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History that

Connectsthe Western Balkans

History is a rear window mirror, you must always check

back but you keep focused on the way ahead otherwise

youre going nowhere

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Support responsible historyand citizenship education in theWestern Balkans as a way tocontribute to the development of

democratic local to global

citizenship;

Create an open space for

innovative and responsible

methodology, pedagogy and

eventually curriculum

development;

Aims of the programme

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Contribute to and reinforceintense professional capacitybuilding among high-impactinghistory educators in the region;

Help building the capacity of

national History Teachers

Associations in the region as

active civil society organisations;

Aims of the programme

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History, heritage and citizenshipeducation professionalsincluding teachers in primary and

secondary schools, universitylecturers, curriculum developers,

textbook authors, teacher

trainers, trainee teachers,

assessment experts, advisors and

inspectors, and educational staffin museums and institutes

Target group

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History may continue to be adividing force in the regionwithout high-quality and

professional, history curricula,history textbooks and (in-service)

history teachers training;

It develops a bottom-up

understanding of Europeanstandards for competence-based

education.

The need of the programme

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Outcomes

Teacher textbooks, recommendations Over 50 Training Seminars, Workshops, Roundtable discussions

Re-ignition of the regional cooperation

International trainings and study visits

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History that Connects: Teaching Sensitive History in the

Countries of Former Yugoslavia (2011-2014)

Editing andtranslationeducation

modules

Integration of

7 teaching

modules inHistoriana

Strengthen

relations withMinistries of

Educationand other key

institutionalactors

Publicationand launchApril 2014,

Ohrid,

Macedonia

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An online educational

multimedia tool that offers

students multiperspective,

cross-border andcomparative historical

sources

Enhance projects

sustainability and outcomes

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New project

opportunities

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Project partners and donors

EUROCLIO-HIP Bosnia and Herzegovina

History Teachers Association of Croatia

Serbian Association of Social History History Teachers Association of Kosovo

History Teachers Association of Macedonia

Pedagogical Center of Montenegro

History Teachers Association of Slovenia

Bulgarian History Teachers Association

Albanian History Teachers Association