Videos
7 recordings of speeches and talks by Matjaž Gruden, most from his time as Director for Democracy at the Council of Europe. Where the text is published on this site, it is linked below the video.
2025
The Way Forward
Speech, “The Way Forward”, closing conference of the European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025·Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024
Young People, Democracy and Climate Action
Opening speech, Symposium “Young people, democracy and climate action”, EU–Council of Europe Youth Partnership·European Youth Centre, StrasbourgNo Culture, No Democracy
Talk at The Other Session, marking 70 years of the European Cultural Convention, during the opening of the Venice Biennale·Docks Cucchini, Venice
2022
Navigating Transitions
Opening speech, Symposium “Navigating transitions: adapting policies to young people’s changing realities”, EU–Council of Europe Youth Partnership
2021
Holocaust Education
Video message on Holocaust education, Council of Europe
2019
Edu4Europe
Opening speech, Edu4Europe, EU–Council of Europe Youth Partnership
2017
The Ups and Downs of Liberal Democracy: Will History Ever End?
Talk, seminar of the Moscow School of Civic Education·Warsaw