Of course, such youth exchanges feature in many localities without the prompting of special occasions, as youth work builds skills, knowledge and respect in the young for different cultures.
The Government has been too slow to acknowledge the place of youth work in developing international understanding: the DfES International Strategy did not even mention the sector's work. There are signs that this is beginning to change. The NYA's own Global Youth Work project, funded by the Department for International Development, will help provide a more secure curricular underpinning for the work. It is good too that the Welsh Assembly Government, acting on behalf of the whole UK, is hosting a special presidency event on youth participation in public bodies and is working hard to ensure that this is a genuinely youth-led occasion. As senior officials from across the EU gather for a joint conference with the youth delegates, here is a good opportunity to showcase British youth work, not least to our own ministers and officials.
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