Report of twenty-first Session of the East Central and South-East Europe Division of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

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1 United Nations Group Experts on (UNGEGN) East Central and South-East Europe Division (ECSEED) Twenty-first Session Ljubljana, 26 November 2015 Document Symbol: ECSEED/Session.21/2015/14 Report twenty-first Session East Central and South-East Europe Division United Nations Group Experts on 1

2 Contents Page I. Terms reference... 3 II. Attendance... 3 III. Officers Session. 3 IV. Opening Session... 3 V. The Session reporting and documents. 3 VI. Conclusion and recommendation... 4 Annexes I. List participants... 5 II. List documents

3 I. Terms reference The twenty-first Session East Central and South-East Europe Division (ECSEED) United Nations Group Experts on (UNGEGN) convened by ECSEED s Chairman, was held in Ljubljana,, on 26 November II. Attendance The Session was attended by 21 participants from 8 ECSEE Division countries. The complete list participants in Session was given in Annex I this document, and issued in a separate document, available on ECSEED web site: III. Officer Session Chairperson: Ph.D. Milan Orožen Adamič (). IV. Opening Session The ECSEE Division Chairman opened Session and welcomed delegates. He presented a brief history n Standardization and its participation in UNGEGN. He pointed out that meeting was planned earlier, but due to financial crisis in region it was postponed. The Chairman n introduced Ph.D. Mimi Urbanc, assistant director Research Centre n Academy Sciences (ZRC and representative Anton Melik Geographical Institute ZRC SAZU, which organized this Session. Mr. Urbanc is also a member n Commission for Standardization. Ms. Urbanc warmly welcomed all participants, also on behalf n Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec, who due to urgent matters was unable to attend opening Session. V. The Session reporting and documents There are 7 national reports submitted to Session: national report Czech, national report Hungary, national report Poland, national report Serbia, national report Slovakia, national report and national report Ukraine. National report Croatia has not been submitted, but it was presented at Session. 3

4 Submitted national reports are published on ECSEED web site: After national reporting Chairman pointed that n presidency ECSEED will end in Therefore, he invited all Member States to take over presidency after Hereinafter discussion was followed. The highlights were minority names, dialect forms and naming streets after people associated with totalitarian regimes. The representative Serbia also asked some questions about collection and standardization geographical names. After discussion re were presented following special presentations: Difficult historical problems transliteration and transcription (by Bogusław Zagórski); Does Google serve as a model using place names? (by Gábor Gersák); Mycrotoponyms as important part n cultural heritage (by Jožica Škic); The Gazetteer n Exonyms (by Drago Kladnik); The list Polish geographical names world (by Maciej Zych); Toponomastic publications Adriatic Onomastic Research Centre University Zadar (by Dunja Brozović-Rončević). The special presentations are published on ECSEED web site: The list all documents (national reports and special presentations) Twenty-first Session East Central and South-East Europe Division UNGEGN is given in Annex II this document. VI. Conclusion and recommendation The Session recognized importance geographical names and positive achievements and progress made in work geographical names standardization by participating countries. It was concluded that process standardization geographical names must absolutely continue. The Session concluded that after next UN Conference on standardization on in 2017, anor country will be ECSEE Division chairing country. All representatives countries were requested to notify ir willingness to take on presidency ECSEE Division within one month. 4

5 Annex 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 21st Session East Central and South-East Europe Division UNGEGN, Ljubljana,, 26 November 2015 Participant Country Affiliation Brnot, Marija Standardisation Surveying and Mapping Authority marija.brnot@gov.si Brozović- Rončević, Dunja Crljenko, Ivana Čilaš Šimpraga, Ankica Drohushevska, Iryna Gašparič, Jure Gercsák, Gábor Geršič Matjaž Croatia Croatia Croatia Ukraine Hungary Goljović, Rade Serbia University Zadar The Miroslav Krleža Institute Lexicography The Institute for Croatian Language and Linguistic Chief Department standardization geographical names, State Scientific and Production Enterprise "Kartographia" Standardisation Ministry Foreign Affairs Hungarian Committee Research Centre n Academy Standardization dunjabr@gmail.com icrljeno@lzmk.hr acilas@ihjj.hr elvy@online.ua jure.gasparic@gov.si gercsak@map.elte.hu matjaz.gersic@zrc-sazu.si rade.goljovic@rgz.gov.rs 5

6 Kladnik, Drago Kováčová, Mária Slovak Mikesy, Gábor Hungary Miklušová, Eva Orožen Adamič, Milan Perko, Drago Rudenko, Iryna Steinerová, Klára Škic, Jožica Urbanc, Mimi Slovak Ukraine Czech Standardisation Research Centre n Academy Geodetic and Cartographic Institute Bratislava, Slovakia Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority Slovak Hungarian Committee Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority Slovak Standardisation Standardisation Research Centre n Academy Acting director State Scientific and Production Enterprise "Kartographia" Czech Commission on Research Centre n Academy Standardisation Research Centre n Academy drago.kladnik@zrc-sazu.si maria.kovacovam@skgeodesy. sk mikesy.gabor@fomi.hu eva.miklusova@skgeodesy.sk milan@zrc-sazu.si drago@zrc-sazu.si chief-editor@ukrmap.com.ua Klara.Steinerova@cuzk.cz guzej@zrc-sazu.si mimi.urbanc@zrc-sazu.si 6

7 Zagórski, Bogusław Zych, Maciej Poland Poland Commission on Standardization Outside Poland Commission on Standardization Outside Poland pl 7

8 Annex 2 LIST OF DOCUMENTS 21st Session East Central and South-East Europe Division UNGEGN, Ljubljana,, 26 November 2015 No. Document Symbol Title Prepared by Country 1 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/1 Report by Government on situation and on progress made in standardization geographical names since 2014 Irena Švehlová (Secretary, Commission on Geographical Names) Czech 2 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/1 Reports by Governments on situation in ir countries and on progress made in standardization geographical names since Tenth Conference 3 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/3 Report Poland Gábor Gercsák, Tamás Koós, Gábor Mikesy and Béla Pokoly (all Hungarian Committee on Geographical Names) Maciej Zych (Commission on Standardization Geographical Names Outside Poland) 4 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/4 Report Serbia Rade Goljović (Commission for Standardization Geographical Names) 5 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/5 Report on activities in field standardization geographical names in Slovak Mária Kováčová (Geodetic and Cartographic Institute), Eva Miklušová (Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority Slovak ) Hungary Poland Serbia Slovak 8

9 6 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/6 Report Marija Brnot (Commission for Standardization Geographical Names) 7 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/7 Information about activity on Standardization in Ukraine in ECSEED/Session.21/2015/8 Difficult historical problems transliteration and transcription 9 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/9 Does Google serve as a model using place names? 10 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/10 Mycrotoponyms as important part n cultural heritage 11 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/11 The Gazetteer n Exonyms 12 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/12 The list Polish geographical names world 13 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/13 Toponomastic publications Adriatic Onomastic Research Centre University Zadar 14 ECSEED/Session.21/2015/14 Report twentyfirst Session East Central and South-East Europe Division United Nations Group Experts on Iryna Drohushevska, Iryna Rudenko (State Scientific and Production Enterprise "Kartographia) Bogusław Zagórski Gábor Gersák Jožica Škic Drago Kladnik Maciej Zych Dunja Brozović- Rončević Ukraine Poland Hungary Poland Croatia 9