Prof. Dr. Gerhard Stickel, former Director of IDS and President of EFNIL, was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class on 28 February 2017.

At the invitation of TermCoord, EFNIL took part at the eighth European Terminology Summit, which took place in Luxembourg on 14–15 November 2016.

As approved by the General Assembly in Warsaw, EFNIL was registered as an Association sans but lucratif (ASBL) in Luxembourg on 8th November, 2016.

On September 28, 2016, professor Gerhard Stickel. President of the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL) was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Latvia for significant contribution to the European language policy and for cooperation with the University of Latvia in the field of linguistics.

EFNIL was represented at the META-FORUM 2016 ‘Beyond Multilingual Europe’ Conference, which was held on July 04/05, 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal.

The new Executive Committee of EFNIL had its first live meeting on 10th December 2015 in Brussels. The meeting was hosted by the Nederlandse Taalunie and was held on the premises of the Brussels Office of the organisation. Acting as hosts, Ms Mieke Smits and Mr Kevin R. De Coninck gave an account of their activities and plans of their Unit. Participants in the ensuing friendly exchange confirmed their readiness for cooperation in the future.