ELIPS – European Languages and their Intelligibility in the Public Sphere

This article contains an analysis of the data survey ELIPS (https://elips.efnil.nytud.hu/). ELIPS is the acronym for European Languages and their Intelligibility in the Public Sphere, one of EFNIL’s major projects. The project focuses on the use of the official languages of various European countries as instruments for legislation, government and public administration. Attention was paid, amongst others, to the use of plain and easy-to-read language, the availability of high-quality terminology for legislation and public administration, the existence of practices and policies regarding diversity in society (linguistic and cultural minorities, gender diversity). The data survey also focuses on the training facilities in these domains for civil servants and on national participation in international, collaborative structures. The survey was conducted by EFNIL in 2018-19 and contains information from 24 European countries covering 27 languages