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By Richard Crook of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council at the 2014 European Structural Fund events in Cardiff.
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Learning and Skills Innovation Partnership (LSKiP)
The Journey So Far
South East Wales Directors of Environment and Regeneration Group
Richard CrookLead Director; Skills
Where Are We Now?
Regional Challenge
Competitiveness has begun to be more
evenly spread across the regions
incorporating the Greater South East
as awhole.
A number of England’s largest cities – including
Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle,
Birmingham, andLiverpool – have seen their position improve, suggesting a continued urban renaissance in
these core cities.
“We want to bring together employers and the college. We are saying to businesses ‘What do you need to help your business flourish.”
City of Bristol College’s new Partners in Business network to strengthen the city’s skills base and boost its economy.
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• Metro
• M4 Corridor Widening
• Circuit of Wales
• EZ Investment: Cardiff
• Strong HE/FE Sector
Opportunities
Regional Working
SEWDERG
Chief Executives & Managing
Directors
South East Wales Partnership Board
Where Do We Want To Be?
“A Thriving Region, Visible Internationally and Distinctively Welsh”
Vision
3 Strategic Priorities:
1. Place - Infrastructure development, tourism, ICT & digital enterprise
2. Business Support & Development – Regional growth service, growth clusters, private sector, package of support
3. People & Skills
South East Wales Regional Strategic Framework
What Have We Done?
Priority 3 - Development of the Partnership
• Stakeholder event in Cardiff
• Small working group
• Follow on stakeholder event
• Further meetings of the working group
• Alignment with Welsh Government policy
• Engagement with Cardiff Capital Region board
LSKiP Vision
A strategic partnership to develop the social and economic potential of South East Wales,
supporting people and businesses to deliver a high performing prosperous region that stimulates
inward investment.
LSKiP Mission
To identify and respond to the social, economic and skills needs of South East
Wales.
To engage with employers and other stakeholders to identify current and future
skills needs and plan accordingly.
To align activity to future demand and stimulate innovation.
To enable an inclusive regional response to Welsh Government Policy and initiatives.
LSKiP Objectives
•To provide the strategic leadership for learning, skills and innovation across the region.
•To improve the collection and sharing of regional employment and skills data, and intelligence.
•To collectively identify and develop a response to regional strategic priorities.
•To facilitate regional joint working between key stakeholders to:optimise the utilisation of resources;maximise the impact of provision and
raise aspirations;Stimulate innovation.
•To produce an Employment and Skills Plan for the region.
•To ensure the region has excellent learning and skills infrastructure that innovates to meet the regions’ economic and social needs.
•To maximise the impact of resources to deliver innovative and sustainable economic and social improvements in the region.
Employment & Skills Board
Seat Sector Nomination mechanism
1 Further Education Colegau Cymru, SEW Principals Group
2 Higher Education Agreement between the 3 Vice Chancellors
3 Training providers National Training Federation for Wales,
SEW network
4 Local Government – Regeneration
SEWDER
5 Local Government – Education
ADEW/Consortia
6 Third Sector WCVA, SEW
7 Industry/Employers Cardiff Capital Region Board
8 Industry/Employers Enterprise Zones
9 Industry/Employers Enterprise Zones
10 Industry/Employers CBI
11 Industry/Employers FSB
12 Industry/Employers Wales Employment and Skills Board nominee
Proposed Governance Structure
PROPOSED GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
WIDER STAKEHOLDER GROUP
EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS BOARD EZ’s CCRB
CORE WORKING GROUP
OBSERVATORY AND SKILLS PLAN TASK & FINISH GROUP
FUNDING AND COLLABORATION TASK & FINISH GROUP
Richard CrookLead Director; Skills
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