NECE 2026

NECE 2026
Date
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Location
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

Theme: Trust

Introduction:

Networking European Civic Education (NECE) Festival 2026 is an annual European gathering organized in cooperation with the Instituto Padre António Vieira (IPAV), Cascais European Capital of Democracy and supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 

With the theme “Trust”, NECE 2026 will focus on trust in democracy, trust in civil society and civic education, and trust between people. The NECE Festival 2026 invites civic educators, policymakers, researchers, and cultural actors to explore trust as a central question in civic education today and how it can support resilient, ethical, and sustainable transformation in communities across Europe and beyond.

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