The Civil Society Platform on Multilingualism was created by the European Commission in 2009 with the aim to promote a permanent dialogue between the Commission and civil society on the different aspects of the multilingualism policy.
According to their site, the Platform meets twice a year in Brussels with the Commission service responsible for multilingualism to debate on European priorities in the field of language learning.
The objectives of this platform are:
To promote multilingualism for social cohesion and intercultural dialogue;
To provide opportunities for migrants to learn the language of the host country and to cultivate their own native language at the same time;
To take advantage of the media which have the potential to open channels for intercultural dialogue;
To enhance multilingualism policy to secure the rights of all European languages (official, regional, minority, and migrant languages);
To secure language learning opportunities for all citizen, throughout their lives.
According to their site, the Platform meets twice a year in Brussels with the Commission service responsible for multilingualism to debate on European priorities in the field of language learning.
The objectives of this platform are:
To promote multilingualism for social cohesion and intercultural dialogue;
To provide opportunities for migrants to learn the language of the host country and to cultivate their own native language at the same time;
To take advantage of the media which have the potential to open channels for intercultural dialogue;
To enhance multilingualism policy to secure the rights of all European languages (official, regional, minority, and migrant languages);
To secure language learning opportunities for all citizen, throughout their lives.
The Eurochamber has affirmed in different occasions that "it is essential to safeguard the multilingualism in the countries or regions in which two or more official languages coexist" and that schools must "give special attention and support to the pupils who cannot receive lessons in their mother tongue".
This is a very important matter in Spain, because some regions have two official languages.
This is a very important matter in Spain, because some regions have two official languages.
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| Source: 3.gobiernodecanarias.org |
You can read their Policy Recommendations on Multilingualism here.
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