian UNESCO Youth Association's, Biedrība Piepildīto sapņu istaba's and cooperativa braccianti's cookbook on creative writing.
Download
Graphic Harvesting
A short and inspiring practice bookpublished by Leargas, Irish National Agency of Erasmus+, in cooperation with SALTO Training and Cooperation.
Download
Creativity Handbook
Building connections, drawing inspirations & exploring opportunities as individuals & groups.
Download
Learning the Digital
Digital transformation from the practice of Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education
more
Digital Citizenship Education Handbook
by Council of Europe. Being online. Well-being online. Rights online
Download
Digital Citizenship Education - Trainers' Pack
The concept of DCE applied in education and learning, published by Council of Europe
DownloadBookmarks
CoE's manual for combating hate speech through human rights education
Download
Reclaim
Toolkit on media competence
Download
DigComp 3.0: The Digital Competence Framework for Citizens
2025 edition of the EU framework
Download
Think Critically, Click Wisely! (UNESCO)
Media and Information Literate Citizens. UNESCO's Media & Information Literacy (MIL) curiculum for educators and learners
Download
Media Literacy for Global Education
Toolkit for Youth Multipliers by North-South Centre of CoE
DownloadDigital Competence of Educators
What has digital competency to do with you as a teacher or educator?
Download
'DigCompSat
DigComp 2.1 Self Assessment Tool
Download
DigComp into Action
A guide on how to make use of the DigComp framework
Download
FI.DO Training Material
FIghting fake news and DisinfOrmation in a lifelong learning context.
Download
DIGIT Manifesto and guidelines for adult educators
Boost Competences for responsible online identity
DownloadDigital competence toolbox for youth work
Verke's toolbox includes criteria for digital competences, a self-assessment tool and also an online test.
online
Human vs AI Test
Can We Tell the Difference Anymore? By K. Rajnerowicz
Online
Maker activities in youth work
A reader about maker culture and youth work by Verke
Download
Makerspaces for Education and Training
Exploring future implications for Europe, by JRC
Download
Handbook Educational Robotics
From the eMedia Project: Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship for All.
Download
Tech for Good
Possibilities and limits of using digital instruments in international development projects of NGOs
Download
Making sense of the future
Toolbox with six methods (DE, EN) for crirtical future thinking by Alexander Humboldt institute for Internet and Society
Download
Your Data Mirror
Learn about the mechanisms of data collection and the impact this practice on society. By Interactive Media Foundation.
online
Handbook Media Literacy
From the eMedia Project: Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship for All.
Download
Online test: filter bubble
interactive introduction by Zentrum fir politesch Bildung (ZpB) Luxemburg
OnlineEU vs. Disinfo
The EU portal on disinformation
onlineOpen your eyes
Handbook: How to identify and tackle online disinformation?
DownloadOpen your eyes
Database: Fake news
OnlineSTEPS -Survival Toolkit for EDC in Post-factual Societies
Texts, studies and methods from the project STEPS Download
Are you you?
Interactive documentary and challenge: Beat face recognition systems by Tijmen Schep and Sherpa project
Online
Bad News
Online game - From fake news to chaos!
play online
Disinformation Diaries
Learn how disinformation interferes with elections
play online
Fake it to make it
A game about fake news
play onlineOnline test: filter bubble
interactive introduction by Zentrum fir politesch Bildung (ZpB) Luxemburg
Online
Harmony Square
Game about fake news
play online
How normal am I?
How normal am I? By Tijmen Schep. play onlineTest: Human vs. AI
Can We Tell the Difference Anymore? play onlineYour Data Mirror
Learn about the mechanisms of data collection and the impact this practice on society. By Interactive Media Foundation.
