The International NGOs Conference on History and Peace in East Asia asked EUROCLIO to present the Historiana programme as a possible way out for the Korean demands to develop common history textbooks for the region based. Korean specialists believe such books are possible, if based on a correct and shared vision on the common past. The meeting, involving more than 500 Korean and international participants, is held from August 18-22^nd 2011 at the Yonsei University, Seoul. The delegates are asked under the slogan A Historical Step, A Peaceful Future to think about rewriting the next hundred years of East Asian history, as an answer to the past hundred years, which were full of tensions and wars. The conference organizers the International NGO History Forum for Peace in East Asia,  the Northeast Asian History Foundation and the Yonsei University Institute for Korean Studies aim with this conference to promote the role of civic society towards peace building in East Asia, to enhance solidarity and networking among NGOs working in various related fields, to develop global youth leadership through peace education and build peaceful societies based on common historical understanding of mutual prosperity. EUROCLIO’s Executive Director Joke van der Leeuw-Roord is asked to co-chair the meeting and to demonstrate several manners, how the EUROCLIO community tries to address similar aims in Europe. Apart from the talk on the Historiana programme, she also presents the recent work on developing on-line classroom modules for working with sensitive and controversial issues, which are developed by the national volunteer EUROCLIO Member History Educators Associations in Former Yugoslavia. In a special teacher training programme, she will raise a wider awareness for the role of innovative methodology in processes of increasing mutual understanding through history. An active workshop will put the key concept of interpretation in the spotlight. More information on http://www.historyngoforum.org/ 

Participants from more than 20 countries convened in Riga, Latvia for three days to discuss new approaches to History Education within the EUROCLIO Historiana Seminar. Two very inspiring talks of Joke van der Leeuw-Roord, EUROCLIO Executive Director, and Sandra Kalniete, Latvian Member of the European Parliament opened the Seminar. Interactive and practiical workshops on the development, usage and assessment of multiperspectivity and inclusiveness as significant parameters in educational materials took place led by Dr. Robert Stradling, Dr. Ineke Veldhuis-Meester, Ruth Fisher, Mire Mladenovski and Chris Rowe. Furthermore, Dr. Robert Stradling and Steven Stegers challenged the participants to explore and discuss the way in which ICT and online educational tools can supplement existing curricula. Much attention was given to the development of the website that will host the materials developed within "Exploring European History and Heritage”. The first version of this online educational platform, Historiana.eu, will be ready for piloting in the coming months. The seminar received positive feedback from all the participants and was a major step forward in the development of the project "Exploring European History and Heritage” and the realisation of Historiana.eu. As our Editor in Chief noted: “I left Riga feeling energised and very optimistic about the next stage in the development of our project.” We hope to continue this positive spirit during our next seminar in Fehérvárcsurgó, Hungary from October 27th until October 30th 2011.

The Historiana Programme, one of the most challenging and inspiring initiatives of EUROCLIO, is gradually taking shape and the Project Managers in cooperation with the Editors and Contributors are working at full speed to present innovative educational material in History Education. The Training Seminar “History Online” is scheduled to take place in Fehérvárcsurgó, in Hungary on October 27-30 2011! The Seminar offers: keynote speech on Historiana by the Editor in Chief Dr Robert Stradling, online demonstrations of exemplary case studies on “Rights and Responsibilities”; information market on online materials developed in the Historiana programme; Cultural programme and on-site learning related to the local history and heritage. The Seminar will take place at the beautiful Károlyi family Mansion at Fehérvárcsurgó, Hungary. The Joseph Károlyi Foundation hosts a European Documentation Centre specialized in European history and international relations. You can download the Historiana Seminar Flyer and register online at the Historiana website. For further information and supportive documents, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

On June 8-10 2011 Europa Nostra organized the European Heritage Congress 2011. The Congress brought together Europa Nostra’s members as well as European heritage professionals, volunteers and representatives of Europe’s best cultural heritage achievements. EUROCLIO was represented during the Heritage Fair and the General Assembly by project manager Elena Kanava and trainee Geert Kessels, who informed the wider public about EUROCLIO and the educational programme Historiana. Senior manager Steven Stegers gave a presentation on the value of Historiana to the Heritage sector during the General Assembly of Europa Nostra.