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Colmcille is a partnership programme between Foras na Gaeilge<\/a> and B\u00f2rd na G\u00e0idhlig<\/a>, promoting the use of Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic in Ireland and Scotland and between the two countries. Colmcille aims through its work, to foster understanding of the diverse experience and culture of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic communities and to encourage debate on common concerns in social, cultural and economic issues with a view to building self-confidence within the Gaelic language communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of Colmcille is to bring together speakers of Scottish and Irish Gaelic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) to find out about and get to know each other, their languages, culture and heritage
b) to listen in depth to each other and share their cultural traditions
c) to share information, and cooperate to meet each others\u2019 needs
d) to raise awareness of the natural, physical and cultural environment in which they live, and further the health and well-being of the Gaelic languages as part of that environment
e) to cooperate with the Scottish Gaelic speakers in Canada<\/a>, and with speakers of Manx Gaelic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n