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

2. The Council of Europe Strasbourg, founded 1949
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

3. Languages at the Council of Europe
Languages are the basis of:
communication
intercultural dialogue
social cohesion
democratic citizenship
Promotion of:
Plurilingualism of citizens
Linguistic diversity in Europe

4. 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

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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

6. 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

7. “PROMOTING INCLUSIVE, PLURILINGUAL AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION”
ECML Programme
“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

8. 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

9. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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: Launch of the programme: 1 October on the occasion of the closing conference of the ECML programme