Ya d'ar brezhoneg
Ya d'ar brezhoneg (German yes to Breton ) is a campaign by Ofis publik ar Brezhoneg to promote the use and dissemination of the Breton language.
The campaign is divided into two parts: the agreement ( accord ) for companies and corporations and the charter ( charte ) for municipalities and municipal associations. The principle is to integrate the Breton language into your own everyday activities with mostly simple measures.
history
The campaign was launched in Carhaix on October 5, 2001, when the first 178 private companies signed an agreement. In 2004 the campaign with the charter was extended to municipalities, in 2006 to associations of municipalities.
As of April 2018, 765 private companies from various industries had signed the agreement. At the same time, 199 municipalities and 14 municipal associations accepted the charter.
Charter
The charter comprises 40 measures or criteria, of which a municipality or a municipality association - depending on the level - must implement or fulfill between five and 30.
- Set up bilingual place-name signs with identical fonts of the same size
- bilingual invitations to cultural events organized by the community
- bilingual answering machine in the community
- Put up bilingual street signs on all streets
- Use of a bilingual community logo
- Promote the agreement ( accord ) Ya d'ar Brezhoneg to local companies and corporations by the municipality
- bilingual forms for most common administrative procedures (marriage, birth, death, etc.)
- Long-term determination of the measure with the help of Ofis publik ar Brezhoneg , which takes care of the follow-up
- bilingual signage on and in the town hall
- bilingual signage on the other municipal buildings
- Set up bilingual traffic signs
- Investigation of the community on the desired bilingual education for parents of school-age children
- financial or technical assistance in setting up or developing bilingual schooling in the community
- bilingual website of the municipality
- bilingual business cards for community representatives
- bilingual letterhead
- bilingual editorial of the Official Journal
- bilingual invitations to non-cultural events organized by the community
- bilingual description of the local cultural heritage
- Participation of the community in the Ofis publik ar Brezhoneg campaign to promote Breton courses for adults
- bilingual labeling of municipal equipment and vehicles
- Allowing the possibility of a bilingual wedding ceremony and announcing it to the public
- Request a toponymic survey by Ofis publik ar Brezhoneg to put in place signage that honors the community's linguistic heritage
- Investigation of the community on the knowledge of Breton
- Financing of voluntary professional development to learn or perfect Breton for the community workers
- Greetings in communal facilities are possible and clearly marked
- Grants for businesses that choose to be truly bilingual
- systematic bilingual signage
- Establishment of a collection of Breton books in the communal library, which is regularly expanded with new publications
- Set up bilingual street signs for renewed or newly created paths and streets
- financial or technical support in setting up a Breton-speaking day nursery in the community or on a cross-community level
- financial or technical support for the introduction of Breton in the municipal schools
- financial or technical support in setting up a Breton-speaking leisure center
- Consideration of language skills when recruiting
- bilingual introduction to official speeches
- Agreements with neighboring municipalities to enable children to enroll in bilingual classes
- annual planning of performances and events in Breton in the communal cultural center
- bilingual electronic notice signs
- Capturing the Breton language in demographic surveys to assess the municipality's long-term language policy
- Integration and clear reference to bilingualism in the specifications of new municipal projects
stages
With level 1, the municipality must implement at least five measures. Point 1 is mandatory, the other measures can be chosen freely. At least ten measures have to be implemented for level 2. Points 1 to 3 are mandatory, the other seven measures are free to choose.
The third stage requires fifteen criteria to be met, which must include measures 1 to 8. With the highest and fourth level, thirty criteria must be met. Measures 1 to 13 and 29 to 35 are mandatory.
In June 2017, 14 municipalities were certified according to level 3: Cavan , Hennebont , Landerneau , Langonnet , Plescop , Plestin-les-Grèves , Plouaret , Plounévez-Moëdec , Pluguffan , Pont-l'Abbé , Quéven , Quimperlé , Trédrez-Locquémeau and Trégastel .
In addition, one community ( Carhaix-Plouguer ) is level 4 certified.
Web links
- Presentation of the campaign (French)
- List of private companies that have signed the agreement (French), as of April 2018 (PDF)
- List of municipalities that have signed the charter (French), as of April 2018 (PDF)
- List of the municipal associations that have signed the Charter (French), as of April 2018 (PDF)