Policy decisions

Earlier this year, we held a line of inquiry on organisations' arrangements to comply with the requirements of the policy-making standards.

We have published an important report which shares our main findings, and includes a series of recommendations based on the evidence received. The report also identifies good practice, as well as some areas that need improvement.

Seminar: Consultation Documents

Below are links to recordings of our seminar on consultation documents which considered the Welsh Language Tribunal’s far-reaching decision. The seminar’s aim was to analyze and explain the Tribunal's decision, and to raise awareness and understanding of what must be done to comply with the Welsh Language Standards when publishing consultation documents. You can access the presentations below:

Seminar: Considering the effects

Below are links to recordings of our seminar on policy making standards which aimed to raise organisations' awareness of the requirements of these standards and their effect on efforts to increase the number of Welsh speakers, and on creating opportunities for people to use Welsh in their everyday lives.

The advice document offers ideas and practical advice on how to go about complying with the policy making standards including case studies and examples of methodology and templates to use.

Section 5 of the code provides practical guidance on the requirements of the policy making standards. Although these are a code of practice for organisations that come under the Welsh Language Standards Regulations (No. 1 & No. 7) the content is relevant to other bodies that are subject to the same duty in other regulations.