About Center For Citizenship Education

2006-09-01

Democracy in Poland, as elsewhere, cannot and will not succeed without responsible and active citizens. We believe that active citizen participation is the basis of democracy and that schools have an important role to play in effectively educating young citizens.

Established in 1994, the Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej (Center for Citizenship Education, CCE) is a non-governmental educational foundation. CCE promotes civic knowledge, practical skills and attitudes that are necessary in the building of a democratic state founded on the rule of law and civil society. CCE also operates a non-profit teacher-training institute registered with the Ministry of Education and Sports.

Quality education in schools should:
• Provide the knowledge necessary for understanding social, political and economic life;
• Develop critical and creative thinking skills;
• Assist students in developing a high self-esteem;
• Prepare students for teamwork and undertaking important social activities;
• Teach responsibility and regard for the common good.

In addition to developing innovative school curricula in the fields of civic engagement, history, law and economic education, and introducing them into Polish schools, the Center for Citizenship Education is responsible for a range of activities targeting teachers, students and local authorities.

Partners and funding sources

IN POLAND CCE COOPERATES WITH:
The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Ministry of Education, Office of the Commissioner for the Protection of Civil Rights, National In-Service Teacher Training Institute, Stefan Batory Foundation, Helsinki Human Rights Foundation, Polish Children
& Youth Foundation, Gazeta Wyborcza, local governments, regional methodology centers, civic education teacher associations

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:
Center for Civic Education (California, USA), Annenberg Institute for School Reform (Brown University, USA), Bowling Green State University (USA), Citizenship Foundation (GB), Civic Education and Social Studies Association: ’Nova Doba’ (Lviv, Ukraine), Anna Frank House, (Nederland)

FUNDING SOURCES:
Local governments, Polish-American Freedom Foundation, European Union, Stefan Batory Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. State Department, The Pew Charitable Trusts, American Council of Learned Societies

Contact:

CENTER FOR CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
ul. Noakowskiego 10, 00-666 Warsaw, POLAND
tel./fax (+48 22) 875 85 40
e-mail: ceo@ceo.org.pl
http://www.ceo.org.pl