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National Strategy for Education for Citizenship

Title (original language): Estratégia Nacional de Educação para a Cidadania

The National Strategy for Education for Citizenship (ENEC)  focuses on digital citizenship, addressing hate speech and cyberbullying, media literacy and education, sexuality, and cybersecurity. It includes a set of rights and duties  that must be present in citizen education of the Portuguese children and youth. The aim is  to  have  in  the  future  adults  with  civic  conduct  that  fosters  equality  in  interpersonal  relations,  the  integration  of  difference,  the  respect  for  Human  Rights  and  the  enhancement  of  concepts and values  of  democratic  citizenship,  in  the  framework  of  the 
education system, the autonomy of schools and of the curricular documents in force.
(Source: BIK Policy Monitor 2024).

Entities responsible for implementation: National Team for Citizenship Education / Equipa Nacional de Educação para a Cidadania.

Status: Implemented | Implementation period start: 2017 | Implementation period finish: Ongoing
Related EU policy: Paris Declaration (Declaration on Promoting Citizenship and the Common Values of Freedom, Tolerance and Non‐discrimination through Education of 17 March 2015)
Record created: 01 March 2024
  • Portugal

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  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 2 - empowerment
  • cybersecurity, data privacy, ICT (information and communications technology), media education, media literacy
Title (original language): Estratégia Nacional de Educação para a Cidadania

The National Strategy for Education for Citizenship (ENEC)  focuses on digital citizenship, addressing hate speech and cyberbullying, media literacy and education, sexuality, and cybersecurity. It includes a set of rights and duties  that must be present in citizen education of the Portuguese children and youth. The aim is  to  have  in  the  future  adults  with  civic  conduct  that  fosters  equality  in  interpersonal  relations,  the  integration  of  difference,  the  respect  for  Human  Rights  and  the  enhancement  of  concepts and values  of  democratic  citizenship,  in  the  framework  of  the 
education system, the autonomy of schools and of the curricular documents in force.
(Source: BIK Policy Monitor 2024).

Entities responsible for implementation: National Team for Citizenship Education / Equipa Nacional de Educação para a Cidadania.

Status: Implemented | Implementation period start: 2017 | Implementation period finish: Ongoing
Related EU policy: Paris Declaration (Declaration on Promoting Citizenship and the Common Values of Freedom, Tolerance and Non‐discrimination through Education of 17 March 2015)
Record created: 01 March 2024
  • Portugal

  • Go to document source
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 2 - empowerment
  • cybersecurity, data privacy, ICT (information and communications technology), media education, media literacy
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