NECE Festival 2025: HOPE
The NECE Festival 2025: HOPE took place in Oslo from 2 to 4 September 2025 in cooperation with The European Wergeland Centre (EWC). Civic educators, activists, and changemakers from across Europe came together to reflect on the role of hope in civic education and democratic participation. The festival featured a diverse programme, including engaging panel discussions, hands-on masterclasses, and powerful art interventions led by young people. At the Action Hub, projects were presented in a lively market format, while the new format, Open Space, gave every participant the chance to shape and implement their own sessions. The next NECE Festival on the topic of TRUST will take place in Lisbon from 14 to 16 October 2026.
Programme
The NECE Festival 2025: HOPE offered a rich variety of formats, including interactive masterclasses, inspiring walk-in sessions, and the action hub with its project booths and spotlight stage sessions. A new highlight of this year’s programme was the open space, giving participants the opportunity to shape and host their own sessions.
The full programme of the NECE Festival 2025 is available here.
For more information about the speakers of the festival, kindly visit this page.
The NECE Festival 2025 is organised with The European Wergeland Centre (EWC). EWC supports THE CIVICS as a local partner organisation for the implementation of the festival in Oslo.
