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><br>Date: Jun 1, 2007 12:19 PM<br>Subject: Ed. 19 - May 2007<br> <br><br></span>
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<td colspan="3"><b>Catalan Language News 19 - May 2007</b> </td></tr>
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<td bgcolor="#7a7a7a"><b><font color="white" size="3">WHO ARE WE?</font></b><br></td></tr>
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<td>The Catalan Language Observatory was set up in 2004 by cultural organisations from all the Catalan-speaking lands, with the purpose of monitoring the Catalan language rigorously and objectively.<br><br></td></tr></tbody>
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<td bgcolor="#7a7a7a"><b><font color="white" size="3">MEMBERSHIP</font></b><br></td></tr>
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<td><b>The following organisations ar e members of the Observatory:</b><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.acpv.net/php/index.php" target="_blank">Acció Cultural del País Valencià
</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.juristesperlallengua.cat/" target="_blank">Associació de Juristes per la llengua </a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.acpv.net/casals/fraga.html" target="_blank">
Casal Jaume I de Fraga</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.acpv.net/casals/perpinya.html" target="_blank">Casal Jaume I de Perpinyà</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ciemen.cat/" target="_blank">
Centre Internacional Escarré per a les Minories Ètniques i les Nacions</a> (CIEMEN)<br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.unescocat.org/en" target="_blank">Centre Unesco de Catalunya
</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.linguistic-declaration.org/index-gb.htm" target="_blank">Comitè de Seguiment de la Declaració Universal de Drets Lingüístics</a> <br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.cicac.org/" target="_blank">
Consell de Col·legis d'Advocats de Catalunya</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://pro.wanadoo.fr/catnet/Culturalnord.html" target="_blank">Culturalnord</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.fundccc.cat/" target="_blank">
Fundació Congrés de Cultura Catalana</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.linguapax.org/en/homeang.html" target="_blank">Institut Linguapax</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ocbweb.org/" target="_blank">
Obra Cultural Balear</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ua.es/spv/observatori" target="_blank">Observatori de la Universitat d'Alacant </a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.omnium.cat/" target="_blank">
Omnium Cultural</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.omnium.cat/index.php?cov_ID=22" target="_blank">Omnium Cultural de l'Alguer</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.om-plural.org/indexeng.html" target="_blank">
Organització pel Multilingüisme</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.plataforma-llengua.cat/" target="_blank">Plataforma per la llengua</a><br><br><b>With the support of:</b>
<br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.iec.cat/gc/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=148&languageId=1&contentId=-1" target="_blank">Institute of Catalan Studies</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.tv3.cat/ptvcatalunya/tvcHome.jsp" target="_blank">
Television of Catalonia</a><br>· <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.llengua.info/" target="_blank">IJLV </a>- the Joan Lluís Vives Institute -, whose members are the following universities:
<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.uao.es/cream/?site=uao&page=1&idioma=ca" target="_blank">Abat Oliba CEU University</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.uab.es/servlet/Satellite?cid=1101231878924&pagename=UAB%2FPage%2FTemplateHomeUAB" target="_blank">
Autonomous University of Barcelona</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.unica.edu/primera.uic" target="_blank">International University of Catalonia</a> <br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.uji.es/UK/basic" target="_blank">
Jaume I University</a> <br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.umh.es/" target="_blank">Miguel Hernández University</a> (Elx)<br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.uoc.edu/web/eng/index.html" target="_blank">
Open University of Catalonia</a> <br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.upf.es/english/web" target="_blank">Pompeu Fabra University</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.url.es/en/index.php" target="_blank">
Ramon Llull University</a> <br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.urv.es/en_index.html" target="_blank">Rovira i Virgili University</a> <br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.upc.edu/eng" target="_blank">
Technical University of Catalonia</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.upv.es/menui.html" target="_blank">Technical University of Valencia</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ua.es/en/index.html" target="_blank">
University of Alacant</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.uda.ad/index.php" target="_blank">University of Andorra</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.uib.es/en" target="_blank">
University of the Balearic Islands</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ub.edu/homeub/welcome.html" target="_blank">University of Barcelona</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.udg.es/" target="_blank">
University of Girona</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.udl.es/perfils/visitors.html" target="_blank">University of Lleida</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.univ-perp.fr/" target="_blank">
University of Perpinyà</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.uv.es/~webuv/ingles/index.htm" target="_blank">University of Valencia</a><br>- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.uvic.cat/en/inici.html" target="_blank">
University of Vic</a><br><br><b><b>With the support of</b>:</b><br><br>GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA<br><br>INSTITUT RAMON LLULL<br><br><br></td></tr>
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<td bgcolor="#7a7a7a"><b><font color="white" size="3">LINKS TO SITES WITH GENERAL INFORMATION ON CATALAN</font></b><br></td></tr>
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<td><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.gencat.net/index_eng.htm" target="_blank">Generalitat de Catalunya</a> Government of Catalonia<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.caib.es/govern/index.jsp" target="_blank">
Govern de les Illes Balears</a> Government of the Balearic Islands<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://http//www.gva.es/jsp/portalgv.jsp?br=1&re=1&co=es&chflash=true&force=si" target="_blank">
Generalitat Valenciana</a> Government of the Valencian Community<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.parlament-cat.net/portal/page?_pageid=34,33596&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL" target="_blank">
Parlament de Catalunya</a> Parliament of Catalonia<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.iec.cat/" target="_blank">IEC</a> Institute of Catalan Studies<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.llull.cat/llull/index.jsp?idioma=en" target="_blank">
institut Ramon Llull</a><br><br><br></td></tr></tr></tbody></table>
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<td><b><font size="3">150 PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS IN CATALAN</font></b><br><br>
<center><img width="140"></center><br><br>Despite the small size of its potential market (10 million people), the Catalan cultural world produces an extremely important number of periodical publications which are grouped within the Association of Periodical Publications in Catalan (
<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.appec.cat/" target="_blank">APPEC</a>) with more than 90 publishing houses publishing around 150 different magazines.<br><br>Together these are responsible for the publication of an average of 750,000 monthly publications with a readership of around about
2.5 million throughout the Catalan speaking territories. To these figures we need to add the Catalan daily and local newspapers, digital publications and other publications of an academic nature, published by the universities. All in all it is now possible for the Catalan speaking citizen to access all types of information, whether that be local, general, technical or of any other specialised nature in his or her own language. The majority of these publications, even though they are readily available at newsstands or bookshops, are usually purchased by subscription. The figures are relatively high if we take into account the fact that under the Franco regime people who are now older than 45 years of age were not able to learn Catalan at school. Furthermore, being bilingual, the majority of these readers have ready access to other publication s in Castilian, French or Italian with a larger production, as well as a stronger distribution base.
