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Appendix A: Partnership of the MELT project
Partnerships
Ever since the application phase of the MELT project
there has been close co-operation between the
partners through the regular meetings of the NPLD. This
has provided a fruitful platform as well as a good means
to stay in contact with the associate members of the
MELT project.
These associate members are all NPLD members with an interest in multilingual pre-school
education. These members represent: Ireland, Estonia, Galicia, the Basque Country and
Catalonia (Spain), Scotland (UK), Sweden, Hungary, Norway, Lithuania and Occitania
(France). Through regular presentations at the general assembly meetings of the NPLD these
partners are kept up to date with the progress and outcomes of the MELT project.
More information on: http://www.npld.eu/
The MELT partners themselves have their own network, both in their respective regions and
internationally, where they can find, discuss, and spread new ideas.
The lead partner of the MELT project, the Fryske Akademy, represented by the Mercator
European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, has a long tradition
in the field of multilingual education in Fryslân, the Netherlands. The Mercator Research
Centre, established in 1987 by the European Commission, has strong international contacts
through its activities and international projects. Within the MELT project, the Mercator
Research Centre closely co-operates with the Sintrum Frysktalige Berne-opfang (SFBO), the
organisation for bilingual and Frisian medium pre-school provisions in Fryslân.
More information on: http://www.fryske-akademy.nl and http://www.mercator-research.eu
(both available in Frisian, Dutch and English)
Folkhälsan is a Swedish-speaking NGO (non-governmental organization) in the social welfare
and health care sector in Finland. It carries out scientific research and provides social welfare
and health care services as well as information and counselling in order to promote health
and quality of life, where language is seen as an aspect on health. Folkhälsan is a large
provider of social welfare and health care services - child welfare and day-care, outpatient
clinics for adolescents, rehabilitation clinics for people with disabilities and service housing
for the elderly. Folkhälsan consists of regional and local associations and non-profit limited
companies and foundations. Folkhälsan has about 1.500 employees, hundreds of volunteer
workers and 16.500 members in the local associations.
More information on: http://www.folkhalsan.fi (available in Swedish, Finnish and English)
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