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Annual Report 2012

History Here and now

European Association of History Educators

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Executive Summary

Main Activities in 2012

• The19thAnnualConferenceinAntalya,Turkeywith209participantsfrom50countries.• 2internationalprofessionaldevelopmentseminarsinNorthernIrelandandIsraelwith

participantsfrom23countries.• 4RegionalProfessionalLeadershipDevelopmentWorkshopsinCroatia,Macedonia,

SloveniaandUkraine.• 10NationalCapacityBuildingEventsinArmenia,Azerbaijan,Georgia,Macedonia,

Moldova,UkraineandTurkey.• 2internationalsurveyswithfeedbackfrom50+countries.• EUROCLIOGeneralAssemblyinTurkeywithrepresentativesof35MemberAssociations.• BoardMeetingsheldinTurkey,TheNetherlandsandGermany.Lectures,workshopsand

consultanciesbyBoard,AmbassadorsandStaffmembersin20Countries.• Trainingsfor2000+historyeducators.• Facetofaceoutreachto12500+people.

Publications• 3hardcopyteachingtoolsinTurkish,EnglishandRussian.• 35on-linemodulesofHistoriana.YourPortaltothePast.• 3publicationsonthelearningandteachingofHistoryintheRepublicofMacedonia,

KosovoandtheMiddleEastandNorth-Africa.• 9e-Newsletters.

Awards

• TheEUROCLIOprogrammeHistoriana–YourPortaltothePastwontheMedeaspecialPrizeforEuropeanCollaboration.

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Introduction

EUROCLIO turned 20 in 2012! This landmark is aunique opportunity to reflect on the achievementsof the past, the challenges of the present and theperspectives for the future.Born in theearly1990sunder the impulsion of Joke van der Leeuw-RoordandencouragedbytheCouncilofEurope,EUROCLIOgrewintoavibrantcross-bordercommunitybringingtogetherthousandsofhistory,heritageandcitizenshipeducation professionals. Over these 20 years theAssociationhasbeenatthecentreofmanypersonalstoriesandcollectiveadventureswhichcontributedtoshapingthefaceofcontemporaryhistoryeducationinEurope.

Wechosearesolutelyforward-lookingwaytocelebrateour20yearsofexistencein2012,andlaunchedthefirst version of our cross-border online educationaltool“Historiana”inSeptember.Analternativetotheidea of a European history textbook, this initiativeembodiesEUROCLIO’slastingambitiontobringtolifeacomplexunderstandingof thepastasapromisingpathforyoungpeopletoexploretheirownmultipleidentities and changing sense of belonging. Nowthat thewebsite is up and running, the ambition isthatHistorianawilldevelopintoatrulycross-borderinteractive platform and community of users. Theattentiontheinitiativereceivedin2012createshopeaboutthepotentialof this initiativetoovercome itsinitiallimitationsandmakearealdifference.

EUROCLIO’s internationally oriented approach tohistoryeducationcanprovehighlyusefultoprepareconfident and open-minded citizens for nowadaysmulticulturalandglobalisedsocieties.

Weenthusiasticallyembracetheconceptoflearningmobility as promoted for instance by the EuropeanUnion and look for any possible way to give it aconcrete shape. In 2012 again hundreds of historyeducatorsmovedthankstoEUROCLIOevents,whichwerehighlypraisedasplacesforuniqueencountersandforwideningprofessionalhorizons.

The “Annual Conference and ProfessionalDevelopment Course 2012” in Antalya, Turkey,broughttogether196history,heritageandcitizenshipeducators from47differentcountries,making it themost international EUROCLIO event ever. Amongmany other fruits, this unique event opened newperspectives for cooperationwith history educatorsin theMiddle East and North Africa, and triggeredEUROCLIO to launch its Mediterranean Dialoguesprogrammeandpublishananalysison“HistoryandCitizenship Education in theMiddle East and NorthAfrica”. These recent developments show that ourEuropean anchoring is certainly not incompatiblewithourexpansiontootherregionsoftheworld.

In 2012 the EUROCLIO Facebook group wasestablished.Sincethenithasbeengrowinginscopeand it proofs to be a great instrument to keep ourcommunity engaged with the Association and eachother.

The vitality of EUROCLIO stems from the incrediblepassion people put in their participation in, and intheirworkfortheAssociation.Aslongasthisisthere,the Association will thrive and remain an inspiringforce forhistory,heritageandcitizenshipeducators,despitethedifficultytoestablishtheorganisationonstableandsustainablegrounds.

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Joke van der Leeuw-Roord Executive-Director EUROCLIO

Sylvia SemmetPresident Board EUROCLIO

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Mission and Working Areas

MissionEUROCLIOsupportsthedevelopmentofresponsibleandinnovativehistory,citizenshipandheritageeducationbypromotingcriticalthinking,mutualrespect,peace,stabilityanddemocracy.

• EUROCLIOadvocatesasounduseofhistory,citizenshipandheritageeducation,by promoting history teaching based onmulti-perspectivity, critical thinking,mutual respect,andtheinclusion of controversial issues.

• EUROCLIO connects professionals across communal, national, ethnic andreligiousboundaries. Itseekstoenhance the qualityofhistoryandcitizenshipeducationbypromotingrespectfordiversity,humanrights,interculturaldialogueandcollaboration.

• EUROCLIO stimulates the transfer of knowledge and innovative educational theory and practice. It inspires professional discourse at school and traininginstitutelevelsbasedonpeer-learning,exchangeofexpertiseandanelaboratesystemofpilotingandreviewing.

Inordertoreachthis,EUROCLIOtargetson3 specific working areas:1. Building professional capacity through the development and

implementationofinnovative(on-line)teachingtools;2. Fostering professional knowledge exchange, intercultural dialogue and

cross-community,nationalandtrans-bordernetworking;3. Supportingsustainableprofessionalcivilsocietystimulating,initiatingand

empoweringindependenthistoryandcitizenshipeducators’AssociationsacrossEuropeandbeyond.

Target GroupProfessionals in the field of History, heritage and citizenship education(consistingofteachersinschools,curriculumdevelopers,authorsofteachingtools,teachertrainers,assessmentexperts,advisorsandinspectors,educationalstaff in cultural institutions, Board Members of Member Associations andtraineeteachers).

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8 Specific Fields of Action

1. Training Provider:crossborderprofessionaldevelopmentandcapacitybuilding;

2. Development of innovative educational material.

3. Research: addressing challenges and opportunities createdbycrossborder learningandteachingofhistory,heritageandcitizenship;research

4. Governance:managinganactive, sustainableanddemocraticAssociation;

5. Dissemination of information: updating a network of over10000relationsaboutawiderangeofissuesrelatedtohistory,heritageeducation;

6. Project Application: creating opportunities for cross-bordercapacity building, development of educational tools and newfieldsofcooperation.TargetingavarietyofdonorsacrossEuropeandbeyond;

7. Lobby: concentrating on awareness for EUROCLIO’s uniqueroleincombatingmisuseandstimulatingthemodernisationofschoolhistory;

8. Professional Expertise Provider: offering lectures, workshopsand consultancies related to expertise in responsible andinnovative history, citizenship and heritage education;professional capacity building (and project acquisition,managementandimplementation.Collaborationinpartnershipprojects inEuropeandbeyondandthepublicationof featurereports.

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Annual Conferences

• EUROCLIO organised the 19thAnnual International Training Symposium “Looking to the History through a Variety of Lenses”,whichwasheldinAntalya,Turkeyfrom1to7April.209Delegatesfrom50countriesattendedtheevent.

• TheAssociation started toorganise the20th EUROCLIOAnnual Conference andProfessionalDe-velopmentCourse“Reflecting Remembrance, Teaching History for a Common Culture of Remem-brance?”TheConferencewillbeattendedbyatleast150representativesfromabout45countries.

• Groundworkiscarriedoutfortheorganisationofthe21thAnnualConferenceplannedforApril2014inOhrid,theRepublicofMacedoniaunderthetitle“History Education beyond Borders. How can we Share our Cultural Heritage?”

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International Professional Development

Theseminar“Conflict and Cooperation, Addressing Sensitive and Controversial Issues in History Edu-cation”wasorganisedinNorthernIrelandinSeptember.Thiseventbroughttogetherlocalparticipantsandcolleaguesfrom15countries:Bosnia-Herzegovina,Croatia,Cyprus,Finland,Greece,Hungary,theRepublicofMacedonia,Montenegro,TheNetherlands,Poland,Portugal,Serbia,Slovenia,SwedenandtheUnitedKingdom.InDecemberEUROCLIOorganisedasecond“International Partnership and Devel-opment and Training Seminar on Holocaust Education”,togetherwithYadVashem,theInternationalSchoolforHolocaustStudiesResearchinIsrael.TherewererepresentativesfromIsraelandcolleaguesfrom11countries:Armenia,Azerbaijan,Georgia,Germany,Italy,Moldova,TheNetherlands,Romania,Slovenia,SwedenandUkraine.

International Training Seminar, Belfast (United Kingdom), 19-23 September 2012

19th Annual International Training Symposium, Antalya (Turkey), 1-7 April 2012

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EUROCLIO in 2012 as Provider of Trainings, Developing Cross-Border Professional Capacity

Regional Professional Development4RegionalprofessionalleadershipdevelopmentworkshopswereorganisedinCroatia,theRepublicofMacedonia,SloveniaandUkrainebringingtogetherover200highimpactingprofessionals.

National Professional DevelopmentInTurkeyanational‘trainthetrainer’conferencewasorganised.4Capacitybuildingandcurriculumas-sessmentworkshopstookplaceintheRepublicofMacedonia,reachingoutto25%ofthehistoryandcitizenshipeducatorsinthecountry.ColleaguesinAzerbaijan,Armenia,Georgia,MoldovaandUkraineorganised5seminarsformorethan250participants.

