CELTIC LEAGUE - PRESS INFORMATION
LANGUAGE STRATEGY 'A DISAPPOINTMENT'
The Celtic League has described the Scottish Executive's A Strategy
of Scotland's Languages as 'a disappointment'.
The draft version of the strategy is open for public consultation
until 19th March 2007 and responses from individuals and organisations
or ad hoc groups of either are invited by email, letter or made
online.
The League has expressed its disappointment with the strategy for
being too little too late, coming only a couple of months before the
Scottish May elections, so that a new Government could be in place
who could completely ignore, in theory, any recommendations made.
In addition, the League makes the comment that the strategy fails
to resemble a language strategy at all and consists mainly of a series
of statements of largely inadequate measures that the Executive have
already done, especially in regard to the Gaelic language.
Nevertheless, the League is happy that the Executive have made an
attempt to produce a language strategy for Scotland, but are positive
that a better document would have been produced if the Executive had
taken time to look at similar strategies from Cymru and Éire.
The League's non confidential response will be made public in hard
copy format at the Scottish Executive Library by 13/04/2007 and in
full or summary on the Scottish Executive's web pages (
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Consultations/Current)
by 20/04/2007
The draft strategy can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/01/24130746/0
and responses to the strategy should be sent to the Scottish Executive
by e-mail to: scotlandslanguagestrategy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or sent
by mail to the address below:
A Strategy for Scotland's Languages
Scottish Executive Education Department
Cultural Policy Division
Area 1-A North
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
The Alba Branch of the League may also respond to the Strategy as
a Branch.
(The Celtic League submission and this report have been prepared by
the Secretary General, Rhisiart Tal-e-bot)
J B Moffatt
Director of Information
Celtic League
11/03/07
The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries. It works
to promote cooperation between these countries and campaigns on a
broad range of political, cultural and environmental matters. It
highlights
human rights abuse, monitors all military activity and focuses on
socio-economic issues.
TEL (UK)01624 877918 MOBILE (UK)07624 491609
Internet site at
http://www.manxman.co.im/cleague
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/
LANGUAGE STRATEGY 'A DISAPPOINTMENT'
The Celtic League has described the Scottish Executive's A Strategy
of Scotland's Languages as 'a disappointment'.
The draft version of the strategy is open for public consultation
until 19th March 2007 and responses from individuals and organisations
or ad hoc groups of either are invited by email, letter or made
online.
The League has expressed its disappointment with the strategy for
being too little too late, coming only a couple of months before the
Scottish May elections, so that a new Government could be in place
who could completely ignore, in theory, any recommendations made.
In addition, the League makes the comment that the strategy fails
to resemble a language strategy at all and consists mainly of a series
of statements of largely inadequate measures that the Executive have
already done, especially in regard to the Gaelic language.
Nevertheless, the League is happy that the Executive have made an
attempt to produce a language strategy for Scotland, but are positive
that a better document would have been produced if the Executive had
taken time to look at similar strategies from Cymru and Éire.
The League's non confidential response will be made public in hard
copy format at the Scottish Executive Library by 13/04/2007 and in
full or summary on the Scottish Executive's web pages (
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Consultations/Current)
by 20/04/2007
The draft strategy can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/01/24130746/0
and responses to the strategy should be sent to the Scottish Executive
by e-mail to: scotlandslanguagestrategy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or sent
by mail to the address below:
A Strategy for Scotland's Languages
Scottish Executive Education Department
Cultural Policy Division
Area 1-A North
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
The Alba Branch of the League may also respond to the Strategy as
a Branch.
(The Celtic League submission and this report have been prepared by
the Secretary General, Rhisiart Tal-e-bot)
J B Moffatt
Director of Information
Celtic League
11/03/07
The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries. It works
to promote cooperation between these countries and campaigns on a
broad range of political, cultural and environmental matters. It
highlights
human rights abuse, monitors all military activity and focuses on
socio-economic issues.
TEL (UK)01624 877918 MOBILE (UK)07624 491609
Internet site at
http://www.manxman.co.im/cleague
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/
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