The main objective of this Communication is to raise awareness of the value and opportunities of the EU's linguistic diversity and encourage the removal of barriers to intercultural dialogue.
A key instrument in this respect is the Barcelona objective - communication in mother tongue plus two languages.
The proposal highlights that the most important practical contribution to promoting language skills comes through the Europass portal http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu, developed and run by Cedefop and available in 26 languages.
Reference: COM(2008) 566, 18.9.2008News details
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