Council of Europe > Education and Languages, Language Policy

The Council of Europe’s activities to promote linguistic diversity and language learning in the field of education are carried out within the framework of the European Cultural Convention, (1954) ratified by 49 states.
The Language Policy Unit (Strasbourg) implements intergovernmental medium-term programmes with a strong emphasis on activities and tools to support policy development. The Unit’s programmes are complemented by those of the European Centre for Modern Languages (Partial Agreement [ECML] - Graz, Austria) and of the Secretariat of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. More...