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The Ulster-Scots Agency's published its business plan earlier this year showing the breakdown of funding to programmes. The largest proportion of funding is on its own staff and running costs (34% or £717,000).
The objectives of the Ulster-Scots Agency are to promote the study, conservation, development and use of Ulster-Scots as a living language; to encourage and develop the full range of its attendant culture; and to promote a wider awareness and understanding of the history of the Ulster-Scots.
The Agency is part of the North/South Language Body (Tha Boord o Leid); one of six new cross-border bodies born out of the Belfast Agreement, on Good Friday, 10 April, 1998.
The Agency is jointly funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland and the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in the Republic of Ireland.
The Agency is based in Belfast. It is opening a second office in east Donegal.
The remit of the Ulster-Scots Agency is “the promotion of greater awareness and the use of Ullans and of Ulster-Scots cultural issues, both within Northern Ireland and throughout the island”.
The Ulster-Scots Agency budget allocation for 2006 is £2.132m for 2006 (15% increase on 2005).
2006 Ulster-Scots Agency Programme Expenditure
To support Ulster-Scots as a living language and to promote its use and development in partnership with key stakeholders, including the Ulster-Scots Language Society, the Ulster-Scots Academy, the Ulster Scots Heritage Council, the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, the Scottish National Dictionary, the Scots Language Resource Centre and native speaking Ulster Scots generally.
To be a key contributor to the development of Ulster-Scots culture and identity. To continue working with communities in planning events with an Ulster Scots dimension which may generate celebration and improved community well being.
To support the provision of educational resources and research in partnership with established institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and to promote the study of the Ulster-Scots language, culture and history at all levels within the educational system.
To develop the wider public’s awareness and understanding of the richness, diversity and worth of Ulster-Scots language and culture.
Estimated expenditure as follows:
To provide support to the Board in its work in taking forward the Mission of the Ulster Scots Agency through the Corporate and Business Planning process and to provide effective and efficient financial and administrative systems for the Agency.
Financial Allocation from the 2006 Budget
The revised staffing structure of the Agency, recommended in the draft BDS report of June 2005, which the Agency requires to have in place by the end of 2006 is:
Ulster-Scots Agency, Franklin House, Brunswick Street, BELFAST BT2 7GE
A full copy of the Agency's Business Plan is available from their website.
http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com
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