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Tuesday, 22 November 2011 21:20

Dec. 8 to 9, 2011: European Cooperation for Regional Language Broadcasting

Register Now: NPLDS4C.eventbrite.co.uk

The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) and the Welsh television channel S4C are holding a joint conference, entitled ‘European Cooperation for Regional Language Broadcasting’. The conference will be held in Cardiff, Wales on Dec. 8 to 9, 2011 and will focus on current topics effecting broadcasting in regions and countries with regional and minority languages.

  • Sharing best practice and research
  • New media and the web
  • Cross-border transmission - challenges and opportunities
  • Co-productions and cooperation

The event will be placed within an EU perspective to provide an opportunity for attendees to share experiences with counterparts working in the field of broadcasting in regional and minority languages. It aims to accommodate an open dialogue amongst broadcasters and program commissioners from all over Europe on the benefits and challenges of European cooperation and ultimately, increasing and improving the provision available to the public in respective languages.

1121_NPLD_logoNPLD is a pan-European network of constitutional, regional and smaller state (CRSS) languages, and has considerable presence within the Member States of the EU. The Network’s aim is to facilitate the sharing of existing best practice and the development of new and innovative ideas across the field of language planning in education, the home, the workplace, legislation, and the media in the contexts of CRSS languages.

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To register, visit: NPLDS4C.eventbrite.co.uk

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