The European Democratic Education Conference (EUDEC) is a biennial conference

National Conference

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 of the European Democratic Education Community

European Democratic Education Community

The European Democratic Education Community is a European organisation which aims to further democratic education in Europe. Founded in February 2008 as a project of the United Kingdom-based Phoenix Education Trust, the organisation has been an independently registered not-for-profit NGO in...

, a Europe

Europe

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an network of people involved in democratic education

Democratic education

Democratic education is a theory of learning and school governance in which students and staff participate freely and equally in a school democracy...

. The first conference was held in Leipzig

Leipzig

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, Germany

Germany

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, from July 25 to August 3, 2008. The organisation of the 2008 conference was largely independent of the EUDEC Community, as the latter was founded in February 2008 after over a year of conference groundwork. Following the first conference, the dates, locations and content of conferences are determined by the Community.

Both Conference and Community arose from the need of democratic education proponents in Europe for deeper networking and coordination.