Nils-Eyk Zimmermann

Program coordinator and project manager, consultant and author with focus on democracy-related education, digital transformation, active citizenship, civil society.

Currently: Editor and project manager https://politischbilden.de at the Association of German Educational Organizations (AdB). He also works to digital transformation in democracy-related education (i. e. projects DIYW ROAD and DIGIT-AL) and to the further development of non-formal edcuation (i. e. Competendo, DARE Network, DeCiTeL, Competence Profile for Educational Professionals, LICEAL or EntreComp 360). Consulting and design of grant and education programs and organisational resilience.



Active member of the European network DARE – Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe. Previous activities, among others, for the Robert Bosch Foundation (Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg for the support of civic engagement in Central- Eastern and South-Eastern Europe).

Born 1973 in Wolfenbüttel (Germany), studied Political Science at Potsdam University.

Civic engagement: DARE network, Citizen Deputy in the municipal district parliament’s Committee for Integration and Participation (since 2022); Budget Committee (2020-21). Cedefop: Advisory group on citizenship education in Initial Vocational Education and Training (IVET) (2025-27). Was Board member of the Greens in the city district of Berlin (2019-2021). Jury member of the EntreComp Awards,


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