ROMANIA Ministry of Education, Research and Youth Graz, 2007 M.E.R.Y.’s ACTIVITY CONCERNINGTHE EUROPEAN CENTRE OF MODERN LANGUAGES M.E.R.Y.’s ACTIVITY CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN CENTRE OF MODERN LANGUAGES 01. JAN./15.SEPT Simona CRACIUN NATIONAL NOMINATION AUTHORITY

Projects participation 1.Workshop nr , „Language Case Studies”, project D.4 – Mrs. Cristina CHIRIAC, February Project D.1 „Web journals in language Education” (BLOGS) - Mrs. Marioara DIMA, June Workshop No 4/2007, Project C.4 “Across Languages and Cultures” (ALC) - Mrs. Mariana STREZA, June 2007.

Two documentary centers within the country We have organized two documentary centers, in different regions of the country, as follows: Teacher Training Institute – Oradea city, –the North-West area –Mrs. Gina TIURBE is the contact point for this aria and the director of the Centre. School Inspectorate of the Prahova county – Ploiesti city –the South-East area –Mr. Aurel GRAUR is the contact point for this region and the coordinator of this centre.

To elaborate a common strategy within the country concerning the activities which will be organized within the frame of foreign languages To disseminate within the country the new information provided by the ECML- Graz To provide the interested institutions with promotional materials The main objectives of the Documentary Centers:

Activities - Projects disseminations November 2007, the Ploiesti Center- foreign languages teachers are invited, inspectors, linguistic researchers, from all the south part of the country September 2007, within the frame of Pestalozzi seminars, which will be held in Craiova, Romania October 2007, within the frame of Pestalozzi seminars, which will be held in Oradea, Romania

“ The European day of modern languages” will be celebrated all around the country, by 47 activities, between 24th and 29th of September. All these activities will be monitorised by the two contact points and an electronic portfolio will be realized when this event will be closed. The portfolio will be sent to ECML- Graz