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Celebration of International Mother Language Day, February 21, 2014
On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, February 21, 2014, the OIF and UNESCO are joining forces to offer several events around the theme: "Local languages for global citizenship: focus on science" Mr. Amidou Maïga, Coordinator at the OIF of the School and National Languages in Africa Initiative, underlines the capacity of African and Creole languages to be vectors of science, as well as the actions [...]
International Mother Language Day: OIF actions in a multilingual context - February 21, 2012
On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, February 21, on the theme of “multilingualism for inclusive education”, a look back at the actions of the OIF in favor of teaching French in a plurilingual context, in particular the "Elan-Africa" program: School and national languages in Africa. In many countries of the South, education is set against the backdrop of a multilingual context. The management of this multilingualism is proving to be very complex [...]
Launch of the ÉLAN-Afrique initiative - January 24, 2012
The official launch of the ÉLAN-Afrique Initiative “School and National Languages in Africa” took place in Bamako (Mali) on January 23 and 24, 2012. This project, for which the OIF is the project manager, aims to support eight French-speaking countries of sub-Saharan Africa for the promotion of bilingual education in primary education that respects national languages. The memoranda of understanding was signed by the Administrator of the OIF, Clément Duhaime and the representatives [...]
Elan-Africa Initiative CCI Annual Meeting - November 14-16, 2011
At the CIEP in Sèvres. Result of cooperation between four (4) institutions (AFD, AUF, MAEE and OIF), the ELAN-Africa Initiative aims to promote and gradually introduce, at primary level, bilingual education articulating an African language and French. . It was both to take stock of its state of progress and to complete, adjust and consolidate the national action plans received as part of the preparation for its official launch that the [.. .]
