Multilinguismo, multiculturalita', multiprofessionalita'

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<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=3298">Network on Migrant Businesses and Ethnic Minority Businesses</a>

via <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/menu.cfm" class="f">Small and medium sized enterprises (SME)</a> on 4/30/08

In May 2008 the European Commission's Network "Ethnic Minority Businesses" published its final report. Apart from some analytical work on ethnic minority businesses the report puts forward a number of recommendations how ethnic minority and migrant businesses could be aided by national governments and support organisations to realise their full potential.

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<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=3296">Good Practices in the Promotion of Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs</a>

via <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/menu.cfm" class="f">Small and medium sized enterprises (SME)</a> on 3/4/08

The study "Examination and Evaluation of Good Practices in the Promotion of Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs" was commissioned by the Directorate General Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission.

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<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=3294">Entrepreneurial Diversity in a Unified Europe</a>

via <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/menu.cfm" class="f">Small and medium sized enterprises (SME)</a> on 3/4/08

On 5 March 2008 the European Commission organised a conference to exchange good practice cases in the promotion of migrant entrepreneurship/ethnic minority entrepreneurship, to draw policy conclusions and to discuss possible future policy activities in this area

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<a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1096&format=HTML&aged=0&language=IT&guiLanguage=en">Andare all'estero per studiare - la Commissione lancia una consultazione pubblica sulle opportunità di mobilità per i giovani</a>

via <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/syndication/QuickRSSAction.do?id=14&lang=IT" class="f">EDUCATION, TRAINING, CULTURE</a> on 7/8/09

IP/09/ 1096 Bruxelles, 8 luglio 2009 An dare all'estero per studiare - la Commissione lancia una consultazione pubblica sulle opportunità di mobilità per i giovani La C ommissione europea ha pubblicato oggi un Libro verde intitolato "Promuovere la mobilità ...

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<a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1096&format=HTML&aged=0&language=IT&guiLanguage=en">Andare all'estero per studiare - la Commissione lancia una consultazione pubblica sulle opportunità di mobilità per i giovani</a>

via <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/syndication/QuickRSSAction.do?id=61&lang=IT" class="f">COMMISSION DOCUMENT</a> on 7/8/09

IP/09/ 1096 Bruxelles, 8 luglio 2009 An dare all'estero per studiare - la Commissione lancia una consultazione pubblica sulle opportunità di mobilità per i giovani La C ommissione europea ha pubblicato oggi un Libro verde intitolato "Promuovere la mobilità ...

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<a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_LANG=EN&PJ_RCN=9303104">EU and UN planning for crisis management and peace building: Promoting best practice and inter-institutional learning</a>

via <a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/" class="f">Projects</a> on 7/6/09

Quality validation date:

2009-07-07

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<a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_LANG=EN&PJ_RCN=9626129">Working careers and social advancement strategies of migrant women from Maghreb. The cases of Bologna and Naples, Italy.</a>

via <a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/" class="f">Projects</a> on 7/6/09

Quality validation date:

2009-07-07

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<a href="http://www.etf.europa.eu/web.nsf/(RSS)/0C20EC139B75C5B6C12575EC005BBD9D?OpenDocument&LAN=EN">Innovative training for poverty reduction in rural Central Asia</a>

via <a href="http://www.etf.europa.eu" class="f">ETF News</a> by on 6/30/09

This policy briefing examines the experience gained through an ETF-funded project focussing on vocational education and training–supported income generation activities. The approach to poverty alleviation builds on existing vocational training structures in rural areas of Central Asia. Read more and add your comments...

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<a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1077&format=HTML&aged=0&language=IT&guiLanguage=en">Diritto di libera circolazione e di soggiorno dei cittadini UE e dei loro

familiari: orientamenti della Commissione per un migliore recepimento e una migliore applicazione della direttiva 2004/38/CE ad uso degli Stati membri e

dei cittadini UE</a>

via <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/syndication/QuickRSSAction.do?id=61&lang=IT" class="f">COMMISSION DOCUMENT</a> on 7/2/09

IP/09/1077 Bruxelles, 2 luglio 2009 Diritto di libera circolazione e di soggiorno dei cittadini UE e dei loro familiari: orientamenti della Commissione per un migliore recepimento e una migliore applicazione della direttiva 2004/38/CE ad uso degli Stati ...

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<a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1050&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en">Commissioner Potočnik visits Serbia: towards full integration into the European Research Area</a>

via <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/syndication/QuickRSSAction.do?id=13&lang=EN" class="f">SCIENCE AND RESEARCH</a> on 6/29/09

IP/09/1050 Brussels, 29 June 2009 Commissioner Potočnik visits Serbia: towards full integration into the European Research Area Today, Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research, will participate in the EU Research Information Event ...

