The 75th edition of the European Language Gazette, the newsletter of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, has just been published in English and French.
We hope you will find this issue informative and engaging!
Table of contents
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MODERN LANGUAGES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Featured articles
Sustaining collaboration through the ECML-EC Summer Academy – Call for nominations for the 2026 edition open until 20 April
“Multiple voices in the classroom: Harnessing the power of regional and minority languages in secondary education”: recordings and presentations of the ECML–EC Colloquium 2025 available online
International Mother Language Day 2026: “Youth voices on multilingual education”
An anthem for the European Day of Languages: “Voices of Europe”
European Day of Languages t-shirt contest winner
ECML outreach events
Strengthening digital participation and multilingualism – ECML presentation in German at DaFWEBKON 2026
ECML expertise featured at the Council of Europe’s Policy Lab on Education (8-9 October 2025, Strasbourg, France)
ECML programme of activities 2024-2027: latest developments
ECML workshops in 2026
ECML-EC joint action: a series of 20 workshops scheduled for 2026
“DeafSign – Unlocking educational opportunities in sign languages in Europe” (2024-2027)
“AI for language education” (2024-27): progress on the AI Lang guidelines and the Moodle course
“DECODE – Developing competences for democratic culture for young learners through language education” (2025-2027): DECODE implementation meeting and 2025 outcomes
“CLIL teaching materials for developing 21st century competences” (2024-2026): great progress for CLILMat!
ECML training and consultancy in member states
Responding to member states’ priorities in language education: ECML Training and consultancy (TaC) activities 2026
2026 marks 10 years of ARC – Action Research Communities for Language Teachers
A roadmap for schools to support the language(s) of schooling
Denmark – Strengthening the language(s) of schooling in Danish schools – a whole-school approach (Aarhus, 26-27 November 2025)
The CEFR Companion Volume: Mediation and other key concepts
ECML-EU training and consultancy events
“Supporting Multilingual Classrooms” – Recent training event in Portugal (Lisbon,13-14 November 2025)
ECML national support event
Roadmap to language sensitivity in Austrian Schools
National developments
Canada: OLBI’s annual report 2024-2025
France
- ECML workshop “AI Lang” 2025: Reflections from a French teacher
- LISEO: recent resources
- « La langue des signes française et les Sourds », Langues et Cité, No. 34
New language versions of ECML publications
Czech and Polish translations
Articles and publications quoting the work of the ECML
Recent articles and publications (2025-2026)
Professional Network Forum of the ECML
A network on language education for Europe and the world!
Language Assessment Professionalisation Programme (LAPP) now open for language teachers!
Forthcoming events of the Forum members
In memoriam: Bernard Mis (1936-2025), a founding supporter of the ECML
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Petra Bayr elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Promoting rights and knowledge of Roma and Traveller communities beyond stereotypes
Council of Europe Education Department – Highlights of 2025 achievements
The Council of Europe’s framework for language learning – A tip for your tongue: CEFR
Call for applications: 2nd European Forum on Digital Citizenship Education
New postgraduate syllabus in Serbia promotes democratic culture through intercultural education
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML): Denmark, Finland, Serbia, United Kingdom
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM): Czechia, Finland, Malta, Spain
Council of Europe online bookshop: recent publications
NEWS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS
French Language and Francophonie Week (16-22 March 2026)
European School Education Platform
Survey on artificial intelligence for teaching and learning
Eurobarometer results: Future needs in digital education
Eurydice: national developments and recent publications
National developments: Belgium, Italy, Norway, Slovakia, Ukraine
Publications
OECD: recent resources
Mercator Network: newsletters
Babylonia, the Swiss Journal of language education