Citizenship Education Day in the Republic Of Moldova started with a “hot” discussion on the characteristics and challenges of civic education in the Republic Of Moldova.

The event was attended by 31 people from Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus Russia. As moderator was Veronica Garbuz, representative of the NGO “Mostenitorii”, coordinator of the Week in Moldova.

During the constructive discussions, the emphasis was on:

– conceptualization of civic education in the Republic of Moldova;

– the main challenges of civic education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;

– the main providers of civic education;

– the main projects implemented in the field of civic education;

– prospects for the development of civic education in the Republic Of Moldova.

The invited experts are of the opinion that we are living in a period in which it is necessary to train citizens involved in social and political life. The aim is not only to ensure that the values of democracy will prosper, but also to encourage social cohesion in the conditions of increasing social and cultural diversity.

At the same time, it was emphasized that although there are several efforts in the field of civic education at the national level, they are not systemic. Moreover, civic education in schools is treated as an optional discipline, teachers do not have the proper training.

At community level there is an acute need to invest in the participation of citizens in community life, public decision-making and in processes that give them a sense of power in relation to decision-makers.

At the end of the panel discussion, it was concluded that in order to achieve important results in the field of civic activism, the SYNERGY EFFECT, obtained through working with community actors, which will bring added value to the efforts made, is needed.

The discussion “Resilience Measures to Save and Create Jobs in the Context of the COVID – 19 Pandemic: Challenges for Civic Education Providers”, was moderated by Liliana Postan, PhD, trainer, member of the Working Group of the CSF VP No. 5 “Social and labor policy and social dialogue”.

The main topics addressed were:

– identification of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market: layoffs, migrations, re-profiling;

– analysis of positive and negative effects;

– comparison of the practice of the Republic of Moldova in the field of employment with the practice of employment in other countries;

– challenges for civic education providers.

The discussion was attended by 32 people from Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

The results of the study on “Mapping civil society organizations in the security and defense sector of the Republic Of Moldova”, presented by Elena Marzac, executive Director of the information and Documentation Center on NATO in the Republic of Moldova, highlighted the role of civil society organizations in the security and defense sector.

Also, the following results were presented:

– research and analysis of the concept of civil society; quantitative and qualitative analysis of active civil society organizations in the national security sector and related ones;

– evaluation of civil society in the national security sector of the Republic Of Moldova in the light of its impact on public policies;

– highlighting the contribution of civil society to the; the identification of the main trends and challenges in the development of civil society in the framework of the security sector;

– the development of conclusions and recommendations on how to strengthen the role of civil society in the field of national security, non-governmental organizations, the media, public institutions, development partners and donors involved in this area.

The seminar “Identification of “difficult participants” and effective use of interaction techniques”, conducted by Vasile Garbuz, expert in psychology and organizational management, aroused the curiosity of the participants.

The seminar was interactive and interesting. The 31 participants from Moldova, Georgia and Belarus mentioned that in their work as a trainer / teacher they often meet with “difficult people”, and the techniques learned will be of great use to them.

The final conclusion of the seminar was : “Difficult people may be present in the working groups, but in order to successfully manage the different difficult situations and react correctly to the different attitudes and behaviors of the tough participants you meet, one thing you have to take into account is never to take something personal”.

At the end of the day, the spirits were ignited by the seminar “Flash mob as a form of civic education”, led by the trainer Eugenia Foca.

The participants discovered the flash mob technique as a method of expressing opinion and civic position. They were surprised that the flash-mob can be deployed both offline and online.

Some examples of online flash mobs during the pandemic period were presented.

EENCE Citizenship Education Week “Art of living online” will be held from 11-17 of October, 2021.

7 days, 7 countries and 111 events, activities both online and offline.

THE GOAL of the Week is to build a loyal attitude towards Citizenship Education providers through demonstrating their potential and popularizing the best Citizenship Education practices in the region.

The Citizenship Education Week is organized by a consortium of organizations and experts from the East European Network of Citizenship Education (EENCE).

The events of the Week are supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.

