Programme
13th Annual EFNIL Conference
in Helsinki/Helsingfors on 7-9 October 2015
hosted by
Kotimaisten kielten keskus/Institutet för de inhemska språken
Institute for the Languages of Finland
“Language use in public administration –
theory and practice in the European states”
Conference programme
7th October
18:30-19:30 (Informal) Reception
8th October
9:30-11:30 Opening session:
Pirkko Nuolijärvi (Director of Institute for the Languages of Finland): Welcome Address
Anita Lehikoinen (Permanent Secretary, Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture): Address
Peggy Heikkinen (Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity, NPLD): Address
Gerhard Stickel (EFNIL): Introduction
Ann D'haen-Bertier (European Commission, DG Interpretation): The importance and use of languages in the EU Institutions, in particular from the perspective of interpretation.
Christos Ellinides (European Commission, DG Translation): Translating for Europe - Citizens First! - See slides
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-14:00 2nd session:
Georg Rehm (META-NET): Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Europe - See slides
Rickard Domeij (Sweden): Can official web sites be accessible for all? A Swedish language policy perspective - See slides
Eivor Sommardahl and Aino Piehl (Finland): Plain language in two official languages. Is there an advantage? - See slides
Ari Páll Kristinsson (Iceland): Language in public administration in present-day Iceland. Some challenges for majority language management - See slides
Moderation: John Simpson
14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-16:30 3rd session:
Cecilia Robustelli and Italo Rubino (Italy): Language use in public administration in Italy.
Nicoletta Mariolini (Switzerland): Multilingualism – A Governmental Perspective - See slides
Anna Davitt (Ireland): Language use in public administration in Ireland - Public services. Private choice. - See slides
Moderation: Guy Berg
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:00 4th session:
Walery Pisarek (Poland): Project Jasnopis [Clearwriting] and other recent endeavours for improvement of communication between public institutions and citizens in Poland - See text
Júlia Vrábľová - Slavomír Ondrejovič (Slovakia): Language use in public administration - theory and praxis in Slovakia
Moderation: Tamás Váradi
19:30 Conference Dinner
9th October
8:30-10:30 5th session:
Amira-Louise Ouardalitou (Luxembourg): Language use of public administration in Luxembourg - See slides
Anne Kjærgaard (The Danish Language Council): Text revisions in practice in the Danish public administration: an investigation of the effect that revising a tax letter has on its readers - See slides
Margarethe Kvarenes (Norway): Plain language in Norway's civil service: A joint initiative under changing political winds - See slides
Jutta Ransmayr (Austrian Academy of Sciences): Monolingual country? Multilingual society. Aspects of language use in public administration in Austria. - See slides
Moderation: Cecilia Robustelli
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 6th session:
Karlijn Waterman (Netherlands): Petra-e - See slides
Bessie Dendrinos (Greece): The European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism
Moderation: Sabine Kirchmeier
12:00-13:00 General Discussion
Language use in public administration- What do we want?
Moderation: Sabine Kirchmeier
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 General Assembly (for members of EFNIL only)
