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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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