Bòrd na Gàidhlig
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{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, Template:Literal translation) is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government with responsibility for Gaelic.<ref name="about">"About the 'Bòrd na Gàidhlig' (English) ", gaidhlig.org.uk, 2006, Retrieved 5 April 2010</ref> It was established by an Act of the Scottish Parliament in 2005 (which took effect in early 2006) and is based in Inverness.
Structure
{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is a non-departmental public body constituted of members of the board, whose role is "to provide leadership, direction, support and guidance" to the body, and staff who are typically full-time public sector employees and who carry out the day-to-day work of the body. The head of the board is the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (chairperson) and the head of the staff is the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (chief executive).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The current {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; a non-native Gaelic speaker, she studied the language at the University of Edinburgh and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} and had worked at the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} for twenty years prior to taking over the office in June 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
In 2006 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was designated as the body responsible for implementing the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 and specifically, as stated in the Act, "securing the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language".<ref>Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/7/contents, retrieved 24-6-2011</ref> The Bòrd represents a cornerstone of the Scottish Government's implementation of their duties under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
The first {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} of the eight member {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Duncan Ferguson) from Islay, rector of Plockton High School, former convenor of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, and director of the steering committee for BBC Gaelic programming. In March 2012, following the resignation of Arthur Cormack, who had been appointed in February 2009 after holding the position of interim Chair from July 2008, Elizabeth McAtear was appointed by the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} as interim Chair before the full recruitment process for a replacement Chair.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See also
- {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}
- Languages of Scotland
- Language revitalization
- {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}
- Columba Project
- {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, all-Ireland agency set up to promote the Irish language under the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.