14/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - New Council of Europe instrument validated. European Education Ministers have given their support to the new Council of Europe instrument for helping to cultivate democracy (see EUROPE 11529). At the end of a two-day conference on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 April, they endorsed a list of 20 key skills and agreed to help put them into practice at national, regional and European levels. This new instrument, "A Reference Framework of Competencies for Democratic...