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the promotion of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue as a means to foster open and inclusive societies,

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the promotion of everyone's active participation in cultural life and access to culture and heritage in all their diversity, with particular attention to people who have less opportunities for access,

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the improvement of the conditions for mobility of artists and works of art,

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the supporting of cooperation between culture and both formal education and training and informal and non-formal learning in the field of cultural awareness and artistic education,

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the fostering of linguistic competences and of translation to facilitate access to artistic expressions in different languages.

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the development of a lifelong learning perspective which includes the acquisition by all citizens of the key competences most relevant to intercultural competences and most likely to foster an appreciation of cultural diversity as a core value, such as linguistic, social and civic competences and cultural awareness and expression,

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the development of policies based on equity principles aimed at integrating children from a diverse range of social and cultural backgrounds into mainstream forms of education and training, without any discrimination,

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within the framework of a coherent policy for multilingualism, the active promotion of language learning by encouraging the provision of a wide variety of opportunities, including the use of ICT and distance learning, to learn languages in formal, non-formal and informal environments,

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the encouragement of mobility schemes among learners, teachers and other teaching staff as an effective tool for the promotion of intercultural dialogue,

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the career-long development of skills that will enable teachers to better manage cultural diversity and facilitate the development of intercultural competences, and thereby contribute effectively to the establishment of inclusive learning communities.

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the engagement of young people as a resource for contributing to intercultural dialogue in open and pluralistic societies,

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the promotion, development and recognition of intercultural competences of young people through non-formal and informal learning,

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the development of opportunities for young people for acquiring intercultural competences as early in life as possible through various forms of active participation in society, including voluntary activities, and through greater mobility as a way to experience the diversity of cultures and multilingualism,

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the promotion of access to and the role of culture, arts, music and sport in shaping young people's identities and bringing them together,

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the promotion, development and recognition of intercultural competences of youth workers and youth leaders by facilitating their mobility and their educational and training opportunities,

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the promotion of the role of organised civil society, particularly the involvement of youth organisations.

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the encouragement of media literacy, in line with the Commission Communication of 20 December 2007‘A European approach to media literacy in the digital environment’ and the Audiovisual Media Services Directive of 11 December 2007 (6) which, inter alia, promotes cultural diversity, both for linear and non-linear services, so that individuals are better equipped:

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to identify, access and appreciate content relating to or originating within different cultures, and

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to use new technological tools (software and hardware) to create and distribute their own cultural content,

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the promotion of media and audiovisual content that is culturally rich, diverse, and informative for all individuals by means of, inter alia:

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fostering the process of digitalisation of cultural materials and content to enable new media — on-line as well as mobile services — to contribute to enhanced accessibility of cultural diversity.