Why, one year on from a consultation on a new culture strategy, is Northern Ireland no closer to a policy framework, asks Steven Hadley.
The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) came into this world just before the millennium amidst the creation of a range of new government departments resulting from the Good Friday Agreement, with the first minister for the arts appointed in December 1999. As part of a process of institutional reform, in 2015 the Northern Ireland Executive reached agreement on 9 new government departments, to replace the previous 12 after the elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2016... Keep reading on QPol
The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) came into this world just before the millennium amidst the creation of a range of new government departments resulting from the Good Friday Agreement, with the first minister for the arts appointed in December 1999. As part of a process of institutional reform, in 2015 the Northern Ireland Executive reached agreement on 9 new government departments, to replace the previous 12 after the elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2016... Keep reading on QPol