Despite the high aims set forth by the European Commission, a multilingual education remains in most EU countries the privilege of the elite and a few eccentrics. How can we promote the knowledge of many languages, a life-skill boosting employability, intercultural understanding, and solidarity, among all Europe’s students? Will we take on the challenges for our education systems? And for the sake of Europe’s future, can we afford not to?

Come and debate this issue with :

M. Leonard ORBAN
EU Commissioner responsible for multilingualism

M. Christian DUPONT
Minister for Education in the French Community, Belgium

Pr. Henny-Annie BIJLEVELD
Professor at ULB and VUB

Speakers and participants can speak in Dutch, French, or English.

WHERE?
Les Halles Saint-Géry Place Saint-Géry 25 -1000 Bruxelles

WHEN?
Wednesday 7 May 2008, from 18:00 to 20:30

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This event is part of cafebabel.com's EU27/BXL19 project, which aims at identifying possible bridges between the euro-expat community and the population of Brussels. This project is supported by the King Baudouin Foundation's BreXpat programme.




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