EMILIE findings presented at the NECE workshop in Barcelona
The NECE network is an initiative of the German Federal Agency for Citizenship Education to reflect and make recommandations about citizenship education in Europe.
On June 24-25, the Federal Agency together with Fundation Bertelsman organised a workshop on the specific challenges raised by diversity in Europeans cities regarding citizenship education. The event took place in Barcelona and brought together researchers, activists and policy makers.
The EMILIE project findings were presented with a focus on the case study of education policies. It gave insight on the challenges brought by the increasing diversity of school population in old and recent country of immigration. The discussion with the workshop participants led to envision issues of diversity and eduction in the specific setting of urban areas.
The workshop outcome was to make recommandation for the subsequent NECE conference in the city of Trieste: “Chances for Cultural Citizenship Education in the Context of the Development of Cities and Urban Spaces” (September 2010).
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