The 2024 World Forum for Democracy focused on overcoming polarization and disinformation by embracing diversity to strengthen democratic values.
Discrimination, racist violence, and hate speech took center stage in a dynamic three-day training organised by Symbiosis – Council of Europe School of Political Studies…
The 2024 European elections, the role of information, and their importance for democracy were the subjects of a two-day intensive dialogue held on 20 and…
Symbiosis – Council of Europe School of Political Studies in Greece organised a training for Young European Journalists, with the support of European Parliament Liaison…
“Living Together: A Handbook on Migration and Social Inclusion” is designed to provide essential guidance for individuals navigating migration challenges. Tailored to the unique needs…
The 11th World Forum for Democracy looked for innovative solutions and collaborative strategies to fortify the symbiotic bond between democracy and peace, recognizing that their…
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The Webinar on ‘Countering Hate Speech’, organised by Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of Schools, took place…
Symbiosis – Council of Europe School of Political Studies in Greece organised a training for Young European Journalists, with the support of European Parliament Liaison…
This research paper is the outcome of the Borderline Offensive project and aims to address a series of questions:
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council of Europe Network, has implemented the 3rd 2022 Seminar on “Democratic Competences” online from November…
The 10th World Forum for Democracy looked for the key contributing factors to democratic decline, considered how these might be addressed, and explored what kind…
The Forum discuss on how, fueled by politics, economics and history, the global take on the war in Ukraine has varied from region to region,…
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The Seminar on ‘Democracy(ies) in flux’ organised by Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of Schools, took place…
The Guide to Job Oriented Linguistic Support for Migrants and Refugees aims to support migrants and refugees in Greece in familiarising themselves with the primary…
The Seminar on “Rethinking Humanitarianism” organised by Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece took place online during the months of November-December 2021.
Following the successful dissemination of the Council of Europe LIAM toolkit in 2018-19-20, Symbiosis implemented the project ‘LIAM Labour Linguistic Integration 2021 (LiLaLI 2021)’.
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece organised three days of education and engagement activities on Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Awareness Raising on Gender Issues from…
The Online Seminar took place every Tuesday, June 22 & 29 and July 6 & 13 2021, organised by Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of School organised in June 2021 an eight-day Online Seminar on Gender…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece organised an Online Educational Programme on Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Gender Issues for cultural mediators and interpreters working with…
The Webinars on Gender Equality and Gender-Based Violence Prevention took place from 23 to 25 February and from 1 to 3 March 2021 via the…
With this manual we present a practice-oriented guide for facilitators on the implementation of intervention and education programs to provide gender-sensitive prevention services. It was…
International organisations estimate that a large number of the approximately 680,000 stateless persons currently residing in Europe are Roma, without identification documents such as birth…
With the vote on the legal gender recognition, the leading state body, the Greek Parliament, overturned in 2017 the long-established notion of gender in Greece…
Since 2018, Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of Schools, has been engaged in promoting in Greece the…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece implemented an online Seminar/Webinars on Gender Equality and Violence Prevention, with a focus on men, targeting School alumni and…
During 2020, Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece carried out visibility and dissemination activities of the Council of Europe Linguistic Integration for Migrants and Refugees…
The 9th World Forum for Democracy responded to world events. From November 2020 to November 2021 discussions took place online, giving us a chance to…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece has implemented the 3rd online Seminar: Webinars on “Re-wiring Democracy: connecting institutions and citizens in the digital age”, blended…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece implemented the Webinars on Rights and Inclusion in the Times of COVID-19 during the period of June-July 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 related restrictions, Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece held online first seminar of 2020 entitled “Human Rights, Equality, Anti-Discrimination and Social…
This publication is based on the Webinars on “Can Democracy Save the Environment?” organised by Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council…
An interdisciplinary collection of essays designed to map out a wide-ranging present and future of migration, integration, inclusion and symbiosis, in Greece and in Europe,…
This publication is a Self-trainingNotebook on EU, Social Inclusion and Anti-DiscriminationPolicies, produced by Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece in the framework of the Jean…
This publication is a Self-trainingNotebook on EU and Integration Policies for Third-CountryNationals, produced by Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece in the framework of the…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of Schools organised in Athens a two-day seminar, from 11 to 12 December 2019,…
Symbiosis – School of Political Studies in Greece, Network of Council of Europe, held on the 11th of December 2019 in Serafeio Athletic & Community…
This project’s overall objective is to contribute pro-actively to the successful integration of newcomers into European societies.
