In which ways can we seek to enhance the quality of history and citizenship education and what is in this respect the reserved role for the local History Teachers Associations? These are issues being approached by EUROCLIO throughout the project ‘History that Connects’ that bases itself on the mutual cooperation of several history educators associations in the countries of the Western Balkans. History that Connects is a search for a collaborative approach to teaching sensitive and controversial issues, with special focus on the countries of former Yugoslavia. The overall aim is to develop, through collaborative writing, inclusive and multi-perspective ready to use class room teaching material (twenty-two modules) with a focus on the history of the region from 1900-1945. It is estimated that the freely accessible education material will be published by the end of 2013 in English and the seven different languages of the participating countries. The region needs this project as there is a need for greater innovative expertise in the teaching and learning of history, especially with a cross border regional focus, empowering dialogue and critical thinking on sensitive topics in the recent history. Without enhanced innovative high-quality professionalism, history curricula, history textbooks and the (in-service) history teachers training might continue to play a dividing force in this region. At this symposium EUROCLIO would like to present, within the framework of History that Connects, the importance of the History Teachers’ Associations as sustainable multipliers of the EUROCLIO work on national levels.These local associations are based on civil initiatives, inter-ethnic collaboration, collegial common action and agreed social responsibility. Their role as social entrepreneurs underlines their important contribution in making the civil society more participatory and sustainable. EUROCLIO both empowers these independent, responsible and voluntary associations and it also works on capacity building of the educators. EUROCLIO acknowledges the importance of history and heritage educators who have acquired the necessary competences and have the capacity to train others in their own country and abroad. They constitute the frontline of the field and are therefore the actors able to make a difference by dealing with responsible and innovative history in a variety of contexts.