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Measures under the linguistic minorities law

Where
Italy
When
2016
Who
Ministry of education and research, presidency of the council of ministers, ministry of interior , ministry of economic development
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Description of the policy/measure

There is a tv authorization for reception and transmission of foreign broadcasters television signals in favor of the recognized linguistic minorities (d. l. 30.01.1999, n. 15 converted into law 29.03.1999, n. 78; legislative decree no. 31.07.2005, art. 30, paragraph 2). such measure intends to promote the learning of minority languages and cultures as development of cultural and territorial pluralism. schools should develop agreements in conjunction with local authorities, in the framework of a wide and conscious territorial integration.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Sustainable Development Goal(s)
Cultural Domain(s)

Results achieved

With num.113 decree of 23 october 2002, it was constituted a technical committee with the task of developing an annual program of law implementation and to evaluate the projects submitted by the schools. it includes some general managers responsible for the education offices operating in the territories of linguistic minorities, in order to link the national support plan with a specific territorial level programming. law enforcement in education has focused on five aspects, namely:- updating of a database and a specific section in the website of the "miur" ministry;- financing school projects that activate the teaching of the minority language;- promoting the activities relating to the application of the law;- training of teaching staff;-monitoring of the initiatives carried out.

Evaluation of the policy/measure

From the experiences made in the first three years of application of the law 482/99 two significant aspects can be derived:• integration of language training with teaching is useful for affordability issues and personal motivation;• it is indispensable the immersion in the school environment in the reference language and the consolidation of its standard variant, in the cases in which the language enter into learning activities.

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