The Secretary General and the Chair of the OHTE Governing Board had an open and productive discussion on the current work programme of the Observatory. The Secretary General noted that fostering tolerance amongst the future generations of Europe is a key objective in the mandate of the Council of Europe. The Chair of the OHTE Governing Board commended the work already done by the intergovernmental project on history teaching in this area. The Observatory will further this work by focusing on creating a network of experts to facilitate the exchange of good practices and to conduct this analysis through the lens of multiperspectivity, considering the wealth of diversity in European history.

The Chair elaborated on how the Observatory could increase the impact of its work by adding more member states to the enlarged partial agreement. This would enable greater cooperation between member states in order to facilitate comparisons between the information gathered and widen the focus of analysis to more regions of Europe.

The Secretary General and M Lamassoure also spoke about the first Annual Conference to take place on 2-3 December 2021. As the first large scale event organised and hosted by the Observatory, the Annual Conference will allow the participants to learn more about the vision, mission and added value of the current work programme and to further illustrate the European dimension of our shared history.

 See the History teaching website