FINLAND
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Country: |
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Official or co-official languages |
Finnish, Swedish |
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Brief description of linguistic diversity |
Sami (Northern Finland) some Russian and Estonian |
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Foundations: |
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Current legislative mandates for LIT and certification |
No detailed legislation. Projects in progress now (Spring 2013), leading to legislation in time for the implementation of the Directive deadline. In criminal cases, courts supply the interpreter. In civil cases, the parties supply the interpreter. No central register or official list exist; interpreters known to the court are contacted and used. Each Court keeps its own unofficial list. |
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Current accrediting bodies |
No test in existence for LIT. Being developed and should be completed this year. |
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Does register exist? |
No. Arrangements being made however to meet the requirements of the Directive for a central register. |
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Who develops certification exams? |
Ministry of Education taking lead on development |
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Who/How many rate performances? |
As above |
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Collaboration |
National Board of Education
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Test Format: |
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T & I in one exam? |
Language proficiency test including command of legal language, knowledge of legal system test (final format still under development). |
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Screening exam? Describe. |
No data |
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Test type/format |
No data
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Domains tested |
No data
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Scoring |
No data |
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Transparency: |
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Website? Dissemination of info about certification |
National Board of Education and Ministry of Education to publish on website.
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Requirements to sit exam |
Not yet set. Working group looking at this at the time, possibly this Spring
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Sample questions or practice exam available? |
Not yet
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Additional qualifications for certification (experience, training, educational level, nationality) |
Not established |
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Cost to candidate/#of locations/ frequency |
Some sort of exam fee to be set, probably quite low. |
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Feedback on exam performance |
Not established |
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Maximum nº of sittings |
Not established |
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Post-certification: |
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Revocation of certification possible? |
Not clear yet |
If so, for what reasons? |
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Performance monitored? If so, how? |
Not clear yet |
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