Shortlist chosen for New Funding Model
November 12, 2013
Foras na Gaeilge wrote yesterday evening to each organisation who expressed an interest in the role of lead organisation under the new funding model for the voluntary sector, to inform them whether or not they had made the shortlist and would therefore be allowed to proceed in the process.
While Foras na Gaeilge would not release details of the organisations who have reached the shortlist, as this is not public information, they have confirmed to Gaelport.com that 15 expressions were received as part of stage one of the process. Foras na Gaeilge expect to issue a statement next week in relation to the second stage of the process.
The process to achieve the status of lead organisation is a two-part process. Step one involved completing a form stating your interest to act as a lead-organisation in one of the proposed strands as well as confirming your willingness to do so on a 32 county basis.
For those who were invited yesterday by Foras na Gaeilge to take part in stage two of the process, they will now have to prepare a comprehensive submission and the CEO and Chairperson must undertake an interview with Foras na Gaeilge.
Foras na Gaeilge will host a meeting on Friday of this week, with the Chairpsersons and CEOs of those organisations who have been shortlisted. Information will be provided at that meeting in relation to the next stages of the process and what is required in the submission document.
19 organisations currently receive core-funding from Foras na Gaeilge. It is expected that three of these organisations, Raidió na Life, Raidió Fáilte and An tÁisaonad will be funded through new schemes yet to be established by Foras na Gaeilge, which leaves 16 organisations jockeying for position for six golden tickets to ensure their future.
Critics claim this new model could potentially destroy much of the existing language support structures across the 32 counties. It is expected that the six lead-organisations will be announced in January 2014, at which point it will be known which organisations will no longer be supported by Foras na Gaeilge.
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