POLICY REQUIREMENTS

The Ulster-Scots Agency is part of the North /South Language Body and as such recognises and accepts the need to ensure that all its policies, actions and programmes comply with government policies and legal obligations in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland.

Accordingly, the Ulster-Scots Agency ensures that:

·               effective communication is maintained with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure  and with the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, and with the Secretariat of the North/South Ministerial Council;

·               It works to the provisions set out in the Financial Memorandum and complies with the financial procedures issued by the relevant Departments          

·               and in each jurisdiction, statutory duties, and wider public service policies in relation to openness and accountability, freedom of information, equality, human rights and corporate governance etc, are fully complied with.