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| The European Language Council is a permanent and independent association whose main aim is the quantitative and qualitative improvement of knowledge of the languages and cultures of the European Union and beyond. |
Membership is open to all institutions of higher education and all national and international associations with a special interest in languages.
The association's permanent secretariat is at the Freie Universität Berlin (DE). |
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| Publication of the Final Report of the CEL/ELC Special Interest Group on Translation and Interpreting for Social Services (SIGTIPS) |
| On 9 December 2011, a ceremony and reception were held at Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel to mark the publication of the SIGTIPS Final Report. |
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| The Council of the European Union adopts conclusions on language competences to enhance mobility |
| On 28-29 November 2011, the Council of the European Union- "Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council" - adopted conclusions on language competences to enhance mobility. |
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| CEL/ELC highly visible at the Warsaw Multilingualism Conference |
| Leading representatives of the CEL/ELC made presentations at the conference on "Multilingual competences for professional and social success in Europe" held in Warsaw on 28-29 September. |
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| Régis Ritz becomes fourth CEL/ELC honorary member |
At a ceremony at held at Vrije Universiteit Brussel on 24 September 2011, Régis Ritz, former rector of the Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, was awarded CEL/ELC honorary membership.
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| Thirteenth CEL/ELC General Assembly |
The 13th General Assembly was held at Vrije Universiteit Brussel on 24 September 2011.
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| New CEL/ELC Working Group on University Language Policy |
| The CEL/ELC is about to launch a Working Group on University Language Policy. |
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| CEL/ELC-inspired proposal for an Erasmus Multilateral Project successful |
| The proposal for an Erasmus Multilateral Project on “Modularising multilingual and multicultural communication competence for BA and MA level” has been successful and is recommended for EU funding. |
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| MOLAN maintenance |
| The MOLAN network project officially ended on 28 February 2011. However, the project Web site and the MOLAN Information System will be kept alive by the CEL/ELC for the foreseeable future. |
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| CEL/ELC grant application for two-year network project successful |
The network project CELAN, which started in January 2011, is currently conducting a
survey on companies' linguistic and language related needs. |
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| Presentations from the 2010 CEL/ELC Forum |
| The presentations and speeches from the 2010 CEL/ELC Forum are now available for download. |
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| Twelfth General Assembly � Brussels, 3 December 2010 |
The 12th General Assembly of the CEL/ELC will be held at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUBrussel), Hermes Building, on Friday 3 December 2010, at 9.30 a.m.
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| Participants in new project wanted |
| Are you interested in joining a new project on Teaching and Learning in the Multilingual and Multicultural Classroom of the International University? Click here for |
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| Application forms for new CEL/ELC member categories |
Application forms for new CEL/ELC member categories are available for download, following the coming into effect of the CEL/ELC’s new Articles of Association.
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| 2010 CEL/ELC Forum (Brussels, 2-3 December) |
The theme of the Forum is The Multilingual Challenge:
the next generation. Day One will be devoted to "burning issues" in education, Day Two to "new research designed to meet the new challenge". |
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| CEL/ELC president speaks at 2010 CIUTI Forum |
| At the invitation of CIUTI President Hannelore Lee-Jahnke and CIUTI Secretary-General Martin Forstner, Wolfgang Mackiewcz spoke at this year’s CIUTI Forum held at the United Nations, Geneva in January |
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| CEL/ELC signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the Council of Europe’s Centre for Modern Languages in Graz |
| Following the launch meeting of the INGO Professional Network Forum held at the ECML in Graz on 7 Jan. 2010, CEL/ELC President Wolfgang Mackiewicz signed a formal Memorandum of Cooperation with ECML. |
