News

We are thrilled to welcome Joanna Richardson and Torunn Reksten to our Board of Directors who bring a diverse background and experience to PLAIN.

PLAIN’s 2023 conference will be in Argentina on 27 – 29 September in collaboration with the Observatorio de Lenguaje Claro (OBS) of the Law School At the National University at Buenos Aires.

PLAIN is growing and we are looking for a managing editor to help us shape, edit and publish PLAIN’s e-journal, which is one of our major assets for members. The journal is published twice a year.

This is a freelance position that will work independently but in coordination with PLAIN’s different committees. Are you interested in working for PLAIN? Read on to learn about the support we need.

Thursday, October 13 is international plain language day.

Let’s celebrate plain language together as a community and get the world talking about plain language.

Reach out to your networks, find your hashtag on your keyboard, and help PLAIN get plain language to the top of everyone’s minds and newsfeeds.

How can we convince our colleagues that implementing plain language is worth the effort? Many of us intuitively understand the benefits. But we also need concrete data and examples to help build the case for plain language as a powerful tool.
The next issue of PLAIN’s e-journal will focus on showing results.

We are pleased to announce several initiatives that members voted for at the 2021 annual general meeting.

We understand that the cost of membership can be an obstacle to joining for some regions and we are offering reduced membership fees to new and existing members in those regions. PLAIN aims to serve a diverse, representative membership community. We already connect members from over 30 countries with a high proportion of members located in higher-income countries.

From Europe in February to South America in July. Join us for our second webinar where we enter the world of legal language and catch up with Judge Lola from Buenos Aires. In this webinar PLAIN host Lodewijk van Noort will interview Judge Lola on the role of plain language in building an open, online, and model court.

A number of countries in Europe and the Americas have defined plain language as a powerful tool to achieve more transparency, participation, inclusiveness, and accountability in governance. These countries have made commitments in their national OGP action plans.