Standards and more: news from the Federation

1 November 2023 Neil James, Federation Chair Plain language celebrated a major milestone in June 2023, with publication of our first international standard: ISO 24495-1. But some emerging initiatives suggest we are about to embark on the next major stage of our...

2023 Update on the Federation

1 March 2023Neil James, Federation Chair The International Plain Language Federation is a working group formed by three major international organizations for plain language: Plain Language Association International (PLAIN) Clarity Center for Plain Language. We have...

Access for All plain language conference – part 2

May 2021Hosted by Clarity, PLAIN and the Center for Plain Language The conference had a first part in October 2020. Vera Gergely (Hungary)Chair of the International Plain Language Federation (IPLF)Chair of the ISO project’s Drafting CommitteeUpdates on the...

Access for All plain language conference – part 1

October 2020Hosted by Clarity, PLAIN and the Center for Plain Language The conference had a second part in May 2021. Discussion panel video Chair Barbra Kingsley, Chair of the Center for Plain Language Panel Laurent Romary, Chair of the ISO Technical Committee (TC 37)...