What will Language Rich Europe achieve?�

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• Exchange of good policies and practices in language teaching and learning for social inclusion, intercultural dialogue and economic success

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• 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

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Objectives

How will Language Rich Europe achieve its objectives?

Conducting Baseline Research:

The Language Rich Europe Index

Dissemination and Network Building

Consortium of network partners

Exploitation of results through national and regional action plans and recommendations to European institutions

Analysis and Insight

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

Steering Group

Overall, LRE is a consortium of 32 partners

With support from

Partner consortium

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Countries and regions included in the project:

Research

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Countries:

• Austria
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Estonia
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary

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• Italy
• Lithuania
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom

Regions:

• Catalonia
• Friesland
• Wales
• Basque country

• A baseline for language policies and practices across countries and sectors with clear, comparable information that can be tracked over time

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• The research covers:

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• 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

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Research

The Language Rich Europe Index: A European Index on Multilingual Policies and Practice

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Spectrum of languages analysed:

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• National languages
• Foreign languages
• Regional minority languages
• Immigrant languages

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Research

The Language Rich Europe Index: A European Index on Multilingual Policies and Practice

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

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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)

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Strand 1 – Documents and Databases on Linguistic Diversity

Strand 2 – Pre-primary and Primary education

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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

• 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

Dissemination and Network Building

Analysis and language profiles published and promoted throughout Europe and beyond

• 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

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Dissemination and exploitation of results

Join our network of over 1200 leaders from across Europe

We welcome involvement of EFNIL members:

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• Building on our research

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• Taking part in our national events and workshops

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• Disseminating project results among your professional networks

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• Participating in our international conferences in London and Brussels (selection of contacts from each national network)

Project Timeline

Dec 2010

• Partners meeting in Vilnius – Index finalised

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Dec – Feb 2011

• Pilot research in Spain and Poland

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March – November 2011

• Full research in remaining countries
• Contacts database and online resource bank established

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November 2011

• Partners meeting in Berlin – development of communication plan

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March 2012

• Publications available in 23 languages, website developed

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April/May 2012

• National launches of results

Project Timeline

June 2012

• Partners meeting and conference in London – to develop plan on how to exploit results

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July to Dec 2012

• National workshops, action plans developed

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February 2013

• Final partners meeting and public conference in Brussels – findings presented to European institutions

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March 2013

• Quantitative & qualitative evaluation complete, end of project

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Follow-up

• Projects planned to support implementation and monitoring of changes

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Annex II: European Union National Institutes for Culture

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• 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