Key policy documents relating to Northern Ireland

The lifelong learning sector is undergoing significant change so a list of recent key policy documents relating to Northern Ireland is shown below to enable you to keep up with developments.

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Success through skills: progress report May 2007 (Department for Employment and Learning, 2007)

Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2007- 2013 (DARDNI, 2007)

Families Matter (Department of Health, Social services and public policy, 2007) 

Success Through Excellence: A Quality Improvement Strategy for the Further Education and Training System in Northern Ireland (Department for Employment and Learning, 2007)

Higher Education Policy (Department for Employment and Learning)

Success through Skills: The Skills Strategy for Northern Ireland 2006 (Department for Employment and Learning, 2006)

Our children and young people our pledge: 10 year strategy 2006-2016 (Office of First Minister and Deputy Minister, 2006)

Essential Skills for living (Department for Employment and Learning, 2006) 

FE means Business - a programme for implementation (Department for Employment and Learning, 2006)

Training for Success Professional & Technical training (Department for Employment and Learning, 2006) 

Delivering Tomorrow's Libraries (Department for Culture Arts and Leisure, 2006) 

State of the Sector IV (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action, 2006)

Libraries Deliver (LISC, 2006)

Review of Public administration (Public Administration Implementation
Central Unit, 2005)

Economic Vision (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, 2005)

A Shared Future - good relations policy (DSD, 2005)

Strategy for delivery of youth work in Northern Ireland 05- 08 (Department of Education, 2005)

Positive Steps (DSD, 2005)