Samspråk
One of the representatives in the network is Samspråk, which in itself is a network that gathers plain language workers from different authorities in Sweden.

Important contact persons at the authorities
Since its start, the Plain Swedish Group has worked in close contact with the Swedish authorities. Today we are proud to have a contact person at every government authority in Sweden. These plain language enthusiasts often have a special responsibility for language matters, and some of them have organised networks including other authorities from the same region.

The Swedish Patent and Registration Office: They started a plain language project nine years ago by commissioning a special group of lawyers to revise templates for administrative decisions and other computerized texts.

The National Board of Student Aid: The National Board of Student Aid employed a plain language consultant in 1997 to train the staff in clear writing and to develop a language web site on the intranet.

The Regional Social Insurance Office in Västerås: In 1998, the Regional Social Insurance Office in Västerås was awarded for "transforming complicated rules to intelligible documents for the public".

Plain Language Network of Dalarna: In the region of Dalarna, the County Administrative Board, the County Council and the Regional Social Insurance Office are working together to increase the interest in language matters.

The Swedish Migration Board and the Aliens Appeals Board: Authorities such as the Swedish Migration Board and the Aliens Appeals Board, which often are in contact with people who do not have Swedish as their mother tongue, have started plain language projects to improve the communication with the public and to show that they care and want people to understand the reasons for their decisions.

ESS
Another kind of network is the ESS - an association for all those who have graduated from the Language Consultancy Programme mentioned earlier. Today, there are more than 250 members and the number keeps growing as more and more students are enrolled in the programme. Compared to most professional categories, that of the language consultant is still a small one. However, thanks to the ESS we are given a professional identity. Other important tasks of the ESS are to market our services, to provide opportunities to exchange experiences and, not least, to arrange social events. The ESS organizes several seminars every year and one big, annual conference. It also publishes a bulletin and manages a web site, where you can search for a specific service, for instance text revision, and get the names and contact information of all those who offer that particular service.