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The Directorate General IV is a part of the Council of Europe, which attends to different focal points in education, culture and heritage as well as youth and sport. It does so through activities aimed at developing standards, policies, monitoring mechanisms and good practices for the preservation and enhancement of the common pan-European cultural and natural heritage and the promotion of cultural co-operation, education to develop knowledge, understanding, attitudes and abilities, in particular with regard to human rights, democratic culture and democratic citizenship, as well as cultural and linguistic diversity, youth participation, and sport in democratic societies. It aims at expanding the involvement of young people and the youth dimension across the whole range of activities of the Council of Europe. It has the task of strengthening cooperation and coordination in the field of intercultural dialogue, in compliance with the Warsaw Action Plan, both within the Organisation and with other regional and international institutions, through the designation of the Director General as Council of Europe Coordinator for intercultural dialogue.

Keywords

culture; education; youth; sport; European dimension; language policy; foreign languages; democratic education; minority language; Naturerbe; Kulturelles Erbe; Europäische Kulturpolitik; Kulturelle Zusammenarbeit; Interkultureller Dialog; Europäischer Rat;