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English: Diolch. When I was a councillor having to deal with 10 years of austerity and cuts, we often used to think what's the point in having Government setting policy and Parliament setting policy when we didn't have the budget or resources to actually deliver them. Now the situation has got much worse under the chaos and inflationary pressures brought on by the UK Government. Cardiff's gap is £53 million that they're having to face. Conwy, Wrexham and Flintshire are looking at a £26 million funding gap, so they're going to have to make really tough decisions. They said if they stopped collecting all the waste, cut all the public transport, if they stopped cutting grass at play areas and closed swimming pools, they still would not have enough to fill the gap. It is dire. The health energy pressure is £90 million to £100 million, I learnt last week. Without cutting health services to fund that gap, when nurses need a pay rise, we have huge waiting lists, and earlier we heard about ambulance waiting times - . How are we going to fill that gap? I just don't know at all. I know you understand, but I don't think the UK Government and Jeremy Hunt understand. And the problem is that cuts like these pit people against each other as well, in different services, which is totally wrong, when, fundamentally, we need more investment in public services.
Welsh: Diolch. Pan oeddwn i'n gynghorydd yn gorfod ymdrin â 10 mlynedd o gyni a thoriadau, roeddem ni'n aml yn gofyn pa ddiben oedd yna i'r Llywodraeth bennu polisïau a'r Senedd bennu polisïau pan nad oedd y gyllideb na'r adnoddau gennym ni i'w cyflawni nhw mewn gwirionedd. Mae'r sefyllfa wedi gwaethygu llawer erbyn hyn oherwydd yr anrhefn a phwysau chwyddiant a ddaeth trwy gamau Llywodraeth y DU. Mae gan Gaerdydd fwlch o £53 miliwn sy'n rhaid ei wynebu. Mae Conwy, Wrecsam a sir y Fflint yn edrych ar fwlch ariannol o £26 miliwn, felly fe fydd yn rhaid iddyn nhw wneud penderfyniadau anodd iawn. Roedden nhw'n dweud pe bydden nhw'n rhoi'r gorau i gasglu unrhyw wastraff, ac yn torri pob trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus, pe bydden nhw'n rhoi'r gorau i dorri'r glaswellt mewn caeau chwarae ac yn cau'r pyllau nofio, er hynny i gyd, ni fyddai ganddyn nhw ddigon o arian i lenwi'r bwlch. Mae hi'n enbyd. Mae'r pwysau ynni iechyd yn £90 miliwn i £100 miliwn, fe ddysgais i wythnos diwethaf. Heb dorri gwasanaethau iechyd i ariannu'r bwlch hwnnw, pan fo angen codiad cyflog ar nyrsys, y rhestrau aros enfawr gennym ni, ac yn gynharach fe glywsom ni am amseroedd aros ambiwlansys - . Sut ydym ni am lenwi'r bwlch hwnnw? Nid oes unrhyw amcan gennyf i. Rwy'n gwybod eich bod chi'n deall, ond nid wyf i'n credu bod Llywodraeth y DU na Jeremy Hunt yn deall hyn. A'r broblem yw y bydd toriadau o'r fath yn rhoi pobl benben â'i gilydd hefyd, mewn gwasanaethau amrywiol, sy'n gwbl anghywir, pan fo angen mwy o fuddsoddiad mewn gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, yn y bôn.
English: You need to ask the question now, please.
Welsh: Mae angen i chi ofyn y cwestiwn nawr, os gwelwch chi'n dda.
English: Thank you. So, Minister, what representations will you be making back to the UK Government that we do need investment in public services? Thirty per cent of people in Wales are employed in public services, and you need them to help the private sector grow. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch i chi. Felly, Gweinidog, pa sylwadau ydych chi am eu rhoi mewn ymateb i Lywodraeth y DU o ran yr angen sydd arnom ni i gael buddsoddiad yn y gwasanaethau cyhoeddus? Mae 30 y cant o bobl yng Nghymru yn cael eu cyflogi mewn gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, ac mae eu hangen nhw arnoch chi i helpu'r sector preifat i dyfu. Diolch.
