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First pan-European non-profit promoting mapping, exchange, learning & innovation in #civic #education bottom-up. Running #NECE, the European network for Civic Education. π₯
Across the world, young people face huge questions about the future β from climate anxiety to conflict and wellbeing.
The International Baccalaureate's Festival of Hope gives them space to speak, listen & act.
In the NECE Magazine, Tim Logan shares how: magazine.nece.eu/hope/tom-log...
Join our next NECE Campus session to explore HistoriCall β a digital toolbox by the House of European History that reimagines Europeβs story through interactive, student-centred learning.
ποΈ Thu 16 Oct | 15:00β16:00 CEST
ποΈ With Florian Tuder, House of European History
π Register: t.ly/k3f0F
In @nytimes.com, our Louisa Slavkova reminds that civic education isnβt a side project β itβs the work that keeps democracy functional.
Politics may fill the airwaves, but civic understanding is thinning. The task now is to rebuild the infrastructures of how we learn to live together.
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π± Can hope drive social change?
Researchers Smadar Cohen-Chen and Ruthie Pliskin show how group-based hope β when paired with a sense of efficacy β can spark collective action and open paths to compromise even in polarised contexts.
π Read their interview: t.ly/2Y9tJ
π At this year's NECE Festival: HOPE in Oslo, RedeNEC, CENESA & THE CIVICS, as co-creator of NECE signed a joint declaration uniting civic educators across continents.
π€ With this declaration, we commit to broadening our global approach to civic education to enable it thrive even amid uncertainty.
βWe are citizens by nature.β
In this NECE Festival: HOPE clip, Jon Alexander (CITIZENS) shares why civic education must trust people and give them real decisions. Watch and share: youtu.be/ldcE8Csmz90 #CivicEducation #Participation
Can civic-minded companies boost both productivity and employee satisfaction?
π₯Find out more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ8M....
At NECE Festival: HOPE, Jennifer Brandsberg-Engelmann showed how regenerative economics can reshape the way we teach and learn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtIh...
π New call for projects: Civic Innovation Fund supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung!
Up to β¬10,000 to pilot or scale ideas on trust, democratic resilience, loneliness, radicalisation, and polarisation.
π Apply by 20 Oct, 23:59 CEST here: gstoo.de/cif_2025_2026
π‘ What happens when ordinary citizens are trusted to help shape a nationβs future?
Read the interview with Sofie Furu from SoCentral and discover why citizen assemblies are offering a hopeful blueprint for more resilient democracies:
π magazine.nece.eu/hope/sofie-f...
Weβre pleased to share that our capacity-building programme for employees in the corporate sector will continue, thanks to renewed funding. With the relaunch of our programme ReLEAD. Learn more here: thecivics.eu/projects/rel....
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βEmpathy can be trained and spread like a social contagion.β
Thomas Coombes at NECE Festival 2025: HOPE, calling us to turn civic education into lived experience.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uwy...
Civic education can inspire when it feels like play. Our next #NECECampus with Tracy Saad of Commence Games explores how game-based learning opens doors to bias-free, participatory civic life. Join us here: t.ly/gA3nR
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Today on #InternationalDayofDemocracy we celebrate participation, dialogue & civic agency. At THE CIVICS, we support intergenerational participation, champion civic ed & build networks that strengthen democratic resilience - believing that democracy must be lived, learned & practiced every day.
15.09.2025 14:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0NECE Festival 2025: HOPE was organised in cooperation with The European Wergeland Centre (EWC), with the support of @bpb.de.
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π€ If fear is the fuel of populism, could hope be its antidote?
π 270+ educators & activists met in Oslo at NECE Festival: HOPE to practise resilience, imagination & solidarity as democratic skills.
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If we want societies and institutions that hold together under pressure, we need educators and civil society actors equipped to teach hope β and treat it as daily practice. Read this issue to learn why this is the case!
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The third issue of NECE Magazine is out! Learn about HOPE β¦as a civic skill: training imaginations, rebuilding trust, turning resignation into action. Read the full issue here: magazine.nece.eu/hope/
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What difference does good facilitation make?
Participants of CIVIC SCOUTS AT WORK share their take:
π₯ www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl8u....
Excited to attend the NECE Festival 2025 in Oslo this week! πβ¨
Theme this year: HOPE β how collective hope can drive resilient, ethical & sustainable communities.
#NECEFestival #Hope @thecivics.bsky.social
Been talking about hope at the #NECEFestival2025 in Oslo today @thecivics.bsky.social
People asking how to maintain hope. Answer: values and activist self-talk. more here hopebased.substack.com/p/sport-scie...
Regenerative Economics for Secondary Schools, supported by CIF has concluded - developing resources that help teachers and curriculum developers reframe economics.
It produced learning materials, curriculum mappings, and discussion papers, now shared openly here: www.youtube.com/@Regenerativ...
Next week, we look forward to welcoming over 200 guests from civil society, politics, academia, media, and culture in Oslo for an interactive and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and actions at the NECE Festival 2025.
β¨Enjoy the aftermovie from last year here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoPq...
Right vs. Wrong? Noa Brighenti (Portuguese Association of History Teachers) shows that most #polarizing issues lie somewhere in between. How she accomplishes this & more insights from civic educators as shared at our #NECELab:
π koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
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π Another CIF success!
We are proud to share the achievements of the project βMedia Literacy and Civic Education from Early Onβ by Gutenberg Foundation 3.0:
πΉ20+ articles on digital literacy for kids on vijte.bg
πΉ13 school visits
πΉ2 interschool competitions
π www.knigovishte.bg/vijte?keywor...
βHow do civic competencies translate to the workplace?
Participants and facilitators of #CIVICSCOUTS AT #WORK share their insights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlNH....
The project 'Empowering Consumers Through Financial Literacy' supported by our Civic Innovation Fund has come to an end, engaging over 200 students in Bulgaria and Serbia in practical learnings on conscious consumption, budgeting, and consumer rights.
π Outcomes here: komentari.bg/index.php/bu...
Mayor Anne Lindboe will open the NECE Festival 2025 with a clear message: βDemocratic change happens when we dare to imagine something better.β Time to put hope into action.
π More on the programme here: nece.eu/nece-festiva...
How can we overcome emotional barriers by truly seeing each other in #polarizing discussions? Anas Muhammed, Co-Founder of Scholitekt suggests using the βThree Image Techniqueβ.
πMore approaches from civic educators: koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
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What makes CIVIC SCOUTS AT WORK different?
Participants share their views: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvlj....
