A Compact between the Welsh Language Board, Welsh Assembly Government and the Third Sector

Earlier this year the Welsh Assembly Government, in partnership with the third sector in Wales, published “The Third Dimension – A Strategic Action Plan for the Voluntary Sector Scheme.”

This forms the cornerstone of the Assembly Government’s future relationship with the third sector and an important part of this is the strengthening of the third sector’s support for the use of Welsh as a community language through strategic collaboration between the sector, the Assembly Government and the Welsh Language Board.

The National Action Plan for a Bilingual Wales, ‘Iaith Pawb’ recognises that the third sector has an especially important role to play in supporting the use of the language at a community level and the Assembly Government has been working with the sector and the Welsh Language Board in the development of a tripartite Compact.

This draft Compact was put out to public consultation, which ended on 31 January 2009.

The establishment of this Compact is an important step towards establishing new, and improving existing, links.

Gethin Edwards
Welsh Language Board
Market Chambers
5/7 St Mary Street
Cardiff CF10 1AT
Email: Gethin.edwards@byig-wlb.org.uk
Tel: 02920 878016