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KENTPO EΛΛHNIKHΣ ΓΛΩΣΣAΣ (KEΓ)
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Country |
Greece |
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Foundation Date |
1994 |
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Type of institution |
Public agency / administration |
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Parent body |
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs |
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Language |
Greek |
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Objectives/Tasks/Activities |
The Centre for the Greek Language acts as a co-ordinating advisory organ of the Ministry of Education on matters of language education and policy. It serves as a focal point of information on topics pertaining to language and coordinates communication among organizations, both within Greece and abroad, which deal with Greek language matters. It has produced a variety of publications both of the national language and also on issues of multilingualism in the E.U. (Conferences, workshops etc.). It is the agency responsible for the Examinations for the Attainment in Greek. It has also created a special Portal dealing with the introduction of new technologies in Secondary education in connection with language teaching. The Portal for the Greek Language includes text corpora, various dictionaries and databases, as well as various language resources, covering all periods of the Greek language development. |
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Responsible person |
Deputy President of the Centre: Dimitrios Koutsogiannis |
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Contact person |
Maria Arapopoulou |
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Number of staff |
50 persons Board of Directors (5 members)ó Directors of the four sections (Linguistics, Lexicography, Promotion of Greek, Language and Literature), Researchers, administration |
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Periodicals and serial publications |
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Address |
1, Karamaouna str.-Skra sq., Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece Telephone number: +30 2313 331 500 E-mail: centre@komvos.edu.gr URL-address web site(s): www.greeklanguage.gr |
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Languages in which the organisation is able to communicate actively |
Greek, English, French |
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Other languages in which the institution is able to receive communications |
German, Italian |
