Traduction de «official-language minority community representative » (Anglais → Français) :

76. Considers that traditional national minority communities represent a special contribution to European culture, that public policies should therefore be more focused on their protection and that the Union itself must address these needs in a more appropriate way;

72. Considers that traditional national minority communities represent a special contribution to European culture, that public policies should therefore be more focused on their protection and that the Union itself must address these needs in a more appropriate way;

73. Recognises that, in terms of their legal framework, citizenship, language and education policies have been brought into line with international standards; calls, however, on the Latvian authorities to ensure bilingual school education, including the final exams, according to the current rules, which envisage 60% of teaching in the state language and 40% in the minority language; stresses the necessity of maintaining adequate scope for minority language teaching; considers that flexible application of the education law could contribute to social and economic integration of the Russian-speaking minority in Latvian society and promot ...[+++]e dialogue so as to soften tensions with this minority, which represents a significant part of the population;

73. Recognises that citizenship, language and education policies in their legal framework have been brought into line with international standards; calls, however, on the Latvian authorities to ensure bilingual education during school age, including the final exams, according to the current rules, which envisage 60% of teaching in the state language and 40% in the minority language, and stresses the necessity of maintaining adequate scope for minority language teaching; considers that flexible application of the education law could contribute to social and economic integration of the Russian-speaking minority in Latvian society and pro ...[+++]mote dialogue so as to soften tensions with this minority, which represents a significant part of the population;

Others include raising employee awareness of the needs of official language minority communities and of government commitments; consulting with the affected public, as required; being able to describe the department's actions given the needs of minority communities; determining if the department's policies and programs have an impact on the promotion of linguistic duality and on official language minority communities; analyzing the impact of proposals and memoranda to cabinet on the language rights of the public and public servant ...[+++]s and of the promotion of English and French; and analyzing, for every Treasury Board submission, the impact related to the development of minority communities, including the impact of various modes of service delivery on these communities and to ultimately consult with them when a change of service is proposed.

These rules require consideration of the number of persons in an official language minority population, the percentage that population represents in a Census Metropolitan Area — that is, a major urban centre — or in a Census Subdivision — that is, outside major centres, in small towns and rural areas —, services considered to be key for the official language minority communities, the number of offices providing the same services — ...[+++]the proportionality rule —, and the region served by the office of the federal institution — area of service.