The refugee crisis seems to re-open the gap between the East and the West in Europe and between those who see cosmopolitan values as a threat and those who are struggling to defend these as the core of a new European identity

In order to successfully participate in this debate and add new perspectives, NECE 2016 will address three questions of fundamental relevance for citizenship educators:

• How can societies learn to live with uncertainties in an age of hybrid identities caused by migration and a "world without borders"?
• What kind of competencies, tools and/or projects do we need to deal with fears about migration and the future of the "West"?
• And against the background of the current crises: What is our vision of Europe, its values and its future?

Your participation in debating these complex issues is needed and most welcome. A rich variety of sessions and panels will enable participants to actively shape the conference. Please find further details at www.nece.eu.

The current conference programme is available here. Conference language is English (without simultaneous translation). There is no conference fee. The organisers do not cover travel and accommodation costs but you can find information about the possibility of financial support and a list of hotels near the venue at www.nece.eu.

The call for projects to be presented at the project market, you can find here. The deadline for the submission of projects is 29 July 2016. Participants will be informed whether their project has been accepted by 26 August 2016.

Individuals, NGOs, foundations, associations and responsible bodies from school, non-formal and informal citizenship education can apply for participation in the project market. Educational projects, which are still in process, may also apply. Projects should not be older than two years. Projects related to constructive approaches towards religion will be considered preferentially.

The most outstanding projects and approaches can present themselves at the project market and a project pitch (one-minute presentation) in the plenary of this year’s NECE Conference in Zagreb. Projects and approaches, which cannot present their work in Zagreb due to limited space, are invited to present their work on the NECE Conference Website.

NECE 2016 is organised by the Federal Agency of Civic Education in Germany, the Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs in Austria and Pro Demos – House of democracy and the rule of law in cooperation with the CEO – Center for Civic Education in Warsaw, the Centrum Občanského Vzdělávání – Civic Education Centre, DARE – Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe and the University of Ljubljana – Faculty of Social Sciences. The NECE 2016 conference is supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the ERSTE Foundation.
 

Source: bpb.de