See the list of groups and the names of their coordinators.

Democracy awareness – coordinator Vakhtang Zarkua.

2. Human rights in citizenship education – coordinator Ruslan Masharau.

3. Implementing a trauma-informed approach in citizenship education – coordinator Nazarii Boiarskyi.

4. Resilience for citizenship educators and education – coordinator Natalia Skorik.

5. Research in the field of citizenship education – coordinator Helga Melnik.

6. Facilitation in citizenship education – coordinator Vitali Nikanovich.

7. Everyday citizenship and adult participation in communities – coordinator Azar Ramazanov.

8. Media literacy in the times of cognitive wars – coordinator Serhiy Shturkhetskyy.

9. Inclusive dialogue for equal and sustainable citizenship education – coordinator Salome Iobadze.

10. Balancing innovation and integrity: AI and citizenship education – coordinator Natalia Harutyunyan.

With this message we invite you to join one or few WG if you are interested in the topics above. To join the groups, you need to fill out this google form Please keep in mind that the deadline is February 12, 2026. After this date the applications won’t be accepted!

Few more important moments:

* Every person can join up to three working groups

* Participation in the working groups is open for a wide audience of the providers of citizenship education. You can invite your friends, colleagues, partners, all people interested in the topics above to join these groups. For that they also should fill out this google form.

Сообщение Join the EENCE Working Groups появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

The session also explores the concept of resilience — the ability to recover after stress or pressure. Together, we’ll unpack the “Good Girl” syndrome, learn how to recognize and avoid manipulation, and reflect on the importance of distinguishing between real friendships and other types of relationships (classmates, neighbors, acquaintances, etc.).

The session will be led by Oksana Urban, EENCE Network member, PhD, and experienced trainer with over 15 years of work in non-formal education and more than 20 years of experience in university teaching.

Target Audience:

Youth workers, educators, activists, and anyone interested in personal development, emotional well-being, and building healthy relationships.

Format: Workshop

Working Language: Russian

Date and Time: 30.09.2025 | 17:00–18:30 CET

Register in advance to participate in the conference:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WmEZdvMZS_GG-rv_HajlQQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to access the conference.

Сообщение Setting Personal Boundaries: Self-Love, Resilience, and the Power of Saying “No” появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

• How to participate in international projects
• Funding and exchange opportunities
• Useful tips for successful participation

Don’t miss the chance to discover the potential of Erasmus+ and take a step toward international cooperation!

Date: Sunday, May 11
Time: 10:00 CET
Format: Online
Registration: To participate in the meeting, you need to complete a simple registration at the following link:
👉 https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/v-UGj3iMSl6bBBHUqY_Alw

After registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the workshop.

We will soon share new opportunities for professional development with EENCE!

Сообщение Learn with EENCE: Erasmus+ Opportunities появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

You can also become a facilitator and share your experience with the EENCE network by running an online masterclass for community members. This is a great opportunity to inspire, educate and interact with colleagues, contributing to the development of our network and citizenship education in general.

How It Works:

 Step 1: Submit your workshop idea by March 01, 2025, using the Google Form below.

 Step 2: Once we collect all ideas, we will coordinate with selected facilitators to schedule their workshops.

 Step 3: Starting March 2025, we will begin hosting the workshops. If there is high interest, we may organize two workshops per month.

 Step 4: Before your session, we will request a short workshop description to help promote it via EENCE channels and attract participants.

Topics can range from:

 Innovative teaching methodologies

 Mental health & well-being in education

 Civic engagement & activism

 Digital tools for educators

 Any other topic relevant to the EENCE community!

Submit Your Proposal Here: https://forms.gle/Jneocvjv2PbNb1TX8

Сообщение Share your experience with EENCE! появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

The Diary was developed as part of the project “Strengthening Mental Health and Resilience of Citizenship Education Educators” implemented by the EENCE working group “Resilience for Citizenship Educators”.

We decided to create this manual when we realised that we, professionals working in the field of citizenship education, today especially often work in conditions of change, crisis, emotional tension, uncertainty and need support.

Authors of the Diary

What’s inside?

🔹 Causes of stress and fatigue.

🔹 How to deal with imposter syndrome.

🔹 Working with difficult and vulnerable groups.

🔹 Work-life balance.

🔹 Support in the face of crises and pressures.

🔹 Exercises for reflection and regaining motivation.

The Diary is available in three languages:

– English online version

– Russian online version

See the Diary also directly on our website:

Сообщение Wellbeing Diary: from stress and emotional fatigue to finding work-life balance появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

The study involved 109 trainers and organisers of citizenship education projects from EENCE, friendly networks and civil society organisations, experts and participants of Eduthons in the Eastern Partnership countries.

Only 4 out of 109 respondents are absolutely not burned out. Almost half of the respondents are severely burned out.

Occupational burnout is a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress in the workplace.

