On 22 April 2023 in Venice at the headquarters of the Regional Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture for Veneto, 24 students of the region were awarded the CertiLingua certificates of excellence following the validation and recognition of the path of excellence carried out during the final three years of secondary school.

The initiative was also an opportunity to present the project "English language assistants from Canada", by the Regional School Office for Veneto in collaboration with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and Veneto Region.

The director of the Italian Office of the Council of Europe, Luisella Pavan-Woolfe, participated at the ceremony and spoke of the Organization’s activities top promote plurilingualism, linguistic diversity and language learning in the field of education.