Council of Europe (External organisation)

Birnie, I. (Member)

Education

Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee

Period	25 Sept 2024 → 1 Jun 2028
Held at	Council of Europe, France
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

minority language
national minorities
human rights
education
democracy
rule of law

Documents & Links

The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Framework Convention) is Europe’s most comprehensive treaty protecting the rights of persons belonging to national minorities. It is the first legally binding multilateral instrument devoted to the protection of national minorities worldwide, and its implementation is monitored by the only international committee dedicated exclusively to minority rights: the Advisory Committee. It was adopted on 10 November 1994 by the Committee of Ministers and it entered into force on 1 February 1998. It is now in force in 38 states.

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Activities
84th plenary meeting of the Advisory Committee and election of the new bureau
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
Celtic Knot Conference 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Minority Languages in Education
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
UNESCO (External organisation)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Gàidheal an ceann buidhne eadar-nàiseanta UNESCO air mion-chànanan
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
Moray physics teacher who found ‘whole new life’ as Gaelic lecturer appointed to UNESCO committee
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
Scottish Languages Bill: what might it look like in schools?
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
UNINet - Minority Languages
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Speaking up: promoting Gaelic and Scots languages in education and society
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
UNESCO Meeting of the Global Task Force for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Pupils get to secondary and think 'why am I learning Gaelic?'
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
Celtic Languages in the Digital Age
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
LITHME Working Group 3
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Projects
DESIGN OF A GAELIC IMMERSION COURSE FOR QUALIFIED TEACHERS WISHING TO WORK IN GAELIC MEDIUM EDUCATION
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Training / Short Course)
Potential for use of language observation
Project: Research

Research output
In search of Gaelic: the social linguistic soundscape as an indicator of minority language use in a bilingual English / Gaelic Island community
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gaelic Language Plan Implementation Assessment Cycle 6: Final Report to Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
The social linguistic soundscape and its influence on language choice in Stornoway
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The importance of capturing hearts and minds: the impact of parental ideologies in supporting children's minority language acquisition in the education system
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gaelic language in public domains
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter