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Ares(2015)4205268 - 09/10/2015 LT_OBSERVATORY – OBSERVATORY FOR LR AND MT IN EUROPE Acronym: LT_OBSERVATORY COORDINATION AND SUPPORT ACTION INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES D3.1 List of National and Regional Strategies GRANT AGREEMENT 644583 DELIVERABLE NUMBER D3.1 DELIVERABLE TITLE List of national and regional strategies DUE DATE OF DELIVERABLE 31/08/2015 ACTUAL SUBMISSION DATE 09/10 2015 START DATE OF THE PROJECT 01/01/2015 DURATION 24 M ORGANIZATION NAME RESPONSIBLE EMF FOR THIS DELIVERABLE PROJECT CO-FUNDED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION WITHIN THE SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME DISSEMINATION LEVEL PU Public ☒ PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) ☐ RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) ☐ CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) ☐ TYPE R Document, report ☒ DEM Demonstrator, pilot, prototype ☐ DEC Websites, patent fillings, prototype ☐ OTHER ☐ LT_OBSERVATORY – OBSERVATORY FOR LR AND MT IN EUROPE LT_OBSERVATORY TABLE OF CONTENTS DOCUMENT INFO ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3. LANGUAGE STRATEGIES AT EU LEVEL – AN INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND LANGUAGES .......................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 FRAGMENTED LANGUAGE POLICIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.3 CHRONOLOGICAL MILESTONES OF EU LANGUAGES POLICIES.................................................................................................................. 9 4. AUSTRIA .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 4.1 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 4.3 RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.4 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES .......................................................................................................................... 14 5. BELGIUM ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 5.1 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 5.2 LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 5.3 RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.4 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES .......................................................................................................................... 18 6. CZECH REPUBLIC .................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 6.1 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 6.2 LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 6.3 RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 20 6.4 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES .......................................................................................................................... 21 7. DENMARK ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 7.1 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 7.2 LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 7.3 RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 23 7.4 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES .......................................................................................................................... 24 8. ESTONIA .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 8.1 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 8.2 LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 27 8.3 RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 27 8.4 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES .......................................................................................................................... 27 9. FRANCE ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 30 9.1 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 9.2 LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 30 9.3 RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 31 9.4 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES PAST LANGUAGE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES ................................................... 32 10. GERMANY .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 10.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 10.2 LANGUAGES .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 10.3 RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................. 35 10.4 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES ........................................................................................................................ 35 11. LUXEMBOURG ................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 11.1 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................................................................