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Linguapax around the world

 


Over the last five years, the Linguapax Institute has increased its activities at international level developing projects of cooperation with other institutions that share the aim of fostering language diversity worldwide. In order to consolidate the international presence of Linguapax, an interactive network of organizations in different continents has been set up. The first delegation named Linguapax.-Asia was created at the University of Tokyo in 2003. Currently, the Linguapax International Network is made up of 7 delegations :

  • Linguapax Africa, in Cameroon (ANACLAC)
  • Linguapax Asia, in Japan (University of Tokyo)
  • Linguapax North America, in the USA, (Endangered Language Fund)
  • Linguapax Latin America, in Mexico (CIESAS)
  • Linguapax Eurasia, in the Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federation (University of Kalmykia)
  • Linguapax Europe, in Barcelona (Unescocat)
  • Linguapax Pacific, in New Caledonia.

The Linguapax International Network was officially set up on February 21st 2006 in Barcelona, coinciding with the celebration of the International Mother Language Day. On that day a framework agreement establishing the terms of collaboration was jointly signed by the representatives of the different continental delegations.

These representatives agreed to gather efforts in order to promote the Linguapax philosophy through projects concerning revitalization and documentation of endangered languages, research on intercultural and multilingual education, teacher training with a special focus on multilingual education and elaboration of pedagogical material on non dominant cultures and languages.

The Linguapax office in Barcelona coordinates and monitors the network depending on the needs, possibilities and priorities of the different delegations. The Linguapax website will serve to publicize the delegations’ activities and make it known to the public.