​​The Education, Sport and Culture (ESC) Committee has worked with a number of local cultural organisations, has taken expert advice, and undertaken public consultation on the development of a strategy for culture within the Island. The report takes account of the outcomes of these processes, and sets its recommendations with regard to key aims, resource management and organisational structures for cultural development.

The ESC Committee has a clear role within the States to support culture:

• within the States by championing the cause of culture
• within the community by encouraging close co-operation and liaison between States departments, committees and the private and voluntary sectors
• by making specific provision for culture through a variety of services and initiatives