Democracy and Active Citizenship

A Grundtvig III - course for you, who work with democracy and active citizenship and need tools and inspiration to political navigation, mobilization and dialogue.

Target group:
Adult teachers involved in democracy projects. Civil servants or NGO-activists working in the field between citizens and decision-makers with activities related to active citizenship.

Duration:
5 days related to 5 central themes of democracy development and civic involvement.

Goals:
Focus on possibilities and problems related to democracy development

To create well functioning networks between citizens and civil servants and across borders in the EU

To develop possibilities for personal and professional development for the target group of the education

Contents:
The education has been developed as a bridge between the fields of Political Science and Adult Pedagogy. This has given interesting new perspectives on the two traditionally separated fields.

The main themes are the following:

o Conception of democracy and roles

o Political navigation and agenda setting

o Tools for Empowerment and dialogue

o Communication and implementation

o EU and local democracy

Dates:
The Grundtvig III Course runs from 3rd to 7th of May 2010
Scheduled hours of teaching from 9 - 15

Place:
Copenhagen, Denmark

Price:
1000 Euros including tuition, accommodation and subsistence.

Registration:
As soon as posible and latest 1st of February 2010.
Contact your national Socrates agency for application form.
(Beware of the duration of the national administration procedure).

Questions:
Contact Erling Ekegren,
phone.: (+45) 32 68 73 38 or send a mail to erekeg@kff.kk.dk