Support for Mobility of Educational StaffThisyearEUROCLIOwasableoncemoretosupporteducationalmobilitythroughapplicationsfordonor-andscholarshipschemes.162Prominenthistoryeducatorswereabletoattendinternationaltraining,usingopportunitiesofferedbytheEUComeniusandGrundtvigCatalogues,EUEuroEastCulturePro-gramme,TheEuropeanCulturalFoundation,theForeignMinistriesofTheNetherlandsandNorwayandtheOpenSocietyFoundations.

Training Seminar, History that Connects-Macedonia, Veles (Macedonia),

27 June - 1 July 2012

National workgroup, Sharing History through Cultural Dialogue, Lviv (Ukraine),

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Historiana-Your Portal to the Past TheHistoriana-YourPortaltothePastwebsitewaslaunched,containing35on-linemodulesfordigitalhistorylearning.Thesemoduleswereproducedbycontributorsfrom29countries.

TurkeyIn 2012 theprojectinTurkeypublishedbothahard-copyandanon-lineversionof“Yenilikçi Tarih Öğretimi, Etkinlik Örnekleri”, tosupport theteachingof the innovativehistorycurriculuminTurkey.Thematerialsfocusison4elements:multi-perspectivity,controversialissues,creativityandcriticalthinking.Thematerial isavailableonthewebsiteofthe Association of History Educators in Turkey and several other websites. Theonline publication has been downloaded almost 12000 times during 2012 andhasbeensharedviauniversitynetworks.Thispublication iscomplementedbyaTurkishlanguageresourceDVD,containingaudiovisualmaterialsandonlinelinkstoaudiovisualmaterials.Todisseminatethematerialamongawideinternationalaudience,8modulesfromthepublicationweretranslatedintoEnglish.“Innovative History Education, Exemplar Activities”waspublishedasahardcopyandisalsoavailableonlineonthewebsitesoftheAssociationofHistoryEducatorsinTurkeyandEUROCLIO.

GeorgiaThe teaching tool “How We Lived Together in the 20th Century in Georgia”,a collection of 29 modules, is targeted at teaching tolerance and interculturalunderstanding.ItwaspublishedinGeorgianin2011andhasnowbeentranslatedintoRussiantoallowstudentsfromminoritycommunitiesinGeorgiatoworkwiththematerials.

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EUROCLIO Research in 2012 3

EUROCLIOdevelopedanddisseminatedseveralsurveys.

ThefirstsurveyfocusedonmappingtheknowledgeacrossEuropeandbeyondofthehistory of present day Turkey.Thequestionnairereceivedfeedbackfrom50countries.TheresultswerepresentedduringtheAnnualConferenceinTurkeyandareavailableontheEUROCLIOwebsite.

1. Thesecondsurveyfocusedontheconditions, opportunities, challenges and needs of the EUROCLIO Member Organisations,93%oftheactivemembersreplied.Theresultsofthissurveyarepresentedduringthe2013EUROCLIOGeneralAssembly.

2. A third study is initiated, looking at thewayGerman history features in European curricula andtextbooks.Theresultswillbeavailableinthefirstmonthsof2013.

In2012EUROCLIOwasofficialpartnerinthe“Teacher Training for Civic and History Education in Europe” project.TheUniversityofViennalaunchedthisprojectaimingtoinvestigatethestructures,conceptsandstandardsofassessment,tutorialsystemsandinitialeducationinthefieldsof:“Political/CivicEducation”,“Social/CulturalStudies”and“History”.EUROCLIOwasrepresented inthisprojectbyDr.DeanSmart,FormerBoardPresident.

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EUROCLIO Governance in 2012 4

General Assembly

In 2012 EUROCLIO’s Annual General Assembly was held in Antalya on the 6th of April withrepresentatives from 35 Member Associations. The representatives discussed and approved theresultsof2011andtheplanningfor2012andbeyond.TheyadoptedEUROCLIO’srecommendationon teachingmigrationandweremade familiarwith theactivities related toEUROCLIO’s20yearsanniversary.

New EUROCLIO Members

TheBoardcontinuestobothstimulateHistoryEducatorsNetworkstobecomeorganisedandnewlyorganised associations to become EUROCLIO members. In 2012 the Assembly accepted 2 newFullMember organisations: The Society for History Didactics in Austria and the History TeachersAssociationofBuriatia inRussia.6OrganisationsobtainedAssociatedMembership:theAuschwitzJewishCenter,Poland;theAssociationforCitizenshipTeaching,England;DigitalHeritage,England;theEducationalResearchCentre,Poland;theFacultyofPhilosophy,UniversityofSplit,CroatiaandthePedagogicalInstituteofCyprus.

EUROCLIO General Assembly 2012, Antalya (Turkey), 6 April 2012

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EUROCLIO Governance in 2012

EUROCLIO Board Members in 2012

EUROCLIO Board

During the2012GeneralAssembly,PresidentVassiliki Sakka (Greece) steppeddownafter serving theorganisation for 6 years. Sylvia Semmet (Germany) became her successor as President of EUROCLIO.TreasurerMarjan de Groot-Reuvekamp(TheNetherlands)tookthepositionofVice-PresidentandSemih Aktekin(Turkey),Peder Wiben(Denmark),andErwin Capitain(TheNetherlands)maintainedtheirpositionsin the Board. The sole Board vacancy attracted 12 candidates from Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina,Estonia,Greece, Iceland, Italy, theRepublic ofMacedonia,Moldova, Tunisia and theUnitedKingdom.After2electionsequencesLóa Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir fromIcelandwaschosenasnewEUROCLIOBoardMember.

In2012theBoardheld3meetings,respectivelyinTurkey,theNetherlandsandGermany.TheFinanceandGovernanceCommitteeconvened5timesinTheNetherlandsandTurkey.TheAuditCommitteehadtheirannualmeetingwiththeFinanceandGovernanceCommitteeinthedaysbeforetheGeneralAssemblyinTurkey.

TheAssociation’s Board has continued to streamline theAssociation. The Board furthered policies onmember communication, public relations, project acquisition and general policy aims, as laid down inthePolicy Plan 2020andtheAction Plan 2012.TheinternalruleswerefinetunedandweresubmittedinApril2013duringthenextGeneralAssemblyinErfurt,Germany.TheBoarddecidedthatthePresidentwillmeetwiththeSecretariatStaffonaregularbasis.ThePresidentwillalsoparticipateintheFinanceandGovernanceCommittee.

Member Involvement and Volunteering

The Association’s Board is aware that most Member Associations are voluntary organisations, andis therefore investigating how it can serve theseMembersmost effectively. To acquire insight in theconditions,opportunities,challengesandneedsoftheMemberOrganisations,aquestionnairehasbeendesigned.93%oftheActiveMemberAssociationsreplied.Theresultswillbeprocessedinthebeginningof2013andpresentedduringtheGeneralAssemblyinErfurt.In2012more than 78%oftheMemberswereinvolvedinanyofEUROCLIO’sactivities.

EUROCLIO Finance and Governance Committee in 2012

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EUROCLIO Ambassadors

The current 29 EUROCLIO Ambassadors have been officially presented during the AnnualMeeting inAntalya.Theyarehistoryeducatorswho,overa longerperiodoftime,haveshowngreatcommitmentto implementing theprinciplesof theAssociation.Theyare requested topromote theAssociation, itsmissionandprinciplesintheirdailyworkandinevents,wheretheyofficiallyrepresentEUROCLIO.In2012,8AmbassadorsactedonbehalfofEUROCLIOinCyprus,Estonia,France,ItalyandPortugalduringeventsheldbyorganisationssuchasUNESCO,theCouncilofEuropeandtheEuropeanUnion.

EUROCLIO Honorary Board

EUROCLIO continued also in 2012 to invite notable scholars and individuals to support the work ofEUROCLIO by acceptingmembership of theHonorary Board. TheHonorary Board in 2012 consists of21members,afterAntoon de Baets (TheNetherlands),Margret MacMillan (Canada)andPeter Seixas(Canada)becamememberofthisBoard.

Annual report 2011

The13thAnnualReportwaspublishedunderthetitle“History Alive”.Astudentengagedininnovativedesignwasaskedtocreateanewlayoutandformat.

Action Plan 2013

TheBoardagreedtoanewandmoreconciseActionPlanFormatfor2013thatisstillfullyintunewiththe requirements of the Policy Plan 2020 “Responsible History Education in a Globalising Society, EUROCLIO’s Roadmap towards Innovative History Education” and the FrameworkAgreement for the“Operating Grant Framework Partnership for European Associations Active at European Level in the Field of Education and Training”.

Finances The Board is satisfied that despite the financial crisis it can present another positive financial result.Moredetailscanbefoundonpp.36-41.

The Friends of EUROCLIO Foundation

TheFriendsofEUROCLIOFoundationwas launchedon4April2012,duringtheEUROCLIOAnnualMeetingin Antalya. The Friends of EUROCLIO Foundationfound an appropriate President in Ms. Sandra Kalniete, Former EU Commissioner and current EUparliamentarianfromLatvia.Shehostedthe20yearsanniversarycelebrationofEUROCLIOintheEuropeanUnionParliament.20 years Anniversary Celebration, Brussels

(Belgium), December 2012

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Georg Eckert Institute

EUROCLIOisamemberoftheAdvisory Board of the Georg Eckert InstituteforInternationalTextbookResearch,whichmeetsonceperyeartodiscusstherecentresultsoftheInstituteandtheplansforthefuture.TheInstituteisgettingmoreandmoreinvolvedinon-linelearningandisplanningtointensifyitsrelationwithEUROCLIOespeciallyinthisfield.TheEuropeandivisionoftheInstitutewillcarryouttheexternalassessmentoftheHistorianawebsitein2013.

