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Newsletter November 2020

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Editorial

During these autumn weeks we are witnesses of an unbelievable process: the voted out president of the leading Western Democracy is constantly ignoring the facts and refusing to admit his…

News from IV and ICCS

To be continued! The successful story of Zoomthal

"Great experience – during a time of local restriction it was good to remember the wider European picture and share with others." That’s one...

IV General Assembly 2020

The annual General Assembly of IV could not take place as planned in the Latvian capital Riga, but happened as a Zoom video meeting via internet. It was a new ...

Board meetings via Zoom and in Alphen aan den Rijn

Due to the corona pandemic the board meetings could also only happen digitally since March – but more often than they ...

New members from Latvia and Lithuania

The IV is very pleased that with the new members from Latvia (Riga Catholic Gymnasium) and Lithuania (Rainbow Way Gymnasium) now all three Baltic states ...

International Conference on non-state education in Vilnius

An international conference on non-state education in Europe took place on 28 th September 2020 at the Lithuanian parliament in Vilnius...

Ana Calvo announces her retirement from the board with regret

Ana Calvo is stepping down from the board of ICCS as she is finishing her job of seven years, serving…

A successful future for Religious Education in Wales?

A text by Tania ap Siôn, ICCS Secretary A radical new curriculum - I am really excited about the new…

Save the new date - Future lab 2021

Good news: After the postponement due to the corona virus pandemic, the future lab now has a new time and…

New President and Assistant Secretary

Major personnel changes are taking place within the ICCS board. When longstanding President Dr Peter Schreiner announced his resignation due…

New curriculum in Norway: Does it lead to an instrumental use of Religious Education?

New curriculum 2020 Education in primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education (both general and vocational strands) in Norway is…

CoGREE and member organisations

New CoGREE moderator

After many years of continous commitment, Dr Peter Schreiner is stepping down as moderator of the CoGREE steering group. The International Association for Christian Education (IV), one of the founding CoGREE member organisations, ....

50 colleagues at EFTRE online workshop

It was the first time EFTRE offered this kind of online event – and it was a huge success. More participants than expected logged into zoom to focus on ...

EFTRE board starts planning conference 2022

We are staying hopeful! That was the message from the EFTRE board meeting on 21st November 2020. Even though ...

News from PILGRIM

The November newsletter from our member network PILGRIM is out. Learn more about the development of a PILGRIM pedagogy, the translation of the book "Children, this world is in your hands" from Peru by students of a PILGRIM school and note down references to publications and seminars in the context of spirituality and sustainability.

EREnews 3/2020 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 in the public educational and academic space in the European Union.

CEC and CPCE

Sensitive issues addressed in CEC Thematic group

Diversity in our societies is a fact but how can we actively deal with it as Churches? What are the…

New dates for European Pre-Assembly

The Conference of European Churches will hold the European Regional Pre-Assembly from 25 to 27 February 2022 in Warsaw, Poland, ahead of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) taking place that same year 2022.

Council of Europe & European Union

Signposts Teacher Training module launched

A new major resource for teachers has just been published by the Council of Europe and the European Wergeland Center…

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