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The launching of the International Year of Languages by Olabiyi
Yai, Chair of the Executive Board and Permanent Delegate of Benin
to UNESCO, will precede the Information Seminar: Normative instruments
promoting multilingualism.
Themes for discussion will include:
Introduction: The existing normative tools at the international
level (Professor Janet Blake, international expert, University
Shahid Behesti, Tehran);
Regional and national approaches:
- Outline of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
(Alexey Kozhemyakov, Secretariat of the European Charter for Regional
or Minority Languages, Council of Europe);
- Economic Consequences of the Ratification of the Charter (Michele
Gazzola, Assistant-Doctorant, Observatoire “économie
langues formation” (élf), ETI, University of Geneva);
- The Charter and the Right to Education (Kishore Sing, UNESCO,
Education Sector);
- The African Perspective of Linguistic Development (Adama Samassékou,
African Academy of Languages);
- Language Policy in Norway (to be confirmed);
- Language Policy in Paraguay (Delicia Villagra, Linguist, Permanent
Delegation of Paraguay to UNESCO;
- Language Policy in Vanuatu (to be confirmed);
- Presentation of Linguamón-Hause of Languages (Catalunia)
(Antoni Mir, Linguarnón) ;
- Perspectives for Civil Society (David Pearson, SIL International).
Room XI, 9.15 am to 4 pm
The seminar will be followed by a round table: “From
standards to reality: models, synergies and limits”
(Introduction by Julia Szelivanov, Permanent Delegation of Hungary
to UNESCO).
Room XI, 4– 5.30 pm.
About 200 participants are expected to attend the seminar, which
is organized by UNESCO and the Council of Europe.
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