The PESTALOZZI Programme is the Council of Europe flagship programme for the professional development of teachers and education actors.
The program is build on a long tradition of teacher training bursaries at the Council of Europe and is developed to respond to the challenges of the Third Summit of Heads of State and Government of 2005. At this summit leaders called for a concerted effort by the Council of Europe to ensure that its values of respect of human rights, democracy and rule of law are placed at the centre of our education systems.
