2011

The Institut Ramon Llull is a consortium created by the governments of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands with the objective of promoting Catalan language and culture abroad. It was founded in 2002 and carries out its activities in the areas of the Performing and Visual Arts, Language and Universities, and Literature and the Humanities.

In the domain of the Performing and Visual Arts, the IRL’s mission is to increase the international impact of Catalan arts through the use of appropriate promotional strategies and activities, encourage the internationalization of outstanding artistic work, foster mobility of artists and artworks abroad and broaden the international awareness of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands' artistic heritage. With regard to Catalan language, the IRL fosters and supports Catalan language studies in universities and other centers of higher learning, placing special emphasis on the study and research of Catalan language and culture internationally. In the field of Literature and the Humanities, encourages and supports translations of literary works into other languages, fosters the mobility of writers and supports the task of literary translators from Catalan; the IRL organizes meetings, seminars and exchange programs and other activities towards the advancement of the Catalan academic and intellectual community abroad, and promotes collaborations, projects and joint initiatives with cultural institutions and organizations in other countries or cultures.