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День Грузии прошёл в рамках Недели гражданского образования

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Сообщение Day 5 of Citizenship Education Week: Moldova появились сначала на EENCE 2021 Citizenship Education Week.

The Republic of Armenia was honored to open of the Week.

Narine Teknejyan, representative of the “Youth is Power” NGO, which coordinates the Week in Armenia, comments on the results of the first day:

– “Armenia has presented discussion, workshop and training courses on different topics. 

Discussion was about “Specifics and challenges of Citizenship Education in Armenia”.

Discussion brought into the center different points.

Governmental sector, particularly Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia on behalf of the advisor of the international relations, Tigran Mughnetsyan and Non-Governmental sector behalf of Diana Mlhamyan, who is a project manager at Restart Foundation for Science and Education.

This allows the discussion to be challenging, diverse and interesting. 

Workshop gathered participants within a topic of “Collaborative Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age”.

Workshop was led by Anna Gevorgyan (EduCare Educational Foundation/ Էդուկարէ).

It was quite interactive and participatory. The workshop has explored the theoretical underpinnings behind collaborative learning and how these have (or have not) changed in the rapid shift to digital education caused by COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

It has provided the principles for effective collaborative teaching and learning towards developing deeper and more meaningful approaches to learning in general and lifelong learning skills, such as problem-solving, critical thinking, team work, and communication. And last but not least it has provided digital instructional tools and strategies for organizing effective collaborative teaching and learning practices.

Workshop involved participants from Armenia, Ukraine and Georgia.  

Training was dedicated to “Local environmental challenges: the Armenian case”.

Participants of the workshop got basic and complex perception about the main reasons why we all need to become more and more eco-friendly citizens right now.

They got a glance on specific problems Armenia has in this field, what are the ongoing environmental projects there, who are “Eco Waste” and how their experience can be exported.

Trainer Vahe Salahyan (Էկո աղբ / Eco Waste Awesome Nature Armenia ) has shared couple of joyful tools how can one assess his/her ecological foot-print on the planet, automatically outlining the steps to take on for reducing the negative impact. The training was summed up with concluding test-format questions.

All activities were interactive, participatory, professional, useful and interesting as participants stated in their feedback.

Participants of mentioned events were from Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Russia and Germany”.

EENCE Citizenship Education Week “Art of living online” will be held from 11-17 of October, 2021.

7 days, 7 countries and 111 events, activities both online and offline.

THE GOAL of the Week is to build a loyal attitude towards Citizenship Education providers through demonstrating their potential and popularizing the best Citizenship Education practices in the region.

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День Азербайджана продолжил Неделю гражданского образования

Беларусский день Недели гражданского образования: о вызовах, продвижении, оценке эффектов и даже о теле!

День Грузии прошёл в рамках Недели гражданского образования

Day 5 of Citizenship Education Week: Moldova

Неделя гражданского образования EENCE: день России

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Сообщение EENCE CE week has started! Day 1- The Republic of Armenia появились сначала на EENCE 2021 Citizenship Education Week.

The purpose of the competition is to draw attention to the problems of civic education of those who were not interested in this topic before.

For the organizers, this contest is also a source of information for the scientific analysis of the processes taking place in civil education in the Eastern Partnership region, as well as in Russia.

About 30% of the declared posters were devoted to the problem of “The possibility and complexity of the transition of education and work to an online format”, presenting both an optimistic and pessimistic view on this topic.

For comparison, the most relevant topics of last year were “Gender equality” and “Responsibility during pandemics”.

The competition was attended by representatives of 9 countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

The winners of the competition will be officially presented during the Citizenship Education Week.

On the same days, an online gallery of the best posters will be presented, a presentation of the contest catalog and exhibitions in the participating countries of the project will be held.

Сообщение Poster competition as a tool for civic education and research появились сначала на EENCE 2021 Citizenship Education Week.

The goal of the Citizenship Education Week is to build a respectful attitude towards Citizenship Education providers through the popularization of the best Citizenship Education practices and effects, as well as updating the Citizenship Education topics in the public discourse of the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia as well as to show how different is the offer of Citizenship Education.

