Policy Document

A paper aiming to explain the importance of a closer partnership between the arts and health sectors, to set out the role of London Arts in achieving the partnership and to present an action-plan for a 2 year span.

This briefing and discussion paper presents the case for why global issues are integral to the design and delivery of youth work in the UK. It has been published jointly by the DEA, NYA, Youth Link Scotland, Cyngor Ieuenctid Cymru (Wales Youth Agency), and the Youth Council for Northern Ireland with support from DFID, CYEC, DfES Connexions Unit and NCVYS. It emphasises the links between global issues and current social agendas and outlines the action maintained youth services, voluntary youth work organisations and youth work training providers can take to develop and embed global dimensions in their work. It also includes brief examples of global youth work practice, and sources of information, training, resources and support. It will be of interest to all those working in informal education with young people, but is primarily aimed at decision makers within national voluntary youth organisations, senior youth and community education officers within local authorities, curriculum development officers within youth work organisations and youth and community work training agencies and providers.

Research regarding the role of arts in young children, from birth until the age of 6.Identifing and describing examples of current practice in the arts in eary years, the study also aims to help provide a firm foundation for development work in this area.There are 3 main starnds to the research:1. a national survey of arts education and early years representatives to identify, and collects the views of, key providers of arts and early years activity; and to identify examples of current practice.2. six focus groups of representatives to discuss current practice and fututre priorities.3. ten case studies of current practice.

Arts Council England guidance on protecting children, young people and adults involved in arts activities, written in collaboration with the NSPCC. Keeping Arts Safe gives guidance for individuals and arts organisations on child protection issues and on devising policies and procedures to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults involved in arts activities.

The Indigenous Research Protection Act is offered to assist tribal leaders and attorneys when a Tribe desires to protect itself and its people by taking control of research conducted on its Reservation. It may be copied, adapted, and adopted freely. The appendices can also serve as stand-alone documents in the case of tribes that have not adopted legislation like this Act. Following are some points that we think are important to discuss about the Act as written.

A compendium of recommendations. This guide is largely based on material collected as part of the Council of Europe's National Cultural Policy Review Programme. This is Simon Mundy's analysis of the ingredients that should go into a good cultural policy. It reflects on the reasons why government needs to be concerned with culture, suggests basic rules for building policy, and sets out the arguments likely to be encountered in the process. It is designed to provide a starting point for anybody coming to the subject afresh, and a useful reminder of the issues for those grappling with policy on a day-to-day basis. (also available in Serbian)

A compendium of cultural policy country profiles.