Deputy-Minister of Education Neziri supports EUROCLIO Report "A Key to Unlock the Past, History Education in Macedonia Analysis of Today, Suggestions for the Future"

The EUROCLIO report: A Key to Unlock the Past, History Education in Macedonia: Analysis of Today, Suggestions for the Future, has been presented at the EU-Info Centre of the EU-Delegation in Skopje on the 29th of August 2012, to the Macedonian Deputy-Minister of Education Mr Safet Neziri. The report is the finalisation of the EUROCLIO / ANIM project "How to Teach Senitive Topics in Macedonia" and is intended to promote a responsible and innovative teaching of history, based on multi-perspectivity, critical thinking and mutual respect. The Deputy-Minister applauded the efforts of EUROCLIO and ANIM - Association of History Educators in Macedonia, as they work for History Education that builds bridges. The report can be found below.




On 29th of August, between 11.00-12.30, the EUROCLIO Analysis Report "A Key to Unlock the Past, History Education in Macedonia: Analysis of Today, Suggestions for the Future" will be launched. Minister of Education and Science Pance Kralev and Deputy-Minister Safet Neziri are invited to receive and comment on the findings. The Launch will be introduced by Mire Mladenovski (President of Association of History Educators in Macedonia, ANIM) and Besnik Emini (Vice-President of Association of History Educators in Macedonia, ANIM). Joke van der Leeuw-Roord, Executive-Director of EUROCLIO, will introduce the finding of the report and present them to the Minister. Chief-Inspector for History in England, Mr Michael Maddison (OFSTED) will give his views on the findings. The Launch will take place at the EU Info Centre in the European Union Delegation Building. The event is public, but please register by sending and e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The final Capacity Building and Curriculum Workshop of the EUROCLIO/Belgium Ministry of Foreign Affairs project “History that Connects – Republic of Macedonia” took place in Veles, Macedonia. Over thirty history teachers from Skopje, Veles and the region gathered between 27- 29 of June. The structure of this event was similar to the teacher training sessions in Ohrid and Stip. There were several presentations from regional observers about the educational status in Scotland, Ukraine, Kosovo and Serbia. Also international experts Neil McLennan and Iryna Kostyuk, gave interesting and dynamic workshops about active learning and interactive history teaching. Participants were given new insights how to teach sensitive topics in history and how to promote active learning in the classroom. These activities and aims where strengthened by guest speaker Albert Hani from the ZDF Forum, who gave a clear overview of the activities of his organization. Joke van der Leeuw-Roord, activated the participants in discussions about the recommendations that were suggested during the previous two seminars in Ohrid and Stip about textbooks and curriculum. The participants discussed actively and the end result was very inspiring. During the concluding session many expressed the intention to actively use these active learning methods in the classes and to participate in the first annual conference of ANIM in august. This project will be concluded in august when the ANIM and EUROCLIO will present their recommendations to the Macedonian Minister of Education.
Strengthen the organisational and networking capacity of the Association of History Educators in Macedonia ·