Camões, I.P. is a founder member of EUNIC, a network formed in 2006 by the European Union National Institutes for Culture with the objective of promoting cultural co-operation through the creation of partnerships between professionals and other specialists operating in the cultural and educational sectors with a view to developing a greater understanding of European cultural and linguistic diversity. About eighty EUNIC institutions have grouped together to strengthen the network’s ability to act locally in order to gain a greater understanding of cultural diversity, develop contacts and partnerships with professionals and further promote language learning.