The launching conference "Interactions, convergences, conflicts: European lessons in shared histories" of the new Council of Europe Project "Shared Histories for a Europe without dividing Lines" will take place16-17 June 2010 in Drammen, Norway.

The conference is organized by the Council of Europe in co-operation with The European Wergeland Centre and the support from the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.

The Conference will present the conclusions of the finalised project on "The Image of the Other in History Teaching", and will give an overview of the general orientations of the new project "Shared Histories for a Europe without Dividing Lines", adopted by the CDED in 2009.

About hundred participants will bring together representatives from the Ministries of Education of the member states and experts. Among them historians, authors and designers of text books, teacher trainers, decision-makers, as well as representatives from international organisations and NGOs involved in the Council of Europe activities.

The official opening of the conference will be held by Norway's Minister of Education, Kristin Halvorsen. Participation is by invitation only.