UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum
The NGO Committee on Language and Languages presents
UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum
18 May 2022
For over 70 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been a leading voice on multilingualism. Today, it engages in numerous initiatives to advance linguistic diversity. In this forum, UNESCO staff members working on multilingual education, the World Atlas of Languages (WAL), and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) discuss ongoing initiatives and forthcoming developments. The session follows a show-and-tell and conversation format to facilitate dialogue. Representatives of NGOs, Secretariat and UN agency staff, and colleagues from Member States are welcome to attend. A business meeting of the NGO Committee on Language and Languages will take place during the final 40 minutes.
Event Details
The NGO Committee on Language and Languages (CoLL) is hosting the dialogue forum virtually on 18 May 2022.
08:45-11:00 – New York
14:45-17:00 – Geneva
15:45-18:00 – Nairobi
19:45-22:00 – Bangkok
Registration
Representatives of NGOs, Secretariat and UN agency staff, and colleagues from Member States are welcome to attend. There is no fee, but preregistration is required. Register here as soon as possible, but no later than 16 May.
Programme
8:45-9:00am Sign In
9:00-9:05am Francis M. Hult – Introduction
Interim Vice-Chair, NGO Committee on Language and Languages
9:05-9:10am Eliot Minchenberg – Welcome
Director of Office and UNESCO Representative to the United Nations in New York
9:10-9:30am Noro Andriamiseza Ingarao – Multilingual Education
Programme Specialist in Education, UNESCO
9:30-9:50am Irmgarda Kasinskaite – International Decade of Indigenous Languages
Advisor, Communication and Information, UNESCO
9:50-10:10am Bhanu Neupane – World Atlas of Languages
Advisor, Open Access to Scientific Information and ICT & Sciences, UNESCO
10:10-10:20am General Discussion about the Multilingual Initiatives of UNESCO
10:20-11:00am CoLL Business Meeting
Humphrey Tonkin, presiding
Interim Chair, NGO Committee on Language and Languages
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CoNGO Notes: This event is held the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, a substantive committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). Learn more about this Committee and how you may collaborate with it by visiting substantive committees.