Digital Citizenship Education (DCE)
Status: Project period ended
Main Priority Area: Adult Education, Digital Citizenship & Ethical AI
Budget: €120,000
Venue: Bulgaria, Norway, Italy
Duration: 12 months, 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026
Project Overview
Learn. Connect. Engage. Thrive.
Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) brings adult educators and learners together to use AI responsibly, build inclusive communities and participate confidently in digital life.
Project reference: 2025-1-BG01-KA220-ADU-000364818
Programme: Erasmus+ KA220-ADU, Cooperation Partnerships in Adult Education
Project period: 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026
Confidence to take part in a digital world
Knowing how to use a digital tool is only part of the picture. People also need the confidence to question it, make informed choices and use it with others.
DCE is a European cooperation project that connects digital citizenship, adult learning and the responsible use of artificial intelligence. It helps educators turn emerging technology into practical learning experiences, with critical thinking, inclusion and human judgement at their centre.
Through international Prompt-a-thons, collaborative design and research, partners develop teaching approaches and reusable resources for adult education. The project draws inspiration from the Council of Europe’s European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025 and the EU’s ethical guidance on AI and data in education.
Who is it for?
Adult educators and trainers, adult learners, civil society organisations, digital inclusion practitioners and education researchers.
Four ideas. One connected learning journey.
Learn: Build digital and AI literacy through hands-on experimentation, better prompts and critical evaluation of AI-generated information.
Connect: Bring people, generations and communities together through inclusive digital participation and collaboration across borders.
Engage: Explore how AI can support civic participation, democratic dialogue and accountable behaviour in online spaces.
Thrive: Strengthen digital wellbeing, resilience and the ability to keep learning as technology changes everyday life.
Our goal: strengthen educators’ digital and ethical competences, test inclusive learning methods and share practical resources that other organisations can adapt.
Three countries. Learning through doing.
International teams bring real educational challenges, experiment with AI and turn their ideas into concepts and prototypes.
Learn, Sofia, Bulgaria | 24–27 April 2026
The first Prompt-a-thon introduced participants to AI prompting and design thinking, building a shared foundation for applying AI in adult education. Hosted by Expert Pool, Bulgaria.
Connect, Oslo, Norway | 16–19 June 2026
FURIM brought the partnership together to explore digital inclusion and community. Teams tested AI tools, developed learning ideas and reflected on responsible use. Hosted by FURIM Institutt.
Engage, Sicily, Italy | 27–31 July 2026
The final learning activity explored civic engagement through AI-supported gamification, collaborative design and educational experiences that participants could adapt to their own contexts. Hosted by Way SAS di Teruko Kominato.
What is a Prompt-a-thon?
A collaborative learning sprint where participants use AI prompting and design thinking to address a real challenge. Teams define a need, develop ideas, test a concept and share what they learn, with space to question accuracy, inclusion and ethics throughout.
FURIM’s role: connecting people, ideas and practice in Oslo
As the Norwegian partner, FURIM Institutt led the Connect Prompt-a-thon, creating a space for educators from three countries to exchange perspectives and test AI in real learning situations.
Host and facilitate the Norwegian learning activity.
Contribute expertise to the self-assessment methodology and evaluation.
Share project learning through education and digital literacy networks in Scandinavia.
How the work is organised
WP1, Project management: Coordination, quality assurance, reporting and partnership communication, led by Expert Pool.
WP2, European Prompt-a-thon, Bulgaria: The Learn activity, led by Expert Pool.
WP3, European Prompt-a-thon, Norway: The Connect activity, led by FURIM Institutt.
WP4, European Prompt-a-thon, Italy: The Engage activity, led by Way SAS.
WP5, Ethical use of AI and data: Assessment, practical guidance and research, led by Expert Pool with contributions from all partners.
From the Oslo Prompt-a-thon
People at the centre of digital learning. Real conversations and shared experiments turn abstract ideas about AI into experiences educators can use.
Project Results
Learning that can travel beyond the room
The output programme brings together practical methods, self-reflection and research for adult education organisations.
Co-creative Prompt-a-thon handbook
A methodology for planning and facilitating AI-supported learning sprints, drawing on design thinking and the Design, Play, Change approach.
Self-assessment tool (SAT)
A research-informed tool to help educators and adult learners reflect on digital competences, citizenship and ethical judgement when using AI.
Practical guide to ethical AI
Guidance and examples for responsible AI use in education, addressing transparency, fairness, data protection and human oversight.
Final impact report
Findings from the project’s activities and assessment work, with recommendations for sustainable AI integration in adult learning.
Resource access: These are the resources set out in the project plan. For published versions, language availability and access, contact FURIM. Project materials are intended for open access and reuse.
Explore the research behind the SAT: the coordinator presented the assessment methodology at ERAZ 2026 in Florence. Read the research update.
Objectives and intended impact
36+ participant places targeted across the events.
Three international Prompt-a-thons in Bulgaria, Norway and Italy.
80% target for participants finding the events useful.
The project aims to help educators use AI with greater confidence and ethical awareness, improve inclusion in adult learning and build cooperation across the three partner countries.
Progress is assessed through participant feedback, self-assessment before and after activities, and review of the solutions and resources developed. The figures above are project targets, not audited final results.
Who can use the project’s learning?
Adult education providers, trainers, community organisations and digital inclusion practitioners can adapt the approaches to their own learning settings. The project plans open educational resources and materials in partner languages to support wider use.
Three perspectives. A shared purpose.
Expert Pool, Bulgaria: Coordinator based in Sofia. Leads project coordination, the Bulgarian Prompt-a-thon, assessment work and research. expertpool.bg
FURIM Institutt, Norway: Partner based in Oslo. Hosts the Norwegian Prompt-a-thon and contributes to methodology, evaluation and dissemination. furim.no
Way SAS di Teruko Kominato, Italy: Partner based in Sicily. Hosts the Italian Prompt-a-thon and supports resource design, adaptation and dissemination. siciliaway.com
Bring the learning into your community
Interested in the project’s methods, resources or European cooperation? Connect with the FURIM team.
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Project reference: 2025-1-BG01-KA220-ADU-000364818
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