So this starts off with a big vision thing, right? Yep, "that all children and young people in Northern Ireland will thrive and look forward with confidence to the future".
Fair enough - but it does move on to the specifics? Yes, but this is a 10-year strategy, not a detailed programme. With a big reorganisation of local government announced earlier in the year, and a lot of new structures taking responsibility for delivery of services, it's obviously a good time to get everyone facing in the right direction.
So there's a big focus on outcomes?
There's an outcome framework, this time with six elements against which progress towards the vision should be measured. Central to all is that young people are living in a society that respects their rights. The other five outcomes that feed into this - and into each other - are that they should be healthy, they should be enjoying, learning and achieving, living in safety and with stability, experiencing economic and environmental wellbeing, and contributing positively to society.
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