Press release
December 18, 2007
Leading language associations, covering both Europe and North America, agree to closer ties
GALA
Seattle, USA and Rimini, Italy -- The European Language
Industry Association (ELIA) and the Globalization and Localization
Association (GALA) today announced a cooperation agreement to collaborate
on events and marketing activities that will provide increased benefit to
each association's members. The agreement will commence in 2008 with three
European Networking Days, the first of which will be in Paris, March 13 -
16.
The drive behind the cooperation agreement stems from the
existing synergy in the two organizations missions and the reciprocal
interest to create quality regional events for European members. ELIA has
a rapidly growing membership most of whom are based in Europe; GALAs more
global representation has more than 265 members of which 50 percent are in
the European region. This agreement is designed to increase the
associations' coverage and enhance communications of their respective
activities.
ELIA has built an excellent reputation for its well
attended and favorably sponsored training and networking programs. These
comprise of three intense Networking/workshop days located in main
European cities designed to attract language and associated service
providers. The fruits of the ELIA/GALA collaboration will first be seen at
the Networking Days event in Paris (ND4), but future activities include
Networking Days in Ljubljana (ND5) in the summer and an autumn event at a
yet undetermined southern European location. More details on the events
will be available on the associations' websites in the New Year.
GALA
and ELIA's partnership plan includes the joint production of the
Networking Days, collaborating on program definition, communications,
logistics, marketing and member discounts.
About ELIA
ELIA
is the first pan-European company-to-company association in the language
industry. It is an umbrella professional organization for translation
interpreting and localization companies across Europe and beyond and aims
to establish relationships with companies and related organizations from
other parts of the world. ELIA is committed to representing the best
interests of its member companies in the European marketplace. For more
information about ELIA visit www.elia-association.org
About
GALA
GALA is an international non-profit association that promotes
translation services, language technology and language management
solutions. The member companies worldwide include translation companies,
localization service providers, globalization consultants,
internationalization specialists and technology developers. GALA companies
share a commitment to quality, service, and innovation in helping clients
reach global markets. For more information about GALA visit www.gala-global.org
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