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 CULTURE

Calendar of Events

  • 21 Febuary:  (UNESCO Paris) Official Launching of the Year with a Conference on standard-setting instruments promoting multilingualism

  • 5-7 March:  (Johannesburg, South-Africa) and 22 to 24 April (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Conferences of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) on "The role of trans-border languages and of lesser-used languages in Africa" 

  • 28 May: (UNESCO Paris) Conference of  ACALAN on "African Languages as a factor of integration" 

  • 9 June: (Paris, France) Launch of the Chirac Foundation and its Programme for the Protection of Endangered Languages

  • 13-15 June: (Eisenstadt, Austria) International Conference “Multilingualism in every-day life"

  • 1-3 July: (Bangkok Thailand) 2nd International Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities;

  • 2-4 July: (Yakutsk, Russian Federation) International Conference "Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Cyberspace"

  • 27-28 August: (Tokyo, Japan) UNU-UNESCO Conference “Multilingualism and Globalization"

  • 7 October:  (UNESCO, Paris) Executive Board Thematic Debate on “Protecting indigenous and endangered languages and the role of languages in promoting EFA in the context of sustainable development.”

  • 9-10 October: (Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain) International Conference “Challenges of Minority Languages at the Globalization Age”

  • 4 November: (UN Association of Spain, Lleida) International Year of Languages Seminar

  • 27-20 November: Minority languiages conference, Helsinki

  • 17 December: Linguistic Diversity, Globalization and Development, UN Headquarters, NYC

Title Calendar of Events
Short Description
  • 21 Febuary:  (UNESCO Paris) Official Launching of the Year with a Conference on standard-setting instruments promoting multilingualism

  • 5-7 March:  (Johannesburg, South-Africa) and 22 to 24 April (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Conferences of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) on "The role of trans-border languages and of lesser-used languages in Africa" 

  • 28 May: (UNESCO Paris) Conference of  ACALAN on "African Languages as a factor of integration" 

  • 9 June: (Paris, France) Launch of the Chirac Foundation and its Programme for the Protection of Endangered Languages

  • 13-15 June: (Eisenstadt, Austria) International Conference “Multilingualism in every-day life"

  • 1-3 July: (Bangkok Thailand) 2nd International Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities;

  • 2-4 July: (Yakutsk, Russian Federation) International Conference "Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Cyberspace"

  • 27-28 August: (Tokyo, Japan) UNU-UNESCO Conference “Multilingualism and Globalization"

  • 7 October:  (UNESCO, Paris) Executive Board Thematic Debate on “Protecting indigenous and endangered languages and the role of languages in promoting EFA in the context of sustainable development.”

  • 9-10 October: (Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain) International Conference “Challenges of Minority Languages at the Globalization Age”

  • 4 November: (UN Association of Spain, Lleida) International Year of Languages Seminar

  • 27-20 November: Minority languiages conference, Helsinki

  • 17 December: Linguistic Diversity, Globalization and Development, UN Headquarters, NYC
Source UNESCO
Publication start date 2008-02-21 9:00 am
Publication expiry date 2008-12-17 9:00 am
Author(s) of the present sheet Mauro Rosi
Event Location many locations
City Paris, Johannesburg, Eisenstadt, Bangkok, Yakutsk..
Country many
Start date - Local time 2008-02-21 9:00 am
End date - Local time 2008-12-17 9:00 am
Type of event (generic) Semin
Type of UNESCO event Seminars and conferences
Display related links & contacts in right column No
Destination of Link 1 (field not displayed) UNESCO.ORG
Destination of Link 2 (field not displayed) UNESCO.ORG
Destination of Link 3 (field not displayed) UNESCO.ORG
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