A website promoting 2008 as International Year of Languages - recognising that multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and global understanding.
The declaration of 2008 as International Year of Languages aims to increase activities by UNESCO and its partners to promote and protect all languages, particularly endangered languages.In order to encourage participation, the website makes available a list of action fields and projects currently undertaken in the framework of this event, as well as language-related publications and documents.
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=35344&URL_D...
Keywords
Locations:
Beyond Europe Thematic scope:
Cultural & Media Legislation ,cultural rights ,Cultural Policy & Administration ,cultural diversity ,Education & Training Type of online resource:
Directory of Organisations ,Events Calendars & News ,Links Section ,Newsletters & E-journals ,Projects ,Publications Section ,Search Engine Languages:
English ,French ,Russian ,Spanish Arts & Cultural categories:
Cultural Heritage ,Literature & Publishing Tagged as:
arabic, chinese, cultural diversity, languages, multilingualism
LabforCulture is a partner initiative of the European Cultural Foundation. LabforCulture is grateful for the support provided by its funders.
