10 years of MAAYA, the World Network for Linguistic
Diversity: Time for Balance and Perspectives
Global Expert meeting
on Multilingualism
Khanty-Mansiisk
July 4th-9th, 2015
Daniel Pimienta, MAAYA Exec. Secr.
pimienta@funredes.org
Daniel Prado, Prev. MAAYA Exec. Secr.
dhprado@gmail.com
www.maaya.org
ACALAN
…AND MANY OTHERS
Plan of the Presentation
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Presentation of Maaya
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Aims
Activities
History
Balance of 10 years
Maaya survey results
Maaya perspectives
Maaya: Who We Are
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Composition
A multi-stakeholder member network
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Mission
To value and promote linguistic diversity
as a basis of the unity of human communication.
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Aims
Serve as a platform of exchange and sharing for
members and develop projects coherent with the mission
Maaya: Objectives
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Encourage stakeholders to adopt and implement measures
enhancing equitable multilingualism
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Promote mother tongue based multilingual education for free
cultural expression and both social and gender equality;
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Promote software localization and equal access of all
languages in cyberspace;
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Facilitate the empowerment of language communities
worldwide in developing and defending their own languages
and its usage;
Contribute to the creation and sharing of language resources;
Observe the implementation of language policies, ensure
technological monitoring and serve as a focal point for
linguistic research projects.
Maaya: Expected Results
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To contribute to the strengthening of the
dialogue of cultures and civilizations for
a world of peace and solidarity.
To contribute to the reduction of the
knowledge divide through the construction
of concrete, specific and adapted programs,
which enhance the use of languages
as means of the world's cultures.
To implement Multi-Stakeholder
Partnerships in the field of linguistic
diversity.
Maaya: Governing Bodies
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General Assembly
Executive
Committee
Working Groups
Maaya: Actual Executive Committee
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Adama Samassekou – President
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Marcel Diki Kidiri
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Viola Krebs (ICVolontaire), tresory
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Claudio Menezes
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Daniel Pimienta (Funredes) – Exec. Secr.
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Daniel Prado
Maaya: Institutional Members 1/4
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Académie africaine des langues
Action Urgente pour un Développement Durable en Centrafrique (AUDDC)
African Union
Agence tunisienne internet
Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology
ANLoc – The African Network for Localization
Associaçao Internacional da Biblioteca Digital Lusófona
Association YSB Sängö
Bischarat
Centre Africain d’échange culturel(CAFEC)
Centre de Recherche de voies pour l'épanouissement et l'autonomie (CERVEAU)
Codice Idee per cultura SRL
Diaspora Africaine pour la Société de l'Information (DAPSI)
E-Africa Commission of NEPAD
Ecoaldea Bello Amanecer
ENSTA
Esperanto Radikala Asocio
Eurolinc
Maaya: Institutional Members 2/4
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Faculty of ARTS - Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University
Fantsuam Foundation
Forum des langues de France
Funredes
Global Friends
GREF
ICVolunteers
Institut des Sciences et des Nouvelles Technologies – Centre d’Études et de
Recherche Scientifique de Djibouti - CERDJ
Instituto internacional da lingua portuguesa
Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI)
International Literacy Institute of the University of Pennsylvania (ILI)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Internet Child Safety Foundation
Intlnet
La Caravane des dix mots
Language Observatory Project - LOP
Linguasoft
Linguasphere Observatory
Linguiste
Maaya: Institutional Members 3/4
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MIGRAF Institut des Sciences et des Nouvelles Technologies
Misophonia UK
Mouvement des Eleves et Etudiants de Diokoul
Multilingual Internet Names Consortium (MINC)
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
NEVIXIA
NLDP
Observatoire européen du plurilinguisme
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Orissa Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA)
Radio Isanganiro
RECLA
Ryerson University
School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad
Shree Madhyabharat HIndi Sahitya Samiti
Signographie manuscrite YaelLE
SIL International
Smallcodes
Société africaine de terminologie
Société Civile Africaine Pour la Société de l'Information
Maaya: Institutional Members 4/4
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Sorosoro
Subtrain
Thai Computational Linguisitcs Laboratory
Toile Métisse
UIT - Union Internationale des Télécommunications
UNESCO
Unicode IDN in Africa
Unión Latina
Universidade do Brasilia
Universidad de Alcalá
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
University of Hyderabad
Universtiy of Graz
Urdu Internet Society
Web Networks
WOLACO (World Languages Conservancy)
MAAYA MEMBERSHIP
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NEED CLEANING !
