30-31 October 2011

Alexandria, Egypt

The main objective of the Alexandria Annual Education Convention was to lay the basis for the development of an education programme for intercultural and democratic citizenship targeting both the formal, non-formal and informal educational systems building on existing programmes, initiatives and tools.

The discussion was organised in plenary sessions and in working groups during which participants exchanged views in the field of participatory and intercultural citizenship with a particular reference to the impact of the current changes happening in the Arab countries;  the approach and methodologies that can be followed at the regional level for the development of an intercultural education programme; as well as the major challenges to be taken into consideration in terms of policies, tools and capacity building.

The discussions, exchange of experiences and analyses of participants was channeled towards:

1. The definition of the main components for the development of a capacity building  programme for education professionals (including trainings and resource materials),  
2. Major points to take into consideration for the development of strategies and  policies supporting the reform process in the field of citizenship education
3. and concrete pedagogical actions in the social sphere aiming to the empowering of young people, the development of a culture of participation, of dialogue, openness, critical thinking, empathy, curiosity, respect for other cultures across the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Country overview on intercultural and democratic citizenship

Please find below an overview of the situation of intercultural and democratic citizenship education in a number of Euromed countries provided by the participants to the Alexandria Education Convention (30-31 October 2011):

ALBANIA - EN

CROATIA - EN

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - EN

GREECE - EN

LEBANON - EN

MOROCCO - AR

MOROCCO - FR

NORTHERN IRELAND 1 - EN

PALESTINE - AR

PALESTINE - EN

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - EN

ROMANIA - EN

SLOVENIA - EN

SPAIN - EN

UK - EN