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)
Pictures from EFNIL Conference Helsinki 2015