The ECML project Pluriwell is approaching one of its key milestones, as experts from Council of Europe member states will descend on Graz, Austria for a workshop entitled “Fostering the plurilingual wellbeing of language teachers”. The event will be held on March 25 and 26, 2026 at the ECML’s head office in Graz, Austria.

The star of the show during this two-day gathering will be the new Pluriwell Toolkit for Teachers’ Plurilingual Wellbeing. The project’s expert team, along with participating teachers and Pluriwell schools around Europe, have been creating, refining and reflecting upon the tools in this toolkit for nearly a year and a half. “This is far from the debut of these tools, because teachers have been working with them and piloting them over the past year,” said project coordinator Caterina Sugranyes. “But it will be a great chance to share them more widely than ever” she added.

Teachers and researchers in plurilingual education will be coming to Graz from 28 different Council of Europe member states. “It is a kind of a launch party, because the workshop will mean that we can use our tools with colleagues from so many different countries and contexts”, said Sugranyes. For most, this will be their first look at the toolkit, and they will have the opportunity to try out some of the featured activities for themselves. “We are really looking forward to getting the reactions of such a diverse and accomplished group”, said website correspondent Latisha Mary. “And of course, we are eager to showcase our work, and especially the work that our participating teachers have done”, she added.

This event is one of the final steps toward the creation of the permanent Pluriwell website. It will be the repository for the toolkit and all the other Pluriwell work on plurilingual wellbeing, which will place the tools in context. “Getting feedback from the participants in Graz will help us to investigate more deeply the potential of the tools in many different sociolinguistic contexts,” said the project’s communications officer, Karen Aaroe. 

ECML Pluriwell team

• ECML project website “Fostering the plurilingual wellbeing of language teachers” (2024-26) (available in English and French): www.ecml.at/pluriwell