Erasmus+ · 2026–2029 · GA number 101259941

Let’s Explore Our Democratic Values Together

Our project tests innovative approaches to education and training across 10 pilot sites in 7 European countries, exploring what works to strengthen innovation capacity, foster cooperation and mutual learning, and support meaningful stakeholder engagement — turning the lessons learned into practical solutions for education providers, practitioners and policymakers driving reform and systemic change across Europe.

7

Countries

10

Partener Organizations

2026

Kick-off Year

EU

Funded

What DC4Democracy is doing

Assessing digital democratic skills in real classrooms, then proving what should scale.

While digital democracy initiatives are growing, evidence-based tools to assess and track civic competences remain scarce. DC4Democracy runs full-scale pilots across schools and VET institutions in five education settings, engaging over 1,600 learners and 60 educators to measure online deliberation skills against real-world challenges — then feeds the results directly into EU and national education policy.

Build civic resilience

Measurable critical-thinking and dialogue gains against online disinformation across pilot sites.

Prove classroom viability

Show that competence-based assessment integrates seamlessly into secondary and VET practice.

Build shared tools

DigComp-aligned assessment framework, self-reflection scales & branching scenario videos any EU teacher can reuse.

Inform education policy

Translate pilot evidence into actionable recommendations for national curricula and EU frameworks (DEAP, DigComp).

Where it’s happening

Five education settings, seven European countries

Pilot 1

EAA, GR

Pilot 2

AEB, PT

Pilot 3

KSDP, LT

Pilot 4

AU, HR

Pilot 5

VU, NO

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