#23436
Early in April 2001, delegates from the European societies for technical communication met for the first time in Brussels, following a joint invitation by tekom - the German society -- and ISTC - the UK institute. Among the represented societies were CRT (France), FTI (Sweden), ISTC (United Kingdom), STD (Finland), STIC (Netherlands), TECOM (Switzerland) and tekom (Germany and Austria). The most important outcome was the formulation of a joint declaration of intent to found a European-wide 'umbrella' organisation.
Wirtz, Ursula. TC-FORUM (2001). Articles>Collaboration>Regional>Europe
#23452
Technical Communication in Europe
When the Euro comes to bring the EU-countries closer together on the financial level, technical communication won't stay behind.
#27924
After the enlargement in May 2004, the EU has now 25 member states and 20 official languages (not taking into account 48 minority languages). What does the enlargement of the EU mean in the context of Technical Communication and what are the challenges of the on-going internationalisation in general? The industry has to find a way to make linguistic diversity compatible with efficiency within the set parameters of time, cost and human resources.
Wirtz, Ursula. tekom (2006). Articles>Documentation>Localization
