Legal Recognition
On 2006-04-26, the Flemish Parliament unanimously recognised the Flemish Sign Language as a language in Flanders. The decree consists of three major parts:
- Recognition
- The Flemish Sign Language is recognised as a language in Flanders and Brussels-Capital Region.
- Advisory committee
- An advisory committee on the Flemish Sign Language is instated, with a maximum of fifteen members, half of which have to be Deaf. Advise can be requested by the Flemish Government or the Flemish Parliament, but the committee can also formulate advises autonomously.
- Knowledge and information centre
- The decree arranges the recognition of a knowledge and information centre which has to: coordinate and stimulate linguistic research, support the further development of VGT, develop educational tools for use in teaching VGT and be the first point of contact.
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