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• Mapping Civic Education in Europe
  Including the reports "Great Expectations: Demands and Realities of Civic Education in Europe" (2023) and "From ‘civic deserts’ to civic cohesion" (2022)
  THE CIVICS, a pan-European non-profit organisation

• Atlas of European Values (interactive)
  The website offers an interactive world map of the results of the study on European values, including a democracy index and other questions and values ​​on the topic of democracy. There is also teaching material, theoretical background information or a framework curriculum. Furthermore, you can find two publications from 2022 so far: Volume 1 presents the results of the study in written form; Volume 2 offers discussions and interpretations of the results.
  European Values Study > European Values in Education (EVALUE)

• Map of organisations with expertise in education and youth participation
  International Democracy Community / Democracy International (Germany-based NGO)

• Country Profiles: Citizenship Education Around the World
  Federal Agency for Civic Education (FACE), Germany

• Country Reports (civic education)
  Civic education in various, mainly European countries.
  JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education; Bielefeld University > Faculty of Sociology

• International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS)
  starting in 2009
  International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)

• CIVED - Civic Education Study
  1999-2000, forerunner of the ICCS
  Humboldt University of Berlin & IEA

• Influences of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies. Practice, Policy, and Research Across Countries and Regions (2021)
  with examples from Latin America, Europe, North America, Asia
  Editors: Barbara Malak-Minkiewicz, Judith Torney-Purta

• European Values Study (EVS)
  Under "About EVS > Research Topics > Politics"  you can find some results on the topic of democracy. The EVS publishes, among other things, the Atlas of European Values (​​(as part of its project European Values in Education, EVALUE)
  Tilburg University, Netherlands > Department of Sociology > European Values Study

• World Values Survey
  The site seems a bit old-fashioned and the study results are also presented in a rather scientific manner. Nevertheless, it offers interesting insights into the global, country-specific prioritisation of various values ​​relating to democracy. This is made a little clearer, for example, in the Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map (under Findings & Insights).
  World Values Survey Association / Institute for Comparative Survey Research, Vienna, Austria / Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm, Sweden

• Moulding democratic citizens: democracy and education in modern European history – an introduction (2022) 
  In: European Review of History: Revue Européenne d’histoire 29(6): 859–883
  Wagner; Kössler

• Teaching Civic Engagement Globally (2021)
  with examples from Brazil, China, UK, Ireland, Egypt, New Zealand, Belize, Guatemala, Greece, Singapore, Russia, Gambia, Senegal, South Africa, Germany, Mauritius, Finland
  American Political Science Association (APSA)

• Citizenship education in teacher training: A systematic review (2024)
  In: Journal of Social Science Education Vol. 23 No. 3
  Pérez-Rodríguez; Navarro-Medina; de-Alba-Fernández

• Challenges for European teachers when assessing student learning to promote democratic citizenship competences (2023) 
  In: Journal of Social Science Education Vol. 22 No. 3
  Paaske; Mohammad-Roe; Smets et al.

• Influences of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies. Practice, Policy, and Research Across Countries and Regions (2021)
  with examples from Latin America, Europe, North America, Asia
  Hrsg.: Barbara Malak-Minkiewicz, Judith Torney-Purta

• Politische Partizipation im internationalen Vergleich : eine quantitative Analyse (2020)
  master's thesis
  Anja Rainer
  University of Graz, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Institute of Sociology

• Formación docente en competencias ciudadanas globales: una revisión sistemática de literatura (2023)
  (Teacher preparation in global citizenship competencies: A systematic literature review)
  In: Sinéctica no.60 ene./jun. 2023, Epub 26-Jun-2023
  Article in Spanish with an English abstract
  Díaz Méndez; Gallardo Córdova; Velarde Camaqui
  Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Departamento de Educación y Valores, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (Mexiko)

•  Our World in Data > Topics: Human Rights & Democracy > Democracy
  The overview page of the portal "Our World in Data" offers all statistics, diagrams (many interactive), graphics, texts and more on the topic of democracy from an international perspective at a glance. Among other things, there is also the Democracy Data Explorer.  The data can usually be filtered by country, among other things.
  University of Oxford; Global Change Data Lab; Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development

• Democracy Reports
  The report has been published annually since 2017. Each report has a focus topic and a "Country Scores" section that indicates how democratic countries around the world are considered to be. In recent years, there have also been increasing analyses of autocracies, which get compared to democracies.
  V-Dem Institute (Varieties of Democracy Project)

• Learning to live together - Report on the State of Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Europe (2017)
  The report is part of the second cycle of reviews of the implementation of the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights (Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)7).
  Council of Europe

• State of democracy, human rights and the rule of law (ab 2020)
  Reports from 2014 till 2019 can be viewed in the Internet archive.
  Annual report of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

• OECD Better Life Index > Civic EngagementCivic engagement in OECD countries is measured using two criteria: the involvement of interest groups in policy development and voter turnout.
  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• D10.1 Country Reports - Education 
  Country reports on civic education from the Horizon 2020 project "De-Radicalisation in Europe and Beyond: Detect, Resolve, Re-integrate". Countries reported on: Turkey, Italy, Germany, France, Bosnia.
  D.Rad project; The Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

• Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe
  The first School of Political Studies was founded in Moscow in 1992 by a group of civil society activists committed to promoting democratic values.
  See also the page Council of Europe Schools of Political Studies.
  Council of Europe

• Education for Democracy 
  Including links to the "Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture", information on the Steering Committee for Education - CDEDU and recommendations from the Committee of Ministers.
  See also the section „Youth for Democracy“
  Council of Europe: Civil Society Portal > Democracy > Democratic Participation

• DARE Network - Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe
  Including the Competendo Digital Toolbox and publications like Learning democracy with children aged 8-12, Vol 1 & 2 (Handbook for Educators).
  European network for Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (DARE)

• Map of organisations with expertise in education and youth participation
  International Democracy Community / Democracy International (Germany-based NGO)

• International Network on Civic Education
  Unfortunately, the network has not had its own website since the first conference in 2022 (as of January 2025) and only refers to LinkedIn as a platform for networking, which is not freely accessible. There is a short report on the 2022 conference.
  Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany

• European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC)
  The center has two different websites. The one linked in the title seems to offer more and more current information in the areas of research and news. Another website offers more and older publications and also current, but different news, but mainly in German. You can find a short "about us" and the annual reports in English.
  University of Graz, Austria

• European Democratic Education Community (EUDEC)
  Non-profit organisation that promotes democratic education. Members include schools, institutions and individuals across Europe.

• The European Wergeland Centre (EWC) - Educating for Democracy and Human Rights
  The EWC is a resource center for education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship.
  Council of Europe; Kingdom of Norway

• Academia Ciudadana
  

  The Citizens' Academy is an initiative of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) with the Asociación Panameña de Debate (ASPADE) and the Fundación Eduardo Morgan (FUNDAMORGAN).
  Organisation of Ibero-American States (OEI)

• Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) > Civil Society Division
  See also the section "Democracy, Law & Human Rights"
  African Union

• Arab Network for Civic Education
  The network includes 45 organisations from nine Arab countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, Yemen and Tunisia.

• Indonesian Pancasila and Citizenship Education Professional Association (AP3KnI)
  Also called "Indonesia Association of Pancasila and Civic Education Profession (IAPCEP)." Publishes the freely accessible  Jurnal PPKn and organises the Annual Civic Education Conference (ACEC). To switch to the English website, see the flags at the bottom left.

• International Democratic Education Network (IDEN)
  The network is primarily committed to the democratic rights of children and to alternative schools in which children have more say. IDEN has been organising the IDEC (International Democratic Education Conference) since 1993 and offers a world map of people, organisations and schools in its network.

• Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (2010)
  For recommendations within the Charter, see the section "Democracy and Human Dignity > Education Knowledge Hub > Resources > Legal instruments". There are also  "Guidelines for Educators" (2013) on the Charter.
  Council of Europe > Democracy and Human Dignity > Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE)
  
  
• Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC)
  Including instructions for implementation, tools for self-reflection for teachers and many publications on the topic.
  Council of Europe > Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity
  
  
• Res Publica: An International Framework for Education in Democracy
  Center for Civic Education (USA)
  

• Competendo - The Digital Toolbox
  Free & open toolbox for democracy education, digitalization and non-formal education.
  DARE-Network - Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe
  
  

• Living Democracy manuals
  Designed as teaching materials for teachers, the handbooks were created by authors from different parts of Europe and cover the entire age range from primary to secondary school as well as extracurricular education.
  Council of Europe

• The Little Big Handbook of Democracy  
  A handbook for young people with concrete advice and tips on democracy and civic education.
  European Wergeland Centre (EWC)

• Listen – Act – Change - Council of Europe Handbook on children’s participation (2020)
  The handbook is a contribution to the Council of Europe Strategy on the Rights of the Child (2016-2021). It is intended as a guide for professionals working for and with children.
  Crowley; Larkins; Pinto; Council of Europe Children’s Rights Division

• EDC/HRE Pack
  The Education for democratic citizenship (EDC) and Human rights education package contains "publications specifically addressed to policy makers, teacher trainers, school directors, school inspectors, universities and civil society organisations."
  Council of Europe
  
  
• Defending Democracy against Illiberal Challengers - A Resource Guide [pdf]
  The guide also contains "Tools for political education" in Chapter 3 (Guidelines, Political Education in Schools, Political Education for Adults).
  

  Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem Institute)

• Human rights, democratic citizenship and interculturalism - Online and teaching resources
  Freely accessible publications in PDF format on the topics of human rights, democratic citizenship and interculturalism.
  Council of Europe

• Manual de Competencias Ciudadanas (2020)
  Academia Ciudadana, Organisation of Ibero-American States (OEI)

• Living Democracy - Living & Learning Democracy in schools and at home
  The “Living Democracy” project offers free educational resources on democracy and human rights on its website. The resources are available in several European languages. The educational materials are created by educators from different countries and approved by the national authorities of the respective countries and the Council of Europe.
  Council of Europe & Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH)

• European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025 - Empowering Learners for a Democratic Future
  "How can we equip learners for a democratic future? How can we equip all learners with the necessary skills, values, attitudes and knowledge to navigate effectively in the digital world?" Answers to these questions will be found in projects and events surrounding the European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025. See also information Booklet and further information .
  Council of Europe

• Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE) programme
  With publications, teaching materials and more.
  Council of Europe > Directorate General of Democracy ("DGII") > Directorate of Democratic Participation > Education Department 

• Projects on the topic of “democracy education” in the Erasmus+ project database
  European Commission, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture

• Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem Institute)
  The project aims at conceptualising and measuring democracy. V-Dem distinguishes between five overarching democratic principles: electoral, liberal, participation, deliberation and egalitarian principles. It collects data to measure them. The data collected is used for publications, statistics, graphics and more.
  University of Gothenburg, Sweden > Department of Political Science

• Civitas International Programs
  The program offers exemplary civic education curricula in cooperation with organisations in the United States and 84 partner countries. In addition to producing teaching materials, another focus is on training teachers in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. See also the Research and Evaluation section for publications within the framework of Civitas.
  Center for Civic Education (CIVICED), USA

• “Free to Speak - Safe to Learn” Democratic Schools for All (2017-2022)
  The Democratic Schools Network, among others, emerged from the project.
  Council of Europe

• "Education and Culture of Democracy" (ECUD) (2014-2016)
  The project aimed to explore, using a human rights-based approach, the means to strengthen the commitment of higher education to a culture of democracy in European and Maghreb societies as an essential component of the quality of higher education.
  Council of Europe

• Democracy and Human Dignity > Education > Publications
  Including freely accessible publications on the topics of "Competences for Democratic Culture", "Digital Citizenship Education", "Living Democracy", "Democratic citizenship and intercultural dialogue".
  Council of Europe

• Journal of Social Science Education (JSSE)  
  Open access journal that focuses on democracy education, among other things. The website also contains country reports on "civic education" in various countries.
  Bielefeld University > Faculty of Sociology

• Education, Citizenship and Social Justice (Journal) 
  The journal regularly has single articles that are freely accessible, with a focus on democracy education.
  The editors currently come from the United Kingdom

• Freely accessible journal on the subject of democracy in the Electronic Journal Library (EZB)
  Of course, you can also find non-freely accessible journals on the subject of democracy in the EZB. The EZB "is one of the most comprehensive freely accessible bibliographic databases on scientific electronic journals. In 2023, it had over 12 million title accesses and is used and processed by almost all major libraries in the German-speaking world." (Source: Wikipedia Germany)
  University of Regensburg > University Library

• The Road to Progressive Political Institutions: Revisiting the Link between Education and Democracy (2021)
  In: World Values Research 13 (1): 1-37
  Peyper; van Eyden; Blackmore

• The Case for Democracy: Does Democracy Have Dividends for Education? (2022) [pdf]
  V-Dem Institute Policy Brief No. #35
  Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem Institute); University of Gothenburg > Department of Political Science

• Do Democracies Provide Better Education? Revisiting the Democracy–Human Capital Link (2017)
  In: World Development, Volume 94: 186-199
  Dahlum; Knutsen

• The Effect of Education on Democracy: Panel Data Analysis of High Income Countries (2019)
  In: Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 7(11): 2425 – 2431
  Karış; Tandoğan

• Engaging young citizens - Civic education practices in the classroom and beyond (2022)
  OECD Education Policy Perspectives No. 65 

• Impact of democracy on literacy rate: A cross country study (2020)
  In: International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) 9(7): 204-211
  Hosen; Paul; Rosid

• Approaches to Civic Education in Africa (2011)
  Helpdesk Research Report, Governance and Social Development Research Centre (GSDRC)
  Freida M’Cormack

• Ethnic Composition and Democratic Values: A Global Investigation of Citizens’ Desire for Democracy, 1995–2014 (2023)
  In: Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 29 (1): 21-38     
  Haseth; Holum; Jakobsen

Not freely accessible

• Education and democracy: New evidence from 161 countries (2018)
  In: Economic Modelling, Volume 71: 59-67
  The introduction and some excerpts from the various sections are freely accessible.
  Apergis, Nicholas