Dzrinavu street 34a-8,
Rīga LV-1010, Latvia
Phone: 67503730
Fax: 67503729
e-mail: iac@latnet.lv
Katrs rīts sniedz mums iespēju būt citādiem, nekā mēs bijām vakar,
tas sniedz mums izdevību būt labākiem, nekā mēs bijām vakar,
tas sniedz mums izaicinājumu sevi pāraugt, sevi pilnveidot un sevi pārspēt.
/V.Vīķe – Freiberga/
EDC and CIVITAS
Education Development Center (EDC) represents Latvia in CIVITAS: International Civic Education Exchange Program. EDC is the partner organization of the International Civic education program CIVITAS in Latvia which has the rights to disseminate the programs and teaching/learning materials developed by US Department of Education Center for Civic Education (CCE) in civic education.
This is a network program which involves countries throughout the world and provides leaders in civic education with the opportunities to learn from and assist each other in improving education for democracy in their countries. The program addresses full range of civic education activities from the development of educational policy, standards, curriculum frameworks and materials to teacher education, classroom implementation, research and evaluation. The action project “Citizen” has been implemented in schools of Latvia since 1998.
- The CIVITAS International Exchange Program Comparative Democracy Lesson Development Project
- Promoting Citizenship Education in Latvia and Maintaining Baltic Civic Cooperation July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010
- CIVITAS – longstanding international partnership
- Action project „Citizen”- showcase, February, 2009
- Project “Promoting Citizenship Education in Latvia and Maintaining Baltic Civic Cooperation” (2008-2009)
- CIVITAS project of years 2007 and 2008“Strengthening civic education and level of public participation in Latvia through the use of programs “Foundation of Democracy”, Project ‘Citizen’ and “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” and exchange program in 2008 “Schools, Community and Citizenship” and action project „Citizen”, April 2008