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<a href="http://www.mywire.com/a/Telegraph/Foreign-language-GCSEs-fall-to/11413393">Foreign language GCSEs fall to 20 year low</a>

via <a href="http://www.mywire.com/topics/Life/Education/" class="f">MyWire: Education</a> on 7/1/09

The number of children studying foreign languages at school has plummeted to its lowest level in 20 years, according to research.

(The full text of this article is available free)

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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/worldclass/your_stories/20090625_shakespeare_twins.shtml">Play together</a>

via <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/default.stm" class="f">BBC News | Education | UK Edition</a> on 7/1/09

Schools in Wales and Germany share Shakespeare

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<a href="http://www.eslpod.com">English Cafe #196</a>

via <a href="http://www.eslpod.com/index.html" class="f">English as a Second Language Podcast</a> by Center for Educational Development on 7/1/09

Topics: American Cities: Indianapolis; Malcolm Gladwell and his books; to brush up on versus to polish up; to come off; a matter of

Words:
to observe
spectacle
to count (something) as (something)
racetrack
lap
canal
second only to
based in
implication
fake
outlier
influential
to brush up on
to polish up
to come off
a matter of

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<a href="http://www.etf.europa.eu/web.nsf/(RSS)/60BD57A04E50EF0FC12575E50044310D?OpenDocument&LAN=EN">ETF gives patronage to summer school on migration</a>

via <a href="http://www.etf.europa.eu" class="f">ETF News</a> by on 6/29/09

A second edition on the international summer school on “Migration – Challenges and Opportunities for Europe” jointly organised by the UN, University of Turin and the ETF will take place in Turin from Monday 28 September to Friday 9 October 2009. The summer school offers an intensive programme to study EU migration policies, skills development for legal migration and legal status and rights of migrants.

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<a href="http://www.eslpod.com">489 - Talking About Wealth</a>

via <a href="http://www.eslpod.com/index.html" class="f">English as a Second Language Podcast</a> by Center for Educational Development on 6/26/09

Slow dialogue: 1:17
Explanations: 3:07
Fast dialogue: 14:01

Anton: Look at that guy. He’s been in town two weeks and he’s already throwing his money around.

Vanessa: You know as well as I do that money talks. He’s just trying to make a splash in the business community.

Anton: If that were all he was doing then I wouldn’t say anything, but he’s a social climber of the worst kind. Who does he think he is?

Vanessa: He’s someone who’s used to getting his way, that’s obvious. He’s not the first affluent person to try to buy influence and social standing in a community.

Anton: Yeah, but look at all of the people in this town throwing themselves at him!

Vanessa: He has donated generously to the town and given to the arts. He’s even given money toward building the new community center, and it wasn’t chump change either. If he wants to be a patron in this town, who are we to look a gift horse in the mouth?

Anton: Right, so spreading money around gives him the right to walk around like he owns this town?

Vanessa: Is this a case of sour grapes?

Anton: Ha, right! Haven’t you heard? Money is the root of all evil!

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

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<a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/885&format=HTML&aged=0&language=IT&guiLanguage=en">Sono stati proclamati i sette vincitori del Gran premio dell'edizione 2009 del Premio dell'Unione europea per la conservazione del patrimonio culturale</a>

via <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/syndication/QuickRSSAction.do?id=61&lang=IT" class="f">COMMISSION DOCUMENT</a> on 6/7/09

IP/09/ 885 Bruxelles, 5 giugno 2009 S ono stati proclamati i sette vincitori del Gran premio dell'edizione 2009 del Premio dell'Unione europea per la conservazione del patrimonio culturale I sette vincitori del Gran premio dell'edizione 2009 del Premio ...

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<a href="http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2009/06/obama-promises-investment-in-online.html">Obama Promises Investment in Online Learning in Remarks to Muslim World - Time of the Internet</a>

via <a href="http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/blogger.html" class="f">Online Learning Update</a> by Ray on 6/8/09

On education, we will expand change programs and increase scholarships like the one that brought my father to America. At the same time, we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities. And we will match promising Muslim students are internships in America, invest in online learning for teachers and children around the world and create a new, online network so a young person in Kansas can communicate instantly with a young person in Cairo.

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3058503-4013951630837252100?l=people.uis.edu%2Frschr1%2Fonlinelearning%2Fblogger.html">

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<a href="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/digitalp/digitalp_20090609-1059a.mp3">DigitalP: Venice Biennale 09 Jun 09</a>

via <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4849402.stm" class="f">Digital Planet</a> on 6/9/09

Gareth Mitchell talks to digital artists at the Venice Biennale, including the film-maker Peter Greenaway, the co-founder of Velvet Underground, John Cale, and Dutch interactive artists, Dropstuff.

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<a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/891&format=HTML&aged=0&language=IT&guiLanguage=en">La commissaria Reding accoglie con soddisfazione la nuova Carta europea per la libertà di stampa</a>

via <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/syndication/QuickRSSAction.do?id=64&lang=IT" class="f">TODAY PRESS RELEASES</a> on 6/9/09

IP/ 09/891 Bruxelles, 9 giugno 2009 La c ommissaria Reding accoglie con soddisfazione la nuova Carta europea per la libertà di stampa Oggi la c ommissaria Viviane Reding ha incontratoHans-Ulrich J ö rges, caporedattore della rivista tedesca Stern e promotore ...

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<a href="http://www.cnr.it/cnr/news/CnrNews?IDn=1962">Il Museo dell'Iraq diventa virtuale</a>

via <a href="http://www.cnr.it/cnr/news/" class="f">Notizie del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche</a> on 6/8/09

<i>Seimila anni di storia, tanti sono quelli testimoniati dai manufatti corredati da schede didattiche, filmati, micro - clip e carte geografiche interattive.<br>L'allestimento virtuale, frutto di un protocollo di intesa tra il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, segue le modalità più avanzate e accattivanti nella comunicazione e fruizione del patrimonio culturale</i>)

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<a href="http://www.eslpod.com">485 – Being Clumsy</a>

via <a href="http://www.eslpod.com/index.html" class="f">English as a Second Language Podcast</a> by Center for Educational Development on 6/12/09

Slow dialogue: 1:28
Explanations: 3:10
Fast dialogue: 12:23

Edward: Would you dance with me?

Bella: Me? I’d like to, but I don’t dance.

Edward: Why?

Bella: I have two left feet. I’m so clumsy, first I’d step all over your feet, and then I’d stumble all over the dance floor.

Edward: I don’t believe that. I bet you’re very graceful on the dance floor. You wouldn’t stumble; you’d glide across that floor.

Bella: I’m the most uncoordinated person alive. When I was little, I was even more awkward. My mother hated taking me shopping because I was so accident-prone. Everywhere we’d go, I was like a bull in a china shop. I’m not like Rosalie. Look at her. She’s so elegant.

Edward: Rosalie has nothing on you. Dance with me and I promise to catch you if you trip.

Bella: What if I step all over your feet?

Edward: You won’t get the chance. My feet will be moving so quickly, I will dazzle you with my agility and finesse.

Bella: Okay, you asked for it!

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

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<a href="http://www.etf.europa.eu/web.nsf/(RSS)/D501214806CBC95AC12575D20059C9A3?OpenDocument&LAN=EN">65 new graduates from the SKILLS project in Syria</a>

via <a href="http://www.etf.europa.eu" class="f">ETF News</a> by on 6/11/09

This joint project - SKILLS (Superior Knowledge by Intensive Labour Learning Schemes) - between the ETF and the Syrian Enterprise Business Centre is a cooperation initative that seeks to increase employabillity to provide new skills and competences for young people about to start working in today"s global economy. It aims to provide businesses with skilled employees that can help to contribute to economic development.

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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/8079605.stm">Languages call for all degrees</a>

via <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/default.stm" class="f">BBC News | Education | UK Edition</a> on 6/3/09

A foreign language GCSE should be a compulsory requirement for a university place, the British Academy says.

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<a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/funding/2009/call_action_4_4_en.php">Action 4.4 — Youth support systems:</a>

via <a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/rss/youth_en.xml" class="f">Youth</a> on 6/5/09

Call for proposals EACEA/12/09

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<a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/tools/partner_search_en.php">Search and find Youth partners</a>

via <a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/rss/youth_en.xml" class="f">Youth</a> on 4/27/09

A list of existing partner search for the Youth in Action programme is now available

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<a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_LANG=EN&PJ_RCN=8821892">LANGUAGE DYNAMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF DIVERSITY</a>

via <a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/" class="f">Projects</a> on 5/6/09

Quality validation date:

2009-05-07

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<a href="http://www.eslpod.com">English Cafe #187</a>

via <a href="http://www.eslpod.com/index.html" class="f">English as a Second Language Podcast</a> by Center for Educational Development on 4/29/09

Topics: Ask an American: student exchange programs; begs the question; face value; at the time versus then

Words:
to test (one's) limits
TV production
wrestling
choir
to come down here
to host (someone)
famine
drought
to take (one’s) place
unity
begs the question
face value
at the time
then

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