NPLD Steering Committee/Seminar

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NPLD Steering Committee/Seminar Many of our languages are in danger! How do we get more support from the EU?

Thursday and Friday, 13th and 14thFebruary 2014, Location: Dutch Province House, Huis van de Nederlandse Provincies (HNP) Trierstraat 59-61 B-1040 Brussels Click here to see map

Seminar to start with lunch at 13:00 Thursday and end at 13:30 Friday

13.45-18.30 Thursday Afternoon Agenda No. Time Item Paper No Sponsor

1. 13.45 Setting the context and purpose of the Steering Committee N/A Chair Meeting in Brussels.

2. 14.00 A roundtable discussion on the motion passed by the Response of the EU CEO European Parliament on Endangered and Minority Commission Languages and the response of the EU Commission. The roundtable will include MEPs and EU Commission Officials

3. 15:20 Discussion by members of the SC on CRSS and minority and SC0114-03 CEO endangered languages and how NPLD could promote further discussion and calls for support SC0114-04

15.50 Break

16.00 Closed meeting of the Steering Committee

4. 16.00 Draft Programme for the General Assembly of NPLD in N/A Chair Leeuwarden, Friesland Discussion only

5. 16:15 Update on the European Roadmap for Linguistic Diversity Oral CEO / VCF

6. 16.25 Advocacy in Brussels SC0114-05 (to follow) VCF

7. 16.40 Quality Plan – self assessment SC0114-06 DLJ Feedback and discussion

8. 16.55 EU Grant related issues Oral Presentation SEJ / VCF  Tasks related to work packages Calendar of Events 2014  Roundtable meetings in Brussels

9. 17.10 Finance and Management SC0114-07 (Report) SC0114-01

 Financial report on 2013 and Budget for 2014 SC0114-08 (Budget) to follow  Second Bank Guarantee for period 2014- 2015

 Overdraft facility

 Staffing and Office related issues

10. 17.40 Discussion on Membership structures and fees SC0114-09 (To follow) Chair

11. 18:10 Minutes of the Steering Committee meeting held in Dublin SC0114-10 Chair in October 2013

12. 18.30 Any Other Business

Friday Morning Agenda 09:30 - 13:00 with lunch to follow No. Time Item Paper No. Sponsor

13. 09.30 Review of Thursday’s roundtable and an overview of the Chair Friday morning /CEO

14. 09.45 Europe 2020 A brief overview of programmes VCF

15. 10.00 Erasmus+ A presentation by Annemarie Bruggink EU SC0114-11 Commission. Directorate-General for Education and Culture.

16. 10.45 Europe 2020 -the potential funding opportunities VCF

11.15 Refreshments

17. 11.30 The European Parliamentary elections TBC What will happen during the next four years? Looking into the Crystal Ball!

18. 12.00 Report on the seminar ‘Unlocking the potential of SC0114-12 (to follow) CEO Technology to promote CRSS languages’ held in Cardiff, Wales, 23-24 January 2014. Discussion on next steps.

19. 12.30 What have we learnt and how do we use this knowledge? CEO

13.00 End of seminar and lunch