Charter Guidance

Charter Guidance

An Inter-departmental Charter Implementation Group (ICIG), chaired by DCAL and comprising all Government departments that operate in Northern Ireland, developed guidance for public servants to help them meet their obligations under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

EQIA Report and Revised Guidance

A Copy of the EQIA report on 'The Guidance on Meeting UK Government Commitments in Respect of Irish and Ulster-Scots', is available to download (Ms Word Format, size 172kb) .

A copy of EQIA report in Irish is available to download (Ms Word Format, size 339kb)

A copy of EQIA report in Ulster-Scots is available to download (Ms Word Format, size 297kb)

Arising from the EQIA consultation some changes have been made to the Guidance. The revised Guidance which was endorsed by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 3rd August 2005 is available to download (Ms Word Format, size 160kb)

The revised Guidance has been issued to all Northern Ireland Departments and those Whitehall Departments operating in Northern Ireland.

The revised Guidance is also available in Irish (Ms Word Format, size 161kb) and Ulster-Scots (Ms Word Format, size 182kb).

The revised Guidance is subject to periodical review.