English: Item 4 this afternoon is the statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language on Taith - delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme. I call on the Minister, Jeremy Miles.
Welsh: Eitem 4 y prynhawn yma yw'r datganiad gan Weinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg: Taith - darparu rhaglen gyfnewid ryngwladol Cymru ar gyfer dysgu. Galwaf ar y Gweinidog, Jeremy Miles.
English: In March 2021, the Welsh Government announced it would put in place a £65 million replacement for the Erasmus+ programme, and made that commitment part of our programme for government. I am pleased to inform the Chamber today that that promise is rapidly coming to fruition, and the first learners are already starting to feel the benefits. We in Wales loved the Erasmus+ programme a great deal. As an outward-looking nation, the values of international co-operation and exchange imbued in Erasmus are in harmony with our approach here in Wales, and the loss of that programme was keenly felt. That is why the Welsh Government's response was decisive and ambitious. It sent a clear message to learners and educators at home, and to partners across the world, that Wales is open, Wales is outward-looking as a nation and Wales embraces the benefits of cultural and educational exchange. The Taith programme that we have now developed reflects that ambition and those values. It is reciprocal. The programme supports learners and their staff across all kinds of education providers - formal and non-formal. The response from providers across Wales so far has been fantastic, and I will give you the details of the first pathway now.
Welsh: Ym mis Mawrth 2021, cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth Cymru y byddai'n creu rhaglen newydd gwerth £65 milliwn i gymryd lle Erasmus+, a daeth yr ymrwymiad hwnnw'n rhan o'n rhaglen lywodraethu. Rwy'n falch o roi gwybod i'r Siambr heddiw fod yr addewid hwnnw'n prysur ddwyn ffrwyth, a'r dysgwyr cyntaf eisoes yn dechrau teimlo'r manteision. Yn haeddiannol, roedd gyda ni yma yng Nghymru feddwl mawr o Erasmus+. Fel cenedl allblyg, mae gwerthoedd Erasmus o ran cydweithio a chyfnewid rhyngwladol yn cyd-fynd â'n hagwedd ni yma yng Nghymru. Roedd colli'r rhaglen yn ergyd fawr. Dyna pam roedd ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru yn bendant ac yn uchelgeisiol. Fe wnaeth hi anfon neges glir at ddysgwyr ac addysgwyr ein gwlad, ac at bartneriaid ledled y byd: mae Cymru ar agor, mae Cymru yn genedl allblyg ac mae Cymru yn croesawu manteision cyfnewid diwylliannol ac addysgol. Mae Taith, y rhaglen rydyn ni nawr wedi'i datblygu, yn adlewyrchu'r uchelgais hwnnw a'r gwerthoedd hynny. Maen nhw'n cyd-fynd â'i gilydd. Mae'r rhaglen yn cefnogi dysgwyr a'u staff ar draws pob math o ddarparwyr addysg - rhai ffurfiol a rhai anffurfiol. Mae ymateb darparwyr Cymru wedi bod yn wych hyd yma, ac mi fyddaf yn rhoi manylion y llwybr cyntaf ichi nawr.
English: Before I do, I want to recognise the work of the Taith team, delivering the programme in double-quick time; to have learners benefiting from Taith already is a credit to their tireless commitment. A lot of learners and staff will be benefiting from Taith this year, with over £13 million available to all sectors for this year's projects. Pathway 1, which focuses on the mobility of individuals, was launched in February this year and closed in May. Forty-six organisations were successful in their applications, with over 100 education providers involved. Those projects are going to bring opportunities to over 5,000 staff and learners in Wales. They are going to have life-changing learning experiences across the world. Projects have partnered with 75 countries, including 28 in Europe, as we seek to ensure our partnerships there endure despite the loss of Erasmus. I would like to draw Members' attention in particular to the fantastic response we've had from youth and adult education providers. Organisations in those sectors have really stepped up to the challenge of ensuring that the opportunities to travel and learn are extended to their learners as well. Learning from other cultures can benefit us all, but for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds or from under-represented groups, these experiences can have profound impacts. I'm pleased to say that, so far, by building a programme in partnership with the sectors in Wales, the demand for Taith from youth and adult education has outstripped even the demand for Erasmus, and that is a success we intend to build on in future.
