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Building a Smarter Economic Future The UK Economic Development Conference 2009 7-8 October 2009 Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth. ADAPT AND SURVIVE – SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. IED Conference 8 th October 2009. Adapt and Survive.
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Building a Smarter Economic Future The UK Economic Development Conference 2009 7-8 October 2009Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth
ADAPT AND SURVIVE – SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IED Conference 8th October 2009
Adapt and Survive • ROLE OF THE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES ACADEMY IN THE NATIONAL SKILLS AGENDA • SUPPORT FOR REGENERATION KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THE RECESSION
The Academy’s New Role External skills arm of the HCA National team of 35, main base in Leeds - restructured to create skills advisers based in HCA regions Changed business model to support HCA investment priorities Targeting places that need the most help
Skills Action Plan – Better Skills for Better Places • Attract and Retain Key People • Recruitment and Promotion of the Sector – CIC • Progression Routes, CPD and Retention – HCA Academy • Generic and Emerging Skills • Leadership – IDeA • Community Cohesion and Empowerment – CIH • Climate Change - CABE • Technical and Specialist Skills • Planning Skills – RTPI • Urban Design and Greenspace Skills – CABE • Skills for Changing Economic Markets – HCA Academy
Key Skills and Knowledge Issues in the Recession • New Initiatives/New System • Development Economics • Partnership • Risk Sharing • Resource Sharing • What works!
KNOWLEDGE SHARING Debate Place – October http://showcase.hcaacademy.co.uk/debate Diagnostic Support Support for the Single Conversation Review of Development Economics Training (SKAP Group overview) Academy Skills for Changing Economic Markets Programme
Academy Skills for Changing Economic Markets Programme • SKILLS AND CAPACITY BUILDING • Strategic Partnership with BURA • Housing and Regeneration – skills transfer • Partnership and Risk Sharing • Development Economics • Place Based Support – commissioned by Regional Directors • Support programme for Local Delivery Vehicless in mksm – ‘skills bank’
Downturn, Upturn – same old story, or whole new game? • We are doing things differently • We need to share experience about what is working and what is not • We need to understand one another better, share expertise • Some skills are even more important now – Leadership, Partnership, Negotiation, Delivery • But these are not necessarily new skills • We need to keep these skills for the good times as well – they help us to create quality, sustainable places • Some places never really come out of recession • Growth has its challenges