The UNL Center shall have the overall responsibility for promoting and coordinating the UNLP and, in particular, the development and maintenance of the UNL system. This shall include, among other functions, fostering the technical performance of the UNL system and setting up an infrastructure to make it operational.
Specifically, to fostering the technical performance the UNL Center shall:
Develop, maintain and enhance the components of the UNL system and ensure its technical operability;
Provide the set of UNL system documents and tools to the various UNLP members and partners, manage its use, and provide technical assistance and training;
Programme and plan subjects of research and development of common interest for the improvement of the UNL system and conclude contracts for research and training activities;
Promote exchanges of scholarly, scientific and technical ideas and information within and outside the UNLP community.
To set up an operational infra-structure, the UNL Center shall:
Promote the UNLP network, create and coordinate the work of the LCs, NUs, PTC and Working Groups, and incorporate the work of other partners associated with UNLP;
The UNL Center shall also direct and co-ordinate the research on languages not covered by any LC;
Serve as depository of information regarding the expertise available on subjects of relevance to the work of the UNLP and maintain an up-to-date roster of qualified scholars in the field of research of Natural Language, Linguistics and Computer Science, and assist UNL Language Centers in finding competent scholars as necessary;
Location
The UNL Center (UNLC) is located in Tokyo. For details please see address of UNL Center.
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