EUDEC 2008 Conference Report

The first European Democratic Education Conference, EUDEC 2008, was held in Leipzig, Germany, from 25 July to 3 August. More than 400 students, teachers, parents, academics and representatives from various schools, institutes and organisations around the world came together to exchange ideas and best practices and to explore potential areas of cooperation in the field of democratic education. more...

Official UN Decade Project

EUDEC is an official German project for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.

In December 2002 the United Nations General Assembly voted to declare a "Decade of Education for Sustainable Development" for the period 2005-2014. Development is considered sustainable if it meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. EUDEC has qualified as an official Decade Project owing to its democratic-participatory organisational structure, whereby children and young people have been involved in the planning and development of the network from the very beginning, and its strong adherence to principles of environmental compatibility.

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