The article focuses on developing links between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and those Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are concerned with social understanding, tolerance and respect for human rights, in developing the citizenship education/developing identities curriculum in higher education. Scholars from Ireland, Lithuania, Finland and Poland share ideas about the cooperation between HEI and NGO in developing curriculum for education for Active Citizenship. Some general conclusions are based on the results of case studies.