MINELRES: EBLUL/EFA Conference on Linguistic diversity in the new Europe

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Original sender: Jose Luis Linazasoro <jllinazasoro@europarl.eu.int> 


A Conference on Linguistic diversity in the new Europe will take place
on October 13 in the European Parliament in Brussels organised by the
European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL) in cooperation with
the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.

Please find attached the draft programme.

Jose Luis Linazasoro
Green/EFA Group in the EP
European Free Alliance Coordinator
tel. 32-2-284.30.40
fax. 32-2-284.17.71
e-mail: jllinazasoro@europarl.eu.int

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European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages / EBLUL

Conference Programme
'Focus on Linguistic Diversity 
in the New Europe' 

Monday, 13 October 2003 
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

09:00	Opening speech:
Welcome address. Mrs Nelly MAES, Member of the European Parliament,
President of the EFA parliamentary group

09:10	Welcome address. Mr Jean-Luc FAUCONNIER, Vice-president of the
European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL)

9:20	Keynote speech. 'Linguistic diversity in the multicultural society:
European perspectives.' Professor Hugo BAETENS BEARDSMORE, VUB, Brussels 

9:50	Latest EU developments in the field of linguistic diversity. Mrs
Sylvia VLAEMINCK, European Commission, DG EAC, Head of the Language
Policy Unit

10:05	Latest EU developments in the field of linguistic diversity. Mr
Camilo NOGUEIRA ROMAN, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on
Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism

10:20	Latest EU developments in the field of linguistic diversity. Mr
Patrick TWIDLE, European Parliament, Directorate for Interpretation and
Conference Service, Head of the unit for enlargement

10:35	The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Mrs
Regina JENSDOTTIR, Council of Europe, DG Legal Affairs Secretariat of
the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 

10:50	Questions

11:05	Break

11:20	Expectations and perspectives of linguistic communities after
Charter ratification? Mr. Alexander BROSTL (Slovakia), Committee of
Experts member for the European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages, Council of Europe 

11:35	Expectations of the new EU members' linguistic communities.
Professor Miklos KONTRA, Linguistics Institute, Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, Budapest - on behalf of the Representation of the Regions of
Hungary in Brussels

11:50	'Valuing linguistic diversity'. Professor Francois Grin, ETI,
University of Geneva, Adjunct Director, Education Research Unit (SRED)

12:05	Presentation by Mr Pal CSAKY, Deputy Prime Minister of the
Republic of Slovakia, responsible for minority issues. 

12:20	Questions

12:30	Lunch

14:30	Presentation by Mrs Annette McNamara, Member of Cork County
Council and the South West Regional
Authority, Ireland; First Vice-President of the Commission for Culture
and Education of the Committee of the Regions and Rapporteur of the CoR
Opinion on 'Promoting Language Learning and Linguistic Diversity: An
Action Plan 2004-2006 '

14:45	Contribution by Mr Franz STUMMANN, Assembly of European Regions,
Strasbourg  

15:00	Multilingualism in practice: Alsace. Mr Fred URBAN, Centre de
developpement du bilinguisme en Alsace

15: 15	Presentation by the OSCE representative, Mr. John PACKER,
Director of the Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities

15:30 	UNESCO: Language Vitality and Endangerment. Professor Tjeerd DE
GRAAF, Groningen University 

15:45	Questions

16:00	Break

16:15	Debate and questions

17:45	Final conclusions. Mr Eurig WYN, Member of the European
Parliament, Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport 

18:00	Reception