| Agency Name: | Bòrd na Gàidhlig |
| Type: | NDPB |
| Jurisdiction: | Scotland |
| Headquarters: | Inverness |
| Employees: | 19 |
| Chief1 Name: | Shona NicIlleathain |
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd na Gàidhlig|italic=no (in Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic pronounced as /ˈpɔːrˠt̪ nə ˈkaːlɪkʲ/,) is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government with responsibility for Gaelic.[1] It was established by an Act of the Scottish Parliament in 2005 (which took effect in early 2006) and is based in Inverness.
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd na Gàidhlig|italic=no is a non-departmental public body constituted of members of the board, whose role is "to provide leadership, direction, support and guidance" to the body, and staff who are typically full-time public sector employees and who carry out the day-to-day work of the body. The head of the board is the Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: cathraiche (chairperson) and the head of the staff is the Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: ceannard (chief executive).[2]
The current Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: ceannard is Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Shona NicIlleathain |italic=no; a non-native Gaelic speaker, she studied the language at the University of Edinburgh and Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: [[Sabhal Mòr Ostaig]]|italic=no and had worked at the Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd|italic=no for twenty years prior to taking over the office in June 2016.[3]
In 2006 Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd na Gàidhlig|italic=no was designated as the body responsible for implementing the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 and specifically, as stated in the Act, "securing the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language".[4] The Bòrd represents a cornerstone of the Scottish Government's implementation of their duties under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
The first Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: cathraiche of the eight member Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd|italic=no was Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Donnchadh MacFhearghais|italic=no (Duncan Ferguson) from Islay, rector of Plockton High School, former convenor of Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: [[Comunn Luchd-Ionnsachaidh]]|italic=no, Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: [[Comunn na Gàidhlig]]|italic=no, and director of the steering committee for BBC Gaelic programming. In March 2012, following the resignation of Arthur Cormack, who had been appointed in February 2009 after holding the position of interim Chair from July 2008, Elizabeth McAtear was appointed by the Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd|italic=no as interim Chair before the full recruitment process for a replacement Chair.[5]