What will Language Rich Europe achieve?

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What will Language Rich Europe achieve? Objectives What will Language Rich Europe achieve? Exchange of good policies and practices in language teaching and learning for social inclusion, intercultural dialogue and economic success Enhanced cooperation and commitment to improving language policies and practices across countries and sectors Increased awareness of EU and Council of Europe recommendations for promoting language learning and linguistic diversity

How will Language Rich Europe achieve its objectives? Consortium of network partners Conducting Baseline Research: The Language Rich Europe Index Analysis and Insight Dissemination and Network Building Exploitation of results through national and regional action plans and recommendations to European institutions 3

Language Rich Europe is co-led by a partner steering group

Overall, LRE is a consortium of 32 partners Partner consortium With support from

Countries and regions included in the project: Research Countries and regions included in the project: Countries: Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Belgium Denmark Estonia France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom Regions: Catalonia Friesland Wales Basque country 6

The Language Rich Europe Index: A European Index on Multilingual Policies and Practice Research A baseline for language policies and practices across countries and sectors with clear, comparable information that can be tracked over time The research covers: National documents and databases on language diversity Pre-primary and primary education Secondary education Vocational and university education The media Public services and spaces Business 7

Spectrum of languages analysed: The Language Rich Europe Index: A European Index on Multilingual Policies and Practice Research Spectrum of languages analysed: National languages Foreign languages Regional minority languages Immigrant languages 8

Which documents ? – European Institutions 1) Council of the EU – Council Resolution on a European strategy for multilingualism 21/11/2008 2) Communication from the Commission – Multilingualism: an asset for Europe and a shared commitment 18/09/2008 (ECCOM) 3) Communication from the Commission – Multilingualism: A new impetus for European cooperation in Vocational Education and Training to support the EU 2020 strategy 09/06/2010 4) Communication from the Commission – Migration and Mobility: challenges and opportunities for the EU education systems 03/07/2008 5) European Parliament resolution on Multilingualism: an asset for Europe and a shared commitment 24/03/2009 6) Commission of the European Communities – High Level group on Multilingualism final report 2007 7) Davignon report on languages in business 2008 8) Council of the EU – Council conclusions on Multilingualism 2008

Which documents? – Council of Europe 1) European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (1992) 2) European Cultural Convention (1954) 3) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages 4) Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the use of the Council of Europe’s CEFR and the promotion of plurilingualism (2008) 5) Recommendation R 98 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States concerning Modern Languages 6) Parliamentary Assembly recommendation 1740 (2006) – the place of the mother tongue in school education 7) Parliamentary Assembly recommendation 1598 (2003) - protection of sign languages in the Member States 8) Parliamentary Assembly recommendation 1539 (2001) – European Year of Languages 9) Parliamentary Assembly recommendation 1383 (1998) – Linguistic diversification 10) Integration of Adult Migrants and Education – extracts from Conventions and Recommendations (2008) 11) Guide for the development and implementation of curricula for plurilingual and intercultural education (2010) 12) From linguistic diversity to plurilingual education – Guide for the development of language education policies in Europe (2007)

Strand 1 – Documents and Databases on Linguistic Diversity

Strand 2 – Pre-primary and Primary education

Language types – pre-primary and primary education

Strand 3 – languages in secondary education

Strand 4 – languages in VET and HE institutions (3 cities)

Strand 5 – languages in the media in 3 cities

Strand 6 - Languages in public services and spaces in 3 cities

Strand 7 – Languages in business – sample of 24 companies

1200 influencers and decision makers Dissemination and Network Building Media – ministry officials, editors, journalists, television executives, immigrant associations Business – ministry officials, CEOs, HR managers, recruitment agencies, immigrant associations Education – ministry officials, policy advisors, curriculum designers, teacher trainers, head teachers, HE department heads, managers in adult learning, teacher associations, immigrant associations, learner representatives Public services and spaces – ministry officials, representatives from public administration and city planning, health services, legal services, NGOs involved in social inclusion, immigrant associations 19

Dissemination and exploitation of results Analysis and language profiles published and promoted throughout Europe and beyond Dissemination and exploitation of results Print publication in 23 languages Website in 23 languages incl. search engine / contacts database / best practice resource area A robust media campaign with press launches in each country as well as features in quality newspapers, TV, news websites, radio and local media 4 partner meetings and 2 major conferences (Vilnius, Berlin, London, Brussels) 3 multilingual annual reports 22 major national launch events (20 countries, 2 regions) Professional network of over 1,200 decision makers across sectors Student network of over 2 million EUNIC language learners Renowned, multilingual Project Ambassadors to champion and promote the project 66 workshops on improving policies & practices across Europe 22 action plans (national / regional / local level) Final paper summarising recommendations to the European Commission / European Parliament / Council of Europe 20

Join our network of over 1200 leaders from across Europe We welcome involvement of EFNIL members: Building on our research Taking part in our national events and workshops Disseminating project results among your professional networks Participating in our international conferences in London and Brussels (selection of contacts from each national network) 21

Project Timeline Dec 2010 Partners meeting in Vilnius – Index finalised Dec – Feb 2011 Pilot research in Spain and Poland March – November 2011 Full research in remaining countries Contacts database and online resource bank established November 2011 Partners meeting in Berlin – development of communication plan March 2012 Publications available in 23 languages, website developed April/May 2012 National launches of results 22

Project Timeline June 2012 Partners meeting and conference in London – to develop plan on how to exploit results July to Dec 2012 National workshops, action plans developed February 2013 Final partners meeting and public conference in Brussels – findings presented to European institutions March 2013 Quantitative & qualitative evaluation complete, end of project Follow-up Projects planned to support implementation and monitoring of changes 23

Annex II: European Union National Institutes for Culture Members: 27 partners and their 7000+ teachers from across Europe all of whom work internationally and do so with autonomy from their national governments Mission: to improve and promote cultural diversity and understanding between European societies