The EU promotes a “rally of languages”

Parleuropa, a treasure hunt in the heart of Rome to celebrate the European Day of Languages

100 participants will be challenged Thursday in a competition that will put their knowledge to the test

There is a “language rally” in which participants will put themselves to the test in 9 different languages. The initiative is organized for the occasion of European Day of Languages by the Director General for Translations of the European Commission – Antenna of Rome in collaboration with the Rome sector of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) with the title Parleuropa, which will take place on Thursday, September 29^th. The scope of the game “Parleuropa” is to encourage learning language through entertainment because the EU wants to promote multilingualism, both inside their own institutes and in civil society, sustaining the linguistic diversity and trying to increase the number of citizens who know 2 foreign languages other than their own native language.

The initiative gained immediate success since only a few days prior to its launch on the website www.parleuropa.eu the maximum number of participants was already reached. After a brief opening ceremony at the Goethe-Institut of Rome in the presence of the German Ambassador and representatives of the Executive Branch from Brussels – at 15:00 the ‘go ahead’ for the rally to begin will be given, which will cover cultural centers, libraries and cultural associations in the center of historical Rome. Last stop is the Institut français – Centre Saint-Louis where the winners will receive prizes inspired by the themes of travel and languages.

The following have adhered to the initiative: Embassy of Slovenia, Embassy of Sweden, Italo-Croat Association, European Library of Rome, British Council, Translation House of Rome, Russkiy Mir Foundation, Austrian Forum of Rome, Goethe-Institut Rome, Institut français– Centre Saint-Louis, Cervantes Institute, Austrian Institute, Polish Institute of Rome, Future Port/Province of Rome and the Dante Alighieri Society.