ECML: the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe in Graz

The Council of Europe Strasbourg, founded 1949 www.coe.int Strasbourg, founded 1949 Oldest and geographically largest European institution in the area of intergovernmental co-operation 47 member states Areas of action Human rights (European Court of Human Rights) Legal co-operation Social cohesion Education, Culture & Heritage, Youth & Sport

Languages at the Council of Europe www.coe.int/lang Languages are the basis of: communication intercultural dialogue social cohesion democratic citizenship Promotion of: Plurilingualism of citizens Linguistic diversity in Europe

Language Education and Policy Department of Language Education and Policy Language Policy Division, Strasbourg European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Strasbourg European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz

                                                                                            Norwegian National Centre for Foreign Languages in Education – ambassador of the ECML Nominating Authority – responsible for selecting participants for Graz National Contact Point – disseminate information and documentation

ECML: 15 years of promoting excellence in language education 2009 in figures: 988 participants in activities financed by the ECML 48 events organised, 52 supported by the ECML 21 projects in progress 54 publications in free distribution 9 new translations of ECML publications >400,000 accesses to ECML publications on the ECML website >1,2 million visits to the ECML’s main website >5,750 subscribers to the European Language Gazette >640 events registered in 47 countries for the EDL 2009

“PROMOTING INCLUSIVE, PLURILINGUAL AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION” ECML Programme 2012-15 “PROMOTING INCLUSIVE, PLURILINGUAL AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION” Long-term vision: developing and promoting the use of inclusive, plurilingual and intercultural approaches to education Synergies: implementation of policy guidelines and reference tools developed by the Language Policy Division and other Council of Europe units and bodies Cooperation: Professional Network Forum and Graz Declaration on Language Education 2010

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015 Key features of the programme: Focus on the learner Inclusive, plurilingual and intercultural approach Lifelong learning: formal and informal/non-formal contexts Development strand of work: ECML long-term vision Mediation strand of work: towards implementation of the long-term vision

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015 Call for tender Submissions by individual experts to take part in/coordinate a project outlined by the ECML, targeting one of the following domains: the foreign language classroom the majority language classroom classroom for other languages the subject classroom informal/non-formal learning

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015 2. Call for project proposals Submissions by teams of experts to run a project relating to the programme scheme and to one of the following themes: Support for migrant language education Regional or minority languages Sign languages and language provision for the blind and visually impaired Evaluation and assessment Innovative approaches in foreign language learning

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015 For ECML member states: support for promoting the Call at national level Deadline for submissions: 1 May 2011 Details: www.ecml.at/call Launch of the programme: 1 October 2011 - on the occasion of the closing conference of the ECML programme 2008-2011