Guest Column
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Now the Accent is on Ourselves by
Huw Edwards. |
News
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IWA wins funding for new Assembly project; Policy initiatives
on Innovation recommended in new IWA Report; Queue busting down
the A470; the Civil Service and the National Assembly; National
Botanic Garden project; news from the branches; Swansea Bay
in the 21st century; IWA appoints Development Officer.
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Economy
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Skills, Training – and Optimism
Sheila Drury reveals the secrets of growing
a business in Wales.
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Making a Virtual Organisation a Reality
Brian Morgan says that business support in
Wales needs proper funding and an effective organisation.
WDA Analysis Special
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I. Understanding the Prosperity Gap
Steve Hill looks at the basic Welsh economic
problem.
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II. Targets Needed to Focus Minds
Nigel Blewitt pinpoints a task for the Assembly.
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Matching a National Strategy with European Intervention
Robert Huggins and Kevin Morgan
examine the challenge of Objective 1 funding for Wales.
Knowledge Economy Special
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I. Weightless Investment
Ian Courtney argues that investment is vital
if Wales is to become a fully paid-up member of the ‘knowledge-based’
global economy.
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II. Cellstream to Prosperity
John Osmond charts progress made with the
Wales Information Society project. |
Politics and Policy
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A Quiet Electoral Earthquake
Dafydd Trystan and Richard Wyn Jones
piece together a script torn up by the voters.
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The New Lobbyists
The National Assembly is spawning a new breed of political activists.
Here Sian Phipps and Cathy Owens
describe their contrasting roles.
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Tackling the Citizenship Agenda
Howard Marshall argues that the new politics
of ‘Social Partnership’ requires the Unions to re-think
their traditional role.
Assembly & Legislation Special
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I. Living with the Lawyers
Richard Rawlings explores how far the National
Assembly’s legislative powers will reach, concluding that
devolution represents serious legal business.
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II. A Crowded Legislative Timetable
The Assembly’s secondary legislation powers will result
in a growing divergence in public law between Wales and England,
predicts David Lambert.
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III. Skirmishes in a Minefield of Statutes
Luke Clements explains that when it legislates
the Assembly will, from the start, have to take account of
the 1998 Human Rights Act. |
Environment
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Road or Rail? A Welsh Dilemma
Stuart Cole argues that the Assembly should
be given new powers to enable it to produce an integrated transport
policy.
Sustainable Development Special
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I. Integrating Conflicting Demands
Gareth Wyn Jones looks at the mechanisms needed
to turn a nebulous concept into practical reality.
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II. Turning Theory into Practice
Ron Edwards points to the policy arenas where
Sustainable Development will need to be taken into account.
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III. Mixing the Environment with the Economy
Brian Charles gives a business perspective
on Sustainable Development.
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IV. The Social Dimension
An anti-poverty strategy should be built into the Sustainable
Development agenda, argues Graham Benfield.
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Giving Food a Clean Bill of Health
David Smith says the National Assembly should
work with Westminster to monitor the work of the new Food
Standards Agency. |
Social Policy
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The Assembly’s WelshBac Challenge
David Reynolds calls for some innovation and
initiative in Welsh education policy.
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Going for Gold: A Primary Health Care Strategy for the
Valleys
Julian Tudor Hart advocates a new approach
to medicine in Wales’ most deprived region. |
Culture and Communications
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Building Inspiration from Within
Jonathan Adams describes his design of the new
Millennium Centre, soon to rise up in Cardiff Bay alongside the
National Assembly.
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Image and Creative Design
The launch of the Academy for Design in Wales provides a key
to unlocking a more confident sense of our place in the world,
says Bob Croydon. |
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Endpiece by Peter Stead |
