10.31.2013

4th International Conference on Language and Education (Bangkok, Thailand)

170+ Talaytayan MLE is co-sponsoring the 4th International Conference on Language and Education: Multilingual Education for All in Asia and the Pacific – Policies, Practices and Processes to be held on November 6-8, 2013 at Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Other organizers are: UNESCO-Bangkok, UNICEF, SIL, RILCA, CARE, AIT, SEAMEO, ROYIN, RtR, PLAN, DVV, LSP and TAP. See http://www.lc.mahidol.ac.th/mleconf2013/organizing.htm

Objectives

  • To showcase promising practices so as to increase understanding of the importance of expanding access to effective MLE and strengthen the momentum for MLE in the AsiaPacific region. 
  • To adopt a common definition of MLE and enhance understanding of its characteristics in the Asian context;
  • To support the mainstreaming of MLE by showcasing recent policy developments in the Asia-Pacific region; 
  • To determine the factors that enable effective, efficient and sustainable MLE by sharing challenges and lessons learned from current MLE practice; 
  • To identify promising practices in monitoring and evaluating MLE; 
  • To expand the role of the Asia-Pacific Regional MLE Network and increase synergies among actors around the region and the world to promote MLE

Below is the tarpaulin that Talaytayan will set-up.