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European Language Equality Network
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The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) is an international non-governmental organization that is active at the European level[1] which works to protect and promote European lesser-used languages (lesser-used languages), i.e. regional languages, minority languages, endangered languages, co-official languages and national languages of small nations. As of 2025, it states that 174 member organisations representing 50 languages in 25 European states, constitutes its network.[2] This includes many language NGOs as well as academic institutions.[3]
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History
ELEN was formed after the closure of EBLUL, European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, a non-governmental organization with similar goals founded in 1982 and closed in 2010[4] The Secretary-General of ELEN has been Davyth Hicks since its foundation and its current president is Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, elected in 2021.[5]
General Assembly
ELEN holds an annual general assembly in a different location each year. The most recent editions were:
2024: Bilbao, the Basque Country[6]
2023: Cagliari, Sardinia[7]
2022: Cardiff, Wales[8]
2021: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia[9]
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