Useful links

Council of Europe

Language Policy Division website : www.coe.int/lang
E-mail: decs-lang@coe.int

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR)
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/cadre_EN.asp?

Languages in Education, Languages for Education
A platform of resources and references for plurilingual and intercultural education (PIE)
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/langeduc/le_platformintro_EN.asp?

Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters http://www.coe.int/t/DG4/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

European Centre for Modern Languages ‘(ECML)
http://www.ecml.at/

ECML activities on the ELP:

• The ELP and Whole-School Use (ELP-WSU) http://elp-wsu.ecml.at/
• Training Teachers to use the ELP – follow-up (ELP-TT2) http://elp-tt2.ecml.at

European Day of Languages http://www.coe.int/EDL

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
http://www.coe.int/minlang

European Union

The Europass Language Passport, an electronic version of the standard Language Passport for adults jointly developed by the Council of Europe and the European Union, can be completed on line or downloaded from the Europass website : http://europass.cedefop.eu.int/

Language education INGOs holding participatory status with the Council of Europe

• ALTE – The Association of Language Testers in Europe http://www.alte.org/
  
• EAQUALS (Evaluation & Accreditation of Quality in Language Services) http://www.eaquals.org/
  
• The EAQUALS-ALTE ePortfolio (e ELP) http://www.eelp.org/eportfolio/index.html
  
• European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) http://www.ealta.eu.org/
  
• European Federation of Schools http://www.fede.org/2-1-Home.php
  
• Fédération internationale des professeurs de français http://fipf.org/
  
• FIPLV - International Federation of Language Teacher Associations
• http://www.fiplv.org/