The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) organised an impactful series of 86 workshops across 29 European countries. These events engaged over 5000 participants in sessions, panels and discussions, covering pivotal topics such as language data, public open data, multilingualism, language technology and the evolving frontiers of AI. The diverse audience ranged from public administration officials, policy makers, European LT industry experts, researchers up to Language Service Providers (LSPs).
From 2015 to 2022, the ELRC Workshops showcased the CEF Automated Translation services and promoted the vision of a truly multilingual Digital Single Market under the motto #LanguageDataMatters. Here are some the key messages gathered and shared during this journey:
- Speakers of less-spoken languages are facing a digital time bomb. Such languages cannot be expected to follow the pace of global technological development unless this development is supported at the European and national level.
- Sharing language data with can contribute to improving the quality of technological support for all European languages.
- Supporting less-spoken languages is a win-win situation, because this means supporting Europe, and supporting Europe is supporting European languages, citizens and businesses.
The ELRC Workshops witnessed a positive shift in mindset, acknowledging the indispensable value of language data. They prompted national initiatives that focused on effective language management, the development of guidelines and infrastructural upgrades. The ELRC-SHARE repository grew, thanks to contributions from public services across Europe and from the CEF eTranslation Generic Services projects. Numerous requests from public administrations underscored the need for advanced language technologies, while also addressing concerns about the legal aspects of data sharing, ensuring copyright, privacy and GDPR compliance.
2022
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8 December 2022 |
Iceland |
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30 November 2022 |
Latvia |
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24 November 2022 |
Bulgaria |
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15 November 2022 |
Croatia |
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21 September 2022 |
Poland |
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14 June 2022 |
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27 May 2022 |
Slovenia |
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3 May 2022 |
Czech Republic |
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7 February 2022 |
Hungary |
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21 January 2022 |
Malta |
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2021
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1 December 2021 |
Cyprus |
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1 December 2021 |
Lithuania |
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16 November 2021 |
Denmark |
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10 November 2021 |
Austria |
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20 October 2021 |
France |
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30 September 2021 |
Estonia |
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29 September 2021 |
Romania |
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24 September 2021 |
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8 July 2021 |
Belgium |
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24 June 2021 |
Ireland |
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22 June 2021 |
Portugal |
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11 June 2021 |
Netherlands |
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10 June 2021 |
Italy |
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27 May 2021 |
Spain |
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25 May 2021 |
Slovakia |
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20 April 2021 |
Germany |
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3 March 2021 |
Norway |
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2020
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15 December 2020 |
Finland |
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15 December 2020 |
Greece |
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11 December 2020 |
Luxembourg |
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12 November 2020 |
Sweden |
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2019
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1 November 2019 |
Valletta, Malta |
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26 September 2019 |
Riga, Latvia |
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26 June 2019 |
Paris, France |
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12 February 2019 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
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1 February 2019 |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
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2018
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4 December 2018 |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
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28 November 2018 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
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20 November 2018 |
Oslo, Norway |
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12 November 2018 |
Budapest, Hungary |
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1 November 2018 |
Bucharest, Romania |
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24 October 2018 |
Helsinki, Finland |
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24 October 2018 |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
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18 October 2018 |
Berlin, Germany |
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8 October 2018 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
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5 October 2018 |
The Hague, Netherlands |
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3 October 2018 |
Tallinn, Estonia |
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28 September 2018 |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
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27 September 2018 |
Rome, Italy |
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25 September 2018 |
Vienna, Austria |
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27 June 2018 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
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30 May 2018 |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
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29 May 2018 |
Brussels, Belgium |
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23 May 2018 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
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24 April 2018 |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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23 January 2018 |
Madrid, Spain |
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2017
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18 December 2017 |
Warsaw, Poland |
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18 October 2017 |
Athens, Greece |
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13 October 2017 |
Dublin, Ireland |
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2016
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11 November 2016 |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
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14 June 2016 |
Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
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8 June 2016 |
Oslo, Norway |
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11 May 2016 |
Paris, France |
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21 April 2016 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
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19 April 2016 |
The Hague, Netherlands |
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15 April 2016 |
Vienna, Austria |
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14 April 2016 |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
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13 April 2016 |
Ghent, Belgium |
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23 March 2016 |
Bucharest, Romania |
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18 March 2016 |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
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15 March 2016 |
Rome, Italy |
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10 March 2016 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
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9 March 2016 |
Warsaw, Poland |
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7 March 2016 |
Denmark, Copenhagen |
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1 March 2016 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
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26 February 2016 |
Valetta, Malta |
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24 February 2016 |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
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19 February 2016 |
Helsinki, Finland |
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11 February 2016 |
Tallinn, Estonia |
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28 January 2016 |
Dublin, Ireland |
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26 January 2016 |
Madrid, Spain |
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2015
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15 December 2015 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
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8 December 2015 |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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1 December 2015 |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
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23 November 2015 |
Budapest, Hungary |
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6 October 2015 |
Riga, Latvia |
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29 September 2015 |
Berlin, Germany |
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24 September 2015 |
Athens, Greece |
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