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European citizenship – In the process of construction – Challenges for citizenship, citizenship education and democratic practice in Europe

Synopsis European citizenship is still a contested concept, bringing together two notions and therefore two different debates: one around Europe and European identity, and the other related to citizenship and non-citizenship. Europe, in an ongoing process of construction, should be shaped and defined by its citizens. Young people in particular have a special interest in and concern about what kind of Europe they want to live in. It is therefore important to reflect on how European citi...

Democracy and human rights for Europe – The Council of Europe’s contribution

Synopsis Over 800 million Europeans can individually obtain a ruling from a European court against their State if it has violated their human rights. There is an assembly in Strasbourg where members of the Icelandic, Russian, Portuguese, German, Georgian and other European parliaments all sit together. A Congress exists whose sessions are attended by representatives of 200 000 local and regional authorities of Europe… All these statements relate to the Council of Europe, the first of the...

T-Kit No. 11 – Mosaic: The training kit for Euro-Mediterranean youth work (2010)

Synopsis In 1998, the Council of Europe and the European Commission decided to take common action in the field of youth. Both institutions initiated a partnership agreement with the aim "to promote active European citizenship and civil society by giving impetus to the training of youth leaders and youth workers working within a European dimension". In 2003, additional agreements were signed in the fields of "youth research" and "Euro-Mediterranean youth co-operation". Since 2005, the pa...

PISA: Movimentos e mudanças. Uma introdução a “PISA e as políticas públicas de educação”

Este dossier inclui contribuições do projecto de investigação – “O papel do conhecimento na construção e na regulação das políticas da saúde e da educação na Europa” (KNOWandPOL) – desenvolvido com o objectivo de alargar o conhecimento existente sobre a relação conhecimento-política, num contexto social e cultural caracterizado por um aumento do volume, da pluralidade e da circulação dos conhecimentos na acção pública (AA.VV, 2006; Delvaux & Mangez, 2008)(1). Um dos eixos analíticos do pro...