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De la Journée nationale à la Décennie internationale des langues autochtones : enjeux de préservation, de maintien et de revitalisation des langues autochtones Présentation destinée à la communauté universitaire et au grand public 31 mars, 11 h 30 à 12 h 30 | En virtuel

The Dictation in the Karelian and Vepsian languages will take place on April 20-25, 2022 in the Republic of Karelia, Tver, Vologda, and Leningrad regions. The main goal of the action is to promote Karelian and Vepsian languages, ethnic and cultural development of indigenous peoples, Finno-Ugric cooperation.

The quiz "My Speech is my Mirror" was timed to coincide with the International Mother Tongue Day and was held with the aim of developing a sustained interest in learning the Russian language.

The expert seminar was held to propose and discuss concrete initiatives to be implemented within action plans for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages at local, regional, national and international levels. The organizers set the task of informing the expert community about the priorities and goals of the International Decade, developing proposals for the implementation of the Decade’s goals at local and regional levels in the Russian Federation, exchanging best practices in the field of preservation, revitalization and digitalization of native languages of Indigenous peoples. The experts also developed proposals and recommendations, which are set out in this outcome document and sent to UNESCO, the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other interested organizations.

O encontro tem o objetivo de apresentar as diretrizes da Década Internacional das Línguas Indígenas e mobilizar o apoio das instituições responsáveis por tratar de assuntos indígenas para discussão, planejamento e organização das ações da Década das Línguas Indígenas no estado do Acre, com a construção de ações efetivas e contínuas em prol das línguas dos povos indígenas.

The session on 31 March 2022 will be dedicated to the issues related to languages and racial discrimination within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. The session for UN Country Team is organized by OHCHR and UNESCO.

The opening event of the IDIL (2022–2032) in Latvia will take place in the Livonian National House in Mazirbe hosted by the UL Livonian Institute, Latvian National Commission for UNESCO and Livonian community. Symbolically the opening event will combine one of the most unique Livonian traditions – bird awakening – and initiatives of establishing Livonian language and culture in the digital environment. Event will be attended by high-level representatives from the Government of Latvia and UNESCO.

*We welcome late abstract submissions because we have yet to locate a good indigenous publisher who we can work with to publish our book, when it is completed. So this allows us the luxury of inviting on board Pacific writers who have always wanted to be published. We are encouraging writing in any preferred language of the writer.

Региональный онлайн-конкурс чтецов, посвященного 116 – летию со дня рождения поэта-героя Мусы Джалиля проводится с целью формирования интереса к художественному наследию М. Джалиля, развитию умения чувствовать красоту и выразительность поэтического слова.

Input to the commision set up by the Norwegian parliament Stortinget to investigate the norwegianization of the kvens/finns/sámis in Norway.

The exhibition demonstrates works made in the technique of printed graphics. When creating printed forms, the authors were inspired by history, Nivkh fairy tales, Nivkh ornaments.

The literary competition “Voice of the North” has been held by RAIPON since 2017. RAIPON decided to announce two categories in the Literary competition “Prose in the languages of Indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia, with translation into Russian and English’ and ‘Poetry in the languages of Indigenous peoples […]

Представители национальных общественных организаций прочитали стихотворения на родном языке.

If you find yourself in Mexico City, please join the Americas Research Network on Sunday, February 20, 2022 for a concert to celebrate International Mother Language Day!

This Facebook live event will be hosted by the Mexican Cultural Center of Philadelphia and the Mexican Consulate of Philadelphia, with Dr. Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Dr. Felipe H. Lopez in honor of the Dia de la Lengua Materna. The topic will be Zapotec language reclamation.

