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Structure of the ECML

The ECML is a Council of Europe institution based in Graz, Austria. In cooperation with the Language Policy Programme of the Council the Centre functions as a catalyst for reform in the teaching and learning of languages. It assists its stakeholders in member states in bringing language education policies and practices together.

Council of Europe
www.coe.int
The Council of Europe and languages
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Strasbourg, France
www.coe.int/minlang
  Language Policy
Programme
Strasbourg, France
www.coe.int/lang
  European Centre for
Modern Languages

Graz, Austria
www.ecml.at

Within a networking structure, comprised of leading specialists of the expert community, the ECML operates 4-year programmes focusing on key educational issues requiring action. The international project teams...

  • cooperate with experts from 36 European countries;
  • provide training models for teacher educators, equipping them to train others within their institutions and networks;
  • publish resources for language professionals and examples of good practice applicable to different contexts;
  • deliver in-country training and consultancy activities in a range of key themes in language education.  

The impact of the events of the Centre, initiated in Graz, reaches out to Europe and beyond. In each of the member states an ECML Contact Point promotes its activities and reinforces the dynamic network of the ECML at a national level.
 

ECML Governing Board
Appointed ministerial representatives
from each member state
adopts programmes of activities,
monitors their implementation,
oversees Centre’s management
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ECML National Nominating Authorities
Agencies in each member state
linked to ministries
responsible for selecting
participants to the Centre’s activities
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ECML National Contact Points
National networks
in language education
disseminate information and
documentation on the Centre‘s
work on a national level
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Austrian Association for
the ECML (Verein EFSZ)

Representing
Austrian authorities
provides and manages the Centre’s
infrastructure, develops synergies
with partners in the region thereby
creating added value within the
host country
verein.ecml.at

This unique structure enables the Centre to serve as a European reference point for all who are interested in excellence in language education.

Member state representation

The European Centre for Modern Languages is an Enlarged Partial Agreement of the Council of Europe: today 36 of the Strasbourg-based Organisation's 46 member states cooperate in the Graz Centre. The organs of the Centre are:

Governing Board 

The Centre's executive organ,composed of one representative from each member state. The Board defines and adopts the medium-term programme, monitors its implementation and the management of the Centre's resources and forwards a report on the Centre's activities to the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers.

View all members of the Governing Board

National Nominating Authorities

The official agencies in each member state responsible for selecting participants to the Centre's activities.

View all national nominating authorities

National Contact Points

These assist in disseminating the Centre's products and supplying information on its work within the member states through national networks. 

View all national contact points

Austrian Association 

(Verein EFSZ in Österreich)  

Set up by the Austrian authorities to administer the Centre's infrastructure and local implantation in Graz.