Conferenza Internazionale sulle Lingue di Minoranza. LINGUAE MUNDI

A morning packed with meetings with scholars, practitioners, and authorities to compare different language policy models.

Guests from Burgerland, Slovenia, and the Basque Country participated in a debate on the state of health of European minority languages and respect for the rights of lesser-used languages. An afternoon packed with meetings with scholars, practitioners, and authorities to compare different models of language policy. Guests from Burgerland, Slovenia, and the Basque Country participated in a debate on the state of health of European minority languages and respect for the rights of lesser-used languages. The debate focused on the state of health of European minority languages and respect for the rights of lesser-used languages.

FRIDAY MORNING – Cormons

10:00 AM MODERATOR: Dr. Marco Torresin – ARLeF International Relations Representative Greetings from the Authorities

10:30 a.m. Lecture by Vice President of the Province of Bolzano and Councilor for Education, Training, and Ladin Culture, Vice President of FUEN, Honorable Daniel Alfreider, Engineer. TITLE OF SPEECH: The Ladins. Beyond Borders. Presentation of the three historical minorities of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

11:00 am Burgenland Croats – Austria Magister (Mag.) Josef Buranits, LL.M., (12 minutes) President of the Cultural Association of Burgenland Croats TITLE OF THE SPEECH: The Burgenland Croats in Austria – The Need for Contemporary Frameworks and Regional Multilingualism as a Societal Asset

11.15 am Attorney Marco Jarc President of the Joint Institutional Committee for the problems of the Slovenian linguistic minority SPEECH TITLE: The protection of the Slovenian linguistic minority in the Italian legal system

11:30 a.m. Dr. William Cisilino Director of Arlef: Regional Agency for the Friulian Language | Regional Agency for the Friulian Language TITLE OF THE SPEECH: Policies for the Protection and Promotion of the Friulian Language in the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

11:45 AM COFFEE BREAK Organized by Enoteca di Cormons

12:15 p.m. Surveyor Alfredo Sandrini, President of the Kanaltaler Kulturverein - Valcanale Cultural Association, Member of the Regional Commission for the Protection of German-Speaking Minorities in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

12.30 pm Dr. Patxi Xabier Baztarrika Galparsoro (max. 15 minutes) Expert in Language Policy and Planning TITLE OF THE SPEECH: Basque: a case of linguistic growth and revitalization El euskera: un caso de crecimiento y revitalización lingüística

12.45pm Dr. Jessica Acquavita Vice President of the Istrian Region SPEECH TITLE: Italian language and bilingualism in Istria: between protection and valorization

1.00 pm Closing greetings of the first session and appointment in the afternoon managed by the moderator

3:00 pm Brief initial institutional greetings

3.15 pm Presentation of the Slovenian school in Cormons (with the presence of a teacher or possible visit to the school) Irene Ferlat – Slovenian school in Brazzano Teacher of the Ludvik Zorzut primary school in Brazzano (contact person for the school) TITLE OF THE SPEECH: SLOVENSKA ŠOLA V ITALIJANSKO-FURLANSKEM OKOLJU

3.40 pm Dr. Veronica De Giorgio Language operator of the Regional Help Desk for the Friulian language TITLE OF THE SPEECH: Cressi cun plui lenghis / Growing up with multiple languages Methods, experiences and good practices of a project for newborns and their families

4:00 PM Surveyor Alfredo Sandrini President of the Kanaltaler Kulturverein - Valcanale Cultural Association, Member of the Regional Commission for the Protection of German-Speaking Minorities in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Presentation of the Valcanale Multilingual School

4.15pm Dr. Lorea Bilbao Ibarra University Professor Member of the Basque Parliament - EUSKO LEGEBILTZARRA SPEECH TITLE: A day for change Un dia para el cambio

4:30 PM COFFEE BREAK

5.00 pm Croats from Burgenland – Austria (Magister (Mag.) Josef Buranits, LL.M., (12 minutes) President of the Cultural Association of Croats in Burgenland) TITLE OF THE SPEECH: Further development of supportive resources for kindergarten and school through examples.

5.15pm Dr. Maurizio Tremul President of the Italian Union (Slovenia and Croatia) TITLE OF SPEECH: Minority languages as an added value: the experience of the Italian National Community of Slovenia and Croatia

5.30pm Conclusion and farewells