Promoting debate across borders
ICCS seeks to stimulate exchange in Europe across borders. Therefore, ICCS brings together people from various countries with backgrounds in research, practice and policy. The network creates a forum for critical dialogue where people can exchange their views and learn from each other, develop new ideas and grow together. In the broad field of church and school related issues topics may vary from very specific ones as the dialogue of religions in the Religious Education classroom to more overarching topics as the role of religion in education. This section gives you insights to current research and discussions in Europe.
The ICCS is a platform for expanding local civil activities to a more international stage. This is very important in a time when populism and nationalism grow not only in Europe, but globally too. To keep an open mind, to meet professionals and activists in this network – this is the biggest benefit of being a member of ICCS. To promote unity and cross boarders: national, professional, disciplinary, personal and natural ones. Proud to be a part of it!
Werner Haußmann shares his ideas and his big dream for ICCS
"A European Academy of Religious Education in the public sphere, [...] a place where people from all European countries jointly develop visions of how religions can contribute to a better Europe". That is one of Werner's dreams for ICCS. It does need a lot to achieve it, but Werner has a lot of...
Ana Calvo talks about why she joined ICCS
"A truly dynamic, fun and collaborative network of people", that's Ana's dream for ICCS. In the video interview Ana explains why she joined the ICCS board and why mutual support is so important to her in the field of Religious Education in Europe. Ana works for the Federation of Evangelical...
Discover the newest partner in CoGREE: CEEC
In an interview, Guy Selderslagh, General Secretary of the European Committee for Catholic Education (CEEC), presents his organisation and his ideas for the cooperation among CoGREE members. In December 2019 CEEC officially joined the Coordinating Group as its sixth member. You can find the...
10 people and 7 nationalities on 1 screen
Kick-off for new CEC working group That is Europe! People coming together looking to learn from each other and exchange about the main challenges of our times. In this case, it was the first – at least virtual – meeting of the Thematic Group on “education, democracy and diversity” recently...
EREnews 4-2019 published
A new issue of the EREnews has been published by its editor Flavio Pajer (Italy). The aim of EREnews, quarterly multilingual electronic newsletter published since 2003, is to inform about events, documents, publications related to the religion/s managing in the public educational and academic...
Update RE in Greece: European Court of Human Rights confirms national rulings
The European Court of Human Rights held that Greece's system of exemptions of children from compulsory religious education classes in public schools violates freedom of education provisions and freedom of thought conscience and religion protected by the European Convention on Human Rights and...
Newsletter December 2019 now available
Together with the IV, ICCS publishes regularly a common newsletter presenting current developments of the two organisations and of other CoGREE members as well as information about debates, events and developments concerning Church and School issues in Europe. Please find the English and the...
Together, the five main religious traditions defend RE at school
Belgium: The official representatives of the five main recognised religious traditions in Belgium have signed a joint letter, addressed to political leaders, requesting that the religious education course be maintained in the compulsory official teaching schedule. They rely on precise figures...
Court rulings change how to deal with Religion at school
Greece: Greece’s Education Ministry announced to remove all references to schoolchildren’s religious faith and nationality from school records and certificates. This announcement complies with a ruling by the country’s independent privacy authority that responded to a complaint by atheists and...
European Parliament wants to triple funding for Erasmus+
The negotiations about the Erasmus+ programme for the 2021-27 period enter the next round. In its second session after the elections the CULT committee (committee on education and culture) voted in favour of entering into negotiations with the EU Council on the future Erasmus programme. During the...