The use of mother tongue in official institutions

Miercurea Ciuc / Csíkszereda, 1 April 2010.℘

“The Use of the Mother Tongue in the Official Institutions” was the title of the conference held in Csíkszereda/ Miercurea Ciuc organized by the Local and County Council, having as goal the promotion of the usage of regional languages, the usage of spoken and written Hungarian in different institutions of the administrations, in mayors’ offices, in the local and county councils and in the so called “de-concentrated” institutions.  The conference was opened by Mr. László Zsolt Ladányi, the prefect of Hargita/Harghita County, followed by the speeches of Mr. Csaba Sógor, European Parliamentary deputy and Mr. Csaba Borboly the chair of the Hargita/Harghita County Council.  Mr. István Horváth, the chair of the Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities presented the findings of the research entitled The Usage of Administrative Language in the County of Hargita/Harghita in Local and De-concentrated State Institutions.  The title of Ms. Erika Mária Tódor’s presentation was: Language Usage in Administration and Viable Bilingualism.  The conference has ended with the presentation of our colleague’s Ms. Emese Emőke Batizán who aimed to answer the question: What Can a Leader do for the Usage of Hungarian Language?