1. CARAP-FREPA at the National Board of Education 29.-30.1.2015 The ECML, the Project FREPA/CARAP, Finland and Oulu! Paula Mattila, Finnish Member of the ECML Governing Board and Bureau

3. The European Centre for Modern Languages, ECML, -situated in Graz, Austria (est. 1994), is subordinate to the Council of Europe’s Language Policy Unit -Underpinning the values of CoE, works for the promotion of quality language learning (ie. equality, equity and diversity in all LL incl languages of schooling) -32 member states (CoE partial agreement) -functions through four-year programmes  2012 – 2015 Learning through Languages  2016 – 2019 Languages at the Heart of Learning -Outcomes: projects, workshops, publications, great website, networks! And Training & consultancy for member states like right now in Helsinki!

4. Beautiful Graz, Capital of the Province of Styria, Austria

5. ECML & Finland -Finland is one of the founding members (MinEd → FNBE) -For our membership fee 30 000€/yr we get a lot! -governing board member for Finland (2008-) is Paula Mattila, also serving at the ECML bureau 2014 – 2015; and functioning as the Nominating Authority ie. nominating participants to workshops -NCP / National Contact Point is Anu Halvari -Terhi Seinä is contact for the EDL -All KIPPO group involved -19 March: welcome to FNBE to learn about the ECML Call for the new program period! (12 – 16)

6. What brought us here!? Key idea in the FNBE – ECML collaboration: to help develop language policies (both ways!) FREPA /CARAP was one of the most outstanding ECML projects in 2008 - 2011; FNBE saw its potential in developing the languages curricula for basic and upper secondary general education 2012 onwards: We wanted to place more emphasis on teaching /learning about cultural diversity as part of all subjects but – we also needed a more palatable version of the rather complex original version; Oulu knowing about FREPA was ready to work on a Finnish adaptation – and here we are to test it!

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