The FP7 project MIME places high value on outreach and stakeholder involvement at all stages of project implementation, based on the premise that managing multilingualism in Europe of necessity involves the participation of a wider range of actors from both research and practice. Guided by this rationale, MIME organizes annual meetings between the Stakeholder Forum and the MIME Consortium to facilitate a discussion of a variety of issues concerning multilingualism, enable direct exchange and close interaction to generate partnership opportunities, especially among public and private sector stakeholders, academia and civil society, as well as to provide a backdrop for policy-makers. The first Stakeholder Forum Meeting in Ljubljana will offer plenty of opportunities for both formal and informal exchange between stakeholders and the MIME team.
Participation in the Stakeholder Forum Meeting will provide stakeholders with the opportunity for direct dialogue with researchers and offer them first hand access to cutting edge research results, which may in turn help stakeholders shape and steer their future actions and practical operations in line with the newest developments in the field. Conversely, the Stakeholder Forum Meeting will provide the opportunity for the MIME research team to acknowledge stakeholders’ insights, needs and experience, and to incorporate their immediate feedback and unique practical take on research needs, project findings and their relevance, all of which will aid the project research teams in enhancing their research design, defining relevant research questions, making more practically relevant interpretations of research results and giving both research and practice-based recommendations for future developments.