As part of the Week, you are invited to take part in a publication competition on the theme of civic education.

The competition aims to raise public awareness of Citizenship Education as an essential component of the sustainable development of society, to intensify coverage of the topic in the media (mass media) and publications on the Internet, and to promote the experience of the best providers of Citizenship Education.

The participation in the competition is open for applicants from different regions and countries of the Eastern Partnership of the European Union (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) and Russia.

Representatives of other countries are eligible to participate if their work is related to life in the countries of the specified region. Media professionals and schoolchildren, students  and civic activists of any age can be participants of the festival.

What can be presented for the competition?

– electronic versions (or a link to open access to them) of monographs, textbooks, manuals, analytical materials, articles, long-readings on english or russian languages, related to the development of Citizenship Education in the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia, published in period 2019-2021.

Winners of the competition will be determined in categories:

• monograph, textbook, manual;
• scientific article and research results;
• publicist article (including a longread).

Winners of the competition will receive diplomas and valuable prizes. The winners will be announced during EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

The best works will be entered into the library of Citizenship Education publications and published on the EENCE website. The library will be open to all users. 

  We guarantee compliance with all copyrights.

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In case of third parties claims, demands and lawsuits, including claims of copyright holders and rights related to the provided work, the participant agrees to solve it on his own behalf and at his own expense.

Deadlines and additional information

You can apply for the competition until September 15, 2021 filling out the Online Form and joining it with a competition publication.

If you want to stay informed about the latest EENCE news and to learn more about EENCE activities, join us at Facebook, Instagram and visit EENCE website.  

Additional information related to participation in the contest and its conditions can be obtained by sending your questions (in Russian or English): eence.cew@gmail.com

The organization and conduct of the Contest is provided by the organizing committee of the Citizenship Education Week of the EENCE with the support of the Federal Agency for Civil Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) and the German Federal Foreign Office.

Apply also for other contests within the Civic Education Week – 2021!

Сообщение Publication contest on topic of citizenship education and human rights появились сначала на EENCE 2021 Citizenship Education Week.

Description

As the world recovers from the global pandemic, calculating its losses and realizing its insecurities, we want to reflect on these experiences and make them useful in determining the needs of society and the role of civic education in it.

Quarantine restrictions in many countries have pushed social life online. Many of us have been made independent, but many others have been deprived of public help and understanding.

THE ART OF LIVING ONLINE International Poster Contest is a social contest that will help identify the difficulties of surviving during pandemics, draw attention to the problems of civic education, and involve people who have previously left it out of their attention in civic activities.

The International Poster Competition “THE ART OF LIVING ONLINE” is a social contest designed to draw attention to the problems of civic education and to involve people who previously left it beyond their attention in civic activities.

The theme of the contest is the art of living in a new environment with the transition of many activities and communications in the online format, living together, understanding and supporting each other.

Poster topics may reveal the issues:

1. Opportunities and difficulties of switching to the online format (psychological and technical difficulties of transition of education and communication to online format, discrimination associated with the transition to online, civic responsibility under quarantine and other restrictions associated with the danger to human life).

2.       Gender equality (building respect for the individual regardless of sex, gender and sexual identity; eliminating restrictions and discrimination based on gender differences).

3.      Ethnic equality (respect for the individual regardless of national and cultural affiliation, manifestations of national cultures that do not contradict the values ​​of modern society; avoidance of discrimination on the physical, language and worldview grounds of certain nations, based on citizenship).

4. The art of understanding others (avoiding worldview conflicts based on religious, political and other differences, understanding and accepting people of different appearance, different health conditions, people with disabilities, representatives of different age groups, places of residence, social status, and ways to find understanding, establish communication, support, help those who live next to us, make living together comfortable).

5. The sustainable development goals (promoting 17 global goals that will help eradicate poverty and inequality, use resources sparingly and adopt environmentally friendly technologies, maintain stable social and cultural systems, and ensure the integrity of natural systems).