The main signs and symptoms of professional burnout include (according to the approach of Christina Maslach, Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, Christina Maslach ; 21 January 1946, San Francisco, USA):

1. Emotional exhaustion: feelings of fatigue and lack of energy, inability to cope with the emotional demands of the job.

2. Depersonalisation: manifested by emotional detachment and indifference, formal performance of professional duties without personal involvement and empathy, and in some cases negativism and cynical attitudes.

3. Reduction of personal achievements: reduced sense of competence and success in professional activity, feeling of uselessness and dissatisfaction with one’s results.

Here’s what the results of the adducator burnout assessment look like by country:

See the full results of the study (in Russian), which is still ongoing and will be updated with new data.

You can also take part in the study by taking the survey at: https://forms.gle/VR2zm8pr7v387wkt8

The study is conducted by the EENCE working group “Research in Civic Education” in the framework of a project supported by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung / bpb) with the financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office.

Сообщение At risk: study finds high levels of burnout in citizenship aducators появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

The webinar is intended for those who in their work processes often face violation of their personal boundaries, manipulation and passive aggression.

In a destructive environment where manipulation and pressure become the norm, it is important not only to be aware of what is happening, but also to be able to actively defend your personal boundaries and act in the here and now.

During the meeting you will learn and try practical tools to protect yourself directly during conflicts, pressure and manipulation, and develop your own scenarios of active self-defense. 

Preparation: Before the webinar, remember 2-3 real stories from your practice when you were manipulated by colleagues or showed passive aggression. This will come in handy for your personal practice. 

Needed materials: paper A4, pen.

Please make sure you have a comfortable place where you can sit comfortably and where you will not be disturbed. 

Date of the workshop: November 01, 2024 at 09.00 cet

Join us live: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87936959652?pwd=sA5IHWwFX3M6MdmoznC3mdDN39zFE5.1

Conference identifier: 879 3695 9652

Code: 535632 

The workshop is open event, no registration is needed.

The webinar is being held as part of the “Enhancing Citizenship Educators’ Well-Being and Resilience” project of EENCE Working group “Resilience for citizenship educators”.

Сообщение Psychological Aikido. Defending personal boundaries in difficult situations появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

During the meeting we:

• Discuss the value of building a relationship with yourself
• Define individual resource and potential to develop a complete and self-sufficient person
• Define criteria of “healthy relationships”
• Consider attributes of self-sufficiency
• Talk about a love to yourself, how to learn to trust yourself
• Introduce exercises on self-acceptance
• Learn the effective tool “psychological diet”.

Please make sure you have a comfortable place where you can sit comfortably and where you will not be disturbed. 

Date of the workshop: October 22, 2024 at 10.00 cest

Place: zoom 

Join us live: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87936959652?pwd=sA5IHWwFX3M6MdmoznC3mdDN39zFE5.1

Conference identifier: 879 3695 9652

Code: 535632 

The workshop is open event, no registration is needed.

The webinar is being held as part of the “Enhancing Citizenship Educators’ Well-Being and Resilience” project.

Сообщение Relationship with myself as a valuable resource появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

During the meeting we will talk about the fact that human life is a process in which a person lives through different states, from joy to irritation, aggression, anger, depression. What a person wants is to be happy, and this is possible with the ability to grow quality emotional intelligence, to manage stress, negative thoughts, states, in this we are well helped by the ability to reflect in the moment and meditative techniques.

At the workshop we will understand: 

• what is emotional intelligence, 
• how to grow and manage it 
• meditation technology
• how to dive into meditation 
• what meditations are 
• practice of correct immersion
• how to relax the body 
• to switch off running thoughts 
• relieve mental tension 
• get out of stress 
• store energy 
• save energy 
• handle stress calmly

Please make sure you have a comfortable place where you can sit comfortably and where you will not be disturbed. 

Date of the workshop: October 8, 2024 at 09.00 cest

Place: zoom workspace

Join us live: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87936959652?pwd=sA5IHWwFX3M6MdmoznC3mdDN39zFE5.1

Conference identifier: 879 3695 9652

Code: 535632 

The workshop is open event, no registration is needed.

Сообщение Basics of meditation and emotional intelligence появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.

EENCE’s “Resilience for citizenship educators” working group invites you to an online masterclass to help you take a step towards creating your own resource treatment plan.

Participants in the workshop will also practise exercises and techniques that they can then apply on their own.

What’s important:
Provide a comfortable place where you can sit comfortably and where you will not be disturbed.

Also have a piece of paper and a pen or pencil ready.

Date: 26 September 2024 at 10:00 cest.

Duration 1.5 hours.

Venue: Zoom workspace

Join us:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87936959652?pwd=sA5IHWwFX3M6MdmoznC3mdDN39zFE5.1
Conference ID: 879 3695 9652 Access code: 535632

The event is open to the public, no registration is required.

The masterclass is organised within the framework of the project “Enhancing Citizenship Educators Well-Being and Resilience”.

Сообщение The Source and the Lifeline. Masterclass about personal resources появились сначала на Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education.