1. Translations of the MISSOC Guides

2. Current situation An unique product – 31 guides in 24 languages
(744 documents of ca 35 pages = pages)
Very wide audience
Increasing relevance of MISSOC
Enhancing the user-friendly image of the EC
Recognition and sign of respect to the multilingual reality in European Commission
Offers to mobile citizens the exact wording being used in each country so that they can more easily find out more in national websites, asking for information to national authorities
The cooperation possibilities – Your Europe, Eures, EC Representations, EP Information Offices…

5. Alternative options ENG/FR/DE
Consistent with the MISSOC philosophy and the other MISSOC products
The Secretariat can take full responsibility for the translation and guarantee the quality
Linguistic outreach much smaller

6. ENG/FR/DE + an official country language for the country concerned
All countries equally treated
Quality check still manageable
National social security information is available on the national sites – shall the Guides be translated into all languages?
Would the mobile workers find the information on MISSOC website or rather on the website of a national authority?

7. ENG/FR/DE + selected EU/EEA languages
Which criterion should be used? (number of speakers, mobility flows, population's language knowledge)
Big EU languages (ENG/FR/DE + IT, ES, PL (NL, CS))
Eurostat – HU, ES, PT and BG

8. Translation in languages other than EN/FR/DE upon request
To have the Guides in the national language available – could be the cost of translations shared?