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Thematic Network Project
in the area of Languages

Project for the dissemination of results

The project is structured into the following layers:

• Coordinator / Assistant Project Manager / Central Coordination Unit
• Scientific Committee
• Theme-specific task forces; expert groups for the training of trainers strand
• Other partners and bodies actively involved in the TNP

The project's coordinating institution is the Freie Universität Berlin (DE). The project is co-ordinated by Wolfgang Mackiewicz. Sietze Looyenga holds the position of assistant project manager.

Coordinates:

The coordinator has ultimate responsibility for the scientific coordination and management of the project. He prepares and chairs the meetings of the Scientific Committee and is responsible for the dissemination of the results. The leaders of the task forces and of the expert groups report directly to him. He prepares the final report and leads the group responsible for the editing of the major document. He directs the organisation of the Conference.

The assistant project manager reports to the Coordinator and to the Scientific Committee. Assisted by a team of young graduates and a number of permanent staff at FUB's Language Institute, he is responsible for the administration of the project. He monitors the progress of project activities and regularly liaises with the leaders of the task forces and expert groups. He administers the Commission grant and accounts for money spent. He creates/maintains the TNP archive and the TNP Website. He deals with all incoming correspondence.

The Scientific Committee sets the agenda for the task forces and the Conference. It reviews the major document before it is published. It receives progress reports from the Coordinator and the Assistant Project Manager. It evaluates the project and monitors its impact. Specific responsibility for monitoring impact rests with the academic organisations represented on the Scientific Committee.

Members of the Scientific Committee:

• Piet Van de Craen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE
• Zuzana Jettmarova, Karlova Univerzita, CZ
• Gisa Rauh, Bergische Universität - Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, DE
• Wolfgang Mackiewicz, Freie Universität Berlin, DE (C)
• Karen M. Lauridsen, Handelshøjskolen i Århus, DK
• Martin Ehala, Tallinna Pegagoogikaülikool, EE
• Kari Sajavaara, Jyväskylän yliopisto, FI
• Thomas Fraser, Université Charles-de-Gaulle - Lille III, FR
• Geneviève Zarate, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud, FR
• Angela Chambers, University of Limerick, IE
• Graça Abranches, Universidade de Coimbra, PT
• Neva Slibar, Univerza v Ljubljana, SI
• Michael Kelly, University of Southampton, UK

The task forces prepare the sections of the major document allocated to them. They identify pertinent target groups/target group representatives and contact them. The task force leaders are responsible for the delivery of the products; together with the Coordinator they edit the major document.

Members of TF1: Mobility and co-operation: the needs of students and of the labour market

• Valère Meus, Universiteit Gent, BE
• Ana Maria Martín Uriz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, ES
• Anne Räsänen, Jyväskylän yliopisto, FI (L)
• Ludmilla Meskova, Univerzita Mateja Bela, SK

Members of TF2: European citizenship

• Todor Shopov, Sofijski Universitet Sveti Kliment Ohridski, BG
• Geneviève Zarate, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud, FR
• Robert Crawshaw, Lancaster University, UK (L)

Members of TF3: New learning environments: the European learning space

• Thomas Vogel, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), DE (L)
• Jurate Zdanyte, Kauno Technologijos Universitetas, LT
• Rute Costa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT
• Marina Mozzon-McPherson, University of Hull, UK

Members of TF4: Education of teachers and trainers for a multilingual Europe

• Anne-Claude Berthoud, Université de Lausanne, CH
• Carmen Perez-Vidal, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES
• Sean Devitt, University of Dublin - Trinity College, IE
• Mariusz Mistal, Wysza Szkola Pedagiczna, PL
• Ray Satchell, University of Bristol, UK

Members of TF5: Training in translation and interpreting

• Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast, Universität des Saarlandes, DE
• Bodil Martensen, Handelshøjskolen i Århus, DK
• Kinga Klaudy, Budapesti Mûszaki Egyetem, HU
• Daniel Toudic, Université de Rennes 2, FR (L)

Members of TF6: Language studies at advanced level for non-language professions

• Imelda Elliott, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, FR
• Kees de Bot, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, NL
• Rodica Bakonsky, Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, RO
• Elisabeth M. Lillie, University of Ulster, UK (L)

In addition, representatives of the following institutions will be actively involved in the exploitation and dissemination of the training of trainers results:

• Haute Ecole Leonardo da Vinci, BE
• Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool, BE
• Université de Genève, CH
• Handelshøjskolen i København, DK
• Université Marc Bloch, FR
• Università degli Studi di Trieste, IT

The project partners not directly involved in key activities identify target groups/group representatives, comment on the draft major document, provide pertinent information about participating countries not represented in the current TNP and add to the examples of good practice identified during the three-year project period. A representative section of partner representatives from the new participating countries will attend the Conference, as will some of the old partners not involved in core activities.

The list of project partners is available here.