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efsli at events
2010
- ITALY: efsli summer school (Siena, July 2010)
- SPAIN: EUD seminar (Madrid, May 2010)
- FINLAND: Nordic Seminar of Sign Language Interpreters (Turku, April 2010)
- CZECH REPUBLIC: efsli spring school (Prague, April 2010)
2009
- AUSTRIA: Presentations in Austria to the Deaf Association ÖGLB, WITAF and VÖGS (Nov. 09)
- BELGIUM: EULITA founding meeting (Antwerp, November 2009)
- SWITZERLAND: Co-presentation at ITU (Geneva, November 2009)
- GREECE: Presentation to members of the Greek Association of Sign Language Interpreters (Nov. 09)
- GREECE: E-ISOTIS training on EU funding (Athens, November 2009)
- BELGIUM: EU Directorate General for Translation Conference (Brussels, November 2009)
- FRANCE: AFILS Conference (Paris, October 2009)
- CROATIA: DODIR round table (March 2009)
- FRANCE: AIIC general meeting (Nice, January 2009)
2008
Lyons: EUD conference
Zagreb: EBU Deafblind Conference on “Deafblindness: Equality and Diversity”
Brussels: Congress on European Network of Social Interpretation and Translation
efsli is represented at several events across Europe and beyond. Here you find an update on activities of the efsli board informing about the aims and objectives of efsli.
2010
EUD Seminar
Madrid, 22 May 2010
On May 22nd the seminar of the European Union of the Deaf (EUD) took place in Madrid, Spain. Maya de Wit, efsli president, participated in the seminar.
Read report here
2009
The language industry in the European Union
Brussels, 27 November 2009
On 27 November 2009 the EU Directorate General for Translation (DGT) held a conference for the presentation of the “Study on the size of the language industry in the EU”. Maya de Wit, efsli president, was invited to participate in the meeting on behalf of efsli.
Read report here
November 26th - Founding meeting of the European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association (EULITA)
Took place in Antwerp, Belgium. During the last two years an EU funded project team, coordinated by the Lessius Hogeschool in Antwerp, had the task of establishing this new association.
Read report here
New Croatian law on Sign Language and interpreting services
Croatia, 17 March 2009
DODIR, the association of deafblind people in Croatia, organised a round table meeting to discuss the content of the new proposed law on the recognition of Croatian Sign Language and related services for deaf and deafblind people.
Many participants from responsible ministries, representatives from deaf and deafblind organisations, educational institutions, and people who are deaf or deafblind, attended this important event. In addition DODIR invited Linda Erikson, a teacher at an interpreter educational program in Sweden, and deafblind herself. Maya de Wit, efsli president, has been invited to participate and present as well.
Please read her report.
More information on DODIR: www.dodir.hr
Formal opening of the AIIC general meeting
The international organization for conference interpreters (AIIC) invited efsli to participate in their general meeting in Nice (France).
Maya de Wit, efsli president, took part at this event. Please read her report.
More information on AIIC can be found at: www.aiic.net
2008
European Union of the Deaf conference
Lyons, 29 November 2008
The European Union of the Deaf held their conference in Lyons, France, on 29 November 2008. The conference was hosted by the Lyons Deaf association and the French Association of the Deaf. Delegates from the associations of the Deaf across Europe, deaf people from Lyons, and anyone who was interested took part in the conference. The conference room was full with enthusiastic participants.
Maya de Wit, efsli president, took part at this event. Please read her report.
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