International Projects and Partnerships
The International School for Holocaust Studies
The International School for Holocaust Studies has developed a wide range of projects and partnerships with multilateral organizations, such as the United Nations and others, to promote Holocaust Education and Commemoration throughout the world.
The Task Force
The Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and research consists of representatives of government as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations. Member states work together to promote and support projects on Holocaust education, commemoration and research on national and international levels. The Israeli delegation to the Task Force is comprised of representatives of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Yad Vashem experts.
Initiated by Swedish Prime Minister Göran Perrson in 1998, the Task Force currently has 27 member states.
Working with the UN
The Holocaust and the United Nations outreach programme seeks to remind the world of the lessons to be learnt from the Holocaust in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide. The outreach programme was created at the request of the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 60/7, adopted on 1 November 2005. The United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) has created a broad initiative to encourage the development by United Nations Member States of educational curricula on the subject of the Holocaust, and to mobilize civil society for education and awareness.
On January 29, 2007, Yad Vashem, the USC Shoah Foundation and the CDJC in Paris launched a new website at the UN General Assembly. Photograph from the launch event.
Council of Europe
Since 1999, the Council of Europe and the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem have worked in cooperation to promote issues of joint concern in Council of Europe member states, such as teaching the history of the twentieth century and Holocaust education and remembrance. In 2003, an international forum was organized in conjunction with the Council of Europe. During this seminar, participants from ten European nations exchanged ideas on their respective historical narratives and explored questions realting to various techniques and tools to foster education about the Holocaust. A volume based on the proceedings of this forum, including resources and lesson plans, was published within the framework of the Council of Europe's project, "Teaching Remembrance: Education for the Prevention of Crimes against Humanity."
In February 2005, Yad Vashem published Our Memory of the Past and for the Future. This publication is based on the proceedings of an international forum organized in conjunction with the Council of Europe that took place at Yad Vashem in September 2003.
OSCE/ODIHR
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Strategic Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is involved in various educational projects concerning antisemitism and the Holocaust. ODIHR and the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem have developed educational guidelines designed for facilitators and educators. These guidelines are available in various languages.
Guidelines for Educators: Addressing Contemporary Antisemitism
Guidelines for Holocaust Commemoration
