The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities is organizing an Anniversary Conference to mark the 25th anniversary of The Hague Recommendations regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities (Hague Recommendations).
The Anniversary Conference aims to shed light on the principles in the Hague Recommendations and to reflect on the application of these Recommendations across the OSCE region. It will highlight good practices in multilingual education and how this supports the accessibility of education for national minorities. The High Commissioner believes that a key component of social cohesion is ensuring that all members of society have equal access to high-quality education.
In many ways, education is the space where issues of equality, national identity and the concept of nationhood are being addressed. Therefore, education can contribute to conflict prevention in a substantial way and can be a building block for peacebuilding and friendly relations between different groups in societies.
Over the past 25 years, the office of the HCNM has published nine thematic Recommendations and Guidelines. These are based on the insights and observations of successive High Commissioners and draw on expertise and good practices from the whole OSCE region. The HCNM Recommendations and Guidelines assist the OSCE participating States in their efforts to develop policies that support the diversity of their societies in areas such as language, education, participation in public life, the media and policing.
The Anniversary Conference will convene high-level representatives from the OSCE participating States, practitioners dealing with these issues, officials representing other international organizations and renowned academic experts to ensure the inclusion of diverse experience and practices from across the OSCE region.
Language: The working language will be English. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided from English to Russian and from Russian to English.
Source:
https://www.osce.org/event/25-anniversary-hague-recommendations
