Guidelines: Sociocracy in schools
SOCIS is a European project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action – 210 – Small scale partnership cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices). The duration of the project is of 16 months, from 01/04/2022 to 31/07/2023 SOCIS is implemented by 2 European Countries (Belgium and Austria). The partnership is made up of […]
Workshop proceedings: Sociocracy in schools
The SOCIS consortium convened a cycle of workshops in March 2023 called “Sociocracy in Schools”. The Workshop series was held in virtual format. Four sessions, each 3 hours and half in length, brought together around 50 participants who contributed to the workshops by exchanging personal experiences, doubts, opinions, informations and insights on the topic of […]
Research report: Democratic Education in Nature
DEN (Democratic Education in Nature) is a European project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 2 – Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices). The duration of the project is of 15 months, from 01/04/2022 to 31/06/2023. Responding to the needs of offering innovative pedagogical experiences promoting children’s environmental stewardship, active citizenship and […]
Research report: Sociocracy in schools
SOCIS is a European project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action – 210 – Small scale partnership cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices). The duration of the project is 16 months, from 01/04/2022 to 31/07/2023, and is implemented by 2 European countries (Belgium and Austria). The partnership is made up of one […]
What is The Green Competences Framework?
The European Sustainability Competence Framework – GreenComp – defines what sustainability is as a competence and how it can be developed through the educational system. The GreenComp places particular attention to the interconnected character of the 12 competence and to the need to embed sustainability skills through the lifelong learning process of an individual. The […]
Position Paper on Outdoor Education
Learning beyond walls : The imperative for recognising outdoor practices in the curriculum
Unveiling Ripple effect of the BUSTA project : Exploring the Continued Journey beyond Europe
While not directly tied to the Busta project, QUEST, actively participated in the International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC) held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in October 2023. During the event, QUEST organized a session focused on inclusion, encouraging children to actively contribute to fostering inclusive practices As an illustrative example of their past initiatives and to initiate […]
Request for clarification on ‘compulsory’ education
This November, QUEST participated in an international press release centered around World Children’s Day. The action was a call to the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child to clarify that “compulsory education” means a guarantee of universal access to education and does not mean forcing a child to attend school. The Universal […]
Statement on the situation of children in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel
QUEST is extremely concerned by the tragic events happening in Gaza Strip and the impact this is having on children in the short and long run. “At least 3,195 Palestinian children have been killed in the past three weeks. About a million have almost no access to essential healthcare services in Gaza. According to UNICEF, more than 400 […]
Teachers shortages and demotivation: a reality we must transform
44 million. This is, globally, the number of teachers we are nowadays lacking to meet universal primary and secondary education by 2030. An objective we have set ourselves to achieve through the sustainable development goals framework, and more specifically with SDG 4 on quality education. At the regional level, Europe and North America arrive third on the […]