Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Gaelic Committee will take place VIRTUALLY on Tuesday, 23 February 2021 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. Appointment of Vice Chair

Following the resignation of Mr MacKinnon from the post, the Committee is invited to appoint a Vice Chair.

4. Good News

5. Presentation – Bòrd na Gàidhlig

Shona Niclllinnein, Chief Executive Officer and Jim Whannel, Director of Education of Bòrd na Gàidhlig will give a presentation on the role of the Bòrd and the National Gaelic Language Plan.

The Committee is invited to note the presentation.

6. Progress against Gaelic Language Plan 3 (Quarterly Report, Monitoring and Scrutiny Process)

There is circulated Report No. G/1/21 dated 3 February 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

1. consider the quarterly report against Gaelic Language Plan 3 and note the positive on-going developments;
2. note the challenges regarding the implementation of the enabling actions in the Plan, largely due to the pandemic, which has resulted in some slippage.

7. Gaelic Medium Education and Gaelic Learner Education - Update

There is circulated Report No. G/2/21 dated 3 February 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

1. consider the report and note the actions that have been taken to mitigate the impact of Covid on the delivery of the Gaelic Education;
2. note the areas of current and future development; and
3. Consider what other actions can be taken to support the development of Gaelic Education.

8. BLAS Festival 2020

There is circulated Report No. G/3/21 dated 3 February 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

1. consider the report;
2. note the work done to move the festival onto virtual platforms this year; and
3. agree to commend Fèisean nan Gàidheal on the successful delivery of the 2020 Festival.