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75 institutional members
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Some 15 individual members (?)
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97 subscribers in the MAAYA discussion list
Maaya: Resources
FINANCE: So far so ……. bad
ALLIANCES: an historical asset
MEMBERS: high potential
energy
Maaya Prehistory 2000-2007
2000
Conceived within the WSIS process (where linguistic and
cultural diversity in cyberspace is one of the priorities)
Tunis 11/2005
Born in Tunis by decision of ACALAN
Pres. A. Samassekou under the auspices
of African Union Commission
Bamako 6/2006
Seminar on African Languages in
Cyberspace
1st Executive Board
Barcelona 2/2007
= EC or coord. meetings
Maaya History 2007-2008
2007
= GA
Moderation line C8
of WSIS action plan
Rio de Janeiro
11/2007
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Dynamic Coalition for Linguistic Diversity
2008
UN International Year of Languages –
Creation of International Consultative
Committee
La Habana
12/2008
World Congress on specialized
Translation – Proposition of chart
Hyderabad
12/2008
IGF
Dyn. Coal. For LD
Maaya History 2009-2011
1/2009
Bamako International Forum on multilingualism
2009
Set up of Permanent Secretary of Bamako follow-on
Barcelone
9/2009
1st Symposium on Multilingualism in Cyberspace
SIMC1
2010
Report to UN to motivate the launch of the
World Summit on Multilingualism
Yakutsk
7/2011
2nd International
Conference on Linguistic
and Cultural Diversity in
Cyberspace
2nd Symposium on
Multilingualism in Cyberspace
SIMC2
Brasilia
11/2011
Maaya History 2012-2013
Submission of DILINET 7Meuros Research Project to EU/FP7
Call ICT-2011.4.4 - Intelligent integrated systems
1/2012
that directly support decision making
3/2012
Publication of Net.Lang: towards the
multilingual cyberspace
Paris
10/2012
3rd Symposium on Multilingualism in
Cyberspace – SIMC3
Submission of SEMACORE 3Meuros project
Call ICT-2013.4.1 - Content analytics & language
technologies- Cross-media content analytics
1/2013
Maaya History 2014-2015
Publication of “La langue française dans le monde”, OIF, Nathan
Chapter “la place du français dans l’Internet” pp501-541, from a
10/2014
study for OIF
11/2014
Publication of a study on ”The space of
languages of France on the Internet”,
mandated by French Ministry of Culture
5/2015
Surveying MAAYA members
7/2015
General Assembly to
boost participation
MAAYA MACRO VISION
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From 2005 to 2009: LAUNCH
Hit: Bamako Forum
Vision: Public Policies
From 2009 to 2011: FOCUS
Hit: Sustain SIMC & collaborate with IFAP
Vision: Cyberspace
From 2012 to 2014: CONSOLIDATE & SEARCH $
Hit: Net.Lang
Vision: Large projects
MAAYA MACRO VISION
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From 2015 to 2020: SUSTAIN & NETWORK
Hit: SOMOM
Vision: Member participation
MAAYA 10 YEARS BALANCE
Bamako Spirit
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LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY
IN CYBERSPACE
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MAAYA PERSPECTIVES
Bamako Spirit
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MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
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Launched and completed in May 2015
As a tool for preparation of Extraordinary
General Assembly of July 2015
Participation of 20% of MAAYA discussion
list subscribers
Rich and dense inputs
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
METHODOLOGY
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Use of professional version of SurveyMonkey
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Trade offs :
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Shaded answers (04) instead of binary
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Foster critical thinking
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time vs. length
qualitative vs. quantitative
Grouping of qualitative responses
to detect lines of consensus
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
QUANTITATIVE RESULTS
0 = null. 1 = low. 2= average. 3 = high. 4 = exceptional - Use of variance coefficient
QUESTION
Years as member
Male
Motivation for membership
Sense of belonging
Goals
Statutes
Former actions
Impact
Participation
Fee scheme
Agreement with fee scheme (y/n)
SOMOM
Contribution to SOMOM
Regional coordination
AVG
VAR
3.7
11
3.4
2.8
2.4
2.7
2.4
1.7
1.6
2.4
12
3.7
3.6
3.4
0.9
55%
0.2
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
60%
0.2
0.2
0.2
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
QUANTITATIVE RESULTS
Higher scores (and higher consensus):
SOMOM
MOTIVATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
REGIONAL COORDINATION
Lower scores (and higher consensus):
PARTICIPATION
IMPACT
Lower consensus:
MEMBERSHIP FEE
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
QUALITATIVE RESULTS–LINES OF CONSENSUS
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How to enhance feeling of
belonging?
