Launched at the initiative of the President of the French Republic, the organisation of the General Assembly on French-language Books Around the World is one of the measures of his Plan for the French Language and Multilingualism, presented in March 2018. It will be held in Tunis in September 2021, to coordinate with the Francophone Heads of State Summit scheduled for November. Its objective: to stimulate, integrate and develop the French-language editorial market and enable greater circulation of French-language works and authors among all French-speaking audiences. 

The General Assembly is guided by a desire to involve all relevant French-speaking players: book professionals, institutions working to promote books, political representatives connected to culture and education, public and private actors, members of civil society involved in promoting books, etc. All are invited to contribute to the French-Language Books Platform. 

Informing those involved in the book world and inviting them to contribute

This platform has two objectives:

• informing the public about the latest developments in the preparation of the General Assembly on French-language Books Around the World, its governance, its objectives, its proposed action plan and the accompanying measures;
• enabling all players in the French-language book world to contribute to and make proposals regarding the General Assembly.

The participation of as many people as possible and the representation of a wide variety of players will contribute to discussions and will allow the organisers to make suggestions for an assembly which is rich and diverse.

Are you a player in the book world?

Do you want to take part in this general assembly? You can:

• register on the platform and immediately contribute to the advancement of the Federal assembly; 
• communicate about the platform by inviting the French-language book contributors from your network to register;
• react to proposals already made by voting on or discussing contributions from professional meetings,  workshops and digital meetings; 

You will soon be able to vote for the proposals to be supported firstly. They will then be discussed during the General Assembly in Tunis.

Visit www.lelivreenlanguefrancaise.org.

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Also read the interview with Sylvie Marcé, commisioner for the General Assembly on French-language Books