Showcase promising practices in MLE and local language use in education in order to increase understanding of the importance of expanding access to effective multilingual education and accelerating momentum for MLE in the Asia-Pacific region;

Document challenges and lessons learned from existing MLE policies and practices;

Identify innovative pedagogies in teacher training and MLE practice at early childhood and primary education levels;

Enhance understanding of the linkages among language, social cohesion, and the SDGs;

Support the mainstreaming of MLE policies by highlighting recent MLE policy developments in the Asia-Pacific region; and

Discuss the role of and balance among different languages–local, national, and international–in MLE policies and practices.