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Bureau (Canada)
Third Inter-American Language
Management
Seminar - "Inter-American Language Policies
in a Multipolar World"
Rio de Janeiro – May 29-31, 2006
Objectives
Take
initiatives to encourage multilingualism
in inter-American institutions and propose
implementation of the resolutions set out
at the first two editions of the Seminar.
Primary Objective
The objective of the Seminar is to develop strategies
to support the promotion and dissemination of the
languages and cultures of the Americas and to discuss
actions that establish language policies, in order
to better position the four major languages of
the Americas with respect to all international
activities (negotiations, organizations, Internet,
science and technology, trade, etc.) and, as well,
to encourage the use of other languages of the
Americas in various sectors of daily life (education,
health, government services, justice, etc.).
Type of Meeting
The Seminar is not simply a scientific forum
on the subject—many seminars and much research
have already dealt with the issue—it is intended
to be a place where practical solutions can be
proposed, concrete examples displayed, project
creation encouraged, multilateral discussions sparked,
and most of all, actions recommended to the governments
of the Americas and to international organizations.
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