Related Resources

• United Nations Millennium Development Goals
  1. United Nations Development Programme: Millennium Development Goals
  2. We Can End Poverty 2015: Millennium Development Goals
  3. MDG Monitor: Track Learn Support
     
     
• Why Languages Matter: Meeting Millennium Development Goals through local languages
  Languages are dynamic because people and their culture constantly adapt in response to the world around them. Language-based development is a tool that can help build a communication bridge between local and global communities. Further information from SIL International in Chinese, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
  
  
• Mother Tongue as Bridge Language of Instruction: Policies, Strategies, and Advocacy in Southeast Asia
  A Project Report published by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat presenting a compendium of language policies, case studies, and general recommendations for mother tongue-based education in Southeast Asia.
  
  
• Ethnolinguistic Minorities and Non-Dominant Languages in Mainland Southeast Asian Language-in-Education Policies
  Available via Sense Publishers, an article entitled "Languages in Mainland SE Asia Language-in-Education Policies," authored by Dr. Kimmo Kosonen, has been included in the compilation "Education, Language, and Economics: Growing National and Global Dilemmas".
  
  
• Multilingual Education Works: From the Periphery to the Centre
  A new book on multilingual education - edited by Kathleen Heugh and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas - focusing mostly on the countries of the "South" is now available in South Asia via Orient BlackSwan. The book discusses language and education issues also in a number of Asian countries, such as Cambodia, India, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
  
  
• Keeping the Promise Alive To End Poverty
  A decade will be over soon since the MDGs were launched by the governments of the world and UN agencies in 2000. Poverty reduction is the first goal among eight others, and a commitment was made to reduce extreme poverty by half by 2015.
  
  
• The Power of Culture for Development
  Culture, in all its dimensions, is a fundamental component of sustainable development. As a sector of activity, through tangible and intangible heritage, creative industries and various forms of artistic expressions, culture is a powerful contributor to economic development, social stability and environmental protection. As a repository of knowledge, meanings and values that permeate all aspects of our lives, culture also defines the way human beings live and interact both at local and global scales.
  
  
• Language Conference 2008 Report
  International Conference on Language Development, Langauge Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities, 1-3 July 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
  

Previous Conferences

• The 1st Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education Conference, 18-20 February 2010, the Philippines
  
  
• The 2nd International Conferences on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities, 1-3 July 2008, Thailand
  
  
• Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Minoritiy Communities in Asia, 6-8 November 2003, Thailand