1.  The European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe: an overview Sarah Breslin, Executive Director;

2. Council of Europe education initiatives
Education for democratic citizenship
Schools as “safe spaces”
Digital citizenship
Languages as an engine for integration – adults and young people

3. Council of Europe Language Policy
Adult migrants and refugees
CEFR Companion Volume
Toolkit for volunteers
Integrated Languages Portal
CEFR

4. Languages at the heart of learning
ECML Programme
Languages at the heart of learning
Our vision
A Europe committed to linguistic and cultural diversity, where the key role of quality language education in achieving intercultural dialogue, democratic citizenship and social cohesion is recognised and supported.

5. ECML training and consultancy for member states
Targeted, tailored support to address national challenges
Supporting Multilingual Classrooms*
Plurilingual education
Testing and Assessment (RELANG)*
Quality education in Romani
Quality assurance in language and citizenship courses
Language teacher education
Content and Language Integrated Learning
Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning
Plurilingual and intercultural learning through mobility
Using the European Language Portfolio
* in cooperation with the European Commission

6. Language teacher competences: current activities
Project: Towards a CEFR for language teachers
Project: Action research communities for language teachers
Project: Digital literacy for the teaching and learning of languages
Training and Consultancy: using EPOSTL

7. A quality assurance matrix for CEFR use
Training and Consultancy: RELANG; electronic ELP

8. Inspiring language learning and teaching in the early years
Teacher education for linguistic diversity: online webinar with presentations from Luxembourg and Ireland (pre-school and primary

9. Languages in and for education: current activities
Project: learning environments where modern languages flourish
Project: A roadmap for schools to support the language(s) of schooling
Project: Developing language awareness in subject classes
Training and Consultancy:
CLIL and pluriliteracies; FREPA; Plurimobil;
Supporting multilingual classrooms, Romani

10. ECML Thematic Areas
FL/languages of schooling/workplace – so beyond school
Current projects; ELL/languages of schooling/languages in subjects/sign languages/LfW/modern languages – whole-school appraoches/action research for language Ts/ teacher competences – bringing together existing f/ws – great tool for teacher educators and asking the ? – do we need a CEFR for language teachers? /e-learning – e-lang – real-world tasks – online training modules/webinar on 12th October /
All areas covered – currently being updated. In preparation for next programme – link

11. Target groups, languages and focus areas: Call for Proposals 2020 -23
Language professionals as agents of change
Considering and re-considering Council of Europe flagship resources
Foreign language learning and teaching for a new decade
CLIL and bilingual education
Plurilingual education
The organisation of language education

12. ECML: a unique centre for language education
ECML key services
Addressing national needs through Training and Consultancy
Building networks and partnerships within and beyond Europe
Providing practical resources for language professionals
Future-proofing through innovative projects
Encouraging language learning through the European Day of Languages