EFNIL - 7th Annual Conference. The Relationship between Official Languages and Regional and Minority Languages in Europe

Agenda

4 November (Wednesday)

Arrival of the participants in Dublin

(17.30-18.30 Meeting of the Executive Committee)

19.00 Informal reception for the participants

5 November (Thursday)

9.00-9.30 Registration

Morning Session

9.30-10.30 Opening

Welcome address by the Head of Foras na Gaeilge

Special addresses by representatives of the EU and the Irish Government

Opening address by the President of EFNIL

10.30-11.15 First keynote lecture by Prof. Miquel Strubell (Barcelona)

11.15-11.45 Coffee break

11.45-12.30 Second keynote lecture by Prof. Robert Dunbar (Aberdeen)

12.30-13.00 Discussion

13.00-14.00 Lunch (buffet)

Afternoon Sessions:

14.00-14.45 Third keynote lecture by Prof. Peter Hilpold (Innsbruck)

15.00- 17.30 First working session (round table):

Reports on the situation in:

France: Michel Alessio

Hungary: Istvan Kenesei

Italy: Nicoletta Maraschio, Cecilia Robustelli

Lithuania: Jolanta Zabarskaite

Slovakia: Slavomir Ondrejovich

Sweden: Lena Ekberg

(Coffee break at 16.00)

19.00 Conference Dinner

6 November (Friday)

Morning Sessions

09.00-11.00 Second working session (round table):

Reports on the situation in:

Austria: Ulrike Haslinger

Bulgaria: Anna Lazarova, Vasil Rainov

Ireland: Pádraig O Riagain

Poland: Walery Pisarek

Spain: Dario Villanueva

11.00-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-13.00 Open session

Reports on ongoing projects

Discussion: "How to be more effective in establishing relationships with the institutions of the EU?"

13.00-14.00 Lunch (buffet)

Afternoon Session

14.00-16.00 General Assembly