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A consultation workshop with language technology (LT) stakeholders took place on 10 and 11 February 2020 in Brussels. The workshop gathered 50 representatives of the European LT community, mainly developers and providers of LT software and services but also LT users from different sectors for 1,5 days of intense discussions and team work.

On the 3rd and 4th of October 2019, the European Commission hosted a stakeholder consultation to prepare for the Horizon Europe programme. Around 50 experts from major European research centres, universities and industries specialising in Web Accessibility and Language Technologies gathered in Luxembourg to share their views and identify trends and challenges that may inform future Research and Innovation actions of the European Commission.

On the 3rd and 4th of October 2019, the European Commission hosted a stakeholder consultation to prepare for the Horizon Europe programme. Around 50 experts from major European research centres, universities and industries specialising in Web Accessibility and Language Technologies gathered in Luxembourg to share their views and identify trends and challenges that may inform future Research and Innovation actions of the European Commission.

The deadline for the 2020-1 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Telecom call for proposals is now extended until 25 June to give more time for applicants to prepare their proposals. Co-funding to stimulate and support the deployment of European Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) is offered in the areas of Automated Translation, Blockchain, eDelivery, eIdentification & eSignature, European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs, Europeana and Safer Internet. Up to €31.4 million is available to create full cross-border digital infrastructure, in areas of public interest.

24 official EU languages, 3 alphabets and more than 60 regional and minority languages.
Multilingual solutions and linguistic diversity affect all sectors: industry, education, culture, media, communication, information, sciences and humanities.

The call for tender is looking for support for the operation and continued development of the automated translation core service platform.

The European Commission initiated ELRC to overcome one of the main challenges in creating a true Digital Single Market in Europe – the language barrier that public services, ministries and citizens face every day.

The European Commission has launched a call for tenders, composed of two lots, for a study to assess the service portfolio development and business case for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Automated Translation platform (lot 1) and the implementation of the service desk of the CEF Automated Translation platform and a programme support action (lot 2) (study reference SMART 2016/0103)

The CRACKER project, under the Cracking the Language Barrier federation, is launching a survey to hear your views on the shape and future of the language technologies landscape in Europe.