Advocate for Global Citizenship Education – Thank You for Your Support!

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all the organizations that signed the Budapest Declaration and joined our call to stop the cuts to the EU’s DEAR (Development Education and Awareness Raising) programme. Your collective voice has sent a strong signal: Global Citizenship Education (GCE) must remain a European priority.

With your support, we have demonstrated broad, Europe-wide commitment to education that promotes global justice, human rights, and sustainable development. These values are essential to building a democratic, resilient, and inclusive future for all.

What happens next?

The signatures will soon be officially handed over to EU decision-makers, in coordinance with the newly formed GCE Alliance, a joint platform of organizations working to advance Global Citizenship Education across Europe.

Why this still matters:

In a world facing intersecting crises, disinformation, and democratic backsliding, young people need tools to understand and actively shape their future. GCE fosters critical thinking, empathy, and participation – empowering citizens to engage with global challenges in meaningful ways.

By signing, you have stood up for the EU’s responsibility to invest in education for global citizenship – and shown solidarity with civil society actors across Europe and the world.

Thank you for being part of this important movement.
Let’s continue the work!

View the complete Declaration:

HAND Association, Hungary
Helpcode Italia ETS, Italy
Helpo, Portugal
horizont3000, Austria
Humanitas – Centre for Global Learning and Cooperation, Slovenia
Humundi, Belgium
Hungarian Society for Environmental Education (HSEE), Hungary
IDEA – the Irish Development Education Association, Ireland
IL GIOCO DEGLI SPECCHI APS, Italy
Iles de Paix, Belgium
IMVF – Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr, Portugal
INEX – Association for Voluntary Activities, Czech Republic
Information Legal Centre, Croatia
Institute Voluntariat, Slovenia
Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr (IMVF), Portugal
ISCOS, Italy
Istituto Oikos ETS, Italy
ITECO – Centre de formation pour le développement et la solidarité internationale, Belgium
Join For Water, Belgium
Jugend Eine Welt, Austria
Jugend im Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUNDjugend) e.V., Germany
Katholische Frauenbewegung Österreich (catholic women movement Austria), Austria
KIYO, Belgium
KOO – Coordination Office of the Austrian Episcopal Conference, Austria
KOPIN, Malta
Közel Afrikához Alapítvány, Hungary
Lai-momo soc. coop. soc., Italy
LINK 2007 – COOPERAZIONE IN RETE, Italy
Liverpool World Centre, United Kingdom
Madera Creation, Romania
MADRE CORAJE, Spain
MAIS – Movimento per l’Autosviluppo, l’Interscambio e la Solidarietà, Italy
Mani Tese ETS, Italy
Marche Region, Italy
Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (ActionAid Denmark), Denmark
Mise en scene NGO, Romania
MONDATTIVO APS, Italy
Mondo, Estonia
Movimento Sviluppo e Pace, Italy
MUNDU – center for global education, Denmark
Municipality of Erzsebetvaros, 7th district of Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
Na mysli z.ú., Czech Republic
NaZemi, Czech Republic
Neslyšící s nadějí, z.s., Czech Republic
Ngo-federatie, Belgium
niemarudni.pl NGO, Poland
NOVAPOLIS ASSOCIATION – CENTER OF ANALYSIS AND INITIATIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT, Romania
ÖGF, Austria
OIKOS – Cooperação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Oikos ets, Italy
ONGD Rosto Solidário, Portugal
Open Education Centre Foundation, Bulgaria
Ortika Odv ETS, Italy
Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT), Italy
OSVIC, Italy
Oxfam Italia, Italy
Oxfam-Magasins du monde, Belgium
Particular, Portugal
Partin, Netherlands
Peace Education Institute, Finland
People In Need, Czech Republic
Policy Lab, Slovenia
Polish Fair Trade Association, Poland
Progettomondo ETS, Italy
Quinoa, Belgium
RE.TE ONG ETS, Italy
ritimo, France
SafaTalents Kulturverein, Austria
Salesiánská asociace Dona Boska, z.s., Czech Republic
Schone Kleren Campagne, Netherlands
SCI Projets Internationaux, Belgium
SEVER Centre for Environmental Education, Czech Republic
Skuhna so.p, Slovenia
Slow Food Youth Network, Netherlands
SOLIDAR Foundation, Belgium
Solidarietà e cooperazione – CIPSI ETS, Italy
Solidarité Laïque, France
Solsoc, Belgium
Status M, Croatia
Step4, Italy
Studio Globo, Belgium
Südwind, Austria
Südwind Salzburg, Austria
Südwind Oberösterreich, Austria
Südwind Steiermark, Austria
Tartu Environmental Education Centre, Estonia
Tudatos Vásárlók Egyesülete, Hungary
UCOS, Belgium
UNESCO Chair on Global Citizenship Education in Higher Education, University of Bologna, Italy
University Centre for Development Cooperation, Belgium
University of Bologna, Italy
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières, Belgium
Welthaus Graz, Austria
WeWorld Onlus, Italy
WIDE – Network for Women´s Rights and Feminist Perspectives in Development, Austria
Wilde Ganzen foundation, Netherlands
Women on Air, Austria
WSM, Belgium
Zavod BALI NGO, Slovenia