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2008-10-27T04:47:00.000-07:00

EU Funding for literary translation projects

2008-09-09T09:15:00.001-07:00

Davyth Hicks has brought the following call to our attention:

EU funding for literary translation projects

Deadline: October 1st 2008

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/culture/guide/strands_en.htm

(strand 1.2.2 "Literary translation projects")

"EU support for Literary Translation is aimed at enhancing knowledge of the literature and literary heritage of fellow Europeans by way of promoting the circulation of literary works between countries. Publishing houses can be awarded grants for translations and publication of works of fiction from one European language into another European language. Funds of between EUR 2.000 and EUR 60.000 are available, but EU support is limited to a maximum of 50% of the total eligible cost.

"Funds of maximum are available, depending on the category applied for, but EU support is limited to maximum 80% of the total eligible costs."

If you are interested, please check on the deadline, which in other Commission sources is stated as being February 1st.

If YOU apply, please let us know by writing to: mstrubell(a)uoc.edu

Thank you yet again, Davyth!

The ADUM project ceases its activities

2008-07-30T01:06:00.000-07:00

After five years of continuous work offering information on funding possibilities for European projects involving minority languages, ADUM ceases its activities on account of the lack of further funding after the European Union initial support and the subsequent co-financing by the Catalan government. However, the ADUM website, which has been updated in terms of contents throughout the last months, and which can still offer useful information and a platform for debate through its new Blog-Forum, will still be functional and ready to be consulted.

The Anna Lindh Foundation avails with information on funding possibilities and will soon offer new information on its own Calls for Proposals

2008-07-30T00:28:00.001-07:00

In 2007, there are two rounds of the call for proposals – on the 1st March and on the 1st June – and each project proposal must involve at least four partner organisations: two from the 25 European Union and two from the 10 Southern Mediterranean partner countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, The Palestinian Authority, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey). Young people between 14 and 40 years old are the priority group of the Anna Lindh Foundation.

For further information: http://www.euromedalex.org/Resources/External/Funding/EN/AdvancedSearch.aspx

Grants for companies in Mallorca

2008-06-24T16:01:00.001-07:00

For companies in Majorca that need financial support for producing products in Catalan (magazines, labelling, published material, restaurant menus, websites and portals), then this is for you:

"BASES DE LA CONVOCATÒRIA DE SUBVENCIONS PER A LA NORMALITZACIÓ LINGÜÍSTICA A LES EMPRESES PER A L’ANY 2008 (revistes, etiquetatge, material imprès, cartes de restaurant, pàgines web i portals d’Internet)"

http://www.conselldemallorca.net/media/7691/empreses.pdf

For more information, visit: http://www.conselldemallorca.net/?id_section=1471

Bizkaia provincial council awards 6·7 MEuros for projects promoting Basque

2008-06-13T10:27:00.000-07:00

Source / Fuente: "Euskaren Berripapera".

La Diputación Foral de Bizkaia destinará casi siete millones de euros a la promoción del euskera

La Diputación ha admitido 303 proyectos entre los 323 que se han presentado.

La Diputación Foral de Bizkaia repartirá casi 7 millones de euros entre los proyectos dirigidos a la promoción y la normalización del euskera. Este año se entregará el 59,19% del dinero solicitado por los distintos agentes que trabajan a favor de la normalización del euskera, es decir, 3.258.163 euros. Mediante cuatro decretos forales, la Diputación ha admitido 303 proyectos de los 323 que se han presentado. Así mismo, a través del quinto decreto creado para ayudar a las entidades locales, se repartirán 2.340.610 euros. Por otra parte, se destinará 1.000.000 euros para subvencionar la labor a favor del euskera llevada a cabo por el Instituto Labayru, la Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca y la UPV/EHU.

Más información: +

Fecha de la última modificación: 11/06/2008

Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity

2008-06-13T02:30:00.000-07:00

The Network (NPLD) was established at the end 2007 with the aim of facilitating the sharing of existing best practice and the development of new and innovative ideas in the field of language planning in all linguistic domains amongst Europe’s less widely used languages.

Co-funded by the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme over the course of three years, the Network encompasses autochthonous European regional, indigenous, cross-border and smaller state languages to promote meaningful linguistic diversity in the context of a multilingual Europe.

The NPLD comprises two levels of membership – full and associate members – full members include Estonia (Dept. of Language Policy, Ministry of Education), the Welsh Language Board, and Ireland (Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs).

The public launching of the network was held in Brussels on Wednesday June 11th, in the presence of Commissioner Leonard Orban, and held its first Assembly the following day.

The network aims to design high equality project proposals, with organisations both within and without the present membership (which less widely-used language organisations are invited to apply to join) and to seek EU or other funding.

For more information, click here (http://www.npld.eu/Pages/default.aspx)

The Adum team welcome the NPLD, wish it every success, and hope to be able to work together!

