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Council of Europe and partners hold conference on “Reimagining Democratic Societies” June 27–29, 2011
The Council of Europe, the US Steering Committee of the International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility and Democracy; the University of Oslo and the European Wergeland Centre, in cooperation with the International Association of Universities, will hold an invitational conference on “Reimagining Democratic Societies: a New Era of Personal and Social Responsibility?“. The conference was held in Oslo with 150 higher education leaders and representatives of public authorities from the United States and Europe with some participants also from other parts of the world as well as from NGOs.

CONFERENCE SUMMARY

http://www.theewc.org/news/view/reimagining.democratic.societies/