The Interpretation System of African Languages in the Senegalese Parliament Debates (Published)
The present work deals with the interpretation system of local languages in the Senegalese parliament. In other words, it is devoted to the implementation of the simultaneous interpretation system in the Senegalese Parliament debates. The Senegalese parliament, in cooperation with the European Parliament and the European Union, implemented, some years ago, a system of interpretation devoted to translating (into) six local languages. But what does the interpretation system consist in? What motivates the choice of six local languages and not more or less than six? Why does the Senegalese parliament implement such system in a country whose official language is French? What are the linguistic consequences of this interpretation system on the local and foreign languages spoken in the Senegalese parliament? How is the recruitment of interpreters done? To answer these questions, we have explored the documents and writings related to the implementation of the simultaneous interpretation system in the Senegalese parliament, in particular, and of the interpretation system, in general. Field surveys as well as interviews of some deputies, some interpreters and other people from the administration have also been organized and analyzed in this study. This research has helped us have a lot of information and collect data for the corpus. After the data collection, we have moved on to data analysis and we have ended up with results that we have presented in the body of the text.
Keywords: Implementation, Interpretation, Language, System, local
A Review of Lessons and Successes of Implementing UNDP GEF Project on Lake Tanganyika in Zambia From 2008 To 2013 (Published)
This paper is a summary of lessons learnt and results from the implementation of the UNDP GEF Project on Lake Tanganyika in Zambia implemented between December 2008 and December 2013. The purpose of the project was to reduce sedimentation in the inflowing rivers of the Lake Tanganyika basin through cross-sectoral measures that help limit soil erosion and seek to halt and reverse deforestation. The project had people focus in that it aimed at providing alternative income-generating activities. The key objective of the project was achieved in that the capacity of Stakeholders in the lake catchment to manage and sustainably use agricultural and forest resources to reduce sedimentation and conserve biodiversity was built. Several people in the Mpulungu and Kaputa catchment of the Lake Tanganyika took up alternative income-generating activities such as fish farming, market gardening and chicken rearing. A revolving fund was created and linked to the Zambian National Farmers Union for sustainability reasons. The revolving fund will allow members of the community to borrow and pay back finances for income-generating activities for a long time to come.
Keywords: Implementation, Project, UNDP GEF, Zambia, lake tanganyika, lessons, sucesses