Gaelic Select Committee

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Dear Member
GAELIC SELECT COMMITTEE

A meeting of the GAELIC SELECT COMMITTEE will take place in COMMITTEE ROOM 1, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2005 at 2.00PM.

Yours faithfully

ALISTAIR B DODDS

DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE SERVICES

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.

	BUSINESS
1.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2.	PRESENTATION: ROLE OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE & CULTURE IN SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Marsaili MacLeod who is a Phd Research Student at the University of Aberdeen will give a presentation on research she is undertaking on the above topic.

3.	HIGHLAND 2007 There is circulated Progress Report No GSC 25/05 by the Project Director providing an update on developments to integrate Gaelic language and culture within the Highland 2007 programme. Members are asked to note and comment on the report.

4.	20 YEARS OF GAELIC MEDIUM EDUCATION There is circulated Report No GSC 26/05 by the Director of Education, Culture and Sport giving an account of the above Conference, which was held in the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness, on 23 September 2005, and of the main recommendations of the Conference. Members are invited to note and comment on the draft report and to consider the recommendations it contained.

5.	MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH NOVA SCOTIA: There is circulated Report No GSC 27/05 by the Area Manager, Skye and Lochalsh providing members with an update on progress made on proposals under the terms of the MOU between the Council and the Nova Scotia Government during the period May – November 2005. The Gaelic Select Committee is invited to note and comment on the recent and current projects being developed under the terms of the MOU between the Highland Council and Nova Scotia Provincial Government

6.	THE GAELIC LANGUAGE IN HIGHLAND - A SUMMARY OF THE CENSUS 2001 REPORT Following the Scotland’s Census 2001, a Gaelic Report was published on 14 October in Stornoway by the Registrar General for Scotland. In this connection, there is circulated Report No GSC 28/05 by the Director of Planning and Development, summarising an analysis of the responses to questions about Gaelic as they relate to the Council’s area. A copy of the briefing note is circulated for information and comment.

7.	EBLUL: CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 2006 There is circulated Report No GSC 29/05 by the Area Manager, Skye and Lochalsh setting out proposals to hold the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages 2006 Conference in Skye. Members are invited to welcome the fact that the 2006 EBLUL Conference will take place in Highland, agree to assist in the organisation of the event and to host the main Conference dinner.

8.	UPDATE REPORT There is circulated Report No GSC 30/05 by the Gaelic Development Officer informing Members of the work in progress from 16 September 2005 until 25 October 2005 Members are invited to comment on the items contained in the Update Report and otherwise note it.

9.	DATES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS Please make a note of the following dates for the Gaelic Select Committee in 2006: Thursday 12 January 2006 2pm CR1/Chambers Thursday 9 March 2006 2pm CR1/Chambers Thursday 11 May 2006 2pm CR1/Chambers Thursday 3 August 2006 2pm CR1/Chambers Thursday 14 September 2005 2pm CR1/Chambers Thursday 2 November 2005 2pm CR1/Chambers