Web portal for minority languages in Spmi Nordic

Web portal for minority languages in Sápmi, Nordic countries, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Norway and Karelia Birger Winsa, President of SWEBLUL, 050730

Platform and structures of organisation • . php program. • As much as possible should be possible to update directly at the web • One moderator from one organisation responsible for the portal • Every MSC has responsibility and updating access to their own page and parts of the portal

Pictures, languages and design • Design is important • Nice pictures (geographic, cultural, social) • General information of the minority languages in English • General info in the respective minority language • Dominant part written in the national languages. • Documents in the language they are written in.

Portal page • • One logo for the whole region – WHICH? Minority regional logos, Sápmi flag Categorisation following nations. News, conferences and cultural events from the whole region • News from Eurolang • Minority conferences in Europe and globally

Structure • First page, logo • Links to national/regional pages, Sweden, Denmark, etc and Sápmi, Norway and Karelen. • Unified structure on all national/regional pages. Variation within the same theme

One portal for all pages • First page: General info, news, cultural events, links to all pages Links to digial maps from every region Link to a page with information of minoritiies in EU, global link collection, (perhaps the EBLUL page for this will do? ) Marketing page Regional pictures, web cameras Data base for cultural and minority tourism: publishers, music companies, theatre associations, voluntary minority associations

International links • Links to global minority portals • Links to funding institutions • Links to EU and EBLUL databases

Latvia Sápmi Sweden Link to these countries/ regions Finland Norway Lithuania Estonia Denmark Poland Karelia

Information on every “national” page • MS-committee: statutes, minutes, president, board members, addresses, telephones, e-mails, pictures (English) • General information of the minority region in English, the minority language/s and the national language: number of speakers, location of the region, about the language, social, cultural information, settlement history etc. Not more than 1 -2 pages in total per region.

Information of minorities from existing socurces • Copy from existing sources, and correct shortcomings, if possible. http: //www. mercator-central. org/ http: //europa. eu. int/comm/education/ • Translate to the national language and some minority languages if possible.

Information • • Legal status of every minority language Minority languages in education Minority languages in media Minority languages in administration Minority languages in books, music, theatre, civil society Minority languages in business Minorities in tourism

General info • • Links to relevant mailing lists News, conferences, cultural events Blogg, debate, information Information and links to funding sources for minority projects • Thematic links: group, language, region, education, media, etc. • Links to relevant search engines, and national databases

On every national page 1. Links to institutions promoting the minority language/s. Categorise: education, media, legislation, administration, culture, others. Address in the language of the institution, and in English if possible

Cultural and ethnic tourism • • Digital maps Links to tourist businesses in the region. Publishers, theatres, music companies Marketing of books, music, theatre, Nice pictures, All regional web cameras Links to companies advertising in minority languages

On every “national” page • Data base: categorised following themes, but one for all minority languages within the nation/region • Data base for culture: authors (short biography), musicians/singers, theatre, general cultural history, • Research data base: Articles in PDF-document. Categories: Juridical, socio linguistics, media, education, civil society, administration, government documents, socio-economic issues, tourism, general issues.

Civil society Minority associations • Links with logo to all minority associations in the community/region/nation • Information of their activites in English/national language

Education • Links to digital lexicons, grammar • Information on education, • Links to education institutions

Ideas from these sources • • • www. immi. se www. samer. se www. same. net www. sweblul. se http: //www. brcinfo. com/ http: //www. enrosadira. it/italia/index. html