Sponsored website in Frisian for traders

http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2041.htm#mr3

"Pure Frisian products must be advertised in Frisian, according to Webburo Noord Nederland. That is why existing and new customers of the IT-company can have a Frisian version of their website made for free.

Webburo Noord Nederland successfully applied for funding from the province of Fryslân: they will provide 14,000 euro for the translations in the course of two years. Director Arjen Pauwels of the IT-company: “That is enough for 76 websites.”

The subsidy covers about 75 per cent of the total costs, Webburo Noord Nederland contributes the rest itself. The director thinks that the offer is attractive for parties that aim specifically at the Frisian market. “It could be a commercial company, but also a notary's office with a large Frisian clientele'."

Source: Mercator

Grants for companies in Mallorca

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

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.

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Fecha de la última modificación: 11/06/2008

Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity

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

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

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

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.