Europeana Foundation

EUROCLIO isacceptedasBoard Member of the Europeana Foundation,whichfocuses on creating newways for people to engagewith their cultural history.Europeanadoesthisbothbymakingculturalheritageresourcesopenlyaccessiblein a digitalway andby promoting the exchangeof ideas and information. TheFoundationisasingleaccesspointtomillionsofbooks,paintings,films,museumobjectsandarchivalrecordsthathavebeendigitisedthroughoutEurope.OverthelastyearsEUROCLIOandtheEuropeanaFoundationhavebeenworkingtogetherwithintheHistorianaProgramme.From2012EuropeanaandEUROCLIOwillrunEuropeana Creative, a common project looking at innovative digital learningopportunities.

Strategic Partnerships

EUCIS-LLL

EUROCLIO is anactivememberof theEuropean Civic Platform for Lifelong Learning – EUCIS-LLL. ThisEuropeanPlatformpromotesEuropean-widecooperationamongcivilsocietyorganisationsthatpromoteavisionoflifelonglearningbyintegratingformal,non-formalandinformallearning.ThePlatformconsistsof31Europeannetworks.EUROCLIOExecutiveDirectorJokevanderLeeuw-RoordisVicePresidentoftheSteeringCommitteesince2010.TheSteeringCommitteehad4meetingsinBrusselsandLeuvenin2012.EUROCLIOalsoactivelycontributedinboththeEUCISGeneralAssemblyandAnnualConferenceon“Social Innovation for Active Inclusion. Life Long Learning Contribution for a better Tomorrow”,organised inLeuvenandthe“European Education, Training and Youth Forum 2012 and the EUCIS- LLL-Working Group on EU2020 and Education&Training Policies”.

Steering Committee EUCIS, 10 July 2012

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EUROCLIO Dissemination of information in 2012

Public relations

EUROCLIO continuouslystrives tomaximise the access and exchangeof information related to history,heritageandcitizenshipeducationusingavarietyofdisseminationtools,includingLinkedInandTwitter.InSeptember2012thedailyupdatedEUROCLIOwebsitewww.euroclio.euwasremodelledandsimplified.Thisresulted inmorevisitorsandmorepagesvisitedpervisit. In2012around40.000peoplefrom179countriesworld-widevisitedthissite.MostvisitorscamefromEUcountries.

Facebook

TheEUROCLIO Facebookpagehasanoutreachofover2600people,generallyfromtheEUcountriesandtheBalkansbutalsofromfarbeyond.Themid2012establishedEUROCLIOFacebookgrouphasdevelopedintoanactivetoolforcommunicationandexchangeforover1550members.

E-Newsletters

In2012,9e-Newslettersweresentouttoamonthlyincreasingaudienceofover8500receivers.Anewinformation leaflet,communicatingEUROCLIO’smissionandworkinaconcisebutcomprehensivemanner,wasdesignedandpublished.

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EUROCLIO Dissemination of information in 2012 E-Mail

TheAssociationisanetworkingorganisation,processingemails andotherdatabase contactsonadailybasis. In2012 approximately 80.000mails were processed withissuesrelatedtotheAssociationandprojectsmatters,butalsotoquestionsaskedbyeducationexperts,academichistorians, researchers, colleagues and journalists. Theaveragetimerequiredtoanswerincominge-mailwaslessthat6hours,despiteactivetravelofEUROCLIOBoardandSecretariatStaff.

1st Regional Conference of the Eastern Partnership Culture Programme, Tbilisi (Georgia), 8-9 October 2012

Networking

EUROCLIOBoardMembers,AmbassadorsandStaffmembersusedEUROCLIO’snetworkingopportunitiesthroughtheirparticipationin61internationaleventsrelatedtotheworkingfieldsofEUROCLIOinBrussels,Belgium, Croatia,Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Cyprus, France,Georgia,Germany, Italy, TheNetherlands,Luxemburg,theRepublicofMacedonia,Portugal,Slovenia,Sweden,Ukraine,andtheUnitedKingdom.

Steven StegersEUROCLIO Senior Manager

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6 EUROCLIO Project Application in 2012

Project AcquisitionThe Secretariat spends considerable amounts of time to writing projects. The effect of the growingfinancial and economical crisis has noticeably influenced the likelihood to obtain projects, as theinternationalcompetitionforgrantshasbeenincreasedconsiderablyandthedonoropportunitieshavebeensignificantlydecreased.Thethresholdsforobtainingprojectsare incessantlyaugmenting.Projectproposalswithpositiveassessmentsandhighscoreswerestillrejected.Nevertheless4newprojectsandconsultancieswereobtained.

Core-funding

In2011EUROCLIOwassuccessfulinobtainingthe3yearcore-fundingviaanOperatingGrantFrameworkPartnershipfor“European Associations Active at European Level in the Field of Education and Training”,fundedthroughtheEULifeLongLearningProgrammeandtheJeanMonnetProgramme.Fortheyears2012and2013individualapplicationsstillhavetobesubmitted.TheEUOperatingGrantfor2012wassuccessfullyobtained,andtheapplicationfor2013hasbeensubmitted.

New Projects and consultancies

EUROCLIO has been able to obtain new projects, despite the increasedcompetitionduetothefinancialcrisis:• EU Lifelong LearningMobilityGrants (Comenius andGrundtvig) for “the

Northern Ireland and Erfurt professional development conferences”;

“Europeana Creative”,EuropeanCommissionDGINFSO,Theme2:DigitalContent,OpenDataandCreativity,Objective2.1–EuropeanaandCreativity;

• “Consultancy Handbook on Intercultural Citizenship Education”, theEuropeanCommissionandtheAnnaLindhFoundation;

• Consultancymodulesfor“Our Shared Past in the Mediterranean”,BritishCouncil.

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TheSecretariatactivelyengagedin98meetingsin19countriestopromotetheAssociationanditsworkwithinternationalandnationalauthoritiesandorganisations.In2012thefocalpointsofsuchmeetingswerethewideningofEUROCLIO’snetwork,extensionof thedonorcommunity,projectacquisitionandlobby for increasing (trans-national) mobility opportunities for professionals in history, heritage andcitizenshipeducation.

Lobby during LLL week, Brussels (Belgium), 25 October 2012

Lobby during Stocktaking Mission, Chisinau (Moldova),

10-16 September 2012

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Consultancy

EUROCLIO’sexpertisewasusedbytheInternational BaccalaureatefromTheHague,theDutch Anna Lindh Network,theAnna Lindh FoundationinAlexandria,theSocial Science Research Council andtheBritish CouncilinNewYorkandbyagroupofNGOsinTheHague.

EUROCLIOwasalsoinvitedtoassessprojectsinGermanyandUkraine.

EUROCLIOwasaskedaschair, panelist, rapporteur or workshop leader inmeetingsoforganisationsasUNESCO,theDanish EU Presidency,EUCIS-LLL,severalUniversitiesandMEET(MovementforaEuropeanEducationTrust),theAnne Frank HouseinBrussels,Denmark,France,Germany,TheRepublicofMacedonia,TheNetherlandsandTunisia.

Lectures and workshops

TheEUROCLIOBoardandSecretariatwereinvitedtogive38 lectures and workshopsrelatedtothelearningandteachingofhistory,heritageandcitizenshipinArmenia,Azerbaijan,Belgium,Estonia,Egypt,Georgia,Germany,Lithuania,Moldova,TheNetherlands,Poland,Portugal,Spain,Russia,UkraineandtheUnitedKingdom.TheselecturesandworkshopswereinitiatedbyorganisationssuchasUNESCO,theInternationalSocietyforHistoryDidactics,theRoyalDutchAcademyofSciences,theUKSchoolHistoryProjectandtheHigherEducationAcademy,severalUniversitiesandtheInternationalHistoricalCommissiononNaziandCommunistCrimesinLithuania.

3rd Roundtable Sharing History through Cultural Dialogue, Yerevan (Armenia),

20 March 2012

Lecture Joke van der Leeuw-Roord , Vilnius (Lithuania), 15-16 November 2012

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Publications on the Learning and Teaching of History

• Therichteachingresourcebook“A Key to Unlock the Past, History Education in the Republic of Macedonia: Analysis of Today, Suggestions for the Future”,givesacomprehensiveanalysesofthecurrent stateofhistoryeducation in the country. Thepublication,writtenonrequestoftheMinisterofEducationoftheRepublicofMacedonia,wasbasedbothonin-depthinterviewswithavarietyofstakeholdersandonsurveysandactivediscussionswithatleast25%ofthehistoryandcitizenshipeducatorsintheRepublicofMacedonia.Therecommendationspromotearesponsibleandinnovativewayofteachinghistory,basedonmulti-perspectivity,criticalthinkingandmutualrespect.ThispublicationisonlineavailableontheEUROCLIOwebsite.

• The EUROCLIO Special Report (Issue 7) History and CitizenshipEducation in North Africa and the Middle East: “Challenges and Opportunities for History and Citizenship Education from the Viewpoint of Educators from the Region” contains the results ofthesurveyamongexpertsandeducatorsfromEgypt,Israel,Jordan,Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Turkey, and Tunisia about historyeducation in their respective countries. The report also reflectson the proceedings of the seminar “Responsible and Innovative History and Citizenship Education in North Africa and the Middle East - Stock Taking and Ways Ahead”heldinAntalyaon4April2012.ThereportidentifiesasetofchallengesandpossiblenextstepsforHistoryandCitizenshipEducationintheregion.ThispublicationisonlineavailableontheEUROCLIOwebsite.

• Researchiscarriedoutonthecurrentstateofcultural,historyandcitizenshipeducationinArmenia,Azerbaijan andMoldova. The 3 reports, including challenges and recommendations, are currentlyinternalprogrammedocuments,andwillbepublishedin2013.