The topic of the 3rd Ethnodictation is “Rites and Holidays of My People”, which will enable all participants who can speak and write in their native languages to get in touch with their ethno-cultural traditions, to understand their own world view, their perception of the world around them and the traditional values of the Indigenous […]

ENGLISH The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day (IMLD) “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities” will discuss the potential role of technology to advance multilingual education and support the development of quality teaching and learning for all. FRANÇAIS Le thème de la Journée internationale de la langue maternelle (JILM) 2022 « L’emploi de la technologie pour l’apprentissage multilingue : défis et opportunités » discutera du rôle potentiel de la technologie pour faire progresser l’éducation multilingue et soutenir le développement d’un enseignement et d’un apprentissage de qualité pour tous. ESPAÑOL El tema del Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna (DILM) de 2022 “El uso de la tecnología en aprendizaje multilingüe: Desafíos y oportunidades” debatirá el papel potencial de la tecnología para hacer avanzar la educación multilingüe y apoyar el desarrollo de una enseñanza y un aprendizaje de calidad para todos.

Since 2016, the Mother Tongue Film Festival has celebrated International Mother Language Day on February 21. This year, join us for the seventh annual festival online, with on-demand film screenings and virtual events from February 17 to March 4, 2022. Desde el 2016, el festival ha celebrado el Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna el 21 de febrero. Este año, les invitamos a unirse virtualmente con nosotros para la séptima edición del festival, para ver películas bajo demanda y participar de nuestros eventos virtuales desde el 17 de febrero hasta el 4 marzo del 2022.

A través de esta reunión, y bajo el tema «Un decenio de acción consciente a favor de nuestras lenguas», queremos compartirte algunas de las acciones que estamos llevando a cabo como parte de nuestro decenio de trabajo «Lenguas Vivas» (2020-2030), a fin de preservar, fortalecer y desarrollar nuestras lenguas originarias y la identidad de nuestros pueblos indígenas.

The 2nd meeting of the National Steering Committee for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages (IDIL2022-2032) in Russian Federation will be held on 21 February 2022 at 11:00 –13:00 (Moscow time, UTC +3). The meeting is dedicated to the presentation of the National Action Plan for Making a Decade in Russia.

International seminar on the preservation and popularization of the Arctic indigenous languages will be held on 17-18 March 2022 at 09:00 –17:30 (Moscow time, UTC +3). The event will bring together a diverse range of stakeholders, including representatives of national governments, indigenous peoples’ representatives from Arctic countries – Permanent participants of Arctic council, academia and […]

There are about 6,500 languages in the world. Today, a language disappears and dies every two weeks, taking with it an entire cultural and intellectual heritage. International Mother Language Day, celebrated on 21 February, is intended to raise awareness, and protect all the languages of the world. The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language […]

On 31 January 2022, the UNESCO Secretariat of the International Decade will present the Global Action Plan of the International Decade which establishes the terms of joint action, outlines strategic approach and major steps, provides guidance on implementation, monitoring and governance structures for the Decade and suggests measures to be taken.

UNESCO is organizing a webinar on “Quality, Inclusive and equitable Open Educational Resources (OER)” on the International Day of Education. The objective of the webinar is to raise awareness and share knowledge on the OER Recommendation Action Area 3 Encouraging effective, inclusive and equitable access to quality OER and to highlight innovative and inspiring initiatives and practices at institutional or national level. The session will focus on accessibility and inclusion including multilingualism and will highlight the opening International Decade of Indigenous languages (IDIL 2022-2032) and the new Guidelines on the inclusion of learners with disabilities in open and distance learning (ODL). Each speaker will address one of these kea questions: - How can collective efforts in the development of appropriate, local, multilingual OER can drive education and information in the opening International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032)? - How ODL and OER can be a game changer for education of PWD ? - How to enhance accessibility of OER and overcome the digital divide and connectivity issues in Francophone Africa ? Speakers include: - Ms Zeynep Varoglu, Programme Specialiste , UNESCO CI - Dr Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg, Advisor, UNESCO CI - Dr Dianne Chambers, Associate Professor, Notre Dame University Australia and Coordinator of Special and Inclusive Education - Dr. Alireza Darvishy, Professor at Institute of Mechatronic Systems (ZHAW) - Ms. Mona Laroussi, Director of the Francophonie Institution for Education and Training (IFEF) Registration link: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_79bm8v8nSuWTolFqr8a3DA