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Start Date & Time August 17, 2008 All day event. End Date & Time August 31, 2008 All day event. Location Istanbul Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Event Cost Free RSVP Info Name: Council Of Europe E-mail: natalja.turenne@coe.int Webpage: www.coe.int/youth Registration Deadline June 30, 2008 Categories Culture Tags languages, national, europe You must be logged in to add tags.

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Intercultural competence and foreign language skills are seen as essential preconditions for youth mobility, for the development of international activities and for increased youth participation, one of the key priorities of the Council of Europe’s Directorate of Youth and Sport. The intercultural language courses combine language learning with intercultural learning through a non formal education methodology.

The aim of the programme is to promote intercultural dialogue with a special focus on human rights and youth policy development at European level by bringing together young people from different backgrounds and countries. Language learning with a strong intercultural dimension can contribute to an active, critical understanding of one’s own culture and of others people’s culture. And this programme allows participants to undertake multicultural exchanges and to develop this international understanding and co-operation.

The programme also encourages an interest in areas other than just language: history, politics, culture, geography, religion and everyday life in another country.

The intercultural language course takes place in the country in which the language is spoken, in this case, in Turkey. The choice of the city for the pilot project is significant, because Istanbul bridges the two continents and through centuries has been a crossroads of cultures and civilizations, including for three major religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam.