The Executive's document Early Education and Childcare Plans 2001-2004: Guidance to Partnerships, published in January, says, 'Their achievements - your achievements - are real. Hard evidence is now emerging of major improvements in the amount and quality of service offered to children and parents.'
However, it goes on to acknowledge that the first two years of partnerships' existence have been difficult. 'There has been tension among members; difficulty in engaging members; doubt about whether partnerships could succeed, given the size of the task and the resources available; and doubt about whether the partnership model would survive. There has also been uncertainty - over what was expected of partnership members, over the status of partnerships and their relation to local government,' it says.
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