6. Other topics that reveal different values of civic education (values such as human rights, human dignity, responsibility, tolerance, and democracy are revealed to varying degrees. In addition, national traditions and patriotism are often seen as important values to be taught).

There is no entry fee to participate!

Applications for participation and electronic versions of posters must be sent no later than August 9, 2021.

GUIDELINES

Eligibility:

• Everyone interested in this competition, both professional artists, beginners, and even amateurs, can take part in the competition.

• Participants can represent the countries of the Eastern Partnership (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) and Russia, or they can be representatives of other countries if their works cover the topics of civic education in Eastern Europe.

• Participants must be at least 14 years old.

• Participation can be either individual or group one.

• Each participant may submit no more than two works for the competition (three works may be submitted if they are triptych.)

Winner’s rewards:

All posters that have passed the selection will be honoured with diplomas presented on the pages of social networks of the East European Network for Citizenship Education (with mandatory attribution).

The works of the winners of the semi-finals (20 best posters) will be

– printed and shown at exhibitions in countries participating in the East European Network for Citizenship Education.

– published in the competition catalogue, as well as presented on the pages of social networks of the East European Network for Citizenship Education (with mandatory attribution).

– exhibited in the countries of the Eastern Partnership of Europe and Russia at the Citizenship Education Week on October 11-17, 2021.

The winners in the final of the competition (4 best posters) will receive:

– winner’s diploma in the International competition “The Art of Living Online”

– a copy of the catalogue of the best works

– a valuable prize from the organizers (a certificate for the purchase of equipment in the equivalent of 400 €, which can be sold in the country represented by the participant – to increase the effectiveness of the online format)

Requirements for the works:

• compliance with one of the above topics or other topics that reveal the essence of civic education;

• we don’t accept any works containing political or commercial advertising, violate copyright (use of other people’s materials) or contain information in any form degrading a person or group of persons;

• the poster must have a title;

▪ only the copyrighted artist’s works are accepted, the works must not allow plagiarism and use fragments of other people’s images;

▪ the participant assumes full responsibility for the observance of copyrights in case of claims from third parties regarding the use of other people’s content;

• only original works of the contestant are accepted;

• a mock-up of work in a low resolution (see the form below) must be attached to the application form

• If the participant submits two different works, different forms must be filled out for them. If the work is a diptych or triptych, the layout of the work should be presented in one file.

Technical requirements for the works:

Files registered for the contest should be digitalized and sent in two resolutions (for electronic presentation and printing):

1) in size of 210 × 150 mm, (vertical format), in the resolution of 150 dpi in PDF format to Google form

2) on a 1: 1 scale (poster size 700 × 500mm, vertical format), in the resolution of 300 dpi in PDF format the posters’ layouts should be sent to e-mail eence.cew.poster@gmail.com  using WeTransfer if a file extends the mail limits.

The technique is optional (photograph, drawing, collage, scanned or electronic image, etc.).

Entries submitted to the Competition are not reviewed.

The procedure of choosing the winners

Entries accepted for the competition are evaluated by an International Jury by online voting. When selecting works for the Final of the competition, the results of online voting in social networks will also be taken into account (on the page of the Citizenship Education Week EENCE).

Competition Stages:

1. Qualifying (until August 9, 2021). To participate in the qualifying round, please fill out the Google form and send the poster layout by e-mail. At this stage, participants are registered and the work is checked for the requirements’ compliance.  Based on the results of the Jury’s work, the winners of the first  round will be determined (until August 15, 2021);

2. The winners of the semifinals are announced on August 25, 2020.

3. The winners of the second round (3 finalists) are determined by the Jury of the Contest and (1 finalist) by the results of online voting for the work on the page of the Citizenship Education Week EENCE.

 4. The winners of the final stage are announced on September 1, 2020

The winners’ awarding procedure takes place during the Citizenship Education Week (October 11-17, 2021).

Each competitive work is evaluated according to the following criteria:

• topic correspondence;

• depth of the content disclosure;

• professionalism of the fulfilment;

• accuracy and clarity of message and style of the topic presentation;

• creativity (the novelty of the idea, originality) of the competition work;

• social significance, relevance and motivation for action;

• visual implementation of the idea.

