{"id":3688,"date":"2021-01-15T12:04:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.translationembassy.com\/?page_id=3688"},"modified":"2022-09-16T15:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:20:28","slug":"interpreting-for-the-european-asylum-support-office-easo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.translationembassy.com\/en\/interpreting-for-the-european-asylum-support-office-easo\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpreting for the European Asylum Support Office (EASO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Interpreting for the European Asylum Support Office (EASO)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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BRIEF PRESENTATION<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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EASO is a European Union body which was established to foster practical cooperation between states on asylum issues. It plays a decisive role in implementing the Common European Asylum System and serves as a centre of expertise supporting Member States whose asylum and reception systems are under increased pressure.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

As part of its action to address the refugee crisis in Greece, in October 2016 it organised a series of seminars for Greek judges who were examining asylum applications. Interpreters in the Greek <-> English combination, drawn from the local market in Athens, were used to hold the seminars. Seprotec was responsible for general coordination of interpreting services for EASO.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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THE INTERPRETING<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As a member of the interpreting team I undertook to provide interpreting services from English to Greek and vice versa as part of workshops which involved hands-on examination of special actual or fictitious cases. For the purposes of the workshops, participants were divided into small groups of 10-15 people and an interpreter was assigned to each team, along with an expert from EASO as team instructor. Through cooperation and interactive communication, the purpose of the workshops was to analyse specific problems and to find ways to approach complex asylum-related issues. Consecutive interpreting was considered the most appropriate approach for this specific method of work.<\/p>

The workshops focused on 3 specific topics:<\/p>

Recognition of foreigners or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection<\/strong><\/p>