"Reimagining democratic societies: a new era of personal and social responsibility"
Sjur Bergan, Ira Harkavy and Hilligje van't Land (eds)
Council of Europe higher education series No. 18 - 2013
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“Reimagining Democratic Societies:
A New Era of Personal and Social Responsibility?”
June 27-29, 2011 | Oslo, Norway
Sponsored by the Council of Europe; the International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility and Democracy; the European Wergeland Centre; and the University of Oslo, in cooperation with the International Association of Universities and with support from the Norwegian authorities
Context: This conference was part of the cooperation between...
WE, THE PARTICIPANTS in the Forum on Converging Competences: Diversity, Higher Education, and Sustainable Democracy, organized jointly by the Council of Europe and the US Steering Committee of the International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility and Democracy at Council of Europe Headquarters in Strasbourg on October 2-3, 2008.
underline the important role of higher education in developing and maintaining societies based on democracy, human rights and the rule of law;
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An invitational Global Forum, organized by the Council of Europe and the US Steering Committee of the International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility, and Democracy addressed the issue of converging competencies for the diversity and sustainable democracy and the role of higher education in developing these competencies. The conference was hosted at the Council of Europe on October 2-3, 2008. Please check the Council of Europe website for more information.