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Media

“Looking at History through a Variety of Lenses”,the19thEUROCLIOAnnual Conference Professional Development and Training CourseinAntalyafeaturedwidelyintheTurkishmedia.Atleast15featuresreportedontheconferencebyTV,radioandbothhardcopyandon-line papers such as EURONEWS Turkey, the Turkish Science AgencyandAntalyanewspapers.ThePress-Conferenceorganisedaspartoftheexploratoryvisit toAzerbaijan triggered featuresbyavarietyofmediasuchas theAzerbaijanStateTelegraphNewsAgencyandtheABC.AZNewsAgency.ThelaunchofEUROCLIO’spublicationonhistoryeducation in the Republic ofMacedonia raised wide and generallypositive attention, both in the country’s Albanian andMacedonianspeaking media. National television, hard-copy and online papersandblogsgaveseriouscoverageofthelaunchandthecontentofthepublication“key to Europe”.TheLaunchofHistoriana.euwaswidelypublished in online media in Belgium, China, Germany, Italy, theNetherlandsandPoland.TheGermannationalradiointerviewedtheGermanProjectPartners.

Interview with Joke van der Leeuw-Roord, EUROCLIO Executive Director

in Antalya (Turkey), 2 April 2012

Partnerships

In2012EUROCLIOcontinuedand strengthened its cooperationactivitieswithboth intergovernmental,internationalandnationalauthoritiesandcivicsocietyorganisations.

EUROCLIOisacknowledgedasNGO Official Partner of UNESCO.EUROCLIOisanofficialmemberoftheAnna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for Dialogue Between Cultures,theINGO Network of the Council of Europe,with EUROCLIOAmbassadorProfessor Yosanne Vella (Malta) as Vice-President forEducationandCultureCommittee,theEU Structured Dialogue Group on Citizenship(DGCommunication,CitizenshipUnit), theEuropean Civic Forum and theDARE Network on Human Rights Education and Heritage Alliance 3.3.

Awards

The EUROCLIO programme Historiana – Your Portal to the Pastreceived the Medea Special Prize for European Collaboration in the Creation of Educational MediaforitsoutstandingpromotionofEuropeancollaborationbythecreationofeducationalmedia.

Geert Kessels, junior project manager, receives the Medea Special Prize for

Historiana, 22 November 2012

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In2012EUROCLIOwas involved in activitiesorganisedby theUnited Nations Alliance of Civilizations,OSCE,theEuropean Parliament,theEuropean Economic and Social Committee,theCouncil of Europe North-South Center,theHouse of European History,theInternational Society of History Didactics(ISHD),EUROGEO – the European Association of Geographers,theInternational Students of History Association,Europa Nostra,theNetwork of European Museums Organisations (NEMO),the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation(IHJR),DVV-Internationalandmorerelevantpartnersinthefield.

Partner Projects

• The research network for civic and history education in Europe (2010-2012)TheprojectissupportedbytheEuropeanCommissionintheframeworkoftheLifelongLearningProgrammeKA1 (StudiesandComparativeResearch), theERSTEFoundationand theAustrianFederalMinistry forEducation,ArtsandCulture.Theprojectaimedatproducingacomparativestudyontenets,structuresandstandardsofinitialtrainingforteachersinpolitical/civiceducation,social/culturalstudiesandhistoryinEurope.

• EUROGEO: Digital-earth.eu (2010-2014)Thisproject is fundedbytheEULifelongLearningProgrammeasaComeniusMultilateralNetworkandexaminestheuseofgeographicmediainschoolsandteachereducation.

• Unitas Estonia: Different Nations Shared Histories (2011-2013) Theproject is fundedbytheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFundandtheCentralBaltic INTERREGIVAProgrammeandaimstofosterasenseofunityandneighbourlinessamongthepopulationsofEstonia,Latvia,FinlandandSweden.

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Historiana - Your Portal to the Past is an on-line educational multimedia tool that offersstudentsmulti-perspective,cross-borderandcomparativehistoricalsourcestosupplementtheirnationalhistorytextbooks.Historianaoffersaframeworktocompareandcontrasttheimpactonandresponsesbynationstoarangeofdifferenteventsanddevelopmentswhichhaveshapedtheworldfromthedistantpasttomoderntimes.

EUROCLIO Long Term Programmes Active in 2012D

Intheendof2012anewproject,Europeana Creative,wasobtained.Thisprojectfocussesonthedevelopmentofinnovativeonlinelearningactivities.

Contributors Community Historiana

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Beyond Borders, Exploring European History and Heritage (2012) -OpenSocietyInstitute-EducationSupportProgramme

Goals:ToprovidetrainingontheuseofteachingmaterialsforHistoriana.ProvidefeedbackontheusabilityandrelevanceoftheHistorianaintheprojectcountries.

Activities:• ProfessionaltraininganddevelopmentopportunitiesforcolleaguesfromcountriesinEasternEurope

thatarenotpartoftheLifelongLearningprogramme;• Trainingontheuseofon-line,multiperspectiveandinclusiveteachingmaterialsforHistoriana.

Results:• 4ColleaguesfromBulgaria,Georgia,Russia,andUkraineweretrainedandhavenowstartedtodevelop

on-lineteachingandlearningideasforHistoriana;• ExpertcolleaguesfromthisprojectsharedtheirexpertisewithpartnersintheRepublicofMacedonia,

PolandandUkraine;• Theprojectofferedopportunitiesfortrans-borderprofessionaldevelopmentinTurkey.

Exploring European History and Heritage (2009-2012) -EULifelongLearningProgramme-Comenius

Goal:Todevelopaninnovativeconceptforacrossborder,onlineeducationaltool.

Activities: • An online education capacity building and hands on workshop, related to the topic Conflict and

Cooperation,washeldinBallycastle,NorthernIreland;• Theprojectorganised2pilotandassessmentmeetingsamongsthistoryexpertsandeducationalistsin

Warsaw,PolandandinRotterdam,TheNetherlands;4EditingmeetingswereheldinEdinburgh,TheHague,andVeles;

• In2012Historiana.euwas launchedduring the secondEuropeanCongressonGlobal Education inLisbon,Portugal;

• Historianawas presented during relevant international events and award ceremonies in Belgium,Denmark,France,GermanyandPortugal.

Results:• The ideas behind the Historiana portal were amongst others disseminated in events in Brussels,

Georgia,Lithuania,theRepublicofMacedonia,TheNetherlands,Poland,andTurkey;• Expert colleagues from this project shared their expertisewith partners in Belgium,Georgia, The

Netherlands,theRepublicofMacedonia,Poland,theUnitedKingdomandPortugal;• Theprojectofferedopportunitiesfortrans-borderprofessionaldevelopmentinNorthernIreland.

In2012the“Historiana Programme”wassupportedby:

Historiana, Training, Warsaw (Poland), 12-17 May 2012

Historiana, Editing Meeting, The Hague (The Netherlands), 6-9

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History that Connects in the Western Balkansrestorestheprofessionalrelationsbetweenhistory,heritageandcitizenshipeducatorsandexploresopportunitiesforacollaborativeapproachtoteachinghistoryintheregion,includingsensitiveandcontroversialissues.

In2012 “History that Connects in the Western Balkans” wassupportedby:

The Former Yugoslavia project (2011-2014) -OpenSocietyInstitute-EducationSupportProgrammeandtheNorwegianMinistryofForeignAffairs.TheprogrammeisalsoendorsedwithintheUnitedNationsAllianceofCivilizationsRegionalStrategyforSouthEasternEurope.

Goals:ToofferacollaborativeapproachtoteachingsensitiveandcontroversialissuesinthecountriesofformerYugoslavia,addressingBosnia,Croatia,Serbia,Kosovo,theRepublicofMacedonia,MontenegroandSlovenia.TheEUROCLIOprojectmanagementhadaspecialfocusoncreatinggreatersupportandimpactinBosnia,theRepublicofMacedonia,KosovoandSlovenia.

Activities:• 2RegionaltraininganddevelopmentworkshopswereorganisedinPula,CroatiaandDomzale,Slovenia;• ProjectmanagementmeetingstookplaceinCroatia,SloveniaandTurkey.

Results:• 23 Teaching modules, addressing the emotive period of the region from 1900-1945, have been

developedandareinapilotingphase;• Theprojectalsocreatedpracticalsuggestionsforalternativecurriculumapproachesandforteaching

sensitiveandcontroversialhistory;• 11ExpertcolleaguesfromtheprojectsharedtheirexpertisewithpartnersinAustria,theRepublicof

Macedonia,UkraineandtheUnitedKingdomandcontributedtotheconferencerelatedtohistory,heritageandcivilsocietyintheWesternBalkansorganisedbyUNESCOinLjubljana,Slovenia;

• For 15 educators theproject offered trans-border professional development in England,NorthernIrelandandTurkey.

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• Centre for Historical Culture from the Erasmus University Rotterdam (2012)The 2 projects are: “Heritage Education, Plurality of Narratives and Shared Historical Knowledge”and“Valorisation of Dynamic Heritage Education”.Theseprojectsexaminedhowheritageeducationinamulticulturalandglobalisingsocietycancontributetotheconstructionofsharedhistoricalknowledge.The2projectsresultedinthedevelopmentof2educationalmodulesforuseinadigitallearningenvironment.

• Utrecht University - Truman Library Cold War Case Studies (2011-2012)Theprojectgavescholarsandteacherstheopportunitytoworktogethertoassessthebestwaystoapplythelatesthistoricalresearchinclassroomsorinseminars.Theprojectproducedanon-linemoduleontheColdWarandseveralteachingandlearningideas.

Historiana partnership projects

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The Republic of Macedonia project (2011-2012)-TheBelgiumMinistryofForeignAffairs

Goals:toinnovatethequalityofhistoryeducationintheRepublicofMacedonia,withaspecialfocusonhistoryteachinginanethnicallydividedenvironment.

Activities:• Theprojectorganised4CapacityBuildingandCurriculumAssessmentWorkshopsinMavrovo,Skopje,

StipandVeles;• Theprojectofferedopportunitiesfortrans-borderprofessionaldevelopmentinTurkey.

Results:• Awell-received Report “A key to Unlock the Past”,which gives a comprehensive analyses of the

currentstateofhistoryeducationinthecountry;• ExpertcolleaguesfromtheRepublicofMacedoniasharedtheirexpertisewithpartnersinallcountries

of,FormerYugoslaviaandTurkey.

