Deadline: 11-May-23
The European Commission (EC) is now accepting applications for promotion of excellence in conference interpreter training, cooperation among universities training conference interpreters and research into technical developments in the area of conference interpreting.
Objective
The Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences (DG LINC) of the European Parliament provides and manages interpretation services for all meetings organised by the European Parliament, as well as other institutions and bodies within the framework of inter-institutional cooperation. As a world leader in conference interpreting provision, it ensures that the proceedings of the European Parliament can be followed in real time by Members of Parliament and by citizens in all official languages of the European Union.
For this purpose, DG LINC collaborates with universities and organisations specialising in conference interpreter training to ensure the availability of a sufficient number of qualified conference interpreters to cover the service needs. The quality standards applied by DG LINC to assess training courses and the possible forms of cooperation between DG LINC and the universities are laid down in the Memorandum of Understanding on the training of conference interpreters. Through the programme of grants, DG LINC wishes to support the following topics in the field of interpretation:
- The promotion of quality and linguistic diversity in the teaching of conference interpreting in the official languages of the EU, of the candidate countries and of the countries which are the main political partners of the Union;
- The establishment of postgraduate centres of excellence;
- Cooperation among postgraduate courses from different European, candidate and third countries offering relevant language combinations;
- Regional cooperation among universities with complementary language regimes; and
- Integration of modern information and communication technologies in the training of conference interpreters.
Scope
- Higher Education Institutions, Universities, university institutes, consortia and associations of universities or institutes, which offer or coordinate postgraduate courses specialising in conference interpreting.
- Associations, consortia and bodies, whose main mission is to support cooperation and disseminate best practices in the field of worldwide conference interpreter training.
Funding Information
Applicants are invited to submit project proposals corresponding to one of the following topics:
- Topic 1: EP-LINC-SUBV-2023-CONF-INT-01: Organisation of master or postgraduate courses in conference interpreting. Total indicative budget foreseen for the proposals submitted to this topic: €400.000
- Topic 2: EP-LINC-SUBV-2023-CONF-INT-02: Promotion of excellence in conference interpreter training, cooperation among universities training conference interpreters and research into technical developments in the area of conference interpreting. Project proposals submitted to this topic may combine several activities, such as:
- Networking activities and management of structures for cooperation between the centres of excellence in conference interpreter training.
- Organisation of student/teacher mobility.
- Organisation of training of trainers.
- Organisation of e-learning/virtual coaching activities.
- Integration of innovative training content and tools in interpreter training Total indicative budget foreseen for the proposals submitted to this topic: €100.000
- Topic 3: EP-LINC-SUBV-2023-CONF-INT-03: Organisation of master, post-graduate or bachelor courses (relevance to the priority needs for the Ukrainian language at the European Parliament and the EU institutions and bodies for which it provides interpretations services).
- Total indicative budget foreseen for the proposals submitted to this topic: €100.000
Expected Outcome:
To ensure the availability of a sufficient number of qualified conference interpreters, Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences supports and assists in strengthening training programmes by providing professional and financial assistance. The aim of these activities is to help produce new generations of qualified conference interpreters who may, subsequently, be recruited by the EU institutions, and in particular by the European Parliament, as officials or as accredited conference interpreting agents.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher-Education Institutions, Universities, university institutes, consortia and associations of universities or institutes, which offer or coordinate postgraduate courses specialising in conference interpreting.
- Associations, consortia and bodies, whose main mission is to support cooperation and disseminate best practices in the field of worldwide conference interpreter training.
- For topic 3 only Higher-Education Institutions, Universities, university institutes, consortia and associations of universities or institutes – which offer or coordinate master, postgraduate or bachelor courses with conference interpreting components – registered in Ukraine.
Teaching establishments must be approved by their national authorities as public or private bodies charged with a public task of teaching and organising courses at master or postgraduate level in the field of conference interpreting. If the applicant is not a teaching establishment, its mission must nevertheless be related to the objectives of this programme and be recognised by the national authorities where it is established.
Applicants must be legally established in one of the Member States of the European Union, in one of the EFTA countries or in a candidate country for future membership of the European Union.
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