1-3 July 2011 - Teacher Training Workshop in Subotica. The JHP keeps up its pace in Serbia, with its upcoming workshop in Subotica on 2-3 July! The workshop, funded under the IPA programme of the European Commission, will welcome 29 teachers and provide them with an opportunity to learn about the JHP methodologies and familiarise themselves with the workbooks. The participants will be assisted in creating their own model lessons based on the training, so as to consolidate their new skills for further use in class. As with all the JHP workshops, the training will aim at allowing history teachers to provide their pupils with participative, balanced and critical lessons, to foster tolerance and mutual understanding among the next generation of SEE citizens. The workshop, implemented in cooperation with the Croatian National Council in Subotica, will be guided by Goran Miloradovic, from the Association for Social History (Belgrade). Mr. Miloradovic, CDRSEE's long-standing partner and experienced trainer, will work jointly with Kresimir Erdelja, key member of the History Education Committee, and member of the CDRSEE's implementing partner (HUNP) in Zagreb.
June 2011 - JHP in Montenegro. Montenegro is one more country which will join the JHP and which will, in its own language, offer to its teachers and students a new manner of understanding history. Two prominent Montenegrin historians, Zvezdan Folic and Dragutin Papovic, are editors of the Montenegro language edition which will be printed by the end of the year. It is also our pleasure to collaborate with the Ministry of Education and the Institute for textbooks as a co publisher. Click here to read the whole article and see the video files.
30 May -1 June 2011: Set up meetings in Tirana, Albania. CDRSEE kick started the next phase of the Joint History Project (JHP) in Albania, with a series of meetings with partners and local authorities. More specifically, the CDRSEE met important actors in the education sector such as the Center for Democratic Education and the History Teaching Association in Albania, as well as the Educational Advisor of the Prime Minister and the Head of European Integration at the Ministry of Education. The aim of these meetings was to draw up an action plan that will ensure successful implementation of the JHP in an inclusive and cooperative manner. The JHP in Albania strongly benefits from the valuable contributions of its local representatives Mr. Helian Demiri, who is the Editor of the Albanian language version of the JHP Alternative Educational Materials and Dr. Valentina Duka from the Faculty of History and Philology at the University of Tirana.
The joint history project has been made possible through the kind financial assistance of the
following:
Dr Peter Mahringer Fonds,
The Royal Dutch Embassy in Athens,
Two anonymous donors,
Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture,
UK FCO,
Swiss Development Agency,
Cyprus Federation of America,
Winston Foundation for World Peace
News
JHP receives significant support from DG Enlargement
6 May 2011
The Joint History Project (JHP) enters a new phase in 2011, thanks to the support of the European Union. The CDRSEE is delighted to announce a refreshing 3 year programme which will allow the JHP to continue fostering reconciliation and democracy development throughout the region, through intensified activities, in scope and in content. The CDRSEE will increase the footprint of this effective model project, not only by continuing its fruitful work in many areas, but also carrying on training more teachers providing capacity building and follow up to previously trained educators and facilitating a regional network of teachers for sustaining results and adding value.
This work will be made possible thanks to the cooperation with the Regional Programmes Unit of DG Enlargement under the auspices of the European Commission, whose unwavering support has contributed to make the CDRSEE’s work possible throughout the years.
The Joint History Project and its intensified 3 year programme fit precisely into the IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accesssion) 2007-2013 programme. The IPA was designed to address the needs of the beneficiary countries within the context of pre-accession policy in the most appropriate way. Its main aim is to support institution-building and the rule of law, human rights, including the fundamental freedoms, minority rights, gender equality and non-discrimination, both administrative and economic reforms, economic and social development, reconciliation and reconstruction, and regional and cross-border cooperation. Candidate countries are therefore prepared for full implementation of the Community acquis at the time of accession, while potential candidates shall benefit from support to progressively align themselves to the Community body of law
The JHP, commended by the European Parliament as a key project to address reconciliatory issues within the region, is based on the following logic: preparedness to join the EU is not only measured by the approximation of laws or convergence to certain political or economic objectives, it should also include the adherence of societies to certain fundamental principles and a drive to strive together towards a given goal. Societies are formed by people, and peoples views are shaped by beliefs, values and in general, by culture and history. Culture was included as part of the cooperation strategy in the Stabilisation and Association process between the Western Balkan countries and the European Community, especially regarding the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, and history has been recognised as part of the intangible cultural heritage and it certainly has its role in the enlargement process.
