Language Industry Why does it matter ?

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Language Industry Why does it matter? Inkaliisa Vihonen European Commission

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Language Industry Why does it matter?

Inkaliisa VihonenEuropean Commission

Origins of the Language Industry Web Platform (LIND-Web)

• DGT Study in 2009 – Size of the Language Industry – showed an industry unrecognised but in full expansion

Study results

• Estimated total value of the language industry in the EU in 2008: 8.6 billion €

• Estimated annual growth: 10%

• Estimated value of the language industry in the EU in 2015: 16.8 billion €

Challenges

• Lack of common statistics

• Need for more visibility

• Synergies between different sectors

New challenges

• Matching skills with markets

• Industry's voice in training

• Ensuring continuity

• Growing together

LIND-Web promotes language industry through

Sharing information through the platform on the industry and its different sub-sectors

Cooperating with all industry stakeholders to raise awareness about the potential of the language industry

Highlighting the growth prospects of this high-level industry

Contact pointec.europa.eu/language-industry

Language Industry and Training

• Cooperation in EMT selection with the view of

• Improving employability• Matching skills with market• Encouraging industry-academia

dialogue

fuhrmko
Chouette!

LIND-Web Editorial Board

ec.europa.eu/language-industry

content quality

project

ambassador

suser-friendliness

Platform Editorial Board

forward thinking

industry expertise

inspiration

Translating Europe

translatores

Join us at

Translating Europe Forum

18-19 September 2014, Brussels

Registration: ec.europa.eu/language-industry

Webstreaming will also be available

fuhrmko
Chouette!

Synergies between the industry and other European projects

Signature of Memoranda of Understanding with GALA and EUATC

At the LIND-Web Forum in Brussels, 24 May 2012