Welsh: Cyn gwneud hynny, rwyf eisiau cydnabod gwaith tîm Taith, o gyflawni'r rhaglen yn gyflym iawn; mae bod â dysgwyr sy'n cael budd o Taith eisoes yn glod i'w hymrwymiad diflino. Bydd llawer o ddysgwyr a staff yn elwa o Taith eleni, a dros £13 miliwn ar gael i'r holl sectorau ar gyfer prosiectau eleni. Cafodd Llwybr 1, sy'n canolbwyntio ar symudedd unigolion, ei lansio ym mis Chwefror eleni ac fe gaeodd ym mis Mai. Bu 46 o sefydliadau yn llwyddiannus yn eu ceisiadau, a dros 100 o ddarparwyr addysg yn rhan o'r broses. Mae'r prosiectau hynny'n mynd i ddod â chyfleoedd i dros 5,000 o staff a dysgwyr yng Nghymru. Maen nhw'n mynd i gael profiadau dysgu sy'n newid bywydau ledled y byd. Mae prosiectau wedi partneru gyda 75 o wledydd, gan gynnwys 28 yn Ewrop, wrth i ni geisio sicrhau bod ein partneriaethau yno'n parhau er gwaethaf colli Erasmus. Hoffwn dynnu sylw'r Aelodau yn arbennig at yr ymateb gwych yr ydym wedi'i gael gan ddarparwyr addysg ieuenctid ac oedolion. Mae sefydliadau yn y sectorau hynny wir wedi codi i'r her o sicrhau bod y cyfleoedd i deithio a dysgu yn cael eu hymestyn i'w dysgwyr hefyd. Gall dysgu o ddiwylliannau eraill fod o fudd i ni i gyd, ond i ddysgwyr o gefndiroedd difreintiedig neu o grwpiau a dangynrychiolir, gall y profiadau hyn gael effeithiau dwys. Rwy'n falch o ddweud, hyd yn hyn, trwy greu rhaglen mewn partneriaeth â'r sectorau yng Nghymru, bod y galw am Taith gan addysg ieuenctid ac oedolion wedi bod yn fwy na hyd yn oed y galw am Erasmus, ac mae hynny'n llwyddiant yr ydym yn bwriadu ei ddatblygu yn y dyfodol.
English: Speaking of the future, I announced on 5 October that Taith's pathway 2 is now open for applications.
Welsh: Yn sôn am y dyfodol, gwnes i ddatgan ar 5 Hydref fod llwybr 2 Taith ar agor nawr i ymgeiswyr.
English: This pathway is designed to provide even more support for projects that have a more strategic focus. For example, the themes for this year's call are: developments in education; diversity and inclusion; and climate change. Applications close on 1 December, so there is still time to get applications developed and submitted. Two million pounds is available for these projects in the youth, schools, adult education, further education and vocational education sectors. We are all aware of the challenges that face us in the coming years, domestically and internationally.
Welsh: Bwriad y llwybr hwn yw darparu hyd yn oed mwy o gefnogaeth i brosiectau sydd â phwyslais mwy strategol. Er enghraifft, y themâu ar gyfer yr alwad eleni yw: datblygiadau ym myd addysg; amrywiaeth a chynhwysiant; a newid hinsawdd. Mae ceisiadau'n cau ar 1 Rhagfyr, felly mae amser o hyd i ddatblygu a chyflwyno ceisiadau. Mae 2 filiwn o bunnau ar gael ar gyfer y prosiectau hyn yn y sectorau ieuenctid, ysgolion, addysg oedolion, addysg bellach ac addysg alwedigaethol. Rydym i gyd yn ymwybodol o'r heriau sy'n ein hwynebu yn y blynyddoedd nesaf, yn ddomestig ac yn rhyngwladol.
English: I firmly believe that education has a key role to play in our response to those challenges.
Welsh: Rwy'n credu yn sicr bod gan addysg rôl allweddol yn ein hymateb i'r heriau hynny.
English: With its ambitious approach to international projects with a strategic focus, Taith will facilitate learners and educators taking an active role in working with and learning from international partners on issues that affect us all, such as climate change. To solve global issues, we need a global approach, and Taith will help us to deliver that. Taith has already had an impact overseas too, and has been carrying the message that Wales is an outward-looking and international nation across the world. Both myself and the First Minister have reflected how frequently Taith is raised in our discussions with international counterparts, and how enthusiastically it has been received.
Welsh: Gan fod ganddi agwedd uchelgeisiol at brosiectau rhyngwladol a phwyslais strategol, bydd Taith yn hwyluso dysgwyr ac addysgwyr i gymryd rôl weithredol wrth weithio gyda phartneriaid rhyngwladol a dysgu oddi wrthynt ar faterion sy'n effeithio arnom ni i gyd, fel newid hinsawdd. I ddatrys problemau byd-eang, mae angen dull byd-eang arnom, a bydd Taith yn ein helpu i gyflawni hynny. Mae Taith wedi cael effaith dramor yn barod hefyd, ac wedi bod yn cyfleu'r neges bod Cymru yn wlad ryngwladol sy'n edrych am allan ledled y byd. Rydw i a'r Prif Weinidog wedi adlewyrchu pa mor aml y caiff Taith ei chodi yn ein trafodaethau gyda chymheiriaid rhyngwladol, a derbyniad mor frwdrydig y mae wedi'i chael.
English: We have only just started, and already it is opening doors overseas.
Welsh: Newydd ddechrau ydym ni, ac mae e eisoes yn agor drysau dramor.
English: I am looking forward to discussing how Taith can help open even more doors in Europe when I visit Brussels to speak to MEPs and others next week. And although Taith carries a brilliant message to our international partners, it is just one part of our ambitious international education offer. Our international education programme, delivered by British Council Wales, continues to provide distinct projects that provide knowledge and skills for our young people to contribute to a global society. For example, we recently made a long-term commitment to continue Welsh schools' and colleges' opportunities to engage with the Massachusetts Institute for Technology's unique Global Teaching Labs initiative. This programme enables primary and secondary schools and further education colleges across Wales to draw on STEM expertise from instructors from the world's top science university through short, high-impact teaching placements and cultural immersion experiences. And for higher and further education, the third phase of the Global Wales project is now under way. This project will help to grow and diversify the international student population in Wales, and will promote the benefits of collaboration and grow our links with key markets in Europe, India, North America, and Vietnam.
Welsh: Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at drafod sut all Taith helpu i agor hyd yn oed mwy o ddrysau yn Ewrop pan fyddaf yn ymweld â Brwsel i siarad ag ASEau ac eraill yr wythnos nesaf. Ac er bod gan Taith neges wych i'n partneriaid rhyngwladol, dim ond un rhan o'n cynnig addysg ryngwladol uchelgeisiol ydyw. Mae ein rhaglen addysg ryngwladol, sy'n cael ei chyflwyno gan British Council Cymru, yn parhau i ddarparu gwahanol brosiectau sy'n rhoi gwybodaeth a sgiliau i'n pobl ifanc gyfrannu at gymdeithas fyd-eang. Er enghraifft, gwnaethom ymrwymiad hirdymor yn ddiweddar i barhau â chyfleoedd ysgolion a cholegau Cymru i ymgysylltu â menter Labordai Addysgu Byd-eang unigryw Sefydliad Technoleg Massachusetts. Mae'r rhaglen hon yn galluogi ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd a cholegau addysg bellach ledled Cymru i ddefnyddio arbenigedd STEM gan hyfforddwyr o brifysgol gwyddoniaeth orau'r byd drwy leoliadau addysgu byr, effaith uchel a phrofiadau trochi diwylliannol. Ac ar gyfer addysg uwch ac addysg bellach, mae trydydd cam prosiect Global Wales bellach yn mynd rhagddo. Bydd y prosiect hwn yn helpu i dyfu ac amrywio'r boblogaeth ryngwladol o fyfyrwyr yng Nghymru, a bydd yn hyrwyddo manteision cydweithio ac yn tyfu ein cysylltiadau â marchnadoedd allweddol yn Ewrop, India, Gogledd America a Fietnam.
