(9 January 2017) The seventh edition of the Italian language Olympics is still open for enrolment until January 28. This initiative has the objective to explore and incentivise Italian Studies. The Italian Language Olympics was are promoted by the Ministry for Education in collaboration with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the ‘Ufficio Scuole Regionali’ (Regional Schools Department) in collaboration with the Accademia della Cruscia, the Associazione per la storia della lingua Italiana (ASLI- Association for the history of the Italian language), the Associazione degli Italianisti (ADI- Association for Italian Scholars) and the participation of the Campiello Giovani Award. The event is divided into two categories for Italian scholars abroad: ‘Junior Estero’ and ‘Senior Estero’ for Italian schools abroad and Italian departments within foreign and international institutions abroad and in Italy. The finals will be held in Turin on April 6 during ‘Giornate della lingua Italiana’ (Italian Language days) (5-7 April) organised by the Ministry for Education in collaboration with other promoting entities. The goal is to celebrate important milestones of Italian language and literature and to explore current events relating to these. The finalists for Italian schools abroad, Italian departments within foreign and international schools abroad and in Italy will take place in single phase coinciding with the semi-finals on March 7. Changes to times will be communicated through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The competition will take place in participating schools. The RAI network will be the Main Media Partner offering media coverage as ‘Media Partner’ by Radio 3, RAI Cultura and RAI Italia (Red)
