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| Multilingualism boosts European competitiveness |
Each year, thousands of European companies lose business and miss out on contracts as a result of their lack of language skills, according to a study carried out for the European Commission during 2006 by CILT, the UK National Centre for Languages, published today. The findings suggest that there is enormous potential for small businesses in Europe to increase their total exports if they invest more in languages and develop coherent language strategies. Recent research shows that companies that enhance their language skills can exploit better the business opportunities in the EU’s internal market, which, with nearly half a billion people, is the world’s largest.
“Far from being an unwelcome cost to doing business", European Commissioner for Multilingualism, Leonard Orban, said, "investing in language skills can dramatically improve a company’s business opportunities. I plan to place multilingualism at the heart of the Lisbon strategy for more growth and jobs.”
The study, entitled “Effects on the European Economy of Shortages of Foreign Language Skills in Enterprise“, is the first attempt at European level to estimate the cost to EU business of not having foreign language skills. The data in the study is based on a sample of 2000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe, correlated with information from 30 multinational companies and a group of experts from the countries involved, and supplemented by a set of case studies.
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| Framework strategy for multilingualism |
European Parliament resolution on a new framework strategy for multilingualism (2006/2083(INI))
The European Parliament,
– having regard to Article 192, second paragraph, of the EC Treaty,
– having regard to Articles 149, 151 and 308 of the EC Treaty,
– having regard to Articles 21 and 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
– having regard to its resolution of 14 January 2003 on the role of regional and local authorities in European integration and the reference therein to linguistic diversity in Europe,
– having regard to Decision No 1934/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on the European Year of Languages 2001 ,
– having regard to the Council Resolution of 14 February 2002 on the promotion of linguistic diversity and language learning in the framework of the implementation of the objectives of the European Year of Languages 2001,
– having regard to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe, which entered into force on 1 March 1998...
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| Berlin plays host to the European launch of the Lifelong Learning Programme |
The European launch of the Lifelong Learning Programme, the flagship EU funding programme in the area of education and training, will take place at a two-day conference under the German Presidency of the European Union on 6 and 7 May 2007 in Berlin. The conference is organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research with support from the European Commission. The Programme will cover the period 2007-2013, and is the first European funding programme to cover the full range of learning opportunities from childhood to old age.
The Lifelong Learning Programme is the successor to the earlier Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and eLearning programmes, and its legal base was adopted on 15 November 2006 by the European Parliament and the European Council. The Programme has a budget of EUR 6 970 million for the period of the 7 years from 1 January 2007 to end December 2013. This will be used to fund projects and activities that support millions of individuals to study, train and teach abroad, and that foster interchange, cooperation and mobility between education and training institutions and systems within the EU, helping them become a world quality reference.
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| Un nouveau cadre stratégique pour le multilinguisme |
Le Parlement européen,
- vu l'article 192, deuxième alinéa, du traité CE,
- vu les articles 149, 151 et 308 du traité CE,
- vu les articles 21 et 22 de la charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne,
- vu sa résolution du 14 janvier 2003 sur le rôle des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux dans la construction européenne , et la référence qui y est faite à la diversité linguistique en Europe,
- vu la décision nº 1934/2000/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 17 juillet 2000 établissant l'année européenne des langues 2001,
- vu la résolution du Conseil du 14 février 2002 sur la promotion de la diversité linguistique et de l'apprentissage des langues dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre des objectifs de l'année européenne des langues 2001,
- vu la charte européenne des langues régionales ou minoritaires du Conseil de l'Europe, entrée en vigueur le 1er mars 1998...
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| Decree Regarding the Promulgation of the Law on Education |
691 Regarding the promulgation of the law on education
In accordance with paragraph (2) of the Article 93 of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova , the President of the Republic of Moldova decrees:
Unique Article – The law on Education No. 547-XIII from July 21, 1995, presented by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova after its re-examination from October 24, 1995 is being promulgated.
THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA Mircea SNEGUR
Chisinau, October 31, 1995
No.92-p
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| The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities & Explanatory Note |
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In its Helsinki Decisions of July 1992, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) established the position of High Commissioner on National Minorities to be "an instrument of conflict prevention at the earliest possible stage". This mandate was created largely in reaction to the situation in the former Yugoslavia which some feared would be repeated elsewhere in Europe, especially among the countries in transition to democracy, and could undermine the promise of peace and prosperity as envisaged in the Charter of Paris for a New Europe adopted by the Heads of State and Government in November 1990.
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