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History that Connects - Macedonia, Veles (Macedonia), 27-29 June 2012

History that Connects in the Western Balkans, Regional Authors Meeting, Pula (Croatia), 2-6 March 2012

History that Connects in the Western Balkans, Regional Authors Meeting, Domzale (Slovenia),

18-21 October 2012

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Mediterranean Dialogues enableseducatorsacrosstheEuro-Mediterraneanregiontoopenacommondialogue, to share experiences and to develop cross-community and cross-border cooperation andnetworks.

In2012the“Mediterranean Dialogues programme”wassupportedby:

Mediterranean Dialogues (2012)-theEducationSupportProgrammeoftheOpenSocietyInstituteinNewYork.

Goals:toshareinformationaboutthestatusofhistoryandcitizenshipeducationandtoidentifythemostpressingactionstobetakeninthisregard.

Activities:• Theprojectallowed20expertsandcolleaguesfromtheregiontoparticipateintheEUROCLIOAnnual

ConferenceinAntalya;• Andtoparticipateintheseminar“Responsible and Innovative History and Citizenship Education in

North Africa and the Middle East - Stock Taking and Ways Ahead”.

Results:• Theon-linereport“History and Citizenship Education in North Africa and the Middle East. Challenges

and Opportunities for History and Citizenship Education from the Viewpoint of Educators from the Region”.

Education Handbook on Intercultural Citizenship in the Euro-Mediterranean Region (2012-2014) - theAnnaLindhFoundation.

Goals: to produce a handbook to support the development of educational practices and activities,designedtohelpyoungpeopleandadultsplayanactiveroleindemocraticlife,aswellassensitisingthemtounderstandandappreciatethenormalityofdifferentworldviews,customsandwaysoflife.

Activities:• WorkmeetingstookplaceinHammamet,Tunisia,andCairoandAlexandria,Egypt.

Results:• Thehandbookwillbedesignedasatrainingprogrammeformultipliers.

Mediterranean Dialogues, meetingAntalya (Turkey), 4 April 2012

Mediterranean Dialogues, Handbook meeting, Hammamet (Tunisia) , 10 January 2012

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Head of the Dutch Anna Lindh Network (2012-2013)-theAnnaLindhFoundation.

Goals:EUROCLIO’sfocusasHeadofNetworkistoincreasethevisibilityoftheAnnaLindhFoundationintheNetherlandsandtoprovideaplatformtoshareexpertisebetweenDutchNGOsandotherorganisationswithinterestinthehistory,heritageandcultureofthecountriesaroundtheMediterranean.

Activities:• In2012EUROCLIObroughtDutchMemberOrganisationstogetherinAmsterdamforaninformation

meetingabouttheopportunitiesofferedbythecallforproposalsbytheAnnaLindhFoundation.• EUROCLIOalsoorganisedmeetingstoexploreanddraftacommonactionplanandhelpedtoprepare

theArabFilmFestivalinRotterdam.

Results:• AstrongerprofilingoftheAnnaLindhNetworkintheNetherlands;• 23members from theDutch network shared their experiences during the Arab Film Festival and

discussedthepreparationoffurtheractivities;• 19newmembershipapplications.

Mediterranean Dialogues, Anna Lindh capacity-building workshop, Amsterdam (The

Netherlands), 21 March 2012

Mediterranean Dialogues, Network meeting Arab Film Festival, Rotterdam (The Netherlands),

1 December 2012

• Our Shared Past in the Mediterranean (2012-2013) Thisproject is fundedby theSocial Science Research Council and theBritish Council inNewYork.ItaimstoeducateanewgenerationofAmericanstudentsthathasasolidgraspofboththeirowncountry’shistory,andofthedeepandcomplexconnectionsthatbindculturestogetherthrougharts,technology,valuesand ideas. The project develops teaching resources for secondary educationwhichfocusontheMediterraneanregion.EUROCLIOisinvitedaspartnerforitsin-depthinsightsininnovativecurriculumdevelopment.

Partnership project

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Innovating History Education in the Black Sea Regionraisesawarenessinthisregionforapproachesinhistory,heritageandcitizenshipeducation,whichenhancedemocracyandinterculturaldialogueandcreatessustainablenationalandcrossbordernetworks.

In2012 “Innovating History Education in the Black Sea Region”wassupportedby:

A key to Europe: Innovative Methodology in Turkish School History (2009-2012)-MATRA,theSocialTransformationProgrammeoftheDuthMinistryofForeignAffairs.

Goals:sustainingtheon-goingTurkishreformprocessinhistoryandsocialstudieseducation.

Activities:• Theprojectbroughttogetherthenewgroupofin-servicetrainers,fromawidevarietyofregions,ina

nationaltrainingconferencetodisseminatethematerials;• During EUROCLIO’s Annual Conference in Turkey the project was presented to an audience from

Europeandbeyond;• Trainersfromtheprojectpilotedthematerialsona50+widenationalanda150+wideinternational

audience;• AnExternalReviewonAKeytoEuropewascarriedoutby Stefan Ihrig(UniversityofCambridge)on

behalfoftheGeorgEckertInstituteforInternationalTextbookResearch;• 2LastprojectmanagementmeetingswereheldinTurkey.

Results:• ThefullversioninTurkishandanabridgedversionofthepublicationinEnglish“Innovative History

Education, Exemplar Activities”;• SpecialistcolleaguesfromthisprojectsharedtheirexpertisewithpartnersinAzerbaijan,Croatia,and

Russia.

A key to Europe, Teacher Training, Kizilcahamam (Turkey), 19-23 January 2012

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Sharing History through Cultural Dialogue, EUROCLIO's Transnational Project in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine (2012-2014)-EuropeanUnion’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme(EuropeanNeighbourhoodPartnershipInstrument).

Goals:Tocreatesustainablehistory,heritageandcitizenshipeducationnetworks in the regionand tostrengthentheprofessionalcapacitiesoftheirindividualmembers.Toraiseawarenessofinnovativeandresponsibleapproachestocultureeducation,whichenhancedemocracyandinterculturaldialogue.

Activities:• In2012 theprojectorganised1 international capacitybuilding seminar for50participants from9

countriesinLviv,Ukraine;• 5Nationallybasedprofessionaldevelopmentworkshopsand6RoundTablesandConsultations in

Yerevan,Kiev,Tbilisi,andBaku;• 3“StocktakingMissions”toArmenia,AzerbaijanandMoldova;• TheinternationalprojectmanagementhadmeetingsinArmenia,Turkey,andUkraine;• Theprojectmanagementwasalsoactivelyinvolvedinactivities,organisedbytheEuropeanUnionand

otheragentsrelatedtotheEasternPartnershipCultureProgramme.

Results:• Shared Experiences with colleagues representing EUROCLIO’s professional networks in Belarus,

Bulgaria,Romania,RussiaandTurkey;• agrowingprofessionalnetworkinArmenia,AzerbaijanandMoldova;• 3 feature reports on the current state of cultural, history and citizenship education in Armenia,

AzerbaijanandMoldova;• ExpertcolleaguesfromtheprojectsharedtheirexpertisewithpartnersintheRepublicofMacedonia;• Theprojectofferedopportunitiesfortrans-borderprofessionaldevelopmentinIsraelandTurkey.

Partnership Project

• We and the Others. National Minorities in the History of Ukraine (2010-2012)ThisprojectisfundedbytheEuropean Union Delegation in Ukraine(asfirstsentenceconsistency).Thisis apartnershipprojectofNOVADOBA, theUkrainianEUROCLIOMemberAssociation in cooperationwithEUROCLIOandEUSTORY.Theprojectfocusedoncurriculumdebates,networkbuilding,professionaldevelopmentanddevelopmentofeducationalresources.In2012theprojectpresentedarichlyresourcedschooltextbook“Together in One Land. Multicultural History of Ukraine”,whichwaspositivelyreceivedduringawell-attendednationalsymposiumonthetopicin.

Sharing History through Cultural Dialogue, National workgroup Georgia,

Tbilisi (Georgia), 10 October 2012

Sharing History through Cultural Dialogue, first Regional capacity building seminar, Lviv (Ukraine),

4-7 October 2012

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EUROCLIO Secretariat Professional Staff in 2012:

• JokevanderLeeuw-Roord(theNetherlands),Executive-Director• JonathanEven-Zohar(theNetherlands),SeniorManager• StevenStegers(theNetherlands),SeniorManager• BlandineSmilansky(France),SeniorManager• GeertKessels(theNetherlands),JuniorProjectManager• AyselGojayeva(Azerbaijan),JuniorProjectManager• MirjamZeilmaker(theNetherlands)OfficeManager

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• DianaBaidal(Spain)• GertjandeBoer(TheNetherlands)• SanneDeckwitz(TheNetherlands)• RomanHlavac(CzechRepublic)• OtsoKortekangas(Finland)• RiteshKowlesar(TheNetherlands)• NinaKraus(Germany)• MarleenMaat(TheNetherlands)• GlebMytko(Belarus/USA)• MarkoNovak(Croatia)• CristinaPopescu(Romania)• LucaVignardi(Italy)• TimoVosse(TheNetherlands)• MirjamZeilmaker(TheNetherlands)

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Calendar of Events

Regional Seminar History that Connects. Veles (Republic of Macedonia), June 2012

10 JanuaryUtrecht,theNetherlandsNetworkingEventforEUROCLIOHeadofDutchAnnaLindhNetwork.

10 January Hammamet,TunisiaParticipantat2ndExpertMeetingfortheEducationHandbookonInterculturalCitizenshipintheEuro-MediterraneanRegion.

15-18 JanuaryOhrid,RepublicofMacedonia1stNationalCapacityBuildingWorkshop-EUROCLIO/BelgiumMinistryofForeignAffairsproject,HistorythatConnects–HowtoTeachSensitiveTopicsinRepublicofMacedonia.

19-23 JanuaryKizilcahamam,TurkeyTeacherTraining-MATRA,theSocialTransformationProgrammeoftheDuthMinistryofForeignAffairsproject,AkeytoEurope.

