The Council of Europe has been developing a Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture, for use in primary and secondary schools and higher education and vocational training institutions throughout Europe as well as national curricula and teaching programmes.
At the 25th Session of the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education, Brussels, 11-12 April 2016, education ministers from across the continent have given their backing to a new tool to help teach democracy and democratic values in schools and other settings. Representatives of 50 countries also agreed to help put the tool into practice by supporting its testing at national, regional and European level.