29-4 2011 Brussels by British Council Europe and the Language Rich Europe Project.

The CEFR, published in 2001, has become highly influential in Europe and beyond.  It describes in a comprehensive manner: i) the competences necessary for communication, ii) the related knowledge and skills and iii) the situations and domains of communication. The CEFR defines levels of attainment with illustrative descriptors scale. The Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe addressed a Recommendation to the member states on the use of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages as a tool for coherent, transparent and effective plurilingual education in such a way as to promote democratic citizenship, social cohesion and intercultural dialogue.