26-27 JanuaryBrussels,BelgiumParticipationinJeanMonnetClusterMeetingonEuropeanintegrationHistory,BestPracticeandCooperation.

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27-29 JanuaryKiev,UkraineKick-offmeeting-EU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogue.

7 FebruaryBrussels,BelgiumParticipantinErasmusforAllCoalitionMeetingorganisedbyEUCIS-LLL,theEuropeanCivilSocietyPlatformonLifelongLearning.

6-9 FebruaryTheHague,TheNetherlandsHistorianaEditingMeeting-EULifelongLearningProgramme-Comenius,Historiana-ExploringEuropeanHistoryandHeritage.

10-12 FebruaryTheHague,TheNetherlandsParticipantat2ndHistoryCurriculumReviewMeeting,InternationalBaccalaureate.

13 FebruaryUtrecht,TheNetherlandsFinanceandGovernanceCommitteeMeeting.

23-26 FebruaryLondon,UnitedKingdomPresentationintroducingthe

projectHistorythatConnectsinChallengingHistoriesProjectConferenceofCityUniversity.

25 FebruaryTbilisi,Georgia1stRoundtableEU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogue.

2-6 MarchPula,Croatia4thRegionalProfessionalDevelopmentSeminar-HistorythatConnects:HowtoTeachSensitiveTopicsintheCountriesofFormerYugoslavia.

8-12 MarchLjubljana,SloveniaParticipantatRe-ImaginingtheBalkan,UNESCOMuseumProject.

16 MarchKiev,UkraineParticipantinEducationalsymposiumofteachersofhistory,academics,nationalcommunities,MulticulturalHistoryofUkraineand2ndRoundtableEU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme.

20 MarchYerevan,Armenia3rdRoundtableEU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogue.

21 MarchTheHague,TheNetherlandsCapacityBuildingWorkshoponprojectproposalwriting-EUROCLIOasDutchHeadofNetworkoftheAnnaLindhFoundation.

29-31 MarchBerlin,GermanyParticipantintheE-TwinningConference,EuropeanSchoolnet.

30 MarchTheHague,TheNetherlandsWorkshopon‘WorldHistory-wherediditcomefrom?’duringtheconferenceWorldHistoryintheClassroomoftheDutchHistoryTeachersAssociation(VGN).

1-7 AprilAntalya,TurkeyEUROCLIO19thAnnualTrainingConferenceLookingtotheHistorythroughaVarietyofLenses.

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2 AprilAntalya,TurkeyEUROCLIOBoardMeeting. 6 AprilAntalya,TurkeyEUROCLIOGeneralAssembly2012.

12-15 AprilManchester,UnitedKingdomParticipantatDigiEarthConference,EUROGEO.

16-19 AprilEdinburgh,UnitedKingdomHistorianaEditingMeeting-EULifelongLearningProgramme-Comenius,Historiana-ExploringEuropeanHistoryandHeritage.

18-24 AprilUtrecht,TheNetherlandsPresentationHistorianaCaseStudiesfromtheColdWar,ACourseforTeachersandLecturersinEurope.

19-22 AprilStip,RepublicofMacedonia2ndNationalCapacityBuildingWorkshop-EUROCLIO/BelgiumMinistryofForeignAffairsproject,HistorythatConnects–HowtoTeachSensitiveTopicsinRepublicofMacedonia.

21-22 AprilCairo,EgyptPreperatorymeetinghandbookoninterculturalcitizenshipeducationintheEuroMedregion-AnnaLindhFoundation,MediterraneanDialogues.

23 AprilTheHague,TheNetherlandsParticipantattheLifelongLearningAgenda2015,GlobalCampaignforEducationNetwork.

23 AprilSkopje,RepublicofMacedoniaManagementMeeting-EUROCLIO/BelgiumMinistryofForeignAffairsproject,HistorythatConnects–HowtoTeachSensitiveTopicsinRepublicofMacedonia.

25 AprilBrussels,BelgiumParticipantat2ndEuropeanHeritageAlliance3.3meeting,EuropaNostra.

28-29 AprilIstanbul,TurkeyManagementMeeting-HistorythatConnects:HowtoTeachSensitiveTopicsintheCountriesofFormerYugoslavia.

30 April - 1 MayIstanbul,TurkeyManagementMeetingMATRA,theSocialTransformationProgrammeoftheDutchMinistryofForeignAffairsproject,AkeytoEurope.

5-7 MayLeeds,UnitedKingdomPresentationatSchoolHistoryProjectConference2012.

7-13 MayBaku,AzerbaijanStocktakingMissiontoAzerbaijan-EU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistory

throughCulturalDialogueprogramme.

8 MayBaku,AzerbaijanNationalCapacity-BuildingWorkshopOrganisedinpartnershipwithPublicUnionofAzerbaijanHistoryEducators-EU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogueprogramme.

12-17 MayWarsaw,PolandHistorianaEditingMeeting-EULifelongLearningProgramme-Comenius,Historiana-ExploringEuropeanHistoryandHeritage.

20-23 MaySkopjeandTetovo,RepublicofMacedoniaFact-findingmissiontoRepublicofMacedonia.

24 MayTheHague,TheNetherlandsParticipantatMeetingUNESCOthematicgroup–schoolsandOpenEducationalResources.

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28 May - 1 JuneTibilisi,GeorgiaRoundtablediscussionorganisedbytheMinistryofCultureofGeorgia.

31 MayCopenhagen,DenmarkParticipantintheGeneralAssemblyoftheEuropeanCivicForum.

1-3 JuneArhus,DenmarkDanishEUPresidencyHighVisibilityEvent.

9 JuneBrussels,BelgiumParticipantatsymposiumTowardsaEuropeanCitizen’sHouse,EuropeanCitizenActionService.

19 JuneBrussels,BelgiumParticipantattheStakeholders’meetingonEUCitizenshipandEuropeforCitizensStructuredDialogueMeeting.

26 JuneStrasbourg,FrancePanelchairatMeetingoftheEducationandCultureCommitteeoftheCouncilofEurope.

26-29 JuneVeles,RepublicofMacedonia3rdNationalCapacityBuildingWorkshop-EUROCLIO/BelgiumMinistryofForeignAffairsproject,HistorythatConnects–HowtoTeachSensitiveTopicsinRepublicofMacedonia.

27 Juni - 1 JulyVeles,RepublicofMacedonia6thRegionalProfessionalDevelopmentSeminar–HistorythatConnects:HowtoTeachSensitiveTopicsintheCountriesofFormerYugoslavia.

3 AugustRotterdam,TheNetherlandsParticipantatAdvisoryGroupMeetingoftheDynamicHeritageProject,ErasmusRotterdam.

23-26 AugustTheHague,TheNetherlandsEUROCLIOBoardMeeting.

26 AugustTheHague,TheNetherlandsHistorianaEditingMeeting-EULifelongLearningProgramme-Comenius,Historiana-ExploringEuropeanHistoryandHeritage.

29 August - 2 SeptemberSkopjeandMavrovo,RepublicofMacedoniaLaunchofReport“A Key to Unlock the Past”andparticipantattheAnnualConferenceandTeacherTrainingSeminarANIM.

30 August - 1 SeptemberMavrovo,RepublicofMacedoniaHistorianaEditingMeeting-EULifelongLearningProgramme-Comenius,Historiana-ExploringEuropeanHistoryandHeritage.

10-16 SeptemberChisinauandSoroca,MoldovaStocktakingMissiontoMoldovaSharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogueprogramme.

11-12 SeptemberLondon,UnitedKingdomWorkshopPeer-reviewedInternationalHistoryEducation:theexampleofHistorianaatthe14thannualHigherEducationAcademyTeachingandLearningConference2012.

14-15 SeptemberStrasbourg,FranceParticipantatGeneralAssembly,MovementforaEuropeanEducationTrust.

15-21 SeptemberHamburg,GermanyParticipantintheConferenceStructuresandProcessesofCommemoratingCrueltiesinAcademyandHistoryTeaching:ThecommemorationoftheTransatlanticSlaveTradeandof

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theNationalSocialistCrimesinComparison.

17 SeptemberChisinau,MoldovaNationalCapacity-BuildingWorkshopOrganisedinpartnershipwithANTIM,theNationalAssociationofYoungHistoriansofMoldova-EU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogueprogramme.

19 SeptemberAmsterdam,TheNetherlandsReceivingthefirstcopyoftheteacher’sguidebookontheHolocaustandothergenocides,NIOD.

19-23 SeptemberBallycastle,UnitedKingdomInternationalTrainingSeminarConflictandcooperation,AddressingSensitiveandControversialIssuesinHistoryEducation.

25 SeptemberTheHague,TheNetherlandsParticipantatEuropeanaBusinessPlanworkshop“Distribute”.

25-26 SeptemberMainz,GermanyParticipationatthe49th

DeutschenHistorikertag2012onRessourcen-Konflikte.

27-28 SeptemberLisbon,PortugalLaunchHistorianaatthe2ndCongressonGlobalEducation,North-SouthCentreoftheCouncilofEurope.

27-29 SeptemberOxford,UnitedKingdomOpeningofNewDirectionsinGlobalHistory,OxfordCentreforGlobalHistory,OxfordUniversity.

4-7 OctoberLviv,Ukraine1stRegionalProfessionalDevelopmentSeminar–SharingHistory,CulturalDialogues.InnovatingHistoryEducationintheBlackSeaRegionproject.

7-8 OctoberStrasbourg,FranceParticipantattheWorldForumforDemocracy,CouncilofEurope.

8-9 OctoberTbilisi,GeorgiaPresentationatfirstRegionalConferenceoftheEasternPartnershipCultureProgramme.

10 OctoberTbilisi,GeorgiaNationalworkgroupGeorgia,

GAHE–SharingHistory,CulturalDialogues.InnovatingHistoryEducationintheBlackSeaRegionproject.

