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For a quality education free of fraud and corruption – a new Recommendation adopted by the Committee of Ministers
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted a Recommendation addressed to its 46 member states aimed at assisting them in combating fraud in the field of education. The recommendation follows four years of work in the framework of the ETINED platform of the Council of Europe...
Challenges to academic integrity should be tackled beyond the legislative and institutional framework, root causes must be addressed
Full implementation of the measures necessary to safeguard against violation of academic integrity, such as plagiarism, facilitation of academic dishonesty, should always be in the focus of the academic community, while resolving integrity issues should go beyond setting legislative and...
Inspiring innovation in European language teacher education: ECML Summer Academy
On Monday 4th July, the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) of the Council of Europe opened its doors to twenty-five language teacher educators from across Europe for its first ever summer academy, as part of its long-standing Cooperation Agreement with the European Commission. The 5-day...
New ISBN publication - Reference Guide Literacy and Second Language for the Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants (LASLLIAM)
This reference guide is meant for language educators, curriculum designers and language policy makers in their endeavour to design, implement, evaluate and improve curricula tailored toward the specific needs of non- and low-literate adult migrants. This group of migrants faces the complex and...
First Steering Committee meeting of the “Democracy Starts in Schools” Project in Georgia
On 24 June 2022, the Council of Europe Project “Democracy Starts in Schools – Engaging School Children in Decision Making Processes in Schools and Communities" held its first Steering Committee meeting in Tbilisi. The meeting was opened by Dr Danielle Meuwly, Regional Director of the Swiss...
The Council of Europe contributes to the work of the UNESCO Pre‐Summit on Transforming Education
Paris, 28 June 2022 - On the first day of the Transforming Education Pre-Summit, taking place at UNESCO on 28-30 June, Matjaž Gruden, Director of Democratic Participation, attended a meeting of the High Level Steering Committee Leaders Group. The HLSC approved today an urgent call to action to...
Launch of the Council of Europe Reference Guide Literacy and Second Language for the Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants (LASLLIAM)
The LASLLIAM Guide will contribute to enhancing language-learning opportunities for non- and low-literate adult migrants. It provides support to language educators in designing, implementing, evaluating and improving curricula and teaching materials tailored toward the specific needs of the...
31st meeting of the ECML Governing Board (15-16 June 2022): updates, decisions, elections
The ECML Governing Board held its 31st meeting on 15-16 June, bringing together representatives from 29 countries in a hybrid format. The Board meeting involved Hungarian representation for the first time since Hungary’s re-accession to the Partial Agreement in November 2021. With the Centre due...
Transforming Education – Regional consultation
This morning over 100 participants joined an online Regional Consultation of Europe Region in preparation for the Transforming Education Pre-Summit, convened by the Council of Europe and the European Commission in partnership with UNESCO. The objective of the Regional Consultation was to identify...
The 29th annual meeting of the ENIC and NARIC networks took place in Dublin on the 20-21 June 2022
It gathered 125 representatives of the national centres from 49 countries, going far beyond Europe and including Australia, Canada, Kyrgyzstan and the USA. The meeting provided an opportunity for an update on the latest Networks’ activities, sharing information and good practices on the relevant...

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