The European Democratic Education Conference (EUDEC) is an annual

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of the

European Democratic Education Community The European Democratic Education Community (EUDEC) is a European non-profit organisation that promotes democratic education as a sensible educational model for all democratic states. EUDEC aims to further democratic education in Europe. Founded i ...

, a

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an network of people involved in

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. The first conference was held in

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, from 25 July – 3 August 2008. The organisation of the 2008 conference was largely independent of the EUDEC Community, as the latter was founded in February 2008 after over a year of conference groundwork. Following the first conference, the dates, locations and content of conferences are determined by the Community. Both Conference and Community arose from the need of democratic education proponents in Europe for deeper networking and coordination. The conference's location in Europe makes it comparatively easy for people in Europe to participate, because the annual

International Democratic Education Conference The International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC) is an annual academic and youth conference hosted by a variety of schools and organizations in cities around the world. History IDEC was first held in 1993, and has been held in all sub ...

(IDEC) is held in different locations all over the world and travel costs from Europe are often prohibitive. The 2009 EUDEC Annual General Meeting was in Cieszyn, Poland. The 2010 EUDEC Annual General Meeting was in Roskilde, Denmark. The 2011 IDEC@EUDEC Conference, in the UK was both an IDEC and an EUDEC Conference which ran from 5 to 14 July. The 2012 EUDEC Annual General Meeting and Conference was held in Freiburg, Germany which ran from 28 July to 5 August. The 2013 EUDEC Annual General Meeting and Conference was held in Soest,

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between 28 July till 2 August. John W. Moravec, Report from the European Democratic Education Community 2013 Conference, Soest, The Netherlands Other, in: Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives, ISSN 2049-2162, Volume 2(2013), Issue 2, pp.113-11

The 2014 EUDEC Annual General Meeting and Conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark between 5 and 8 August. The 2015 EUDEC Annual General Meeting and Conference was held in Ojrzanów near

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between 1 and 9 August. The 2016 IDEC@EUDEC Conference was held in

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, Finland between 6 and 10 June.

External links

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References

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