Digital course
🎓 Free online course for teachers
Civic budgets for students
The course introduces the basics of the process and guides you from planning to implementation across 8 steps. It contains applied guidance and templates you can adapt and use in your own school. On completion you receive a certificate.
It was developed by an international consortium under the “School Participatory Budgeting — a tool for democracy in school” project.
Who it is for
Teachers who want to give their students a real say in school decisions.
School leadership teams considering a student budget.
Facilitators and coordinators of student participation.
How the course works
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Start here
The button above takes you to the platform. There are no fees and no deadline — take the course whenever it suits you.
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Eight steps
From planning to implementation, with applied guidance and templates you can download and adapt for your own school. You can stop and pick up later.
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A certificate at the end
Once you complete the course, the platform tells you how to claim your certificate.
More materials
The “Heroes of Change” handbooks, the “Decide together” rules and the rest of the materials are gathered on the Resources page.