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Human Rights Education <strong>BIM</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
polis – Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools<br />
Summary<br />
polis – Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools supports teachers in putting citizenship education<br />
into practice at schools. The Centre provides teaching materials, acts as information and consultation<br />
platform, offers formation and continuing education for teachers as well as workshops for students.<br />
Apart from knowledge transfer activities the Centre also engages in awareness raising and sensitisation<br />
for all issues concerning politics, democracy, human rights, consumer education, sustainable development<br />
as well as the strengthening of social skills.<br />
polis was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture at the <strong>BIM</strong> Research Association<br />
in 2006. The Centre emerged from the Service Centre for Human Rights Education (since<br />
1997 at the institute) and the Service Centre for Civic Education (since 2002 at the institute).<br />
Main tasks of polis are, among others:<br />
Website www.politik-lernen.at<br />
Monthly information brochure for teachers “polis aktuell“<br />
Purchase, publishing und distribution of teaching materials on civic education<br />
In-service teacher trainings<br />
Workshops for school classes<br />
Organization of events, e.g. EDC Action Days, EDC Conference<br />
Coordination of a teacher’s network<br />
Consultation and support of teachers<br />
Administration of a school fund “Learning and Living Democracy”<br />
Set up of the Austrian Agency for Education for Sustainable Development in cooperation with<br />
Forum Umweltbildung<br />
Country<br />
Persons<br />
involved<br />
Austria<br />
Director<br />
Staff members<br />
Patricia Hladschik<br />
Sabine Mandl (parental leave)<br />
Ingrid Ausserer<br />
Reinhard Eckert<br />
Maria Haupt<br />
Michael Nußbaumer<br />
Dorothea Steurer<br />
Elisabeth Turek<br />
Angelika Zojer<br />
Contact person<br />
Patricia Hladschik, patricia.hladschik@politik-lernen.at<br />
Lead<br />
organisation<br />
<strong>Ludwig</strong> <strong>Boltzmann</strong> <strong>Institut</strong>e<br />
of Human Rights –<br />
Research Association<br />
Partner<br />
organisation<br />
-<br />
Starting/<br />
-end date<br />
Funded by<br />
established in February 2006, mandated until the end of 2009<br />
emerged from the Service Centre for Human Rights Education (since 1997) and<br />
the Service Centre for Civic Education (since 2002)<br />
Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture – Department for<br />
Civic Education<br />
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