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TechLink will link two of Europe’s premier educational institutions in the areas of localisation technology, localisation training and distance learning (the Localisation Research Centre (LRC) based at the University of Limerick, Ireland and the Intercultural Studies Group at Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Spain) with one of India’s premier software technology centres, the C-DAC Mumbai (formerly the National Centre for Software Technology) thus supporting its efforts to provide accredited teaching and training for localisers. The Institute of Localisation Professionals (TILP) will contribute its expertise in the area of professional certification.

TechLink’s objectives are to:

• Establish and reinforce links between educational centres working with the localisation communities of Europe and Asia. These communities will be accessed initially through the TechLink partners, and later through the TechLink Network, an extension to the already existing Localisation Teaching, Training and Research Network operating under the umbrella of the LRC.
• Raise the awareness among the European localisation community, especially amongst researchers, educationalists, tools and technology developers and standards bodies, to the needs and requirements of Asian language communities.
• Analyse the educational and training needs of localisers in Asia, specifically India and South East Asia (requirement specification).
  Adapt existing curricula and existing localisation teaching and training courses to these needs.
• Develop distance teaching and training courses (eLearning).
• Accredit Asian educational and training partners by the Institute of Localisation Professionals (TILP).
• Offer localisation education and training courses in Asia.
• Establish the TechLink network of teaching and training organisations and collaborate with industry associations, including the Globalisation and Localisation Association (GALA) and the Localisation Industry Standards Association (LISA).

TechLink will organise University and technical training courses in localisation, using European technology, information, curricula and teaching adapted to the needs and requirements of its Asian partners. Localisation skills will be upgraded, knowledge transferred, institutional capabilities improved, research will be integrated and curricula developed. Beneficiaries will be students, academic and business professionals especially Asian SMEs. The liaison and collaboration established during this project will be long lasting.

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