The results of the International Competition are posted on the page of the Citizenship Education Week EENCE.

Use of entries

The works of the Contest participants can be used to popularize the ideas of citizenship education.

The organizers of the Competition reserve the right to: 

use the competition works for non-commercial purposes and without paying monetary remuneration to the author (team of authors), but with the obligatory indication of the name of the author (co-authors).

Contest organizers reserve the right to add the logo of the Citizenship Education Week to the contest posters.

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In the case of any claims or demands of third parties, including copyright holders and related rights to the provided work, the participant undertakes to solve them on his behalf and at his own expense.

The organization and conduct of the Contest is provided by the organizing committee of the Citizenship Education Week of the EENCE with the support of the Federal Agency for Civil Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) and the German Federal Foreign Office.

If you have any questions send an email to (in Russian or English) eence.cew.poster@gmail.com  and over the phone  +380 67 542 24 32 (Ukraine)  Rimma Milenkova 

The online gallery of the 2020 posters can be seen by clicking here

Apply also for other contests within the Civic Education Week – 2021!

Сообщение Poster contest online citizenship education “The Art of Living Online” появились сначала на EENCE 2021 Citizenship Education Week.

Representatives of civil organizations (NGOs, associations, foundations, non-profit institutions), state and academic organizations, institutions of formal and non-formal education from all countries of the Eastern Partnership and Russia are invited to participate in the competition.

The situation connected with the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, when millions of people lost access to traditional forms of education, proved the necessity for the available and high-quality online resources necessary for organizing formal education as a part of the school and other educational institutions curricula, as well as the sphere of non-formal education.

Furthermore, well-designed online products and services (events / programs / courses, etc.) can expand the access of various focus groups to education, reduce the cost of implementing curricula, improve the effectiveness of the curricula (especially in combination with conventional forms of training)

The main objectives of the competition:

• Increasing sustainability and improving the quality of projects and programs in the field of Citizenship Education through the introduction of distance learning tools into practice;
• Рopularization and public recognition of best practices and providers of Citizenship Education in the Eastern Partnership region and Russia. 
• Give practical tools for working online.

Winners of the competition will be determined in two categories:

• implemented projects in the field of Citizenship Education (descriptions of measures taken and results achieved are accepted for the competition);
• planned activities in the field of Citizenship Education (descriptions of concepts of planned events are accepted for the competition).

What can be presented for the competition?

Idea descriptions that reflect the exclusivity of the methodological development are accepted for the competition

• online courses (to be implemented on the eence online platform)
• projects (programs, platforms, websites, etc.) (implemented and planned). 

The practice applied for must be implemented in the EaP area or Russia, contribute to the ideas of Citizenship Education, democracy and human rights, and have concrete measurable results.

Rewarding

The best practices submitted for the competition will be awarded by the organizers during the Citizenship Education Week. Information on the practices submitted for the competition will be published on the EENCE online platforms.

The nominees and winners will receive a valuable prizes, certificates from the organisers of the competition for consulting, methodological and/or other assistance in the implementation of practices, programmes that can be implemented jointly with EENCE.

The winners of the nomination for the best planned online practices will also be given the opportunity to implement their own online course or project with the financial and expert support of EENCE.

We guarantee compliance with all copyrights.

Deadlines and additional information

You can apply for the competition until September 10, 2021 filling out the Online Form.

If you want to stay informed about the latest EENCE news and to learn more about EENCE activities, join us at Facebook, Instagram and visit EENCE website.  

Additional information related to participation in the contest and its conditions can be obtained by sending your questions (in Russian or English): eence.cew@gmail.com

The organisation and conduct of the competition is provided by Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education (EENCE) with the support of Federal agency for Citizenship Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) and the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Apply also for other contests within the Civic Education Week – 2021!

Сообщение Competition of the best online programs in the field of citizenship education появились сначала на EENCE 2021 Citizenship Education Week.