Studentu str. 39, Vilnius LT08106
Vilnius
Lithuania
- Democracy and community development
The main activities are the following:
Initiation of a change in society. Civic education curriculum development and non-governmental organizations;
Development of civic leadership training projects for teachers, class teachers, social educators, child welfare professionals and non-governmental organizations as well as usage of interactive methodologies;
Integration of the project “Citizen” into university civic education programs, network collaboration fostering of children and the youth, education of capacity building to solve problems;
Lithuanian NGO working in the interest of the child, building a coalition and development of the “NGO Confederation for Children”;
Active participation in the protection and implementation of the child rights and ensuring the participation of children, drawing government attention to child and youth issues;
Publishing methodological material;
Development of national and international conferences on civic education of democracy issues.
Lithuanian College of Democracy has been organizing the project “Citizen” in Lithuania since 1997, which was recalled as the “Future Citizen” in 2007. The project methodology is based on the Center for Civic Education (Kalabasas, USA).
The U.S. teacher project “Citizen” was taken by Eastern and Central European countries and successfully implemented in more than 48 countries all over the world. The College in association with the Institute of Social Communication integrated the “Citizen” module to the teachers of social study bachelor’s and master’s programs and prepared the social pedagogical training for teachers and lecturers coordinating this project.
2007 Lithuanian College of Democracy has successfully performed the project “Education of Citizenship and Democratic Values Applying Innovative Methods” under the European Structural Funds of the Single Programming Document for 2004-2006 Priority 2 “Human Resources Development” in the measure 4 ” Development of Conditions for Lifelong Learning”.
Also Lithuanian College of Democracy organizes annual summer academies or camps for children and young people and runs on social projects or initiatives each year, for example – “Youth and Media”, “Do not leave the child aside,” “Orange Star” and etc.
Lithuania College of Democracy could contribute by promoting a comparative approach to the analysis of social work, civic society and intercultural communication (mutual understanding between cultures);
enhancing the development of knowledge, skills and experience;
shaping society changes and policies;
reflecting on best practice and encouraging the international dissemination and exchange of information on significant developments.
It will give us a chance to learn from other organizations and people by sharing best-practice knowledge and practices and will support the intercultural communication (mutual understanding between cultures) development on national and international levels.