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Policy Statements and Initiatives
UKOC: Individuals & organisations across the UK are being encouraged to Pass IT on to friends, family, employees and even complete strangers - joining a national race online. ‘Onliners’ wanting to help those offline get to grips with computers and the internet are being directed to a new website developed by UK online centres - www.helppassiton.co.uk.
It includes all the information & resources both individuals & organisations (at www.partners.helppassiton.co.uk) need to start passing their IT know-how on to other people. There are 10m people in the UK who have never used the internet and the aim of the campaign is to get 1m of them to give it a try by the end of 2012, with a helping hand from those around them.
ScotGov: A plan to increase the number of people using Gaelic, focusing on early years, Gaelic-medium education & adult learning, has been published. The document - Ginealach Ùr na Gàidhlig - a plan to create a new generation of Gaelic speakers - has been published by Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the principal public body promoting & developing Gaelic.
The plan contains proposals for effective use of existing resources & structures to increase the number of people speaking & using the language in everyday life. Despite progress in securing official recognition and putting structures in place over recent years, there has not been a corresponding increase in the number of Gaelic speakers.
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