The Council of Europe’s Reference Framework of Competencies for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) was adopted in 2017, followed by the launch of the European Policy Advisers Network (EPAN) in 2018. polis is playing an important part in implementing the RFCDC in Austria in close cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Education.

Follow our RFCDC activities in Austria: www.twitter.com/RFCDC_Austria (@RFCDC_Austria)

Further information in German language: www.politik-lernen.at/demokratiekompetenzen

NECE RFCDC focus group Competences for Democratic Culture

From January 2019 to December 2020, a focus group of the NECE network piloted the reference framework for democratic competences of the Council of Europe in seven projects. The group was coordinated by Zentrum polis together with the DARE network and supported by Claudia Lenz as lead expert.