Promoting knowledge of the so-called “neighbouring languages” in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine
The INTERREG V-A project EMR-Lingua runs from 2021-2023 and has the overarching goal of promoting knowledge of the so-called “neighbouring languages” (Dutch, French, and German) in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. To this end, a Euregional Centre for Neighbouring Languages has been established.
This project is co-financed by the Interreg V-A Euregion Meuse-Rhine programme of the European Union, based on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). In the Euregio, several initiatives to promote the knowledge of neighbouring languages have been developed over the years. The goal of the Centre is to bring these initiatives together, and to stimulate connections and cooperation between them, so that a central contact point emerges for schools and other interested parties. For instance, the Centre will bring together and further develop existing digital learning material, it will manage the school labels ‘Euregioschool’ and ‘Euregioprofielschool’, and it will support schools in finding partners for exchange projects. As a project partner, ITEM contributes to this Interreg project in two ways. First of all, ITEM (Susanne Sivonen and Dorien Coppens) will make an analysis of legal obstacles for teachers working in a neighbouring country (within the Euregio Meuse-Rhine). Secondly, ITEM (Dr. Daan Hovens) will write a report on existing needs, bottlenecks, and practices regarding language and intercultural education at secondary schools.
The first research report has now been published:
Legal and administrative obstacles in the mobility of secondary school teachers in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR)
The report presents a detailed assessment of legal and administrative obstacles for secondary school teachers who (wish to) work on the other side of a national or linguistic border within the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. Moreover, the report formulates specific policy recommendations regarding how to overcome such obstacles. In the end, these recommendations can serve to promote the exchange of teaching staff in the euregion, for instance for the purpose of language teaching and/or to facilitate bilingual education practices such as Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Language Immersion.
Executive summaries:
In German
In English
In French
In Dutch
This project is co-financed by the Interreg V-A Euregion Meuse-Rhine programme of the European Union, based on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
