Rosie Chadwick, policy and innovation director at Catch22, said Positive for Youth provides a commitment against which future policies, investment choices, language and actions should be judged.
But she raised question marks over the policy's ability to bring about improvements in youth services.
"The levers for change in the policy itself are few and most lack bite – perhaps not surprising from a government keen to stress the limitations of what can be achieved from Whitehall," she said.
"If the statement is to be a genuine springboard for change, all those who want to make it happen will need to work together to turn the statement into a mass movement to which employers, local authorities, the media and others can sign up, giving meaning and momentum to the statement through their actions.
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