Economou Panagiotis, Representative of the Embassy of the Hellenic Republic, Vienna, Marcel Van Der Kolk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands, to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Anton Dobart, Sektionschef, Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur, Vienna, Battaini-Dragoni, Gabriella, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport and Coordinator for Intercultural Dialogue of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Beatrix Karl, Federal Minister of Science and Research, Vienna, Zdravka Godunc, Ministry of Education and Sport, Slovenia, Alan Dobson, Chair of the ECML Governing Board, Martin Polaschek, Vizerektor, University Graz, Elisabeth Potzinger, City Council of Graz, Gerald Schöpfer, Landtag Steiermark, David Newby, Associate Professor of linguistics and Foreign language methodology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, and ECML expert, Thomas Hajnoczi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria, to the Council of Europe, Susanna Slivensky, Programme Director, European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, Graz, Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director, European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, Graz