English: I am sure that Members will share my enthusiasm for the progress that Taith has made and the success it has already enjoyed in its first year. This will encourage education providers in their local areas to get involved with the programme if they are not already. We are developing an international education exchange programme for all learners in all of Wales. Some great work has been done already and there is more to come. I look forward to updating Members on further progress again next year.
Welsh: Rwy'n siŵr y bydd yr Aelodau yr un mor frwdfrydig â fi ynghylch cynnydd Taith a'i llwyddiant cynnar yn y flwyddyn gyntaf. Bydd hyn yn annog darparwyr addysg yn ein hardaloedd lleol i gymryd rhan yn y rhaglen os nad ydyn nhw wedi gwneud hynny eto. Rydyn ni'n datblygu rhaglen gyfnewid ryngwladol i bob dysgwr yng Nghymru. Mae gwaith gwych wedi ei wneud yn barod, ac mae mwy i ddod. Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i Aelodau am y cynnydd y flwyddyn nesaf.
English: Thank you for your statement, Minister. Learning exchange programmes are wonderful opportunities for young people. But putting aside the fact that you've spent millions and millions - £65 million, in fact - reinventing the wheel and creating a scheme that only differs slightly from the UK Government's offer, I do have some practical questions that I'd like to ask. As you've laid out, each phase has a different focus. Pathway 2 has three themes - developments in education, diversity and inclusion, and climate change. As the funding is on a year-on-year basis, I foresee that this might pose a difficulty for students who are planning to study abroad, but don't know if their subject will then fit into the following year's themes. So, Minister, how will this work for university students picking degrees where they study a year abroad, and will this cause more students to opt out and use the Turing scheme instead, with its stable objectives, and would this result in any financial waste? Also, as you know, the Taith scheme can be applied for alongside the Turing scheme, however, this would require organisations to fill out two different application processes. This, obviously, can be time-consuming and costly. Minister, what mechanisms are you putting in place to ensure that, for applicants applying for both Taith and Turing, the processes are as seamless and efficient as possible? Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch am eich datganiad, Gweinidog. Mae rhaglenni cyfnewid dysgu yn gyfleoedd gwych i bobl ifanc. Ond gan roi'r ffaith eich bod chi wedi gwario miliynau a miliynau o'r neilltu - £65 miliwn, mewn gwirionedd - yn ailddyfeisio'r olwyn a chreu cynllun sydd ond ychydig yn wahanol i'r hyn y mae Llywodraeth y DU yn ei gynnig, mae gen i gwestiynau ymarferol yr hoffwn i eu gofyn. Fel rydych chi wedi'i ddweud, mae gan bob cam bwyslais gwahanol. Mae gan Lwybr 2 dair thema - datblygiadau ym maes addysg, amrywiaeth a chynhwysiant, a newid hinsawdd. Gan fod y cyllid ar sail o flwyddyn i flwyddyn, rwy'n rhagweld y gallai hyn beri anhawster i fyfyrwyr sy'n bwriadu astudio dramor, ond nad ydynt yn gwybod a fydd eu pwnc wedyn yn ffitio i themâu'r flwyddyn ganlynol. Felly, Gweinidog, sut fydd hyn yn gweithio i fyfyrwyr prifysgol sy'n dewis graddau lle maent yn astudio blwyddyn dramor, ac a fydd hyn yn achosi i fwy o fyfyrwyr optio allan a defnyddio'r cynllun Turing yn lle hynny, gyda'i amcanion sefydlog, ac a fyddai hyn yn arwain at unrhyw wastraff ariannol? Hefyd, fel y gwyddoch chi, gellir gwneud cais am gynllun Taith ochr yn ochr â chynllun Turing, ond, byddai hyn yn ei gwneud yn ofynnol i sefydliadau lenwi dwy broses ymgeisio wahanol. Gall hyn, yn amlwg, gymryd llawer o amser a bod yn gostus. Gweinidog, pa ddulliau yr ydych chi'n eu rhoi ar waith i sicrhau, i ymgeiswyr sy'n gwneud cais am Taith a Turing, fod y prosesau mor ddi-dor ac effeithlon â phosibl? Diolch.