New projects about regional languages in LINEE

2008-06-10T04:50:00.000-07:00

Languages in a Network of European Excellence (LINEE) is a scientific network funded under the 6th framework programme of the European Commission (FP6). The general aim of LINEE is to investigate linguistic diversity, including regional and minority languages in Europe, in a coherent and interdisciplinary way.

On the 1st of May 2008 the first set of work packages has started, with research about the Italian minority and other language/dialect groups in Istria (Croatia), the Polish minority and other language/dialect groups in Silesia (Czech Republic); German minorities in France, Romania, the Czech Republic and South Tyrol and Hungarian minorities spread over Europe.

For more information: http://www.linee.info/index.php?id=9

Regional Languages Networks in the UK

2008-06-10T04:47:00.000-07:00

The Regional Language Networks in the regions and nations, supported by CILT, the National Centre for Languages throughout the UK, promote language and cultural skills specifically for business and employment. With its case studies it could help to link regional languages to regional industry.

For more information: http://www.cilt.org.uk/rln/index.htm

Third Report of the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with Article 15 para. 1 of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

2008-06-10T04:17:00.000-07:00

The Third Report of the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with Article 15 para. 1 of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is available at the Federal Ministery of the Interior, but can also be downloaded from the Council of Europe website:

In DE:
http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/local_and_regional_democracy/regional_or_minority_languages/2_monitoring/2.2_States_Reports/Germany_report3_DE.pdf

In EN: http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/local_and_regional_democracy/regional_or_minority_languages/2_monitoring/2.2_States_Reports/Germany_report32.pdf

In FR:
http://www.coe.int/t/F/Affaires_juridiques/D%E9mocratie_locale_et_r%E9gionale/Langues_r%E9gionales_ou_minoritaires/2_Mecanisme_de_suivi/2.2_Rapports_etatiques/Allemagne_rapport3.pdf

The Committee of Experts’ evaluation report and the Committee of Ministers' Recommendations are expected soon.

Grants for language projects in the French Basque country

2008-05-30T11:05:00.001-07:00

A joint call for proposals issued by the France-based Organismo Público de la Lengua Vasca (OPLV) and the Departament of Culture of the Basque government, funded to the tune of 880,000 euros and 460,000 euros respectively, has concluded with grants being awarded to 62 projects presented by 50 organisations working in the fields of preschool education, teaching in Basque, the media, leisure, publications, vocational training in Basque, translation services, Basque language courses for adults, promoting the language in social life, and research.

The venture is a good example of cross-border cooperation, which started in 2003, and which developed into an official bilateral agreement signed in February 2007.

More information (in Spanish):
http://www.euskara.euskadi.net/r59-bpeduki/es/contenidos/noticia/albis7_64_iparralde_08_05/es_iparrald/albis7_64_iparralde_08_05.html

French parliamentary initiative to give "regional" languages Constitutional status

2008-05-30T01:31:00.000-07:00

Davyth Hicks (Eurolang) reports from Brussels under the heading "France: deputies vote for ‘regional’ language recognition amidst strong UN criticism".

http://www.eurolang.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3058&Itemid=0

The parliamentary initiative, plus the hammering the French state received in Geneva from the UN on May 16th, when the UN expert Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights once again deplored "the lack of official recognition of minorities within the territory", as Davyth Hicks reports, might lead to substantial changes and make France's policies more in tune with virtually the whole of the rest of Europe.

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights held its 40th session (28 April - 16 May 2008) in Geneva recently, and studied France's Third Periodic report and the observations made to it by a number of NGOs, prominent among which were those representing the lesser-used languages of France. Much of this documentation can be accessed here: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/cescrs40.htm

The ADUM team believes that if a Constitutional amendment can de added, as proposed by the National Assembly, to the effect that "Les langues régionales appartiennent à son patrimoine" (regional languages are part of [France’s] heritage), the way would once and for all be opened to legislation and policies allowing this heritage to be supported actively and financially.

We would be happy to report on official calls for language-linked projects to be subsidised, as is now the case in many other countries, such as Italy: the regional authorities of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto or Sardinia, as well as central government itself.

ADUM is searching for new Case Studies

2008-04-29T02:37:00.000-07:00

The ADUM project is willing to offer through its website a new set of Case Studies to complement those currently available, in order to give updated information on successfully funded projects under the new generation of EU programmes. We kindly invite you, too, to let us know any example of such projects as well as any contact details of the person/institution in charge of the coordinating tasks. In this regard, the ADUM team is willing to collect basic information on project proposals and the process leading to its award of funds. In case you can help us improve our website, please write to: svilarov@uoc.edu

The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) has been launched

2008-04-29T02:09:00.000-07:00

The NPLD has been established to further enhance and facilitate linguistic diversity in Europe. It is in a position to work for the meaningful realisation of European cultural and linguistic diversity and equality of all European languages. Official working status at EU and member state level gives a language recognition, both legally and socially, and secures an important linguistic domain in terms of reversing language shift and ensuring linguistic rights. The NPLD aims to ensure legal and working status for its members’ languages at the various levels of governance in the EU.

