“Ecology of Communication” Language Festival

Representatives of different nations and ethnic groups present their native languages and cultures in a light, popular form to spark the audience’s interest. A festival, not a competition.

The programme includes presentations of alphabets and languages, language corners in libraries and cultural centres, a journey into the history of words, a celebration of fairy tales and lullabies, open-air concerts and language stands.

In 2007 the “Ecology of Communication” celebration took place in Kyiv with Jean-Marc Leclercq; in 2008 it became an International Language Festival held for the first time simultaneously in several Ukrainian cities; in 2009, 16 embassies joined the festival in Kyiv.

In 2010 the National Committee announced, for the first time, an open call for festival concepts to join the Golden Ring of “Ecology of Communication” festivals — with requirements for organisers that included refusing alcohol and tobacco sponsors.