Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Gaelic Committee will take place VIRTUALLY on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10.30am. 

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.    

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest.   Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Impact of Covid and Gaelic Recovery

There is circulated Report No. G/3/20 dated 29 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

i.     consider the report and note the action that has been taken to mitigate the impact of Covid on the delivery of the Gaelic Language Plan priorities;
ii.    note the areas of current and future development; and
iii.   consider what other actions can be taken to support the Gaelic Recovery Programme.

4. Progress against Gaelic Language Plan 3

There is circulated Report No. G/4/20 dated 29 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to agree:-

i.     that the GLP3 is monitored on a quarterly basis utilising the Performance & Risk Management System (PRMS) which is the Council’s corporate performance management system in order to support monitoring progress delivering GLP3;
ii.    a progress report on GLP3 will be submitted each quarter to the Gaelic Committee; and
iii.   the Chair of the Gaelic Committee and Senior Management aim to meet bi-annually with the Scottish Government’s Gaelic Chief Executive Officers.

5. Virtual Online National Mod

There is circulated Report No. G/5/20 dated 29 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to note:-

i.     the Virtual Mod; and
ii.    the projects which the Gaelic Team developed and manged in conjunction with key stakeholders to support the Virtual Mod.

6. Gaelic Medium Education and Gaelic Learners Report

There is circulated Report No. G/6/20 dated 29 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

i.     agree to recognise the importance of the collaborative approach between the Gaelic Team and Education Officers who lead, support and provide professional development opportunities and resourcing for the range of contexts within Highland schools to provide and promote Gaelic Learner and GME provisions pan Highland; 
ii.    consider the attainment profile within the framework of both a national discussion and direction on Gaelic and Gàidhlig curriculum reviews at secondary level; and
iii.   consider the Gairloch Catchment Gaelic Medium Consultation and note that further information detailing this will be shared with the Education Committee. 

7. Gaelic Committee Workplan

There is circulated Report No. G/7/20 dated 29 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

i.     discuss the common themes which arose out of the workshops; and
ii.    agree proposed reports for future Gaelic Committee meetings.

8. Gaelic Communications and Engagement Strategy

There is circulated Report No. G/8/20 dated 28 October 2020 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to consider the approach to developing a Gaelic Communications Strategy and agree the timescale for bringing the Communications Plan back to Committee.