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Empowerment, Democracy Learning, Self-organisation Library
A lot of handbooks, toolboxes or other publications are published all over the world. Although publishing takes time, costs nerves and also money, the authors haven't done this for financial reasons.
As diverse as they may be, most of them aim to improve formal and non-formal learning or to empower people for democratic citizenship and civic engagement. Competendo aims to showcase best practices from this community. If you like it, contact the authors and let them know! The library is updated regularly.
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Glossaries
Terminology of European education and training policy: 130 key terms
Published by: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
PDF & Online
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
The Globalcit Glossary
on citizenship and electoral rights by GLOBALCIT/European University Institut: PDF & Online
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Glossary of Terms
by University of Washington - School of Public Health 2021 Download
Activism/Active Citizenship/Project Work
Now Project Development Handbook
by NOW Association 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
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Toolkit for Democracy and Human Rights
by Human Rights Academy (HRA) Norway.
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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
Online
Steps 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
Creativity
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.
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Graphic Harvesting
A short and inspiring practice bookpublished by Leargas, Irish National Agency of Erasmus+, in cooperation with SALTO Training and Cooperation.
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Creativity Handbook
Building connections, drawing inspirations & exploring opportunities as individuals & groups.
Download
Digitalisation: Digital & Media Competence
Digital Citizenship Education Handbook
by Council of Europe. Being online. Well-being online. Rights online
Download
Learning the Digital
Competendo handbook
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Bookmarks
CoE's manual for combating hate speech through human rights education
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DigComp 2.2: The Digital Competence Framework for Citizens
2022 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
Download
Digital Competence of Educators
What has digital competency to do with you as a teacher or educator?
Download
'DigCompSat
DigComp 2.1 Self Assessment Tool
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Digital Citizenship Education - Trainers' Pack
The concept of DCE applied in education and learning, published by Council of Europe
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
Download
Digital 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
Handbook Educational Robotics
From the eMedia Project: Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship for All.
Download
DOIT Toolbox
from the project DOIT - Entrepreneurial skills for young social innovators in an open digital world
Online
Makerspaces for Education and Training
Exploring future implications for Europe, by JRC
Download
Tech for Good
Possibilities and limits of using digital instruments in international development projects of NGOs
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
Online
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
STEPS -Survival Toolkit for EDC in Post-factual Societies
Texts, studies and methods from the project STEPS Download
Visual Literacy
How to think and act with images?
Download
Freedom of Press Report
by RSF - Reporters without Borders
Online
Digtal News Report
by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Online
Digitalisation: Games and Interactive
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
Online test: filter bubble
interactive introduction by Zentrum fir politesch Bildung (ZpB) Luxemburg
Online
How normal am I?
How normal am I? By Tijmen Schep. play online
Test: Human vs. AI
Can We Tell the Difference Anymore? play online
Your 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
Digitalisation: Internet, Data, AI
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
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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.
Online
We 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. Download
Free 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
Internet Health Report
by Mozilla Foundation
Download
Internet Affordability Report
Alliance for Affodable Internet
Download
Global citizenship education in a digital age: teacher guidelines
UNESCO, 2024
PDF
We need to talk AI
Comic about Artificial Intelligence by Doc J Snyder & Lena Ziyal
Download
Digitalisation: Privacy Protection
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
Download
DIGIT 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
Online
Travel 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
Online
How normal am I?
Interactive introduction into datafication by Tijmen Schep and Sherpa project
Online
Are 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
Download
Human Rights Guide
Learn about data & provacy as human rights in the guides created by Baltic Human Rights Society in EN, LV, RU
Online
Diversity, Inclusion, Discrimination
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
Download
Resource 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
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
Education for Sustainable Development/ Global Learning
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
Download
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
Energizer, Cooperation Games, Sports
Energizers
EYP Academy's booklet for energizers.
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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
Entrepreneurship Education
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.
Download
EntreComp Community
The central platform for practicioners and advocates of entrepreneurship education in Europe.
online
Networking for Entrepreneurship Education
Guide to networking and collaboration by the EntreComp 360 project
Download
EntreComp Playbook
The playbook is built on the experiments, perseverance and lessons learned by users of EntreComp.
Download
EntreComp into Action - Get inspired, make it happen
A user guide to the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework.
Download
EntreComp
The EU Entrepreneurship Competence Framework
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
Guide: Women’s Entrepreneurship
How can EntreComp support Women’s Entrepreneurship? Created by the project EntreComp 360
Download
DOIT Toolbox
from the project DOIT - Entrepreneurial skills for young social innovators in an open digital world
online
Young People, Entrepreneurship & Non-formal Learning: A Work in Progress
A discussion about the relation between youth work and entrepreneurship education.
Download
Handbook: Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Non-formal education methods collected in the project Growing Green by Fora Copenhagen.
Download
Entrelearn
Entrepreneurial learning toolkit for teachers developed by the EU I-Linc project.
Download
PACE Workbook
Entrepreneurship education resource by Aarhus University together with Aalborg University and Aalto University School of Economics.
Download
Young Entrepreneurs: If not you, then who?
A guide developed by Asociación Jóvenes Solidarios with London Borough of Hackney and Hacettepe University.
Download
EntreComp Teacher Cards
Set of cards on the what, why and how to teach of each EntreComp competence
Download
Peer-to-Peer learning guide for entrepreneurship education
A collection of experiences and practices in Entrepreneurial learning
Download
Conneect Handbook 2015
Dr. Ian Heywood, Emma Heywood (editors)
Handbook for Entrepreneruship Education
Website
Human Rights
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
Download
Toolkit 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
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Translating 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
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Compass & Compasito
The Council of Europe's tools for Human Rights Education: Online
Language Animation
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 and One-to-one Learning
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
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Recognition and Identification of Learning Outcomes
Valued by You, Valued by Others
Improving the visibility of competences in Youthpass (and also in other contexts)
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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
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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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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
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Assessing competences for democratic culture
Principles, methods, examples by Council of Europe
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Empower yourself
Self-assessment tool created by the French Scout and Guides movement
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Facilitation Step-by-step
Competendo Portfolio Tool for Facilitators
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Captain's Log
Competency-related portfolio tool
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Reflective Peacebuilding
John Paul Lederach, Reina Neufeldt, Hal Culbertson,
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies: Planning oriented on impact Download
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This toolbox has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the implementing partner organisations and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.