online
Week with Wanda
A game about the impact of Artificial Intelligence
play online
Diversity in Youth Exchange Checklist
from German-Polish Youth Exchange
Download
My ID Training Background Reader
Of the project My ID (My Identity, My Idea to be Myself) on sexual orientation and gender identity (in schools)
Download
DIVE-IN
A guidebook of guidebooks for facilitators in Diversity & Inclusion pedagogies
Download
Stories that move
Free online tool for teaching about diversity and discrimination
Website
Trainer Manual: Mainstreaming Gender into Peacebuilding Trainings
Dr. Cordula Reimann, CORE
DownloadResource Mobilization Toolkit
FRIDA's toolkit (not only) for girls, young women and trans youth
Download
Toolkit Social Inclusion
Toolkit 8 of Council of Europe
Download
Ideas, resources, methods and activities for non-formal intercultural education
Download
Diversity Dynamics: Activating the Potential of Diversity in Trainings
Heike Fahrun, Eliza Skowron, Nils-Eyk Zimmermann, MitOst
Handbook for Facilitators
Download
Gender Matters
A manual on addressing gender-based violence affecting young people
Download
Building Trust in Diverse Teams
A concise facilitation handbook by OXFAM
Download
Inclusion A-Z
How to manage inclusion in international projects
Download
Vision: Inclusion
An inclusion strategy for international youth work by IJAB
Download
Understanding You(th)
Exploring Identity and its Role in International Youth Work
Download
Diversity Style Guide
By R. Kanigel/Journalism Department at San Francisco State University
Online
Innovation Diversity - New approaches of Cultural Encounter in Europe
Un-Label's handbook on inclusive art practices
Download
Diversity Toolkit
to University of Southern California's Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege
Website
GreenComp
The European sustainability competence framework
PDF
How to Engage Citizens with the Sustainable Development Goals
Inspiration, tools and cases by Finnish Development NGOs Fingo
PDF
Sustainability and Bildung
Created in European Association for the Education of Adult's Bildung project
PDF
Ten Steps to Systems Thinking
Education for Sustainable Development online manual for teachers, educators, and facilitators by Centre for Environmental Education
Web
Handbook: Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Non-formal education methods collected in the project Growing Green by Fora Copenhagen.
PDF
Global Citizenship Education
Wintersteiner, Grobbauer, Diendorfer, Reitmair-Juárez
Citizenship Education for Globalizing Societies
DownloadEndlich Wachstum (finite growth)
Konzeptwerk neue Ökonomie, FairBindung e.V.
Method box for social-ecologic transformation in DE, EN, ES
Online
Six Steps to Global Citizenship
A Guide for Youth Workers, Youth Leaders and Trainers
PDF
Global Youth Work
Allen, Dwyer
Activities for Global Citizenship
Download
The Everyday Beyond
European, international and global dimensions of learning processes.
Download
Sherpa Tools
Polish-German Youth office's online tools for Education for Sustainable Development in German and Polish
Web
Global citizenship education in a digital age: teacher guidelines
UNESCO, 2024
PDF
Environment and Civil Involvement
How Can We Connect Education for Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship Empowerment? Download
ESD Toolbox
UNESCO's ESD Toolbox Web
Youth Xchange towards sustainable lifestyles
UNEP and UNESCO Toolbox Web
Global Education Guidelines
Concepts and methodologies on global education for educators and policy makers of the Council of Europe Download
Global Citizenship Education
Topics and Learning Objective by UNESCO
PDF
Education for Sustainable Development Learning Goals
UNESCO's learning goals on ESDPDF
PISA Global Competence Framework
OECD's Global Competence Model PDF
T-KIT 13 - Sustainability and youth work
E. Keen, J. Pinkeviciute, A. Hayes, A. Berecz, B. Akyüz for CoE/EUC PDF
Energizers
EYP Academy's booklet for energizers.
Download
Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change
Adam Fletcher, Kari Kunst, CORE
The book offers a collection of trust-bulding and ice-breaking activities together with other types of activities relevant for activist, facilitators and teachers.
