Council of Europe and EUROCLIO in International Cooperation on Facilitating the Innovation of the Learning and Teaching of History

Countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine
Period: 2002-2005
Budget: € 848.900,51
Main sponsor: Matra programme, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Main aims: Facilitating the innovation of history education with focus on peace, stability and democracy.
Main outcomes:

Innovation of history education according the Council of Europe Recommendations on the Learning and Teaching of History, adopted in 2001.

Dutch-Turkish Study Visit

Countries: Turkey
Period     17-24 October 2007
Budget:    € 36.665
Main Sponsor:  Europees Platform
Aims/Outcomes:

This project aims to offer, for the organizers, a cultural and educational programme in Turkey for professionals in the Dutch history education and to lay a network for long-term cooperation between the Netherlands and Turkey in the field of history education. For the participants the visit had aims to acquire deep knowledge of the Turkish education system, with a view to the possible differences, similarities and developments, in particular of history education and to acquire new impressions of a large and important country within the framework of the life long learning programme, reflecting on the European dimension in the education.

EU Project: European Associations acting at European Level in the Field of Education and Training 2008-2011

Countries:        All member states of the European Union
Period            1 January  2008- 31 December 2011
Budget:         € 99.925 (for 2008)
Main sponsor:     European Commission, DG Education and Culture
Aims/Outcomes:

This project supports the costs of the operational work of the EUROCLIO Association, and therefore reduces member contributions and extends what can be done for the network

Past, the Future of Europe

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Connecting Europe through History Education. Addressing civil society through a series of events connecting higher and secondary history education from an European perspective.

Countries: All European countries
Period: 1 July 2007 – 31 June 2008
Budget: € 46.080,51
Main sponsor: Europe for Citizens programme, European Commission.
Main aims/outcomes:

Stimulating debate, research and informing European citizens on their common history and culture. Bringing together representatives of organisations acting on history education on an European level. These organisation include EUROCLIO itself, the EUROPEAUM network, Council of Europe, UNESCO, the Georg Eckert institute and more. During the project over 900 History Educators have been involved in over 22 seminars in different countries.

Encouraging Democratic values through history education

Countries: Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Netherlands, Scotland, Slovakia
Period:     1994-1995
Main sponsor: Phare programme, European Union
Main aims/outcomes:    

Developing teaching and learning approaches for history education which strengthen democratic developments.
Seminars with over 100 participants plus 6 small working seminars. International report on the challenges of Learning and Teaching of History.