<br><br>Even so, in this market the existence of periodical publications in specific or specialised themes is much more complex. Alongside the problems arising from necessarily smaller levels of production we must also take into account territorial fragmentation, difficulties in distribution and the challenges of advertising and awareness. For this reason, the APPEC was created 1983 the two objectives: to contribute to the process of linguistic standardisation and to defend the interests of those periodical publications which belonged to the Association. APPEC then, has become the principal group of written communication in Catalan drawing under its wing some 30 different thematic groups: agriculture and livestock, the decorative arts, plastic arts, science, communication, associative organisations, culture and society, popular culture, ecology, economy, outdoor education, the Scout movement, sports, ethnic concerns, tramping, gastronomy, history, publications, children and youth, general information, the environment, international relations, politics, weddings, music and entertainment, educational practices, religion, university, travel.
<br><br>At the present time, the APPEC is considering the digitalisation of all its associate publications. In doing so, it is taking a leading position amongst the groups of communication which are pushing this form of publication, and which will create access to our magazines throughout the world.
<br><br><br><br><b><font size="3">LINKS TO OTHERS PERIODICALS PUBLICATIONS</font></b><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.institutagricola.org/main.eng.php" target="_blank">DRECERA
</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://bcr.lesrevistes.cat/ct/Cos/DossierAngles" target="_blank">BC+R</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.fundacioespais.com/principal.php?idio=3&plana=espais" target="_blank">
PAPERS D´ART</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.nuvisweb.com/ct/Wp_angles:Portada2/Canals:Wp_angles" target="_blank">NUVIS</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.gegants.cat/english/index.html" target="_blank">
GEGANTS</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.allofus.net/" target="_blank">TOTS</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.feec.org/English.htm" target="_blank">
VÈRTEX</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.sapiensdigital.com/ftp/sapiens/index.jsp" target="_blank">SÀPIENS</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.noushoritzons.cat/" target="_blank">
NOUS HORITZONS</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://home.palaumusica.org/index.asp?pIdioma=ang" target="_blank">REVISTA MUSICAL CATALANA</a><br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.europadelesnacions.lesrevistes.cat/" target="_blank">
EUROPA DE LES NACIONS</a><br><br><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td>
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<td><b><font size="3"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.eltemps.net/" target="_blank">EL TEMPS</a></font></b><br><br>
<center><img width="140"></center><br>The weekly publication of general information published in Valencia, with a wide distribution throughout the Catalan speaking territories<br><br><b><font size="3"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.omnium.cat/escolaViewPage.php" target="_blank">
ESCOLA CATALANA</a></font></b><br><br>
<center><img width="140"></center><br>A magazine dealing with those educational social and cultural themes most relevant in the present day. It presents monographics of educational themes for teachers, interviews and educational book reviews, as well as reviews of literature for children and adolescents and museum visits .
<br><br><b><font size="3"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.enderrock.cat/" target="_blank">ENDERROK</a></font></b><br><br>
<center><img width="140"></center><br>A magazine for youth related to the Catalan music scene, the latest pop and rock, new releases, concerts, themes, social comment, cinema guides, internet, design, sex. 100 pages plus a CD and DVD.
<br><br><b><font size="3"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.lavenc.com/" target="_blank">L´AVENÇ</a></font></b><br><br>
<center><img width="140"></center><br>A historical perspective of current themes, a critical contribution to cultural debate in the country, information, opinion and studies relating to understand the present through a critical understanding and reconstruction of the past.
<br><br><b><font size="3"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.sapienspublicacions.com/" target="_blank">NAT</a></font></b><br><br>
<center><img width="140"></center><br>A magazine in which one can delve into the nature of our country with an open view to the rest of the planet.<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td>
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