Download
Move and Learn
Training manual for non-formal Education through Sport and physical activities with young people
Download
Football 3 Handbook
streetfootballworld's handbook on how to use football for social change
Download
Valued by You, Valued by Others
Improving the visibility of competences in Youthpass (and also in other contexts)
Download
Recognizing Learning in Youth Exchange
Youth Work Service, Léargas' handbook complementary to YouthPASS, with suitable methods as well for evaluation and competence assessments without using the YouthPASS
Download
Assessment and recognition in formal and non-formal learning in entrepreneurship education
An introduction not only for entrepreneurship education by the project EntreComp 360
Download
The Learning Curve
A guide to evaluation for youth organizations
Download
YouthPASS unfolded
Practical tips and hands-on methods to make the most of the Youthpass process edieted by SALTO and Jugend für Europa
Download
Assessing competences for democratic culture
Principles, methods, examples by Council of Europe
Download
Empower yourself
Self-assessment tool created by the French Scout and Guides movement
DownloadFacilitation Step-by-step
Competendo Portfolio Tool for Facilitators
Download
Captain's Log
Competency-related portfolio tool
DownloadReflective Peacebuilding
John Paul Lederach, Reina Neufeldt, Hal Culbertson,
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies: Planning oriented on impact Download
DemoDice
A cube-based non-commercial storytelling app (Demogames project, code by Curiousbirds)
Info
Observers
Card-based online riddle game based on the principle of the popular "Black Stories" (project Demogames, code by Curiousbirds).
play online
RFCDC Competence Card Game
Learners explore the Competences for a Democratic Culture
DownloadLet's Play Democracybarometer
Learning democracy through analog card games by GIGA and demokrative
Download
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
Download
Consortium
Reimagine the Internet – by playing a boardgame by Nesta Download
Lifelong Learning Glossary
Review of Lifelong learning Terminologyof the Lifelong Learning Platform
Download
TVETipedia Glossary
UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre for technical and vocational education and training: Online
Youthwork translator
of youth work related items: EN, FR, CN, GR, DE
Published by IJAB: Online
Internet Governance Glossary
Online
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Glossary of Terms
by University of Washington - School of Public Health 2021 Download
Intercultural Understanding, Human Rights and Ethics in Journalism
A training manual for educators with introduction into human rights and their relevance for journalism
Online
Standard Human Rights
Addressing the Topics of Flight, Forced Migration, Asylum and Racist Discrimination in Education Practice
DownloadToolkit for Democracy and Human Rights
by Human Rights Academy (HRA) Norway.
Download
Fundamental Rights Agency
Interactive data and maps explorer
Online
Human Rights Guide
Learn about human rights through themes, find help and explore resources by Baltic Human Rights Society in EN, LV, RU
Online
Just now-A toolbox for teaching Human Rights
Methodological-didactical materials relating to human rights education in non-formal and formal youth educational work
Online
First Steps in Understanding: Freedom of Expression online and offline
American Bar Association Rule of Law
Download
Understanding Human Rights
W. Benedek
European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy's Manual on Human Rights Education
Download
CHANGE – Handbook for History Learning and Human Rights Education
Martin Lücke, Felisa Tibbitts, Else Engel, Lea Fenner (Ed.)
An approach delivered through Freie Universität Berlin, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) and right now
DownloadTranslating European Values into Practice
Methods for different group size from the project TEVIP Download
Teaching migration in schools
Nine 45-minute teaching modules focus on why people migrate, how immigration and asylum is regulated by states, or how migration relates to topics of EDC/HRE
Online
Teaching democracy - A collection of models for democratic citizenship and human rights education (2009)
Rolf Gollob, Peter Krapf (Ed.)
Volume VI of EDC/HRE Volumes I-VI Education for democratic citizenship and human rights in school practice. Teaching sequences, concepts, methods and models
DownloadCompass & Compasito
The Council of Europe's tools for Human Rights Education: Online
Defining concepts of the digital society
Alexander v. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Online
Big Data Literacy
Resource collection of the Critical Big Data and Algorithmic Literacy Network
Online
UNESCO Series on Internet Freedom
Publications on enabling a free, open and accessible Internet space as part of promoting comprehensive freedom of expression online and offline.
Online
AI Compass
Card game for learning about AI application(s) in different contexts in society. By Alexander v. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Download
Elements of AI
Free online course in the European languages, developed by the Finnish EU presidency
Online
We are AI
Free online course by the Center for Responsible AI at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) and Queens Public Library
Online
Visual Introduction in Machine Learning
By Stephanie Yee and Tony Chu in 13 languages.