1- Active transparency
2- Collaboration on projects
(MAAYA Label)
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
QUALITATIVE RESULTS–LINES OF CONSENSUS
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MAAYA ASSETS
1- The very concept of MAAYA
(a CSO dedicated to multilingualism)
2- The quality of members
3- The unique mix of high-level institutions
and civil society
4- Openness to the world
5- Intelligence on the subject
6- Collaborations and past meetings
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
QUALITATIVE RESULTS–LINES OF CONSENSUS
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MAAYA WEAKNESS
1- Lack of active transparency & visibility
2- Lack of resources
Website
Confuse agenda
5- Not enough face to face meetings
Low member participation
Weakness of impact
8- Not enough projects
Lack of institutional recognition
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
QUALITATIVE RESULTS–LINES OF CONSENSUS
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CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS
Communication tools
Communication strategy & organization
Search funding
Involve members
Set up realistic strategic vision
Increase meetings and institutional partnerships
Set up regional chapters
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
QUALITATIVE RESULTS–LINES OF CONSENSUS
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FUNDING RECOMMANDATIONS
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Adapt membership fee scheme
Create a committee for funding search
Institutional alliances
Use the Internet & crowd-funding
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
CONCLUSIONS
THE SURVEY REVEALS
2 MAIN TENSIONS TO BE RESOLVED:
Desire of participation
Lack of participative system
Desire of actions
Lack of resources
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
CONCLUSIONS
LINES OF WORK FOR COMING MONTHS:
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Enhance internal and external
communication
Foster participation thru collaboration
between members in concrete projects
(MAAYA Label)
Adapt/launch membership fee system
& create funding committee
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
CONCLUSIONS
The main challenge:
The definition and launch of a realistic.
progressive and virtuous critical path
which resolves the 2 main tensions and
integrate timely the line of works.
MAAYA MEMBERS SURVEY
ACTION PLAN
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Extraordinary General Assembly (July 2015)
Revamp web site (done thanks to ICVolontaire)
Make MAAYA a vibrant virtual community (in
course)
Reach consensus on MAAYA Label principles
Adapt membership fee system and launch
Implement regional coordination scheme
Create the following committees:
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Member involvement
External communication
Fundraising
NEXT MAAYA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Paris, UNESCO-FONTENOY, Room 2.5
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July 10th and 11th 2015
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Draw on Survey conclusions
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Pre-AG meeting in…… Khanty-Mansiisk
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Distance participation experiment
AGENDA OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
0) Organizational session
1) Analysis of the survey results and proposals for
action
2) Renewal of authorities, creation of regional
structures, membership fees
3) Boosting of MAAYA activities.
4.1) Motivation of participation (virtual community
management and MAAYA label)
4.2) Review of projects/actions proposed by the
Members (Giordan, Jefsey)
5) SOMOM (World Summit on Multilingualism) Strategic Alliance
6) Open questions.
DISTANCE PARTICIPATION
GRAVITY
CENTER
Distant members
Present
members
15%
85%
PAD-OUT
Meeting room
UNESCO
maaya @ funredes.org
PAD-IN http://maaya.org
PADOUT-PADIN SEQUENCE
FROM N=1 to 6
SESSION n
PADOUT n
PADIN n-1 time limit
PROCESS PADIN n-1
THEN RECAP SESSION ALL MISSED PADIN
AFTER MEETING, COMPLETE ALL PADOUT
PADOUT-PADIN FOLLOW-ON
http://www.maaya.org/pad-ag-2015/?lang=en
More information…
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