Ministry of Defence of Georgia
May 7, 2013
BILC Conference
The conference “NATO Speak: English in Multinational Settings” is ongoing in the “Courtyard Marriott” Hotel. Deputy Defence Minister Tamar Karosanidze opened the Bureau for International Language Coordination (BILC) Conference.
Deputy Chief of JS of GAF [Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces], Colonel Vladimer Chachibaia, representatives of the Defence Ministry and military attaches of NATO member and partner countries accredited to Georgia attended the forum. The conference is hosted by the Defence Ministry of Georgia and Joint Staff of the GAF.
Chairman of BILC Secretary Julie Bubeau leads the seminar.
The BILC conference aims to promote the English language development within the partner countries of the Alliance. 64 delegates from 26 NATO member and partner countries take part in the conference. During four days civilian and military language specialists discuss the issues of elaboration of English language models on the base of received experience, which aims to develop language knowledge level of military personnel contributing to international missions.
The participants of the seminar also touch upon NATO policy in the direction of education, trainings and testing. BILC is a NATO’s advisory body on language matters. Since 2005 BILC experts have been carrying out language training and testing activities within Georgian Armed Forces in order to develop language matters. Annual BILC Conference will come to an end on May 9.
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