The Council of Europe was assigned responsibility for educational issues under the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe in 1998 and has set up networks of educators in the region. It co-ordinates a working group on history and history teaching in the region and is conducting programmes on initial and in-service teacher training, while helping to prepare new history textbooks.

Moving away from stereotypes, looking critically at history and tackling certain controversial subjects such as the beginning of World War Two or the challenges of the 21st century are all topics that have been covered at seminars organised with input from various countries, including Greece and Turkey.

The aim was also to develop themes such as minorities in history and multiple perspectives, while providing teachers with a grounding in teaching controversial and sensitive subjects, in particular in troubled regions like Kosovo1, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Serbia, Montenegro.

1 "All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.”

Reports

  • "The structures and standards of initial training for history teachers in South Eastern Europe. A comparative study" (2002)
    • Annex I – "Country reports: General information on the structures and standards of the initial training of history teachers in the countries of South Eastern Europe"
    • Annex II – Maps


Three studies define regional cooperation in South Eastern Europe as part of the Stability pact and the Graz process, and give an overview of the activities in the field of education until 2002.
 

Seminars

2004

Seminar on "History Teaching"
Pristina, Kosovo1, 11-12 December 2004

Meeting of Experts on "The Development of History Curricula"
Pristina, Kosovo1, 21-22 September 2004

National Seminar on “History textbooks for minorities, multiperspectivity, the use of textbooks and ICT”
Lake Palić, Serbia, 17 – 18 May 2004
 

2003

National Seminar on “Textbooks and Teaching materials: the development and use in the classroom”
Belgrade, Serbia, 6-7 November 2003

Regional Workshop on “Developing new history textbooks”
Belgrade, Serbia, 4-5 November 2003

Seminar on “Teaching History in Serbia”
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, 21 – 22 January 2003
 

2002

Meeting of the Working Group on "History and History Teaching in South Eastern Europe"
Tirana, Albania, 21 – 22 November 2002

Conference on “History textbooks and teaching resources in Southern East Europe: a future?”
Sinaia, Romania, 6 – 8 June 2002
 

2001

Teacher Training Seminar on “New approaches in teaching history in secondary schools”
Iasi, Romania, 12 – 14 November 2001

Regional Seminar on “The challenges facing history teachers in the 21st Century in a regional context”
Budapest, Hungary, 8 – 10 November 2001

Regional Seminar on “Teaching the beginning of World War II”
Bled, Slovenia, 18 – 20 October 2001

Meeting of Experts on “The preparation of a comparative study on the initial training of history teachers in South Eastern Europe”
Podgorica, Montenegro, 28 – 29 September 2001

Regional Teacher Training Seminar on “Teaching materials: controversial and sensitive issues, multiperspectivity”
Ohrid, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, 6– 8 May 2001

Seminar on “Active learning methods and enquiry-based learning for history educators”
Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 5 – 7 March 2001

Meeting of Experts on “The development of history curricula in Albania”
Tirana, Albania, 21 – 22 February 2001

Seminar on “Active learning methods and enquiry-based learning for history educators”
Tirana, Albania, 23 – 24 February 2001
 

2000

Meeting of the Working Group on “History and History Teaching in South Eastern Europe”
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 14 – 15 December 2000

Conference on "The initial and in-service training of history teachers in South Eastern Europe"
Athens, Greece, 28 - 30 September 2000
 

1999

Seminar on "The reform of history teaching: curriculum, textbooks and teacher training"
Mavrovo, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", 19 - 21 October 1999

Seminar on “The reform of history teaching: curriculum, textbooks and teacher training”
Tirana, Albania, 6 - 8 October 1999

Seminar on "History and History Teaching in South Eastern Europe". The Graz Process Workshop
Graz, Austria, 1– 2 October 1999

1 All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo