The Education for Climate Coalition aims to co-create a participatory education community to support the changes needed for a climate-neutral society. 

It wants to inspire, develop and draw on innovative European education capabilities by promoting bottom-up actions around five priorities

• training teachers

• developing green skills and competences

• bridging education with science

• raising awareness

• changing behaviours

The Education for Climate Coalition is meant to gather the whole education community in the EU, including:

• teachers, educators, pupils, students, trainers and parents across all levels and institution types

• stakeholders active in education and/or environmental work 

Become part of the Education for Climate Coalition community

Europe’s nature is of great importance on so many levels to all of us. To help secondary school students understand why, the European Commission's department for environment (DG ENV) has developed the European nature protection toolkit. 

It takes you on a journey that starts with getting down on your hands and knees to look at the plants and animals that live in Europe’s natural areas. It explores biodiversity and introduces some of the basic scientific notions that underpin environmental science. 

The toolkit poses questions like 

• What is biodiversity?

• What is a species?

• What is a habitat?

• What is an ecosystem?

• How do they work?

• Why are they important?

What to expect from the European Nature Protection Toolkit

The toolkit provides resources and instructions for preparing and running indoor and outdoor activities. It will help you guide your students in learning to talk about local plants, animals and habitats as well as about Europe’s shared natural heritage.

Inspiring students by what is around them can be a real first step in engaging them with nature in a meaningful way.

If you’re interested in learning more about biodiversity, you can also take a look at the Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity.

Are you curious about how you can integrate coding and computational thinking into your teaching?

EU Code Week offers a great deal of resources, activities and ideas for teaching code in a fun and engaging way.  

It is a grassroots movement funded by the European Union, that celebrates creativity, problem-solving and collaboration through coding and other tech activities. At the heart of the initiative is a vibrant volunteer team of teachers and ambassadors who organise EU Code Week activities in their own communities. 

Events and activities

EU Code Week celebrates its anniversary every year in October, with two weeks of events and exciting activities taking place across Europe and beyond. 

But EU Code Week is also a year-round initiative, encompassing a lot of different campaigns, events, offering many opportunities to engage with coding all year! 

EU Code Week in 2025

EU Code Week’s 13th anniversary celebrations will take place 11-26 October 2025.  

Check the EU Code Week activity map to see what’s happening in your area! 

Visit the website of Code Week for more information.

Are your pupils wondering what to do after high school?

Are they interested in volunteering?

Whether they want to travel across and beyond Europe or work on cool projects in their communities, joining the European Solidarity Corps can be their next big move!

This EU-funded programme is for young people between the ages of 18 and 30 looking for an opportunity to volunteer in Europe and beyond. They can participate from 2 weeks up to a whole year, either abroad or in their own country.

Perfect to develop skills and competences, volunteering with the European Solidarity Corps can be a life-changing adventure for them. 

Discover the European Solidarity Corps

Your professional journey starts here

Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport. A new generation of Erasmus+ has been launched in 2021. It  offers a range of opportunities for learners, apprentices, teachers and other education staff to improve their knowledge, skills and competences. It brings exciting new features, including mobility opportunities for pupils and permanent accreditations for school education institutions. 

Erasmus+ offers a range of opportunities for pupils, teachers and other education staff to improve their knowledge, skills and competences. The programme offers schools and other organisations the possibility to cooperate with partners abroad and become more open, dynamic and attractive. Publication available in all EU languages.

Did you know that Erasmus+ offers opportunities for school teachers, school staff, and even school pupils?

Erasmus+ and the Jean Monnet actions

Whether you want to take part in a mobility experience to teach, train, or accompany pupils on an exchange abroad, or whether you want to encourage your school to work with other education institutions, be sure to check out Erasmus+ and the Jean Monnet actions! 

Erasmus+ and DiscoverEU

Thanks to Erasmus+, your oldest pupils can also take part in DiscoverEU. This is an initiative from the European Commission that allows 18-year-olds travel mainly by rail in Europe for free, explore its diversity, learn about European cultural heritage and history, and connect with people from all over the continent. 
 
Take part in Erasmus+ for schools and make the most of the Jean Monnet actions

Advertise DiscoverEU to your older pupils 

The European School Education Platform (| ESEP (europa.eu)) 

is a meeting point for the school education community – school staff, researchers, and policymakers – to discover news, interviews, publications, practice examples, courses and partners for their Erasmus+ projects.

ETwinning (eTwinning | ESEP (europa.eu))

is the largest teachers' network in Europe . It also provides a platform to enable teaching staff to create collaborative projects with one or more schools from different countries. 

It offers webinars, competitions and learning events. There are a number of tools for professional development, and members can win recognition for their best projects through quality labels and eTwinning awards.  

The platform includes a dedicated section to support Erasmus+ applicants and participants, which offers various opportunities for staff working in the education sector.  

Curious where you stand with digital technology in your teaching? Want to see your strong points and where you can improve? 

Explore SELFIEforTEACHERS, the free self-reflection tool for primary and secondary school teachers. 
 
Discover SELFIEforTEACHERS 

Do you use statistics when you teach? Or are you a student wanting to understand more about statistics? 

If so, the education corner is the right place for you. 

You will find some tools and explanations to help you understand statistics better. 

Come and visit the Eurostat Education Corner and subscribe to the Eurostat Statistical literacy newsletter.

Are you a teacher who wants to create an exciting lesson about the EU?

The EU’s Learning Corner is a real treasure trove of teaching material, including publications and games that cater to all age groups. It is available in several European languages.

The Learning Corner is not only a great place to find inspiration for lesson plans, but it’s also a fantastic networking opportunity with other schools and teachers across the EU. 

Explore the Learning Corner

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Local city events in September

The European Commission organises the European Researchers’ Night every last Friday in September. It's a unique occasion for children, parents, teachers and fans of science to meet with researchers directly in their city.

Join the next European Researchers’ Night on 26 September 2025 for an unforgettable experience. 

In schools all year-round

Would you like to interact with researchers all year round? Researchers at Schools will bring the wonders of science directly to classrooms in selected European cities. Is this happening near you? Then sign up and don’t miss the chance of having amazing researchers show their work to your pupils through presentations, hands-on experiments, visits to labs, games, discussions and role-playing. 

And for our Belgian audience: we have good news! In 2024, we welcomed a Belgian initiative back for the first time in years! 

Get ready Belgium: your September will be scientifically awesome.

Find initiatives near you!