That is a major inconvenience for the management of the education boards and sectoral bodies, not to mention some of their staff who had been anticipating a financial deal to allow them to leave their jobs early in 2010.

BBC: 11-plus dominated NI education debate

Fundamental to the design of this strategy was the consensus achieved during the workshops on the way forward to strengthen the different cultural industry sectors, notably through the establishment of independent sectoral coordinating bodies.

UNESCO: Technical Assistance in Cultural Governance