"I want to look at how we can help bring international development issues more fully into the work and life of schools in a way which prepares young people to understand and feel able to shape the globalising and increasingly interdependent world which they will inherit."

" The vast majority of pupils believe that it is important to learn about global issues at school, and that young people need to understand global matters in order to make choices about how they want to lead their lives

"Our young people must develop the competence, confidence and contacts which will secure their place and influence in an increasingly global society. The new millennium demands that we develop international understanding, heighten awareness of Europe and the wider world, and strengthen the concept of world citizenship in our schools and colleges."

Mori Poll, March 1999