MINELRES: Mercator Newsletter 6 - April 2004
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MERCATOR :: NEWSLETTER 6 :: April 2004 Mercator Newsletter No.6 - April
2004
[Mercator-Education] [Mercator-Legislation] [Mercator-Media]
II Mercator International Symposium
Europe 2004: a new framework for all languages?
Images of the symposium
Papers available soon
Ceremony of the Linguapax awards
III Mercator International Symposium
"Linguistic diversity and education: challenges and opportunities"
Symposium Announcement
Call for papers
Ljouwert/Leeuwarden
(Frysl?n, The Netherlands)
25 - 27 November 2004
News Publications Miscellany
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
Bulletin 57 - ML
Working Paper 14 - ML
Working Paper 15 - ML (soon)
Regional dossier -ME
Changes at ME
Changes at ML
Digital library - ME
New titles 2004- ME
News (links to the Mercator-websites)
March 2004
a.. Campaign for a Breton television channel [+]
b.. New research centre for endangered languages opens in London
[+]
c.. Plan to create voice recognition and voice synthesis
technology for the Basque language [+]
d.. Catalan to be the normal language of Balearic TV channel [+]
e.. New Slovene Radio Station in Carinthia [+]
f.. Greens demand minority radio for Burgenland following the
Carinthian example [+]
g.. Finnish language newspaper the fastest growing newspaper in
Sweden in 2003 [+]
h.. Conference on the Cimbri resolves that technology will help
protect the language [+]
i.. Asturian still not allowed in elections (Asturies.com /
Andecha Astur) [+]
j.. CoE issues recommendations on the application of the Charter
in the UK (CoE) [+]
k.. France: Number of Basque-speakers decrease (Diario Vasco)
[+]
l.. Basque government says in a report that Spanish state fails
to comply with the Charter [+]
m.. New UN report on racial discrimination in Sweden, the
Netherlands and Spain, among others
(e-noticies / Avui) [+]
n.. Official role of Occitan at Turin 2006 Winter Olympics is
object of debate (Vilaweb) [+]
o.. Mercator's II International Symposium: New elements of
analysis in the field of minoritised languages in the EU [+] See also
Symposium's website
February 2004
a.. Demonstration in Basque Country one year after the closure
of Egunkaria [+]
b.. Sgwarnog.com: Welsh e-mail services launched [+]
c.. Amendments to Latvian education Law provoke protests
(Minelres / RFE/RL Newsline) [+]
d.. France "saves up" at the expense of its minority languages
(Vilaweb) [+]
e.. Turkey: New legal measures on broadcasting in and teaching
of non-official languages [+]
f.. Greece: Court decision says Macedonian is a non-existent
language (Greek Helsinki Monitor) [+]
g.. New institutional structure for languages other than Italian
in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Lenghe.net) [+]
h.. European Parliament will host conference dealing with
linguistic transfrontier cooperation (Entitats.info) [+]
January 2004
a.. Hungarian government to spend nearly four million euros
setting up Transylvanian Hungarian TV in Romania [+]
b.. Lenghe.net: new Friulan news and features web portal
launched [+]
c.. Frisian language bill welcomed by Schleswig-Holstein's
Parliament[+]
d.. New multilingual portal of the Spanish Official Gazette
launched (Europa Press) [+]
e.. European Parliament adopts resolution on cultural diversity
[+]
f.. The new Afghan Constitution protects several languages [+]
g.. Social unrest about the Balearic Government's language
policy (Avui / Diari de Balears) [+]
h.. New EBLUL member state committee established in Poland [+]
December 2003
a.. Archive of Basque language newspaper lost in fire [+]
b.. New Basque Local Newspaper [+]
c.. Framework convention for the protection of national
minorities: Resolutions on Switzerland, Sweden and Lithuania [+]
d.. Several measures to improve the status of Irish launched [+]
III Mercator International Symposium
"Linguistic diversity and education: challenges and opportunities"
MERCATOR-EDUCATION
The Mercator-Education project team is happy to announce the III
Mercator International Symposium which will take place in
Ljouwert/Leeuwarden (Frysl?n, The Netherlands) from 25 - 27 November
2004. This conference "Linguistic diversity and education: challenges
and opportunities" examines new issues and developments in the field of
education, minority languages and learning within the European Union.
The symposium is organised by Mercator-Education in collaboration
with the other two Mercator centres; Mercator-Media and
Mercator-Legislation. It will be the third symposium in a row. The first
Mercator International Symposium was organised in Aberystwyth on 8-9
april 2003 with as theme: "Shaping an agenda for the global age", and
the second Mercator International Symposium in Tarragona on 27-28
February 2004 with as theme: "Europe 2004: a new framework for all
languages?".
Key issues of the forthcoming symposium will be:
� Comparison of educational systems
� Minority languages and policy
� Information and infrastructure
� Linguistic diversity in the new EU member states
� Media & education
� Mother tongue and 2 other languages
People are encouraged to submit a paper proposal (max. 500 words).
Deadline is June 1, 2004. The symposium program committee will send
notification of the acceptance of papers before July 1, 2004. Abstracts
can be sent to: [email protected]
More information will or can soon be found at the website of
Mercator-Education
Mercator-Education
Fryske Akademy
Postbus 54
Tel: +31 (0)58-2343063
8900 AB Leeuwarden
http://www.fryske-akademy.nl
Publications
Bulletin 57 - Mercator-Legislation
I Quarter 2004 | English and Catalan versions. Also available in
PDF format
a.. Balearic Islands: Decree 162/2003 and Decree 176/2003 on
requirement of Catalan language command in the Administration of the
Autonomous Community, September and October 2003
b.. Estonian Republic: Law on Amendments to the Language Law,
December 2003
c.. European Parliament: Report on preserving and promoting
cultural diversity, January 2004
d.. Committee of the Regions: Opinion, of 20 November 2003, on
the Communication from the Commission on Promoting Language Learning and
Linguistic Diversity: An Action Plan 2004-2006
e.. Council of Europe: Resolution on the implementation of the
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by
Austria
Working Paper 14 - Mercator-Legislation
Regional and Minority Languages in Italy. A general introduction
on the present situation and a
comparison of two case studies: language planning for Milanese
(Western Lombard) and Friulian
English and Catalan versions
Working Paper 15 - Mercator-Legislation
In April 2004 we will publish in our Publications section Working
Paper 15, whose title in French is: La Charte europ?enne des langues
r?gionales ou minoritaires: particularit?s sociolinguistiques et
configuration fran?aise.
New regional dossier - Mercator-Education
The regional dossier "The Slovene language in education in Italy"
is finished and can be downloaded on Mercator-Education website. The
printed version can be ordered at [email protected].
Miscellany
Changes at Mercator-Education
After four years Alie van der Schaaf has left her job as
coordinator of the Mercator-Education project.
Cor van der Meer is the successor of Alie and he started in March
as coordinator of Mercator-Education. [+]
Changes at Mercator-Legislation
Update Languages of Europe section [+]
New web section: Links of interest [+]
Digital Library on European Languages - Mercator-Education
In the summer of 2003 Mercator-Education started with a pilot
project for the creation of a digital library on European Minority
Languages with, text, image and sound. [+]
New titles in the library - January / March 2004-
Mercator-Education [+]
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