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The Marnix plan for a truly multilingual capital for the European Union

Date

27 Sep 2013 22:00

Address

Zinneke room of the Brussels Information Point (10-11 Place royale)
  Brussels
Belgium

Event Type

L - Conference, forum

Organiser type

Federations / Associations

Section

Languages & Culture

Event Location

Brussels

Event Description

The Marnix plan for a truly multilingual capital for the European Union 
 
A bottom-up collective effort to promote the learning of several languages among all layers of the Brussels' population
 
Inaugural event : Saturday 28th September 2013
 
Zinneke room of the Brussels Information Point (10-11 Place royale)
 
Registration is free of charge but obligatory, and places are limited:
 
Programme
  • 10h-11h30: Opening plenary session
  • 11h30-12h30: Parallel sessions (Subtitling/ Internet language courses/ Conversation tables)
  • 13h30-15h: Testimonies and debates on the necessity and possibility of multilingualism for all
  • 15h-16h: Political panel with Rudi Vervoort, Guy Vanhengel, Marie-Martine Schyns and Pascal Smet
  • 16h30-18h: Plans for the future

You can read the full programme in French or in Dutch.

 

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