 | CEMR to launch multilingual website on town twinning 23-10-2008 The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) will launch its new
multilingual website totally devoted to town twinning, on 13 November 2008 in
Brussels.
The new website will help Europe's local governments find.twinning partners
and will feature over 20 languages including Ukrainian, Icelandic, Latvian,
Greek, Romanian, French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese... It will boast
an elaborate online form enabling municipalities to post “seeking a partner”
requests that will be instantly available in all of the languages.
An example CEMR gives: A Portuguese mayor will be able to fill in the
Portuguese form presenting his/her municipality. Once completed and validated,
the form will be immediately available in all languages, enabling municipalities
from almost all other European countries to read it in their mother tongue.
CEMR's new website also features an “information about twinning” part,
endeavouring to answer all questions that anyone interested in twinning might
have: What is the definition of twinning? What is its purpose? Where to find
funding? Who can advise...? It will also include a rubric with concrete tips for
a successful twinning as well as news about twinning and examples of successful
twinnings.
The launch of CEMR's new website will also be the occasion to debate the
future of twinning in Europe. In the age of Internet, satellite TV and cheap and
fast travel, why is town twinning still relevant? What does twinning concretely
bring to local authorities and their inhabitants? CEMR secretary general Jeremy
Smith and CEMR head of citizenship Sandra Ceciarini will answer questions from
the floor.
Background information
CEMR developed the concept of twinning as a structured movement in 1951 and
has ever since been its main driving force. Twinning is not limited to EU Member
States, it is open to any European country, whether candidate country or not.
Today, there are over 17,000 twinning links in Europe.
Practical information
Date and venue: 13 November 2008 – 14:30 – House of cities, mu
nicipalities and regions, Square De Meeûs 1, 1000 Brussels
Speakers:
Language: English (Pas d'interprétation mais possibilité
d'intervenir en français).
A number of PCs will be available to explore the new website. Jeremy Smith
and Sandra Ceciarini will be available for interviews in English, French and
Italian
Registration: Due to the limited space, we strongly encourage you
to register (via email:
Pierre Vander
Auwera;
Patrizio
Fiorilli).
Source: Council of European Municipalities and Regions back |
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