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UNESCO’s Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001271/127160m.pdf
Adopted by the 31st session of the UNESCO General Conference, Paris, 2 November 2001. This is a legal instrument which recognizes, for the first time, cultural diversity as a "common heritage of humanity" and considers its safeguarding to be a concrete and ethical imperative, inseparable from respect for human dignity. Ar, En, Es, Fr, Ru,
"Europe unties tongues" (The Magazine n.22-Periodical covering education and culture in Europe
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/mag/index_en.html
In-depth articles and reports on EU policies in the fields of education, training, culture, youth, languages, sport and civil society. Da, De, El, En, Es, Fi, Fr, Nl, It, Pt, Sv
2007 Final Report of the High Level Group on Multilingualism (Commission of the European Communities)
http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/doc/multireport_en.pdf
This Report aligns the outcomes of the Group’s reflections with Commissioner Orban’s political agenda, which centres around three objectives: (i) economic competitiveness, growth, and better jobs; (ii) lifelong learning, intercultural dialogue, and; (iii) creation of aspace for European political dialogue, and communication with citizens. En
Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation
http://www.euromedalex.org/Home/EN/Home.aspx
The Anna Lindh Foundation is a unique organization, resourced by and reporting to the governments of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and acting as a network of civil society organizations working for dialogue in the region. Our mandate is to bring people and organizations from both shores of the Mediterranean closer together through sustained dialogue and help to bridge the gap between them. En, Fr
Atlantis
http://www.uoc.edu/in3/atlantis/
Reports and database on digital resources in regional and minority languages Ca,En, Fr, De, Cy
Brussels-Europe Liaison Office
http://www.blbe.irisnet.be/blbecgi/multicriteresen.pl
Access to the addresses of Regional Representations in Brussels Ca, En, Fr, De, Cy
CIRAL-Centre interdisciplinaire de recherches sur les activités langagières
http://www.ciral.ulaval.ca/
CIRAL researchers focus on language as an inherent element of history and the cultural groups who speak them, as well as on those interethnic contacts and sociocultural pressures which make languages evolve Fr
Chair in Multilingualism
http://in3.uoc.edu/opencms/opencms/webs/projectes/multiling/EN/Presentacio/Descripcio_i_objectius.html
The role of the Chair is to promote research, training, information and documentation activities on multilingualism as a means of social and economic development. The activities encourage international cooperation between researchers and lecturers in this field, reflection and interdisciplinary analysis on the evolution of linguistic diversity in the context of globalisation, the creation and dissemination of knowledge and proposals to help optimise the effects of multilingualism and academic training in diverse aspects of multilingualism. En, Ca
Council of Europe's Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protction of National Minorities
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/Minorities/
Council of Europe action in the field of protection of minorities and integrating diversity is based on the principle that the protection of minorities is part of the universal protection of human rights. En, Fr, De, Ru, It, Oth
EBLUL-European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages
http://www.eblul.org/
The EBLUL is a democratically governed NGO promoting languages and linguistic diversity. It plays a pre-eminent role in information generation, sharing and networking in the field of language promotion at European and international levels. En

 

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