With 20 years of policy-making history, our association brings together committed language specialists from around the European continent and beyond to support Europe's language infrastructure, improving societal and individual multilingualism and promoting quality language learning.

Filling a unique niche in Europe's language panorama, the CEL/ELC has unique contact to universities, language institutions, the Council of Europe, and the European Commission, mediating at the various levels to envisage, anticipate and adapt to the future language landscape.

Membership in the CEL/ELC grants institutions and language specialists access to a wide variety of projects and like-minded colleagues in similar language fields, and is open to all institutions of higher education and all national and international associations with a special interest in languages. Additionally, we accept applications for associate membership for individuals.

The association's permanent secretariat is at Università Cattolica, Milan (Italy).


Who are we?

If this is your first time visiting the CEL/ELC Website, click the link below to find out more about who we are and how you can get involved with our activities.

Find out what's going on at the CEL/ELC

From projects and working groups to research and policy development, the CEL/ELC works in various fields to enrich the European linguistic landscape. Click below to get more information on our current projects and activities:

Join the association!

With over 130 members across 30 countries, we bring together language experts from diverse fields to pursue our common goals. Follow the link below to find out more about the different membership options with the CEL/ELC.

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