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| Call for Expressions of Interest from new ELC Special Interest Group (SIG) on Assessment and multilingual competence. |
| The new ELC SIG will be chaired by Brigitte Forster Vosicki, University of Lausanne, Switzerland and Anne Räsänen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. |
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| CEL/ELC President delivers keynote at ACA seminar “Better taught in English?” held in Brussels on 4 December 2009 |
| The topic of his speech was “Institutional language strategies: a balancing act between the internationalisation of higher education, national and EU policies, and labour market expectations?” |
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| Call for Expressions of Interest from new ELC Special Interest Group (SIG) on Community T&I and the role of higher education |
| The new SIG on Community translation and interpreting and the role of higher education will be chaired by Maurizio Viezzi of SSLMIT - Università di Trieste, who represents CIUTI on the CEL/ELC Board. |
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| ACA seminar “Better taught in English?” to be held in Brussels on 4 December 2009 |
| The seminar will explore language strategies in European higher education. What factors have shaped institutional language policies, and do they clash with EU policies promoting multilingualism? |
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| CEL/ELC creates special interest groups |
| At its 23rd meeting held in Brussels in December 2008, the Board decided to create a number of special interest groups. |
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| CEL/ELC participates in newly created Business Platform for Multilingualism |
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| New CEL/ELC Articles of Association come into effect |
| The new Articles of Association, which were agreed by the 8th General Assembly on 28 September 2007, have now come into effect. |
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| Sylvia Vlaeminck and Noël Muylle become honourary CEL/ELC members |
| At an award reception held at the rectorate of Vrije Universiteit Brussel on 17 June 2009, honourary CEL/ELC membership was formally conferred on Madame Sylvia Vlaeminck and Monsieur Noël Muylle. |
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| Interpreter for a Day at the Commission Open Day, 9 May |
| DG Interpretation announces a great day of webcasting on 9 May 2009. Open Day is a great chance for the general public to hear staff of the European Commission talk about what they do. |
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| Nancy Declaration released |
| The CEL/ELC Board and the ENLU Advisory Committee have released the Nancy Declaration, which provides the basis for the creation of the new HELP network. |
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| European Commission study on the language industry |
| Language service providers, language service departments, small enterprises and individuals in the 27 European Union member states are invited to take part in a major survey. |
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| CEL/ELC President speaks at 2009 China-EU Multilingualism Conference |
| At the invitation of European Commission, Wolfgang Mackiewicz attended the 2009 China-EU Multilingualism Conference held in Beijing on 30-31 March. He delivered the EU keynote speech. |
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| Commissioner Orban visits Freie Universität Berlin |
| On 13 February 2009, Mr Leonard Orban, member of the European Commission responsible for multilingualism, spoke at a discussion meeting, which was attended by some 250 people. |
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| CEL/ELC Forum - Brussels, 5 December 2008 |
| The 2008 CEL/ELC Forum "Integration, expansion, globalisation - a new multilingual challenge for Europe" was held at Vrije Universiteit Brussel on 5 December. |
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| Ninth General Assembly - Brussels, 7 December 2008 |
| The 9th General Assembly of the CEL/ELC was held at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUBrussel), Campus Kongingsstraat, on 7 December 2008, at 9.30 a.m. |
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| Presentations from CEL/ELC Workshop available for download |
| The presentations and speeches can be downloaded as PDF files. |
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| CEL/ELC Workshop on Strategies for innovation – Freie Universität Berlin, 10-11 October 2008 |
| Reviving the tradition of the Berlin workshops, the CEL/ELC will be conducting a two-day workshop on “Strategies for innovation in higher education language teaching and learning”. |
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| Launch of MOLAN website |
The MOLAN network project (LLP), which was launched at a partner meeting held at the Freie Universität Berlin on 16-17 February 2008, now has its own website.