OnlineWe are AI Comics
Five Comics about AI by Julia Stoyanovich and Falaah Arif Kha
Download
GlobalPolicy.AI
Online platform for navigating the international AI governance landscape
Online
Travel Guide to the Digital World
For Human Rights defenders by Global Partners Digital. DownloadFree My Internet
A graphic journey from infrastructure to shutdowns
Online
Making sense of the future
by Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
Online & Download
Internet Universality Indicators
UNESCO's Roam-X-Indicators<
Download
Digital Transformation in Adult Learning
Project DIGIT-AL (DARE network)
Online
Freedom of Press Report
by RSF - Reporters without Borders
Online
Digtal News Report
by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Online
Freedom on the Net Report
by Freedom House
Online & Download
Internet Health Report
by Mozilla Foundation
Download
Internet Affordability Report
Alliance for Affodable Internet
DownloadGlobal citizenship education in a digital age: teacher guidelines
UNESCO, 2024
PDFWe need to talk AI
Comic about Artificial Intelligence by Doc J Snyder & Lena Ziyal
Download
Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Society
Curriulum for primary School Children by the Wergeland Center
Download
Online Language Animation
Collection of methods and description of the approach in PDFs and videos Online
Sag was! Dis moi! Powiedz coś!
Methods for language animation in youth encounters In German, French and Polish language. Download
Methodology in Language Learning T-kit
Anne Dussap, Philip Curran (Ed.)
General Aspects of language learning Download
Language Animation - the incusive way
Ulrike Werner, Christian Herrmann
IJAB Innovationsforum Jugend global
Qualifying and Developing International Youth Work Download
Mentoring Handbook
Providing Systemic Support for Mentees and Their Projects, by MitOst
Online
Mentoring Pocketbook
Ruth Lowbridge (editor): SFEDI's introduction to enterprise mentoring
Download
One 2 One
M. Kėžaitė–Jakniūnienė and M. E. Taylor's handbook on supporting learning face-to-face
Download
Your Data Mirror
Learn about the mechanisms of data collection and the impact this practice on society. By Interactive Media Foundation.
online
Learn, what your browser is saying about you
Dennis Anons Analyzer is demonstrating it.
online
Surveillance Self-Defense
Tips, tools and how-tos for safer online ommunications by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
online
ICTs, data and vulnerable people: a guide for citizens
published by the Panelfit project
Download
Cover your tracks
Explore, how trackers view your browser (by the Electronic Frontier Foundation)
online
Terms of Service Didn't read
Check the quality of popular platforms' ToS (Terms of Service)
online
Online Privacy Checker
A guide provided by Kaspersky
Online
Facial recognition technologies: a primer
by Algorithmic Justice League, MacArthur Foundation
DownloadDIGIT Manifesto and guidelines for adult educators
Boost Competences for responsible online identity
Download
Security in a Box
Front Line Defenders and Tactical Tech Collective gives an overview over general aspects and tools for privacy protection.
Online
Data Detox Kit
Tactical Tech Collective's instructions with focus on datafication and data-abuse.
online
Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked
A comprehensive guide to digital security
OnlineTravel Guide to the Digital World
For Human Rights defenders by Global Partners Digital. Download
Me and my shadow
Tactical Tech Collective's introduction into tracking technologies
Online
Holistic Security
A Strategy Manual for Human Rights Defenders including an additional trainers' manual.
Download
Stealingurfeelin.gs
Augmented movie, introduction into tracking by Noah Levenson
OnlineHow normal am I?
Interactive introduction into datafication by Tijmen Schep and Sherpa project
OnlineAre you you?
Interactive documentary and challenge: Beat face recognition systems by Tijmen Schep and Sherpa project
Online
The Digital Self
from the DIGIT-AL project Digital Transformation in Adult Learning for Active Citizenship
DownloadHuman Rights Guide
Learn about data & provacy as human rights in the guides created by Baltic Human Rights Society in EN, LV, RU
Online
Comic: I Can
How to cope with stress, overcome challenges and handle conflict by the FENIKS project team (languages: EN, RU, UA)
Download
Understanding stress and trauma responses
Rethinking Citizenship Education/C. Cocciole & B. Wójcik
Download
Cheat sheet for educators in times of crisis
Rethinking Citizenship Education/A. Idrisova
Download
Data & Reports
- Page: Data and Reports
