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by Nicolae Ratiu, Chairman It was 5 years ago that a former scholar of the Ratiu Foundation, Vlad Zigarov, introduced us to Professor Christopher Coker as a potentially suitable Romanian…

by Stuart Austin  This article summarises discussion held at the Ratiu Dialogues on Democracy conference, held in Cluj (Romania) on 15-16 June 2023. Contributors to the discussion were: Dr Radu…

Andrei-Dumitru OLTEANU AbstractThis paper examines the far-reaching consequences of the Non-Aggression Pact signed between Germany and the Soviet Union on August 23, 1939, and its detrimental impact on Romania in…

Written by: Tomaž Deželan, PhD, and Nina Vombergar, University of Ljubljana Civic education in Slovenia: Discourse, challenges and opportunitiesCivic education in Slovenia has been developing since the country’s independence in…

Written by: Jana Feherpataky-Kuzmová, Institute for Active CitizenshipJuraj Varga, Centre for Education and Innovations Civic education in Slovakia: Discourse, challenges and opportunities* When discussing Slovakia, we need to keep in mind…

Written by: Alis Costescu, Ratiu Democracy Center Civic education in Romania: Discourse, challenges and opportunities The results of a study conducted in 2019 by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation highlight the…

Written by: Filip Pazderski, Institute of Public Affairs Civic education in Poland: Discourse, challenges and opportunities In the public education system in Poland, there has been a separate subject called…

Written by: Vlora Reçica, Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis, Skopje IDSCS_logo Civic education in North Macedonia: Discourse, challenges and opportunitiesCivic education has not been at the forefront of North Macedonia’s…

Written by: Maryja Šupa, PhD, Civil Society Institute Ieva Petronytė–Urbonavičienė, PhD, Vilnius University Institute of International Relations andPolitical Science, Civil Society Institute Civic education in Lithuania: Discourse, challenges and opportunities…

Written by: Association of Non-Formal Education (ANEV, z.s.) Civic education in Czechia: Discourse, challenges and opportunities Czechia has been an independent democratic republic since 1 January 1993. It became a…