EUROCLIO, the European Association of History Educators started as an umbrella organisation gathering 14 Associations from 14 predominantly Western countries and grew to become a far-reaching network of 44 member Associations and 15 associated members from 52 countries 20 years later.

Mission

EUROCLIO supports the development of responsible and innovative history, citizenship and heritage education by promoting critical thinking, multi-perspectivity, mutual respect, and the inclusion of controversial issues.

The Association advocates a sound use of history and heritage education towards the building and deepening of democratic societies, connecting professionals across boundaries of communities, countries, ethnicities and religions. It seeks to enhance the quality of history and citizenship education through capacity building for educators and producing and implementing innovative teaching tools.

Objectives

- Building professional capacity through developing and implementing innovative (on-line) teaching tools

- Fostering professional knowledge exchange, intercultural dialogue and cross-community, national and trans-border networking

 Supporting sustainable professional civil society stimulating, initiating and empowering independent history and citizenship educators’ Associations across Europe and beyond

Areas of Work

 Training on multi-perspective competence-based history education

 Development of innovative teaching tools ready for classroom practice

 Research into the needs of the target group

 Governance to ensure a democratic functioning of the organisation

 Dissemination of information to keep a vibrant network alive

 Project Application to ensure the sustainability of the Association

 Lobby to increase awareness on EUROCLIO’s unique position and role

 Professional Expertise Provider to contribute to the knowledge-based society

Target Group

History, heritage and citizenship education professionals, consisting of teachers in schools, curriculum developers, authors of teaching tools, teacher trainers, assessment experts, advisors and inspectors, educational staff in cultural institutions, Board members of member Associations and trainee teachers.