A Gaelic plan for Highlands and Islands Enterprise, 2007-2012 / Plana Gàidhlig Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd 's nan Eilean, 2007-2012

English

The Gaelic plan for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has been prepared in response to the formal notice of requirement to prepare a Gaelic language plan - and with regard to the requirements as set out in Section 3 of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 – including representations made to the public authority – section 3(5)(a). The formal notice requires HIE to submit a Gaelic language plan to Bòrd na Gàidhlig by 1 October 2007.

As part of the preparation of this plan, it is important that HIE gathers opinion on the importance of Gaelic to the HIE region and on whether this plan is one which can help realise a secure and sustainable future for the language in the Highlands and Islands and across Scotland. It is also important that this plan meets the organisation’s obligations under the terms of the Gaelic Act, with regard to the National Plan for Gaelic, 2007-2012, and the guidance on the development of Gaelic language plans.

We would very much appreciate your comments on the draft Gaelic plan for Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and have provided the following online form as a means of guiding responses on what we feel are the key issues pertaining to the plan. It is not absolutely necessary to use this form, but it would be useful for our purposes if you were to do so.

It is important to note that the current HIE Gaelic plan remains a draft document for dialogue and consultation. The action points outlined in the plan are likewise provided for further comment and discussion and do not necessarily reflect our final formal commitments under the statutory Gaelic plan for Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Gàidhlig

Tha Plana Gàidhlig Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd ’s nan Eilean air a dheasachadh mar fhreagairt ris an Fhios Fhoirmeil airson Plana Gàidhlig ullachadh, agus le aire do na dleastanasan a chithear ann an Earrann 3 de dh’Achd na Gàidhlig (Alba) 2005. Feumaidh Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd Plana Gàidhlig a chur a-steach do Bhòrd na Gàidhlig, air no ro 1mh Dàmhair 2007.

Mar phàirt dhen obair ullachaidh air a’ Phlana, tha e cudromach gum faigh Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd beachdan air dè dha-rìreadh cho cudromach sa tha a’ Ghàidhlig don Ghàidhealtachd agus na h-Eileanan, agus a bheil am Plana seo dha-rìreadh dàna ach na Phlana a ghabhas a choileanadh, a’ toirt brosnachadh is neartachadh mòr don Gàidhlig gus an cànan a chumail beò is tèarainte sna bliadhnaichean a tha romhainn. Tha e cuideachd cudromach gu bheil am Plana seo a’ coileanadh ar dleastanasan fo chumhachdan Achd na Gàidhlig, is le aire do Phlana Nàiseanta na Gàidhlig, 2007-2012, agus an Stiùireadh air Deasachadh Phlanaichean Gàidhlig.

Bhithinn fada nur comain nan cuireadh sibh thugainn bhur beachdan air an dreachd Phlana Gàidhlig Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd ’s nan Eilean. Mar chuideachadh, tha sinn air foirm ullachadh mar stiùireadh air na prìomh chuspairean (nar beachd-ne) a bhuineas don Phlana. Is ged nach fheum sibh bhur freagairtean a thoirt dhuinn anns a’ chruth seo, saoilidh sinn gum biodh e feumail dhuinne.

Feumar cuimhneachadh nacheil an seo ach dreachd Phlana, airson còmhradh is co-chomhairle. Tha na puingean gnìomh ann, mar an ceudna, airson barrachd cnuasachadh is beachdan a bhrosnachadh. Mar sin, chan eil iad buileach a’ dearbhadh nan gnìomhan foirmeil a bhitheas anns a’ Phlana reachdail aig Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd ’s nan Eilean.

The draft plan is available here (right) in English and In Gaelic. Please use one of the links below to undertake our survey.

Link to survey (English) - Gu foirm-sgrùdaidh (Beurla)

Link to survey (Gaelic) - Gu foirm-sgrùdaidh (Gàidhlig)

Note: these links open a new browser window and take you to a separate non-HIE website