YOUTH POLICY IN WALES - JOHN ROSE
"Until 1999 the youth service in Wales was linked to the youth service in England. The main exceptions to this were the development of a specific Curriculum Statement for Youth Work In Wales (Wales Youth Agency, 1992) and the setting up of an independent Education and Training Standards Committee for Wales in 1994.
"As a result of the link to England, a number of opportunities were missed to examine variances cultivated by distinctive social, political and economic difference between the two countries and the effects these have had on the youth service in Wales. These differences were recognised by the National Assembly for Wales following its formation in 1999, which claimed that the building blocks were in place across Wales for the introduction of a strategic approach leading to the development of 'a specific Welsh system for the support of young people'.
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