National Statement of Education and the Arts Working Group

In February 2005, the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) accepted an invitation from the Cultural Ministers Council to develop a joint Ministerial Statement on Education and the Arts, by means of a joint Cultural Ministers Council Standing Committee and Australian Education Systems Officials Committee Steering Group.

In September 2006, the Cultural Ministers Council considered and supported a joint National Education and the Arts Statement. The National Statement on Education and the Arts Working Group ceased in January 2007. The statement was released in September 2007 and is available here.

The Cultural Ministers Council agreed that a cross-jurisdictional joint working group should be convened to progress and develop initiatives arising from the statement. This joint working group, the Education and the Arts Joint Implementation Working Group, was established in 2007.