EUSKAL KONFEDERAZIOA

HOW MUCH TO INVEST, AND ON WHAT Economic resources and the language recovery process

Paul Bilbao-Sarria

pbilbao@kontseilua.org

1. What I will focus on today 2. Four pillars of language recovery 3. How much should we spend? 4. What should this money be spent on? 5. Conclusions

EUSKAL KONFEDERAZIOA

1. WHAT I WILL

FOCUS ON TODAY

Only Spanish official

Both Basque and Spanish officials Only French official

ONE LANGUAGE: FIVE – SEVEN STATUSES

2. FOUR PILLARS OF LANGUAGE RECOVERY

PU

BL

IC

IN

TE

RE

ST

&

SU

PP

OR

T

EC

ON

OM

IC

RE

SO

UR

CE

S

PL

AN

NIN

G

AD

EQ

UA

TE

LE

GIS

LA

TIO

N

LANGUAGE RECOVERY

Adequate legislation

Planning

Economic resources

Public interest & support

Regulations Promotion, assistance

2. HOW MUCH

SHOULD WE SPEND?

PROMOTING BASQUE TOTAL BUDGET %2004 £72.291.032 £5.474.926.497 1,32

2005 £75.363.010 £5.849.268.567 1,29

2006 £87.905.020 £6.265.156.697 1,4

2007 £94.082.702 £7.183.213.897 1,31

2008 £97.049.785 £8.169.020.551 1,2

2009 £103.415.591 £8.619.232.719 1,2

2010 £97.275.797 £8.477.668.806 1,15

2011 £94.937.273 £8.670.213.579 1,1

2012 £90.437.584 £8.587.762.840 1,05

2013 £82.126.022 £7.656.997.039 1,07

2014 £84.010.549 £8.395.725.977 1

BASQUE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY

PROMOTING BASQUE TOTAL BUDGET %2009 £2.585.290 £3.535.444.691 0,07

2010 £2.622.560 £3.623.771.748 0,07

2011 £2.490.591 £3.442.183.822 0,07

2012 £1.905.841 £3.154.069.778 0,06

2013 £1.794.537 £3.154.069.778 0,05

2014 £1.757.556 £2.798.892.258 0,06

FORAL COMMUNITY OF NAVARRE

North of the Basque Country: 2.697.594 £

%72: salaries and

operational

expenses

%20: salaries of

the staff

%33: salaries of

the staff

4. WHAT THIS

MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON?

• COMMUNITY • EMPLOYMENT • WELSH FOR ADULTS • THE GOVERNMENT • EDUCATION • FURTHER EDUCATION/HIGHER EDUCATION

Adults

Transmision

Education

SPEAKERS

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

SOCIO-ECONOMICS

LEISURE ACTIVITIES

PRESS & MEDIA

CULTURAL PRODUCTS

TERRITORY

THE SOCIAL MOVEMENT

NEW TECHNOLOGY

4. CONCLUSIONS

1. Greatest progress where there has been more investment.

2. At least 2% of the general budget

3. Not only resources: Integrated language policy

4. How much is important, also what is spent on

5. Grassroots movements must be provided

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