10 OctoberGroningen,TheNetherlandsMasterstudentstutorialsessionontheworkofEUROCLIO,UniversityofGroningen.

10 OctoberRome,ItalyParticipantatDemocracyandHumanRightsEducationinEurope(DARE),GeneralAssembly.

14-16 OctoberNicosia,CyprusParticipantattheEuropeanHeritageDaysEvents,CouncilofEuropeandEU.

18-21 OctoberDomzale,Slovenia6thRegionalAuthorsandExpertsWorkshop–HistorythatConnects:HowtoTeachSensitiveTopicsintheCountriesofFormerYugoslavia.

22-23 OctoberTallinn,EstoniaParticipantatInterculturaldialogueandtheimageoftheotherinteachingandlearninghistoryconference,EstonianHistoryTeachers’Association.

11 NovemberNicosia,CyprusParticipantinthe11thAnnualHeadsofNetworkMeetingoftheAnnaLindhFoundationforDialogueBetweenCultures.

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11-13 NovemberChisnau,MoldovaProjectCycleManagementmeeting-EU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogue.

15-16 NovemberVilnius,LithuaniaParticipantat“UnitedEurope–UnitedHistory”Forum,InternationalCommissionfortheEvaluationoftheCrimesoftheNaziandSovietOccupationRegimesinLithuania.

16 NovemberSanSebastian,SpainWorkshopatFinalSeminarSharingEuropeanMemoriesatSchool.

21 NovemberBrussels,BelgiumParticipantatEuropeforCitizensStructuredDialogueGroup-EuropeanCommission.

26 NovemberBrussels,BelgiumCelebrationof20yearsoftheAssociationandtheLaunchoftheonlineeducationaltoolHistorianaattheEuropeanParliament.

26-27 NovemberZagreb,CroatiaParticipantinthe4thWesternBalkansCivilSocietyForum,

EuropeanEconomicandSocialCommission.

29-30 NovemberStockholm,SwedenParticipantatEasternPartnershipCivilSocietyForum,EuropeanCommission.

29-30 NovemberErfurt,GermanyEUROCLIOBoardMeeting.

1 DecemberRotterdam,TheNetherlandsAnnaLindhForum‘FilmandChangeintheArabWorld’,incooperationwiththeArabFilmFestival.

1 DecemberTiblisi,GeorgiaParticipantatGeneralAssemblyGeorgianAssociationofHistoryEducators.

2 DecemberGori,GeorgiaNationalWorkgroupGeorgia-EU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogue.

4-9 DecemberJerusalem,Israel2ndPartnershipDevelopmentSeminaronHolocaustEducationinpartnershipwithYadVashemInternationalSchoolforHolocaustStudies.

6-7 DecemberAmsterdam,TheNetherlandsWorkshoponPerspectivesofEastandWesternEuropeancountriesduringthePostcolonialPerspectivesOnNational

HistoriographiesAndHistoryEducationSeminaroftheUniversityofHuddersfield,ErasmusUniversity,KNAW.

7-14 DecemberYerevan,ArmeniaExploratoryVisitSharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogueprogrammeandNationalCapacity-BuildingWorkshopOrganisedinpartnershipwiththeArmenianAssociationofHistoryEducators.

14-15 DecemberLviv,UkraineNationalWorkgroupUkraine- EU’sEasternPartnershipCultureprogramme,SharingHistorythroughCulturalDialogue.

16-18 DecemberAlexandria,EgyptPresentationat2ndAnnualAlexandriaEducationConventionoftheAnnaLindhFoundation.

17-18 DecemberLeiden,TheNetherlandsWorkshoponCapacitybuildingaseducationalstrategyduringUNESCO’sSeminaronConflictandPost-Conflictapproaches,theConventionsandotherinternational(policy)initiativesinNorthAfricaandtheMiddleEast.

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Solvency

Thenetincomefortheyearis€955.Thisisinlinewiththebudgetandwithpreviousyear.TheprojectsareincontrolandthecostsoftheSecretariatarecoveredbytheEUoperatinggrantof€125.000andthesubscriptionsfeesof€12.540.Ifonelooksmorecloselytotheprojects(seealsonote13tothefinancialstatements),thereisanoverruninprojectexpendituresofabout€47.000,whichisabout5%oftotalprojectbudgets.Theoverrunsaremainlydue toextrahours spentbyEUROCLIOstaffmembers, sinceEUROCLIO sets itsquality andperformancestandards veryhigh.By thismeansEUROCLIOdelivers theoutstandingquality,wherewewanttobeknownfor.Thefundingofthisoverruns ispresentedasself-financing.Basicallythiscouldhavebeenbyawithdrawnoutoftheoperatingreserve.Sincethisreserveisalmostnil,EUROCLIOstaffmembersdecidedtowaivetheirovertimerights,bywhichtheyarereallysupporting thefinancialhealthandcontinuityofEUROCLIO.TheBoard is grateful for this gesture.WeperceiveprudentfinancialmanagementasolvencypolicywherethefixedcomponentoftheexpendituresfortheperiodofanundesiredliquidationprocessiscoveredbytheAssociation’sequity.Currentlythisisnotthecase.TheAssociationEUROCLIOfollowstherequirementsoftheHerkströterCommitteeregardingtheuseoftheoperatingreserveofCharityorganizations.TheBoardthereforestrivestocreateareservecoveringatleastforoneyearthecostsofthepermanentstaffandotherlegalobligationsoftheFoundation.TheAssociationwould liketostrivetoextensionof it isoperatingreserve,butduetoEuropeanUnionNon- Profit regulations has not been able to do so. EU-regulations however donot allowus to retainrealisedoperationalprofits.TheOrganizationinvestmentpolicyisnottoinvestinsharesorotherinsecureinvestments.

Annual AccountsBalanceSheetper31December2012(afterresultappropiation)

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Statement of Income and Expediture

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Cash Flow Statement

Aftertheappropriationoftheresultforthefinancialyear2012thecashflowstatement,basedontheindirectmethod,canbepresentedasfollows:

Euroclio is statutory established in The Hague,LaanvanMeerdervoort70,2517ANTheHague.

TheactivitiesofEuroclioprimarilyconsistof:

• Promotingandsupportingthedevelopmentofhistoryeducationsothatitstrengthenspeace,stability,democracyandcriticalthinking.

Thisprimarilyactivitycanbesubdividedinseveralsecondaryactivities:

• Enhancing quality of history education bymeans of teacher trainings, workshops andassistanceincurriculumdevelopment.

• Cooperating, communicating andinternationally networking, by way that theinternational dimension and awareness inthe learning and teaching of history can beimproved.

Thiswillbepromotedthroughtheorganisationofseminars,workshopsandtheEUROCLIOGeneralAssembly, through the publication of Bulletins,Newslettersandbymeansof awebsite.AlsoofgreatimportanceisthemaintainingandextendingofrelationswithorganisationsliketheCouncilofEurope,OSCE,UNESCO,EUandNGO’s.

• Professionalizing history teachers and theirorganisations,sowecancreatealargenetworkofspecialitsoninnovativehistoryeducation.

This can be achieved by organising workshopsandtrainingstostrengthentheHistoryTeachers’Associations.Butalsoexemplarmodelsfordemocratic organisations, good disseminationsystemsandproficiencyof foreign languagecanbeofgreatimportancefortheprofessionalization.

Strengtheningtheorganisationandsustainabilityof EUROCLIO by writing project proposals,producingPRmaterialsandbycontactingpossibledonorsandsponsors.

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Principles of Valuation of Assets and Liabilities and Principles for the Determination of the Result

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Continuity

TheequityoftheassociationEurocliois€1595positive. Euroclio’s business environment ischanging: we experience that donors applya more strict policy on awarding grants,competition between NGO’s gets more andmoretough.InthiscontextEuroclio’savailablefinancial reserves do not reflect a healthyfinancial position. EU-regulations howeverdonotallowustoretainrealisedoperationalprofits.

The past seven years (2006 - 2012), Eurocliohas been awarded with an annual grant ofthe Jean Monnet foundation, a EU relatedbody.Thisgrantcoversasfrom2008almost€100.000ofthegeneralcostsofEuroclio.Inspiteof the fact that our cost-structure is flexibleenoughtoabsorbdecreasesinfunding,wedoseecontinuationofthisgrantasessential forcontinuingouractivitiesonthepresentbasis.

In September 2011 this grant of € 100.000 -€ 150.000 is awarded for a period of threeyears (2011: 100.000, 2012:125.000 en2013:150.000).

General accounting principles for the preparation of the financial statements

General Theannualaccountsarepreparedinaccordancewith the Dutch accounting standards forsmall and not for profit organizations (RJ640). Valuation of assets and liabilities anddetermination of the result takes placeunder the historical cost convention. Unlesspresented otherwise, the relevant principleforthespecificbalancesheetitem,assetsandliabilitiesarepresentedatfacevalue. Incomeand expenses are accounted for on accrualbasis.Profitisonlyincludedwhenrealizedonbalance sheetdate. Lossesoriginatingbeforethe end of the financial year are taken intoaccount if they have become known beforepreparationofthefinancialstatements.

Foreign currencyTheannualaccountsarepresented inEuro’s.Assetsand liabilities in foreigncurrenciesaretranslated at an average rate of exchange.Transactions in foreign currencies aretranslatedattheaveragerateofexchange.Theresulting exchangedifferences are accountedforintheprofitandlossaccount.

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Cash

Cashconsistsof cashandbankaccountsandareattheAssociationsfreedisposal.

Accounting principles for the determination the balance income and expenditure

Revenues from services are recognised inproportiontotheservicesrendered.Thecostpriceoftheseservicesisallocatedtothesameperiod.

Operating grants

Operatinggrantsareincludedintheprofitandlossaccountintheyeartowhichthesubsidizedexpensesarecharged.

