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Following a year of successful co-operation with OHTE as an Observer State, Montenegro joined the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe as a fully-fledged Member State on 1 March 2025.

Montenegro joins the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE)

We are all aware that teaching history in today's world is a challenge. Rising polarization, misinformation, and misuse of both history and school history to promote division rather than unity presents significant challenges for education around the world. The answer must be cooperation and joint efforts.This is why Montenegro has decided to join OHTE as a full member state as of first March this year and we look forward to contribute to the work of the Observatory”

stated Božidarka Krunić, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the Council of Europe in her address during an important exchange of views between the OHTE Governing Board and Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Mr Berset replied underlining “the importance of history teaching and the observation of ongoing developments, as well as the need to share views and experiences in order to grow together” emphasising the importance of history teaching in countering democratic backsliding that seems to have not spared a single European country.

It is our belief that the Observatory provides a good opportunity to reinforce co-operation in the field of history education, by facilitating the exchange of information and good practices between member states, in the Council of Europe’s values”

stated Anđela Jakšić-Stojanović, Minister of Education, Science and Innovation of Montenegro in her official request for membership to the OHTE.

The importance of enlarging the Observatory’s membership was highlighted on numerous occasions during OHTE’s Annual Conferences. Membership of a greater number of countries in the work of the Observatory will enable a more complete and inspiring picture of the state of history teaching in Europe.

Further resources:

Opening allocution of Ms Anđela Jakšić-Stojanović, Minister of Education, Science and Innovation of Montenegro during the OHTE Annual Conference 2024 available as replay here: www.ohte2024.com

Interview with Ms Anđela Jakšić-Stojanović on the benefit of Observer status: https://vimeo.com/1037863490

1 March 2025

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