[WSIS CS-Plenary] Dynamic Coalition for Linguistic Diversity
Dr. Francis MUGUET
muguet at mdpi.org
Tue Aug 28 15:18:25 BST 2007
Dynamic Coalition for Linguistic Diversity
Internet Governance Forum
*Introduction*
The dynamic coalition for linguistic diversity is one of the dynamic
coalitions recognized within the Internet Governance Forum ( IGF ) which
was constituted by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
The *World Network for Linguistic Diversity MAAYA* is presided by his
excellency Adama Samssékou, President of the PrepCom of the WSIS Geneva
Phase. Under the guidance of its president, the MAAYA network is acting
as coalition coordinator. The goals of the coalitions are stemming from
recommendations 29 and 53 of the Tunis Agenda in regards to Internet
Governance, which are:
- *29*. We reaffirm the principles enunciated in the Geneva phase of the
WSIS, in December 2003, that the Internet has evolved into a global
facility available to the public and its governance should constitute a
core issue of the Information Society agenda. The international
management of the Internet should be multilateral, transparent and
democratic, with the full involvement of governments, the private
sector, civil society and international organizations. It should ensure
an equitable distribution of resources, facilitate access for all and
ensure a stable and secure functioning of the Internet, *taking into
account multilingualism*.
- *53*. We commit to working earnestly towards *multilingualization of
the Internet, as part of a multilateral, transparent and democratic
process*, involving governments and all stakeholders, in their
respective roles. In this context, we also support local content
development, translation and adaptation, digital archives, and diverse
forms of digital and traditional media, and recognize that these
activities can also strengthen local and indigenous communities. We
would therefore underline the need to:
* Advance the process for the introduction of multilingualism in a
number of areas including domain names, e-mail addresses and
keyword look-up.
* Implement programmes that allow for the presence of multilingual
domain names and content on the Internet and the use of various
software models in order to fight against the linguistic digital
divide and to ensure the participation of all in the emerging new
society.
* Strengthen cooperation between relevant bodies for the further
development of technical standards and to foster their global
deployment.
For reasons of synergy and coherence, the two actions of *MAAYA*, on one
side, within the framework of the Internet Governance Forum, and on the
other side, within the framework of the Geneva Plan of Action
implementation, are gathered within this coalition, under the guidance
of President Samassékou. The coalition is therefore also constituting
the multi-stakeholder team working towards the implementation of the
theme Linguistic Diversity of the Geneva Plan of Action.
*Goals of the World Network MAAYA, coordinator of the Dynamic Coalition
for Linguistic Diversity and moderator of the theme Linguistic Diversity
of the Geneva Plan of Action:*
* Encourage civil society, the private sector, research institutions
and NGOs, as well as governments and organizations to adopt and
implement measures enhancing equitable multilingualism;
* Promote mother tongue based multilingual education that
contributes to value the capacity of free linguistic and cultural
expression of the community in order to guaranty both social and
gender equality;
* Promote software localization and equal access of all languages to
cyberspace;
* Facilitate the empowerment of language communities worldwide in
developing and defending their own languages and its usage;
* Contribute to the creation and sharing of language resources;
* Observe the implementation of language policies, ensure
technological monitoring and serve as a focal point for linguistic
research projects.
* /MAAYA Members currently are :/ *
African Academy of Languages (www.acalan.org
<http://www.acalan.org/eng/accueil/accueil.php>)
Association YSB Sängö (sango.free.fr <http://sango.free.fr>)
Codice Idee per cultura SRL (www.codicecultura.it
<http://www.codicecultura.it>)
E-Africa Commission du NEPAD (www.eafricacommission.org
<http://www.eafricacommission.org>)
ENSTA (www.ensta.fr <http://www.ensta.fr/en/>)
Funredes (funredes.org <http://funredes.org>)
Global Knowledge Partnership (www.globalknowledge.org
<http://www.globalknowledge.org/>)
GREF
ICVolunteers (www.icvolunteers.org <http://www.icvolunteers.org>)
Institut francophone des nouvelles technologies de l'information et de
la formation (INTIF) (intif.francophonie.org
<http://intif.francophonie.org>)
International Literacy Institute of the University of Pennsylvania (ILI)
(www.literacyonline.org/HTMs/ili.htm
<http://www.literacyonline.org/HTMs/ili.htm>)
Intlnet (intlnet.org <http://intlnet.org>)
Language Observatory (www.language-observatory.org
<http://www.language-observatory.org>)
Linguamón - Casa de les Llengües (www.linguamon.cat
<http://www.linguamon.cat>)
Linguasphere Observatory (www.linguasphere.org
<http://www.linguasphere.org>)
Multilingual Internet Names Consortium (MINC) (minc.org <http://minc.org>)
Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (OIF)
(www.francophonie.org <http://www.francophonie.org>)
RECLA
SIL International (www.sil.org <http://www.sil.org>)
Thai Computational Linguisitcs Laboratory (www.tcllab.org
<http://www.tcllab.org>)
Toile Métisse (www.toile-metisse.org <http://www.toile-metisse.org>)
UNESCO (www.unesco.org <http://www.unesco.org>)
Unicode IDN in Africa
African Union (www.africa-union.org <http://www.africa-union.org>)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (www.itu.int
<http://www.itu.int>)
Union latine - Direction terminologie et industries de la langue
(www.unilat.org <http://dtil.unilat.org/>)
Organization of the Dynamic Coalition for Linguistic Diversity
As said earlier, the Coalition acts also a multi-stakeholder team for
the implementation of the theme Linguistic Diversity of the Geneva Plan
of Action. The organization includes therefore those two components.
The *World Network for Linguistic Diversity MAAYA*, under the guidance
of President Samassékou, is the coordinator of the coalition, and
therefore, members of the MAAYA network are included in the Coalition in
an operational way. Coalition members, however, are not automatically
members of the MAAYA network. Registration to the MAAYA network must be
made in accordance with the Network statutes.
Registration to the Dynamic Coalition is an informal process opened to
all: intergovernmental organizations, governments, civil society,
private sector and all men and women of goodwill. It suffices to
register to the mailing list or to write to the coordinator if for one
reason or another, a member does not wish to appear in the mailing list.
At their requests, coalition members may be listed publicly on the
coalition site to allow an inclusive and effective co-operation and dialog.
Current public list of coalition members :
* MAAYA Network (maaya.org <http://maayajo.org>)
* ACSIS Africa Civil Society on the Information Society
(www.acsis-africa.org <http://www.acsis-africa.org/>)
* EuroLinc (www.eurolinc.eu <http://www.eurolinc.eu/>)
* ???????? ???????? ??????????????? ???????? - Institute of the
Information Society (www.iis.ru <http://www.iis.ru>)
* World Tour of the Information Society (wtis.org <http://wtis.org>)
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*Website: *
http://Linguis.Tk <http://linguis.tk> ( Castellano, English ,
Français, Portuguais )
Liste publique de courrier ouverte à tous / Open Mailing List,
anyone may register.
* Liste LinguisTK <http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=fr>
* LinguisTK Mailing List
<http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=en>
* Lista de correo LinguisTK
<http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=es>
<http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=pt-BR>
* ?????? LinguisTK <http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=ru>
* LinguisTK ???????? <http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=ar>
* ? ? LinguisTK <http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=zh-CN>
<http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=zh-CN>
* Lista de correio LinguisTK
<http://groups.google.com/group/linguistk?hl=pt-BR>
*Contact: *
Viola Krebs (maaya [/at/] icvolunteers.org)
Francis Muguet (muguet [/at/] linguis.tk)
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Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D
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KNIS lab. Director
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
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