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of Schools organised in Thessaloniki a three-day seminar, from 5 to 7 December 2019,…
Information is changing. The volume, the content, the platforms: each of these has evolved beyond recognition in a short period of time. This evolution continues.…
Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants (LIAM) – Dissemination and Implementation Project in Greece
From June to December 2019, Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Network of the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the German…
The Thessaloniki Integration Forum “Je t’ aime, … moi non plus: Reframing migration and integration challenges in Greece and Europe” took place on 9-11 May…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece organized nine training workshops on Gender, Reproductive and Primary Health for Migrant Communities from March to June 2019 in…
The document provides basic tips to help teams to better structure the identification of data sources, conducting focus groups, reporting of outcomes and disseminating outcomes.
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece organised on Friday 21 December an event to discuss, plan and organise the Setting up of a Laboratory for…
The Civic Roundtable is an annual event offering 30 fellows from different European countries and beyond a platform to study trends and challenges and to…
The forum was organized by Symβiosis, Piraeus Municipality and the Royal Embassy of Norway. It aimed to bring together key actors from across Greece –…
The seventh edition of the World Forum for Democracy, entitled “Gender equality – Whose battle?”was dedicated to gender equality and women’s rightsin the wake of…
On 7-9 November 2018, in Thessaloniki, the first Intercultural Integration Academy was held at the initiative of the Intercultural Cities programme of the Council of…
The Reference Framework is based on the Council of Europe’s long-standing values of equality, dignity and respect. It highlights the necessary skills needed to equip…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, organised the ‘Sapere Aude: Responsible Citizenship’ seminar, concluding event of the curriculum 2018 under the implementation of the SCE…
The Seminar “Is a common Europe possible?” took place at the School of Aristotle in the city of Naoussa from 6 to 8 July 2018.
Cities are not only the sites where contemporary ‘wicked policy issues’, such as migration, inequality and sustainability crystallise in a bundled way. They are also…
The ‘Language support for Adult Migrants and refugees (LIAM): a Council of Europe Toolkit’ seminars, was organised during 2018 in Athens and Thessaloniki by Symbiosis-School…
The Athens Lab on “Unpacking Integration” was organized by Symbiosis -School of Political Studies on 15 to 17 December 2017, in cooperation with the Municipalities…
The sixth edition of the World Forum for Democracy gathered more than 2000 participants from over 80 countries. Politicians and international leaders provided their views…
The Seminar Europe Quo vadis? What Future for Europe aimed to analyse the root causes of increasing Euro-scepticism and expand on the various options for…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and PRIO Cyprus Centre organised a conference on Gender, Migration and Trafficking in Europe on 29…
The Seminar on Gender, Human Rights and Media took place in Thessaloniki, 27-30 June 2017, under the aegis of the Secretariat for Human Rights, Ministry…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece organized four capacity building trainings on Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) from April to June 2017 in Thessaloniki with…
From smart data to infrastructure, participatory design to migration, the Lab shared a multidisciplinary focus and a forward-looking vision of how our urban future can…
The 2016 World Forum for Democracy gathered 2200 participants from more than 100 countries.Political institutions representatives, young activists,academia, media, business circles, civil society organisations, social…
The event responded to current concerns about rising levels of Islamophobia, as well as stigmatisation of other religions, whilst acknowledging the rights of all individuals…
Following on from the Syros Migration Policy Lab in September 2015, the aim of the Athens Refugee Policy Lab – From reception to integration: Evidence…
The Forum on Freedom of Media and Human Rights fostered knowledge and discussion that protect press freedoms, increase public access to knowledge and information, the…
The 2015 edition of the World Forum for Democracy took place after the 13 November Paris attacks, highlighting the pertinence of the theme chosen and…
Symbiosis, the Civil School of Political Studies in Greece, Network of Council of Europe, organised the Migration Policy Lab on “Safeguarding fundamental rights in the…
Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of Schools, organised the seminar in Xanthi from 24 to 26 March,…
A joint seminar by the affiliated to the Council of Europe Istanbul and Symbiosis-Schools of Political Studies in Greece, investigating the possibilities for Politics of…
The 2014 edition of the World Forum for Democracy gathered representatives of civil society, media and business circles, academics, young activists, and political leaders from…
The five-day seminar on “Challenges of democracy in Europe today: Democratic representation, legitimisation, mobilization, public and social inclusion”, was organized in Xanthi, 20-25 August 2014
The Seminar organised by the Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in Greece in collaboration with the School of Journalism and Mass Communications of the Aristotle University…
A Seminar on “The 2014 European Elections, Democracy and Discrimination” was organized by Symbiosis on 5-7 April 2014, under the auspices of the Council of…
European elections, democracy and discrimination: Facing the rise of racism and xenophobia in Greece
This publication (available only in Greek) was based on the Seminar ‘The 2014 European Elections, Democracy and Discrimination’ organised by Symbiosis-School of Political Studies in…