For further information about the forthcoming launch of NPLD's website, subscriptions, queries, etc. please contact: heledd.daniel@bwrdd-yr-iaith.org.uk

Did you attend the Public Hearing on Multilingualism (Brussels, April 15th)?

2008-04-29T01:34:00.000-07:00

We would like to know your views on the European Commission public hearing on the place and role of languages within the EU, and specifically in relation to minority languages.

Please post your comments and share your opinion.

The consultation proved to be one of the most popular public surveys ever carried out on EU policies. The Commission is seeking to adapt its policies and actions in the area of languages in order to reflect the reality of an EU with over 450 million citizens and around 60 different mother tongues.

Click here for the Commission’s official Press Release

Literary translations and lesser-used languages

2007-12-17T09:14:00.000-08:00

Publishing houses (whether public or private) which publish in lesser-used languages such as Welsh, Frisian or Catalan may be interesetd in the following call, for which applications have been sent to the Comission before April 28 2008.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - EACEA No 25/2007
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/culture/calls2007/strand_1_2_2/documents/specs_transl_en.pdf

This call for proposals is based on the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council (Decision No 1855/2006/EC of 12 December 2006 establishing the Culture Programme (2007 to 2013)) establishing a single multi-annual programme for Community measures in the field of culture for the period between 2007 - 2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Programme’).
The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (or ‘Executive Agency’) is responsible for carrying out the call for proposals.

This call for proposals aims to award Community grants to the following type of actions for Literary Translation (Strand 1.2.2)

3.2. Second selection
01 April 2008 Deadline for submission of proposals
April – June 2008 Examination – Selection of proposals (eligibility, exclusion, award criteria, selection criteria)
June –July 2008 Submission of the results of the selection to the Culture programme Committee and the European Parliament
July 2008 Written notification of results to applicants
September 2008 Sending Grant Decisión

4.1. Budget available
[…] Community funding shall not be inferior to EUR 2 000 and shall not exceed EUR 60 000. It shall cover translation costs provided these costs do not represent more than 50% of the total operational costs.

5.1. Eligible applicants
Eligible applicants must have the following characteristics:

They must be public (in the context of these specifications a public body is considered as any body, any part of whose costs are financed from the State budget as of right, either by central, regional or local government. That is, these costs are financed from public sector funds raised through taxation or fines or fees regulated by law, without going through an application process which might result in their being unsuccessful in obtaining funds. Organisations that depend on state funding for their existence and receive grants year after year, but for which there exist at least the theoretical possibility that they may fail to receive money one year are considered by the Commission as private bodies) or private publishing houses or publishing groups;
They must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme.

5.2. Eligible countries
Applicants must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme, as follows:

European Union Member States (The 27 Member States of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom);
EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway);
the candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey; FYROM, subject to the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the participation of this country in the Programme);
the countries of the western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia including Kosovo (under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244)), subject to the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the participation of each of those countries in the Programme.

5.3.2 Eligible languages
Eligible languages are the official languages (as defined by the Constitution or by the basic laws of the respective country) of the countries participating in the Programme and ancient languages, such as Latin and ancient Greek.
Works of fiction to be translated shall comply with the following requirements:

Translation shall be made from one European language into one target European language;
Trans-nationality must be proved in order to avoid translation works from one European language into another European language in the same country;
Works to be translated must be written by authors who are nationals of or residents in a country participating in the Programme;
The target language must be the translator's mother tongue, except in case of lesser-used languages when the publisher duly demonstrates that he can not find a suitable translator.

5.4 Eligibility period
[...]
Second Selection
The projects shall start at the earliest from 1 July 2008 and at the latest 31 December 2008 for a maximum duration of 18 months.

General information: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/culture/index_en.htm

New Call for Proposals (2008-2010) for the new Lifelong Learning Programme

2007-12-11T08:45:00.000-08:00

New Call for Proposals (2008-2010) for the new Lifelong Learning Programme

The European Commission has integrated its various educational and training initiatives under a single umbrella, the Lifelong Learning Programme. With a significant budget of nearly EUR 7 billion for 2007 to 2013, the new programme replaces the existing education, vocational training and e-Learning programmes, which ended in 2006.

The new Lifelong Learning Programme enables individuals at all stages of their lives to pursue stimulating learning opportunities across Europe. It consists of four sub-programmes: Comenius (for schools), Erasmus (for higher education), Leonardo da Vinci (for vocational education and training) and Grundtvig (for adult education).

For further information, please visit the following site:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/index_en.html#2

LLP’s priority areas for action 2008 to 2010 are:

• To support implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work programme;
• To strengthen the role of education and training within the Lisbon process at both European and national level;
• To reinforce the role of higher education institutions in boosting competitiveness through the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge and innovation;
• To improve the quality and attractiveness of vocational education and training by implementing the priorities of the Copenhagen process at national level and to promote recognition of non-formal and informal learning;
• To improve the low levels of participation in adult learning;
• To promote greater efficiency and equity in education and training systems;
• To improve the quality of the education and training of the staff of all types of learning provider, in particular of teachers and trainers; etc.