European Language Equality Network

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European Language Equality Network
AbbreviationELEN
Established2011;14 years ago (2011)
Legal status non-governmental organization
Purposepromotion of lesser-used languages in Europe
Location
  • 6 plasenn Gwirioù Mab-Den,
    29270 Karaez     , France
Coordinates 48°16′41″N3°34′22″W / 48.27810°N 3.57290°W / 48.27810; -3.57290
Region
Europe
Website elen.ngo

The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) is an international non-governmental organization that is active at the European level [1] which works to protect and promote European lesser-used languages (lesser-used languages), i.e. regional languages, minority languages, endangered languages, co-official languages and national languages of small nations. As of 2025, it states that 174 member organisations representing 50 languages in 25 European states, constitutes its network. [2] This includes many language NGOs as well as academic institutions. [3]

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History

ELEN was formed after the closure of EBLUL, European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, a non-governmental organization with similar goals founded in 1982 and closed in 2010 [4] The Secretary-General of ELEN has been Davyth Hicks since its foundation and its current president is Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, elected in 2021. [5]

General Assembly

ELEN holds an annual general assembly in a different location each year. The most recent editions were:

2024: Bilbao, the Basque Country [6]

2023: Cagliari, Sardinia [7]

2022: Cardiff, Wales [8]

2021: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia [9]

References

  1. ↑ "European Language Equality Network calls on the EU to levy sanctions against discrimination towards Catalan". Catalan News. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Information". ELEN. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Members". ELEN. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Gál, Kinga; Hicks, Davyth (1 December 2010). "The European Parliament Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages, 2009–2014" . Europäisches Journal für Minderheitenfragen. 3 (3): 236–250. doi:10.1007/s12241-010-0087-3. ISSN   1865-1097.
  5. ↑ Ontwerpers, BW H. "Afûk » Elin Haf Gruffydd-Jones new president of ELEN". Afûk (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "ELEN General Assembly 2024 - Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua". 15 July 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "ELEN General Assembly 2023 – Arvéschida" (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "The ELEN network asks the French State not to persecute councils that allow full meetings to be addressed in Catalan | News of Plataforma per la Llengua". Plataforma per la Llengua. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "IAITH attends the ELEN General Assembly | Iaith". www.iaith.cymru. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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