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The Week in Review: Language Industry News June 23-29
Across reports, awards, and global collaborations, this week’s stories point to a deeper shift of who sets the standards, who benefits from them, and how those standards get enforced across the globe.
UNESCO and Unicode Strengthen Collaboration for Indigenous Languages Online
The collaboration reflects the multistakeholder spirit of the Global Action Plan of IDIL2022-2032, recognizing the growing importance of private organizations and civil society in language preservation and revitalization efforts worldwide.
The Week in Review: Highlights from the Language Industry, June 23–27
Language industry news June: AI funding, multilingual policy, and innovations in translation tech from June 23–27.
UNESCO and ICANN Advocate for Multilingual, Inclusive Internet Governance at IGF 2025
At IGF 2025, UNESCO and ICANN emphasized the need for multilingual internet governance, highlighting local empowerment, language rights, and Universal Acceptance.
The International Decade of Indigenous Languages: Background and Importance
This truly unique time helps draw needed attention to the loss of indigenous languages and the dire need to preserve, revitalize, and promote them all around the world.
The Language Technology Partner Program: Meta’s Push for Inclusive AI
Meta has unveiled its Language Technology Partner Program, an ambitious initiative aimed at enhancing AI translation and speech recognition tools, with a particular focus...
MasterWord and UNESCO Join Forces to Preserve and Digitize Mayan Languages
This partnership aims to preserve, revitalize, digitize, and promote Mayan languages by leveraging cutting-edge technology and fostering community-driven solutions — in support of UNESCO’s global mission to protect and promote multilingualism online and indigenous languages worldwide.
UNESCO Literacy Prizes Calls for 2024 Nominations
These awards recognize individuals and organizations for their contributions to literacy education, with a focus on "promoting multilingual education for mutual understanding and peace." Apply by July 5, 2024.
Celebrating Indigenous languages on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
Today marks the 29th International Day of the World's Indigenous People since the United Nations voted to celebrate the day back in the mid-1990s.