The European project PEP (Promoting Plurilingual Education) and the Università degli Studi Roma Tre are organising an international conference on 23 and 24 October 2025 in Rome on the topic of ‘Building bridges towards multilingual education. Policy, research and practice’. The aim of the conference is to reflect on multilingual practices in education and to shed light on the role of multilingualism in education policy. Abstracts can be submitted until 05 January 2025.

The Young Associates Programme (YAP) is a two-year programme targeted at recent undergraduates who wish to gain a significant first professional experience in the world of multilateral policy making, research and analysis. The Programme provides support for talented students with an interest in policy making who wish to pursue future postgraduate studies.

Dr Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, is a world-renowned ethologist and activist who promotes greater understanding and action on behalf of nature. On 24 October 2024, Dr Goodall was a guest at the Great Hall of the Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS).