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[Magali Duclaux]

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ELRA - European Language Resources Association
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The Mediterranean Language Technology Centre,
MLTC, launched by ELRA & ELDA in Rabat, Morocco
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ELRA & ELDA to promote Human Language Technologies (HLT)
for the Mediterranean Languages thanks to the MLTC centre.

The project of the creation of an organisation similar to the
European Language Resources Association (ELRA) was
initiated by ELRA & ELDA, to promote HLT in the Mediterranean
countries and encourage research and development in this area.

The Mediterranean Language Technology Centre (MLTC) centre
was officially launched at the end of year 2001. It is located in Rabat,
Morocco, where a partner team has been set up.

Since its creation, MLTC has been working closely with ELRA & ELDA
to handle every aspect related to the resources and processing of the
Mediterranean languages, in the framework of some European and
international projects. The centre will also be responsible for a number
of other activities and tasks outsourced by ELRA & ELDA.

Thanks to the MLTC centre and our involvement in the various sectors
covered by HLT, we expect to foster research and development in HLT for
all the Mediterranean languages.

Contact: Khalid Choukri
Email: choukri at elda.fr

ELRA & ELDA
55-57, rue Brillat Savarin
75013 Paris (France)
Tel.: +33 1 43 13 33 33
Fax: +33 1 43 13 33 30

*** About ELRA & ELDA ***

The European Language Resources Association (ELRA) is a non-profit
making organisation founded by the European Commission in 1995,
with the mission of providing a clearing house for language resources
and promoting Human Language Technologies (HLT).
The Evaluation and Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA) is
ELRA's operational body. ELDA identifies, collects, markets, and distributes
language resources, along with the dissemination of general information in
the field of HLT. ELDA also participates in some evaluation projects and
campaigns, has considerable knowledge and skills in HLT applications and
has participated in many French, European and international projects.

To find out more about ELRA and ELDA, please visit our web site: www.elda.fr