{"id":12750,"date":"2017-06-07T15:09:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/protokoloa.eus?p=12750"},"modified":"2017-06-07T20:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T20:30:50","slug":"a-tool-to-safeguard-language-rights-has-been-set-in-motion-with-the-presentation-of-the-donostia-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protokoloa.eus\/?p=12750&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"A tool to safeguard language rights has been set in motion with the presentation of the Donostia Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kursaal was packed with hundreds of entities and individuals from inside and outside Eukal Herria<\/h4>\n

In a simple, moving event, the Protocol to Ensure Language Rights, also known as the Donostia Protocol, was presented to the public today in Donostia. Paul Bilbao, the secretary general of Kontseilua, said in his speech that this protocol is a practical exercise in historical empowerment in which social entities have demonstrated their ability to create an effective tool to meet the challenge of safeguarding the rights of Europe\u2019s minority languages. The Protocol project is sponsored by Kontseilua and the Donostia 2016 Foundation.<\/p>\n

Bilbao paid homage to the enthusiastic language solidarity he has encountered in every part of Europe during the past few months. \u201cThe key to this protocol\u2019s success has been participation,\u201d he said; \u201cwe have shown that although we are each small, if we all unite we can do it.\u201d He added that while today is a day for celebrating, the main thing following today\u2019s presentation will be the realisation that \u201cwe now have in our hands an effective tool for safeguarding language rights, which we have set in motion today.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was a full house at the Kursaal conference centre, the organisation having run out of invitations several days in advance. The first speakers at the ceremony, in which speeches were punctuated by music and dance, were Aureli Argemi and Mar\u00eda do Pilar Garc\u00eda, co-authors of the Barcelona Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights 20 years ago, who reminded the audience that the Barcelona declaration is the predecessor of the Donostia protocol.<\/p>\n

Xabi Paya, the director of the cultural programme of DSS2016EU, said that the Donostia Protocol is an important landmark for multilingual coexistence in Europe, and that thanks to projects like the Protocol to Ensure Language Rights, Donostia\u2019s contribution to Europe\u2019s identity through sustainable management of language diversity will be remembered positively in the history of Europe\u2019s capitals of culture.<\/p>\n

The Protocol was developed under the guidance of the six European organisations that made up the Organising Committee, representatives of each of which received a token of appreciation for their impressive work.<\/p>\n

Joan Mari Torrealdai spoke about the lesson to be learnt from the arduous series of obstacles that the Basque language has had to overcome down through the centuries, stressing the role played by different generations, collectives, cooperation and mutual assistance in developing a nation, a culture or a language.<\/p>\n

Then dozens of entities from Euskal Herria and elsewhere went up on stage for a group photograph, all holding the protocol document. Now they will each go back to their own language community hoping to build a more diverse, fairer, more equal Europe. The ceremony ended with everyone singing Mikel Laboa\u2019s emblematic song\u00a0Txoria Txori<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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