1962 - setting up of a Council for Cultural Co-operation (CCC) - the body which set in motion and managed the work  of the Council of Europe in the field of education and culture; its tasks were defined by the European Cultural Convention

 

The intergovernmental programme on history education

 

Over 70 years of activities related to history education at the Council of Europe reflect the desire of the member states to build Europe on the basis of the shared values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Whilst intergovernmental co-operation on history teaching emerged in the Council of Europe as soon as 1953, it was with Recommendation 1283 (1996) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on "History and the learning of history in Europe" that intergovernmental projects with specific missions and objectives were effectively launched.