Launch of EULITA
On 26 November 2009, EULITA was officially founded at the Antwerp Court of First Instance. The Foundation Meeting preceding the official launch took place at the Lessius University College. At the meeting, representatives of European institutions and national associations expressed their high hopes and expectations for EULITA.
The Foundation Meeting
- Video message from Vice-President of the EU Commission and Commissioner for JLS: Mr. Jacques Barrot
- Expectations from DG JLS: Caroline Morgan (DG JLS)
- Presentation of Eulita JLS/2007/JPEN/249 The European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association: Erik Hertog
- Position statements by representatives from CIUTI (Viezzi), FIT (Verbeke), DG Interpretation (D’haen), AIIC (Kremer), NAJIT (Festinger) and EFSLI (de Wit)
The Launch at the Antwerp Court of First Instance
- Introduction by Yolanda Vanden Bosch
- Statement by Jacques Mahieu, President of the Antwerp Court of First Instance
- Statement by Peter Engels on behalf of ECBA
- Statement by Gerard Brown on behalf of CCBE
- Statement by Chris Lecluyse as Head of Communication of the Belgian Ministry of Justice
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