* The Multilingual Information Society (MLIS) Programme

http://www2.echo.lu/mlis/mlishome.html

MLIS complements and cooperates with activities which support multilingualism in Europe, exploits existing experience and knowledge of multilingual issues and solutions, mobilizes actors in both the public and private sectors, and shapes future strategic directions with the following aims:

- to raise awareness of and stimulate provision of multilingual services in the Community, utilizing language technologies, resources and standards;

- to create favorable conditions for the development of the language industries;

- to reduce the cost of information transfer among languages, in particular for the sake of SMEs;

- to contribute to the promotion of the linguistic diversity of the Community,

 * Language futures Europe:

 http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/eulang.html

This site collects links on the language futures of Europe

- on language policy, multilingualism, global language structures, and the dominance of English. It

starts with a comment on the structures of language: then texts/essays, and sections on EU policy, national policies, and research sites. Finally there are links on the emerging "monolingual movement" in the United States.