The EU Commission has recently published the results from an online survey that it conducted last year.

The effectiveness of international standard-setting tools related to multilingualism topped the agenda of an international workshop jointly organised by the Council of Europe and UNESCO in Paris this week (21 February) for International Mother Language Day.

Promoting a "personal adoptive language" strengthens multilingualism and intercultural dialogue, say the Commission’s specially appointed group of intellectuals. The Group of Intellectuals set up to advise the Commission on the contribution of multilingualism to Intercultural Dialogue delivered its report, entitled 'A rewarding challenge', to the Commissioner for Multilingualism, Leonard Orban, last week.