Politics · Spain · 19 hrs ago
Valencian language academy seeks closer cooperation with regional government
Maria Àngels Francés, the new president of the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, has met José Díez, the Consell’s second vice-president.
The academy is the statutory body responsible for setting standards for Valencian and helping protect its use.
Francés said the meeting was cordial and that both sides want to begin a period of cooperation.
They intend to meet regularly, though they have not set a schedule.
The academy showed the Consell resources for people who speak or want to learn Valencian, including its online dictionary, which receives more than 50,000 searches a day.
Relations were difficult in the past, Francés said, because budget cuts made it harder for the academy to operate.
She said cooperation matters for promoting Valencian, and that the two sides will continue discussing shared goals.
The Valencian Language Academy and the regional government have agreed to work together after a meeting between their representatives.
Academy president Maria Àngels Francés said both institutions intend to hold periodic meetings.
Francés said the Academy presented its work and resources for people who speak or want to learn Valencian.
She said past relations with the Consell had been difficult, partly because of budget cuts that hindered the Academy’s normal work.
The Academy and the Consell share goals of raising Valencian’s prestige and encouraging its use.
- Who
- The Valencian Language Academy, led by president Maria Àngels Francés, and the Consell, represented by vice-president José Díez.
- What
- They agreed to work together and maintain periodic meetings.
- When
- The meeting took place the day before Francés’s interview with La Vanguardia.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- To pursue shared goals of raising Valencian’s prestige and encouraging its use, and to improve cooperation between the institutions.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
It is essential to have a relationship of cooperation and institutional loyalty with the Consell
I will not deny that relations with the Consell have been difficult
the application for the Diccionari Normatiu Valencià receives more than 50,000 queries a day
A third of the Academy’s plenary body was renewed.
The Academy’s governing board was renewed.
Francés met with Consell vice-president José Díez to discuss the Academy’s work and cooperation.
The institutions said they intended to hold periodic meetings, though they had not set a specific schedule.
- Academy president
- Maria Àngels Francés
- Consell representative
- Vice-president José Díez
- Dictionary app
- More than 50,000 queries a day
- Academy history
- 25 years
- Shared goals
- Raise Valencian’s prestige and encourage its use
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