A CULTURE IN COMMON

The National Assembly report on the cultural industries in Wales

Eighteen months after the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales, we now see the publication of a report which lays out a proactive policy for the Arts.

Having taken part in a thorough investigation held over a period of six months, committee members have become increasingly convinced that the arts are central to the process of social, cultural and economic renaissance promoted by the Assembly. Culture (of which the arts are only a part) is at the heart of our national enterprise.

This extensive report aims to describe the implications of this conviction to contemporary Wales in the challenging and ever-changing world of the 21st century.

The committee believes that nurturing creativity in the grass roots

author:National Assembly for Wales

original source: National Assembly for Wales (Post 16 Education Committee)
01 November 2000