Pensions

The pension scheme is in fact to classifyas a defined benefit scheme. The pensionschemeisregulatedbyABP.EurocliousestheexemptionmentionedintheDutchaccountingstandardstoworkoutthisschemeasadefinedcontributionscheme.Thereforeitissufficientto include the pension premiums to be paidin the profit and loss account. As a result ofthis, there are no negative or positive riskscommittedwiththispensionschemetakeninthevaluationoftheliability.

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Accounting policy in kind contributions

ThefundingoftheEuroclioAssociationisbasedongrantsfromtheEUandseveralothergovernmental,non-governmentalinstitutesanddonors.Onaregularbasisdonorsprovideinkindontributionssuchasfreeofchargeprofessionalinvolvement,theuseofcapacity/equipmentorthedisposalofprofessionalservices.

DutchGAAPRJ640.409isapplicable.Contributionsinkindarevaluedattheirfairvalueandaccountedforas(project)revenue.Thisisapplicableifservicesarerenderedorcapacityismadeavailablefreeofchargeorforpricesbelowthefairvalue.

Theaccountingtreatmentas(project)revenueisusedif• Thecontributingorganizationisprofessionallyorganized;• ThecontributionisgeneratingabenefittoEuroclioand/oritsprojects;• Thecontributionisbasedonadeliberatedecisionmadebythecontributingorganization;• Thefairvalueofthecontributionisreliabledetermined;• The documentation (commitment of the contributing organization, content of contribution,

determinationofthefairvalue)isbeadequate.

Disclosureinthenotesofthefinancialstatementswillclearlyindicatetheamountandthenatureofinkindcontributionsaccountedforas(project)revenue.

Incaseinkindcontributionsarenottakeninto(project)revenue(forexamplebecausethedeterminationofthefairvalueisnotpossible),theinkindcontribution(ifmaterial)willbedisclosedinthenotes.

Contributionsmadebyvolunteersarenotaccountedforascontributioninkind.Ifsignificant,thiswillbedisclosedintheBoard’sreport.

Accounting principles for the valuation of assets and liabilities

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are presented at cost less accumulated depreciation and, if applicable, lessimpairments in value.Depreciation is basedon the estimateduseful life and calculated as a fixedpercentageofcost,takingintoaccountanyresidualvalue.

Projects

Projectsarevaluatedatrealizedexpenditurescoveredbythegrantlessreceivedinstalments.

Receivables

Receivablesareincludedatfacevalue,lessanyprovisionfordoubtfulaccounts.Theseprovisionsaredeterminedbyindividualassessmentofthereceivables.

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AlbanianHistoryTeachers’AssociationUnionoftheArmenianHistoryEducatorsPOLIS-TheAustrianCentreforCitizenshipEducationinSchoolsSocietyforHistoryDidacticsTheAzerbaijaniHistoryTeachers’Association(PUAH)PublicUnionoftheAzerbaijanHistoriansBelarusianAssociationofHistoriansHistoryTeachers’AssociationofBosnia-HerzegovinaBulgarianHistoryTeachers’AssociationCroatianHistoryTeachers’AssociationUniversityofSplitAssociationforHistoricalDialogueandResearch(AHDR)AssociationofHistoryandDialogueforPeaceHistoryResearchCentre(KTOEOS)AssociationofGreek-Cypriotphilologist(SEKF-OELMEK)PedagogicalInstituteofCyprusHistoryTeachers’AssociationoftheCzechRepublicDanishHistoryTeachers’AssociationEuropeanEducationalPublishersGroupEstonianHistoryTeachers’AssociationUnionofHistoryandSocialStudiesTeachers’(HYOL)AssociationofHistoryandGeographyEducatorsGeorgiaAssociationofHistoryEducators(GAHE)HistoryTeachers’AssociationofGermany(VGD)GeorgEckertInstituteInternationalSocietyforHistoryDidacticsKOERBERFoundationDFG-Project“HistoricalAtlasesinEurope”Pan-HellenicAssociationofPhilologistsHungarianHistoryTeacher’sAssociation(HungarianHTA-TTE)AssociationofIcelandicHistoriansTheHistoryTeachers’AssociationofIcelandIrishHistoryTeachers’AssociationCummingsCentreClio’92-AssociationofResearchGrouponHistoryTeachingandLearningNationalLaboratoryforTeachingHistory(LANDIS)HistoryTeachers’AssociationofKosovoAssociationofHistoryandCivicsTeachers“Filia”LatvianHistoryTeachers’AssociationLithuanianHistoryTeachers’Association

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AlbaniaArmeniaAustriaAustriaAzerbaijanAzerbaijanBelarusBosnia-HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCroatiaCyprusCyprusCyprusCyprusCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGermanyGermany GermanyGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyItalyKosovoKyrgyzstanLatviaLithuania

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LithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMaltaMoldovaMoldovaMontenegroMoroccoNetherlandsNetherlandsNorwayNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRomaniaRomaniaRussiaRussiaRussiaRussiaRussiaRussiaSerbiaSlovakiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTajikistanTurkeyTurkeyTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomUnited KingdomUnited KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

TextbookResearchCentreHistoryTeachers’AssociationofLuxembourgHistoryTeachers’AssociationofMacedonia(HTAM)MalteseHistoryTeachers’AssociationHistoryTeachers’AssociationofMoldovaAssociationofYoungHistoriansoftheRepublicofMoldova(ANTIM)HistoryTeachers’AssociationofMontenegro(HIPMONT)MoroccanCentreForCivicEducationDutchHistoryTeachersAssociation(VGN)EuropeanMovementNorwegianHistoryTeachers’Association(HIFO)NorwegianHistoryTeachers’Association(Utdanningforbundet)PolishHistoryTeachers’AssociationPortugueseHistoryTeachers’AssociationAssociationofHistoryTeachersofRomania(APIR-CLIO)AssociationofHistoryTeachersofRomania(SSIR)EUSTORYHistoryTeachers’AssociationofArkhangelskHistoryTeachers’AssociationofBuriatiaHistoryTeachers’AssociationofKhabarovskHistoryTeachers’AssociationofMoscowHistoryTeachers’AssociationofSt.PetersburgHistoryTeachers’AssociationofTataristanAssociationforSocialHistoryofSerbiaHungarianTeachers’AssociationofSlovakiaSlovakHistoryTeachers’AssociationSlovenianHistoryTeachers’AssociationHistoryTeachers’AssociationofSpainAssociationBenBasoHistoryTeachers’AssociationofSwedenHistoryTeachers’AssociationofSwitzerlandRepublicAssociationofTeachersofHistory,LawandPublicScienceHistoryEducatorsUnionAssociationofTurkeyAssociationforSocialStudiesEducatorsIstanbulSocialScienceTeachersAll-UkrainianAssociationofTeachersofHistoryandSocialStudies“NovaDoba”TheHistoricalAssociationHistoryTeacherEducationNetworkAssociationforCitizenshipTeachingHistoryTeachers’AssociationofNorthernIrelandHistoryTeachers’AssociationofScotland

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Honorary Board

Dr.AndréAzoulay(Morocco)Dr.AntoonDeBaets(TheNetherlands)

JudithBelinfante(TheNetherlands)Dr.HansBlom(TheNetherlands)Dr.BodovonBorries(Germany)

Dr.YoukChhang(Cambodia)Dr.MassoudDaher(Lebanon)

Dr.SirNormanDavies(UnitedKingdom)Dr.ThomasDevine(UnitedKingdom)

Dr.PaulGinsborg(UnitedKingdom)Prof.BernardEricJensen(Denmark)Dr.JudithHerrin(UnitedKingdom)Dr.EkmeleddinIhsanoglu(Turkey)

Dr.GunnarKarlsson(Iceland)Hon.Dr.WimKok(TheNetherlands)

Dr.MartLaar(Estonia)Prof.MargaretMacMillan(UnitedKingdom)

Dr.MarkMazower(UnitedKingdom)Dr.AnthonyMolho(Greece)Dr.JozePirjevec(Slovenia)

Dr.DiogoRamdaCurto(Portugal)Dr.YudhisthirRajIsar(France)Prof.Dr.PeterSeixas(Canada)

Dr.VairaVike-Freiberga(Latvia)Dr.ThomasdeWaal(UnitedKingdom)

Association Board

SylviaSemmet(Germany),PresidentSemihAktekin(Turkey),SecretaryMarjandeGroot-Reuvekamp(TheNetherlands),TreasurerPederWiben(Denmark),CommunicationsOfficerErwinCapitain(TheNetherlands),FinancialAdvisorLoaSteinunnKristjánsdóttir(Iceland),Member

EURO

CLIO

ColophonText:JokevanderLeeuw-Roord|GuyCounetDesign:JudithGeerling

•AnnaLindhEuro-MediterraneanFoundationforDialoguebetweenCultures,Alexandria(Egypt).•BelgiumMinistryofForeignAffairs,ConflictPrevention.•CouncilofEurope,NorthSouthCentre.•EuropeanUnionwithintheLifelongLearningProgramme,ComeniusMultilateralProject.•EuropeanUnionOperatingGrant,JeanMonnet–LifelongLearningProgramme.•EuropeanUnion’sEasternPartnershipCultureProgramme,EuropeanNeighbourhoodPartnershipInstrument.•NorwegianMinistryofForeignAffairs,WesternBalkansUnit.•OpenSocietyFoundationswithintheEducationSupportProgramme.•SocialTransformationProgrammeCentralandEasternEurope(Matra)oftheNetherlandsMinistryofForeignAffairs.

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Facebook(EUROCLIOpage):facebook.com/EUROCLIO.AssociationFacebook(EUROCLIOgroup):facebook.com/groups/EUROCLIO

Linkedin:http://www.linkedin.com/company/euroclio---european-association-of-history-educators

Twitter:twitter.com/EUROCLIO

www.euroclio.eu

EUROCLIO ContactSecretariat:LaanvanMeerdervoort702517ANTheHagueTheNetherlands

+31703817836(phone)+31703853669(fax)[email protected]

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ThisreportismadepossiblebyEuropeanUnionProject:EuropeanassociationsactiveatEuropeanlevelinthefieldofeducationandtraining