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Regional Consultation in Asia for the Preparation of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) 2022 – 2032
Event Date: 
Mon, 2021/05/10 - Tue, 2021/05/11
Venue: 
Online
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The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the period 2022-2032 as the International Decade of the Indigenous Languages (IDIL) and invited UNESCO to serve as the lead UN Agency for its organization, in cooperation with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and other relevant agencies including the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). A Global Task Force was set-up to provide an international framework for inclusion, openness, participation and multistakeholder engagement in the International Decade.

 

In this context, UNESCO in cooperation with various stakeholders representing governments, indigenous people’s organizations, native speakers of endangered, minority and indigenous languages, experts, academia and the Global Task Force, is organizing a regional consultation in Asia on 10 and 11 May 2021.

 

The main objective of the regional consultation is to contribute to the development of the Global Action Plan for the International Decade. This will include:

  1. Identify regional priorities including strategic objectives, outcomes, outputs, domains of change (thematic considerations) as well as regional flagship and pilot projects for the International Decade in Asia,
  2. Raise awareness on the importance of indigenous languages, linguistic diversity and multilingualism for sustainable development,
  3. Forge partnerships among various stakeholders for the establishment of a regional network of partners, national committees and focal points for the Decade in Asia.


Registration Link
https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsde6prjMiE9Ywn7dL9U24xWWICvoXL2z_

 

Key documents

 

Contacts

Should you have any question, please contact Ms Misako Ito (m.ito@unesco.org) or Ms Yufan Hu (yu.hu@unesco.org).

 

URL:

https://bangkok.unesco.org/index.php/content/regional-consultation-asia-preparation-international-decade-indigenous-languages-idil