English: The programme's flexible, it won't be wasteful, and it is significantly superior to Turing.
Welsh: Mae'r rhaglen yn hyblyg, ni fydd yn wastraffus, ac mae'n sylweddol well na Turing.
English: Well, I thank the Member for those very important questions. On the first point that she made in terms of investment, I think that, when you look at the pressures on families now, the opportunities that can transform and broaden the horizons of young people become even more important now than they were previously. In terms of the emphasis on ensuring that it is inclusive, in the broader sense that the Member mentioned, that's an important element. One of the elements of the second pathway, particularly, is focused on ensuring that the provision is diverse and entirely inclusive. But that theme extends through the fundamental purposes of Taith, and ensures that it's available to all kinds of learners, not just those in higher education, but also in further education and those involved with youth work. So, we will be measuring the reach of the scheme to ensure that it does deliver against that objective. In terms of the point that the Member made on the 30 per cent relying on mobility into Wales, that recognises that that element, very often, requires funding from the nation where the learners or staff are moving from, and, therefore, it's not a requirement of all partnerships to ensure that that is an element. And, therefore, that 30 per cent ratio does acknowledge that there are often other sources available in that element of the scheme.
Welsh: Wel, diolch i'r Aelod am gwestiynau pwysig iawn. Felly, ar y pwynt cyntaf y gwnaeth hi wneud o ran y buddsoddiad, rwy'n credu, pan ŷch chi'n gweld y pwysau sydd ar deuluoedd nawr, mae'r cyfleoedd sy'n gallu newid a darparu gorwelion newydd i bobl ifanc yn dod yn sgil y buddsoddiad yma, hyd yn oed yn fwy pwysig nawr nag yr oedden nhw hyd yn oed yn y cyfnod cyn hynny. O ran y pwyslais ar sicrhau ei fod e'n gynhwysol, yn y ffordd ehangach mae'r Aelod yn sôn, mae hynny'n elfen bwysig. Mae un o elfennau'r ail lwybr, yn benodol, rwy'n credu, wedi'i ffocysu ar sicrhau bod y ddarpariaeth yn cynnig amrywiaeth ac yn gwbl gynhwysol. Ond mae'r thema honno yn ymestyn drwy gynllun sylfaenol Taith beth bynnag, ac yn sicrhau ei fod e ar agor i bob math o ddysgwyr, nid jest rhai sy'n mynd i brifysgol, ond i addysg bellach a hefyd gwasanaethau ieuenctid. Felly, byddwn ni'n mesur cyrhaeddiad y cynllun i sicrhau ei fod e'n cyrraedd y nod hwnnw. O ran y pwynt gwnaeth yr Aelod am y 30 y cant sy'n dibynnu ar symudedd i mewn i Gymru, mae hynny'n cydnabod bod yr elfen honno, yn aml iawn, yn dwyn arian wrth ffynhonnell y wlad lle mae'r dysgwyr neu'r staff yn symud oddi wrthyn nhw, ac felly, dyw e ddim yn ofynnol i bob partneriaeth sicrhau bod hynny'n elfen. Felly, mae'r gyfradd honno - 30 y cant - yn cydnabod bod ffynhonnell arall yn aml iawn yn dod i'r elfen honno o'r cynllun.
English: And, finally, on this item, Alun Davies.
Welsh: Ac, yn olaf, ar yr eitem hon, Alun Davies.