To what extend can minorities contribute to regional development and what is the status of the German language in Belgium? Are minority languages a valuable asset for regional development? Is it an indispensible condition that positive measures are taken to promote languages in schools, media…
On 28 January 2014, students of the seventh grade of the Lower Sorbian Grammar School in Cottbus/Chóśebuz in Germany practiced together with us for the creative competition that we have planned, by making a multilingual video spot. Based on the inspiration they got from the…
The border between Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) and Denmark is hardly noticeable: many people speak both German and Danish. According to estimations, there are around 50 000 people who belong to the Danish minority, and who have German citizenship. They are well organised and form a bridge…
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In the second week of Advent (9-11 December) the language diversity team visited the German-Danish border region. The schedule consisted of giving lessons in both Northern Schleswig (Denmark) and Southern Schleswig (Germany). We were at the German school of Osterhoist in Denmark, to raise interest…
On 8 November 2013 language diversity visited “Nordiske Samorganisation for Ungdomsarbejde (NSU)“, the association of Nordic youth organisations. The youth organisations from all the Scandinavian countries, among them Denmark, Sweden, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Finland, regularly meet one another at so-called thematic seminars. This…
From 5.-7. December 2013 a conference on „Substance and Practice of European Language Rights“ will take place in Cottbus/Chóśebuz (Germany). Language rights are a key element of European minority protection. For that reason these rights play an important role both in the Framework Convention for…
This week the language diversity team is very busy: while part of the team is preparing in Denmark for the cultural night, the mission of the “Hungarian” team is already drawing to an end: In the past days we visited several schools in southern Hungary,…
Europe is the continent of diversity – of linguistic diversity. Regional and minority languages are also part of diversity, just as the large languages that are spoken by millions of speakers are – but they are often disregarded. Several of these smaller and smallest languages…
From 16 till 19 September 2013 the Language Diversity Team held a partner meeting and strategy session in Flensburg at the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) and in the premises of the Danish minority in Germany. Together with all the partner organisations the…