Propuestas AILA 2014

I) INFORMACIÓN ENVIADA POR AILA

Here is what is necessary in order to submit a bid:

• A Letter of Intent: By February 2008, regular affiliates are to notify me, in my role as Secretary General, of their intent to submit a bid to organize the AILA World Congress in 2014.
• Bid Book: Affiliates participating in the bidding are requested to send to all other regular affiliates of the EBIC, by June 2008 - well ahead of the Essen EBIC business meeting (August 23/24) - their "bid book" containing details of the offer together with all relevant documentation.



The bid must include detailed information on:

• where the meeting will be held,
• the estimated number of people that the meeting site could hold,
• what the nature of the space would include (large lecture halls, break out rooms, speaker preparation and presentation facilities (photocopying, internet and PC access, OHP and LCD projectors etc.)),
• where participants would be housed and estimated costs for 2014,
• catering facilities for people of all faiths and dietary requirements,
• transport arrangements, availability and cost for travel also for low budget travellers,
• what sources of funding there would be to finance the meeting,
• the possibility of the host subsidising participants from less affluent countries
• measures taken to take the multiliguality of AILA congresses into account (e.g. simultaneous interpreting of keynote speeches),
• in addition, plans for the academic content of the program should be indicated in the bid book:
  • prospective theme or themes,
  • organizational structure of the meeting , including any innovations such as truly multilingual interactive sessions, imaginative poster formats, genuinely interactive symposia
• finally, letters of support from local authorities and sponsors should be included.
• Ranking Sheet: Prior to the Essen Congress meeting, all affiliate representatives will receive by mail a ranking sheet through which they will communicate to me their preferences with respect to the site for the congress on the basis of the proposals that have been received.
• Presentation of Bids and Vote: At this meeting candidates seeking to organize an AILA world congress will be given the opportunity to give additional information.

The final choice of the Congress site will be determined by a simple majority of those eligible to vote at the business meeting of the EBIC in Essen 2008.

II) POSIBLE ORGANIZACIÓN TEMPORAL