Page "Ladin language" Paragraph 36

In South Tyrol, in order to reach a fair allocation of jobs in public service, a system called " ethnic proportion " was established in the 1970s.

Every ten years, when the general census of population takes place, each citizen has to declare which linguistic group they belong or want to be aggregated to.

According to the results it is decided how many potential positions in public service are allocated for each linguistic group.

This has enabled Ladins to theoretically receive guaranteed representation in the South Tyrolean civil service according to their numbers.