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| CEL/ELC president celebrates 40 years at FUB – Berlin, 2 May 2008 |
| Colleagues and friends of Wolfgang Mackiewicz gathered for a surprise party to join him in celebrating his 40 years at the Freie Universität Berlin. |
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| CIUTI, a founding member of the CEL/ELC, holds forum in Geneva |
| The 2008 Forum of the Conférence Internationale permanente d’Instituts Universitaires de Traducteur et Interprètes (CIUTI) was held at the United Nations in Geneva on 24-25 January. |
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| 2nd DGT-Universities Conference - Brussels, 14 March 2008 |
| The 2nd DGT-Universities Conference, designed to prepare the launch of a European Master's in Translation, was held at the Conference Centre Charlemagne in Brussels on 14 March 2008. |
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| Eighth General Assembly – Brussels, 28 September 2007 |
| The 8th General Assembly of the CEL/ELC was held at the Brussels-based Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst - Campus VLEKHO on 28 September 2007. |
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| CEL/ELC President speaks at opening of Academic Year 2007-8 in Bozen / Bolzano |
| Wolfgang Mackiewicz, CEL/ELC President, delivered the keynote speech at a ceremony held at the Freie Universität Bozen / Libera Università di Bolzano. |
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| ENLU Closing Conference |
| The Closing Conference of the ENLU project was held in the presence of Commissioner Ján Figelí in Nancy on 7-8 April 2006. The principal outcome of ENLU will be the launch of a more permanent network. |
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| Results of the elections to the Board and to the Executive Committee |
| The General Assembly held in Brussels on 28 September 2007 re-elected seven members and elected two new members to the Board. The Board in turn re-elected the outgoing Executive Committee. |
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| Wolfgang Mackiewicz hands over Final Report of High Level Group on Multilingualism |
| At a ceremony held in the Berlaymont on 26 September, the European Day of Languages, Wolfgang Mackiewicz handed Commissioner Leonard Orban the Final Report of the High Level Group for Multilingualism. |
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| Commissioners Figel’ and Orban speak at European Dissemination Conference |
| Commissioners Ján Figel’ (Education, Training, Culture and Youth) and Leonard Orban (Multilingualism), delivered keynote speeches at the TNP3-D Closing Conference held in Brussels on 27 September. |
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| Completion of TNP3 and dissemination of results |
| Following the successful completion of TNP3 (2003-2006), the results and outcomes of the project are now being dessiminated Europe wide trough a one-year dissemination network (TNP3-D). |
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| Nancy Declaration translated into Spanish |
Ana Maria Gimeno Sanz of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia has prepared a Spanish translation of the Nancy Declaration, which can be downloaded from this Web site.
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| CEL/ELC community remembers Kari Sajavaara |
| At the start-up meeting of the latest network project launched from within the CEL/ELC, Karen M Lauridsen paid tribute to Kari Sajavaara, who died in October 2006 after a short illness. |
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| Presentations from the CEL/ELC workshop in December 2005 now online |
| The presentations made at the sixth Berlin December workshop, held at the Freie Universität Berlin on 9-10 December 2005, are now available for download from this site. |
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| Berlin December Workshop 2005 |
| After a two-year interval, the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) and the CEL/ELC continued the tradition of the Berlin December Workshops by conducting a two-day workshop at FUB's Language Centre. |
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| ENLU Consultation report |
| The report of the Europe-wide Consultation carried out in the first two and a half months of the year is now available at this Web site. |
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| UK conference for languages in higher education |
| The third UK conference for languages in higher education will be held at Cardiff University on 6-7 July 2006. Download programme and abstracts |
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| The Future of Conference Interpreting: Training, Technology and Research: University Of Westminster, London, June 29th - July 1st, 2006 |
| The University of Westminster is to hold a two-day international conference on the future of interpreting, bringing together interpreters, trainers, employers, recruiters and researchers. |
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| Seventh (extraordinary) General Meeting |
| As the 6th General Meeting held at the Copenhagen Business School on 1 October 2005 was inquorate, a further (extraordinary) General Meeting has been called which was held on Friday 20 January 2005. |
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| DYLAN Project eligible for funding |
| Anne-Claude Berthoud, CEL/ELC Vice-president, has been informed by the European Commission that the DYLAN Project will be eligible for funding. |
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| Sixth General Meeting |
| The 6th General Meeting of the CEL/ELC was held at the Copenhagen Business School on Saturday 1 October 2005 at 6 p.m. The documents for the meeting are available for download now. |
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| ENLU Call for Expression of Interest |
| The co-ordinator of the ENLU project and the chair of the ENLU Advisory Board have issued a Call for Expressions of Interest. |
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| CEL/ELC President at 9th SCIC-Universities Conference |
| The CEL/ELC President Wolfgang Mackiewicz participated in the panel discussion ìTaking stock: current demand and future trendsî. |
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| TNP3 conducts Europe-wide consultation |
The Thematic Network Project in the Area of Languages III (TNP3) is currently conducting a Europe-wide consultation among graduates, employers and other stakeholders.
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| ENLU conducts surveys |
In spring 2005, the ENLU project conducted a number of Europe-wide surveys.
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