2015 – Helsinki
The13th Annual EFNIL Conference
on 7-9 October 2015, in Helsinki/Helsingfors
General theme:
Language use in public administration – theory and practice in the European states
Hosted by Kotimaisten kielten keskus/Institutet för de inhemska språken and Institute for the Languages of Finland
Programme
18:30-19:30 Reception
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! (presentation)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-14:00 2nd session
Georg Rehm (META-NET): Cracking the Language Barrier for a Multilingual Europe (presentation)
Rickard Domeij (Sweden): Can official web sites be accessible for all? A Swedish language policy perspective (presentation)
Eivor Sommardahl and Aino Piehl (Finland): Plain language in two official languages. Is there an advantage? (presentation)
Ari Páll Kristinsson (Iceland): Language in public administration in present-day Iceland. Some challenges for majority language management (presentation)
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 (presentation)
Anna Davitt (Ireland): Language use in public administration in Ireland – Public services. Private choice. (presentation)
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 (text)
Júlia Vrábľová – Slavomír Ondrejovič (Slovakia): Language use in public administration – theory and praxis in Slovakia
Moderation: Tamás Váradi
19:30 Conference Dinner
8:30-10:30 5th session
Amira-Louise Ouardalitou (Luxembourg): Language use of public administration in Luxembourg (presentation)
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 (presentation)
Margarethe Kvarenes (Norway): Plain language in Norway’s civil service: A joint initiative under changing political winds (presentation)
Jutta Ransmayr (Austrian Academy of Sciences): Monolingual country? Multilingual society. Aspects of language use in public administration in Austria. (presentation)
Moderation: Cecilia Robustelli
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 6th session:
Karlijn Waterman (Netherlands): Petra-e (presentation)
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)