Llywydd, strong foundations are already in place with regions and partnerships to fully embed this important work to support schools' development of the new curriculum, recognising our shared responsibility to fast track this agenda. The DARPL project has already launched a new virtual campus and a series of live events, open to all education professionals, encouraging practitioners to embark on their own anti-racist journey, engaging in difficult conversations and discussing critical issues with peers. The Welsh Government hosted a virtual event with the project's team in March to highlight positive developments, and the project has attracted positive international recognition during this year's world education summit.

I was delighted to deliver a keynote address at a recent diversity and anti-racism professional learning event to support middle-tier leaders to take action and to help drive change. Following on from that, I am pleased to confirm today that a new professional learning module for middle-tier education leaders will be developed, and that we are extending the reach of the project to include early years and further education, so that we see a step change right across the system. The work of the project is also reaching our early years practitioners via the national Master's in education. This is an important step on a challenging journey over the next 18 months to upskill education professionals and learners, to attain the ambitions of the Welsh Government's 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan' and Professor Williams's final report. 

I will soon be publishing the first annual update on the recommendations by the black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, contributions and cynefin in the new curriculum working group, reflecting on progress to date. The Curriculum for Wales seeks to engender a sense of cynefin in both our practitioners and learners, celebrating the diverse culture of modern Wales. Ensuring that all practitioners are equipped to meet these expectations in the design of their curriculum and in their pedagogical practice through professional learning will be key to making this a success. We are also working on the development of new materials that will support teachers in their teaching of these important issues.

Since publication of Professor Williams's report in March 2021, we've made progress across a number of areas to develop both a whole-school and national approach to anti-racism, including becoming the first part of the UK to introduce mandatory teaching of black, Asian and minority ethnic histories in all schools and settings from September 2022; announcing the new professional teaching award—the Betty Campbell MBE award—for promoting the contributions and perspectives of black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, which will be awarded for the first time this year on 10 July; and publishing our plan to increase recruitment of people who are from ethnic minority backgrounds into initial teacher education. This includes, Llywydd, for the first time, additional financial incentives targeted at increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Sustaining momentum and reviewing progress will be key to ensuring that we are making real change in a sustainable way. We will equip regional consortia and local authority partnerships to address specified priorities and actions within annual plans aligned to recommendations from Professor Williams's report. Regions and partnerships will be critical in supporting the move to a sustainable approach beyond the DARPL project itself, and can develop their own professional learning by engaging with the extended module for senior education leaders launching early next year.

To conclude, Llywydd, our young people have a key role to play as positive disruptors and change agents to establish a true culture of inclusion, equipped to make real change, moving forward. I've outlined today a number of positive steps that have been taken, but this is just the beginning. There is a great deal of further work needed to build confidence and resilience across the system to tackle racism head on. I will endeavour to keep Members updated as we continue to move at pace to deliver an anti-racist education system that Wales can be proud of.