(, ) is the executive non-departmental public body of the

Scottish Government The Scottish Government (, ) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was formed in 1999 as the Scottish Executive following the 1997 referendum on Scottish devolution, and is headquartered at St Andrew's House in ...

with responsibility for Gaelic.About the 'Bòrd na Gàidhlig' (English)
, ''gaidhlig.org.uk'', 2006, Retrieved 5 April 2010 It was established by an Act of the Scottish Parliament in 2005 (which took effect in early 2006) and is based in Inverness.

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is a

non-departmental public body In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process o ...

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 (chairperson) and the head of the staff is the (chief executive). The current is ; a non-native Gaelic speaker, she studied the language at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

and and had worked at the for twenty years prior to taking over the office in June 2016.

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In 2006 was designated as the body responsible for implementing the

Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 The Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 () is an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed in 2005. It was the first piece of legislation dedicated to the Scottish Gaelic language and was seen as the first step by the Scottish Executive to provide ...

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". The Bòrd represents a cornerstone of the

's implementation of their duties under the

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) is a European treaty (CETS 148) adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe to protect and promote historical regional and minority languages in Europe. However, t ...

. The first of the eight member was (Duncan Ferguson) from

Islay Islay ( ; , ) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll and Bute just south west of Jura, Scotland, Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The island's cap ...

, rector of Plockton High School, former convenor of , , and director of the steering committee for

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

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 as interim Chair before the full recruitment process for a replacement Chair. Sanas

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bord na Gaidhlig Executive non-departmental public bodies of the Scottish Government Scottish Gaelic language Language regulators Organisations based in Inverness 2006 establishments in Scotland Government agencies established in 2006

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