Civic education is extremely important for addressing pressing social issues of our time, including migration. This was the conclusion reached by participants in the Institute of Civic Studies and Learning for Democracy, which ran until 8 July at the University of Augsburg (Germany).

The Institute of Civic Studies and Learning for Democracy is an intensive, 10-day seminar and residential retreat—bringing together an international group of practitioners, graduate students, and scholars from diverse professions and fields of study. 

The participants of the meeting discussed issues related to the development of civil society, the role of the citizen in society, the role of education in the development of democracy, etc.

EENCE Coordination Council members Yuriy Petrushenko and Serhiy Shturkhetskyy took an active part in the seminar.

EENCE representatives familiarised the German and American colleagues with the projects EENCE has implemented on the topic of refugees and the conditions under which eductors continue to work despite the war.

The ICSLD is organized by a team from University of Augsburg, Germany (Tetyana Hoggan-Kloubert), North Carolina State University (Chad Hoggan), and the Madison Center for Civic Engagement at James Madison University (David Kirkpatrick).