Nils-Eyk Zimmermann

Coordinator, consultant and author with focus on democracy-related education, digital transformation, active citizenship, civil society.

Consultancy and evaluation of educational and funding concepts and organisational resilience.

Supervision and development of publications on specialist topics and target group-oriented preparation of complex topics.

Currently: Editor and project manager https://politischbilden.de and responsible for digital transformation (i. e. projects DIYW ROAD and DIGIT-AL) at the Association of German Educational Organizations (AdB). Consultant for educational development with focus on non-formale and citizenship/civic education and lifelong learning (i. e. Competendo, DARE Network, DeCiTeL, Competence Profile for Educational Professionals, LICEAL or EntreComp 360).



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,


Archive