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EU Project Croatia 12 th May 2011

EU Project Croatia 12 th May 2011. UK Sector Skills Councils, working together. Key themes of this presentation:. Role of Employers in Sector Skills Councils Origins of the Alliance Alliance role & responsibility Benefits of SSCs working together Examples of effective collaboration

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EU Project Croatia 12 th May 2011

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  1. EU Project Croatia 12th May 2011 UK Sector Skills Councils, working together

  2. Key themes of this presentation: • Role of Employers in Sector Skills Councils • Origins of the Alliance • Alliance role & responsibility • Benefits of SSCs working together • Examples of effective collaboration • Traps to avoid!

  3. Sector Skills Councils: • Employer organisations- run by & for employers • Cover 90% of the UK workforce • 1.7 million businesses across England, Wales, Scotland, & Northern Ireland • SSC boards comprised of UK employers drawn from across UK industry, commerce and the public sector

  4. SSCs key business aims: • Reduce skills gaps • Improve business performance • Increase skills and productivity of the workforce • Improve the learning supply through qualifications, Apprenticeships, FE & HE providers

  5. Sector Skills Councils- Key Roles: • Develop & maintain national occupational standards • Help to ensure qualifications are relevant & valued by employers • Conduct sector research & publish Labour Market • Intelligence (LMI) • Represent the skills needs of their sectors in • partnership with others

  6. New priorities from UK Govt: • Greater choice and control for the individual • Greater focus on employers and their sectors • Apprenticeships • Proper recognition & celebration of vocational skills • Effective pathways for progression • Ability to transfer between FE and HE (From VET school to HE)

  7. Some UK certainties: • 70% of our 2020 workforce is already in the employment market • UK Employers currently spend £38bn on training & development • Small business sector provides 60% of UK jobs, and 50% of UK GDP • 500,000 people are expected to start up their own business in next 12 months.

  8. Alliance Background: • Registered Charity, formed in April 2008 • All Sector Skills Councils are full members • UK-wide remit- offices in • Belfast, Edinburgh, Cardiff • & London

  9. Alliance Governance:

  10. Alliance background: • Coordinating & collaborative role • ‘Shared leadership’ model • Strategic objectives • Representing SSCs on common issues to government, and other stakeholders

  11. Summary: • Improved business performance is the key driver in sustained recovery • Skills, learning & development are the vital factors in the business mix • New environment requires new solutions, and new ways of working! • We have a lot to do before 2020!

  12. Examples of Alliance Impact: • Illustrating the power of collective working in a UK context • Examples are drawn from recent experience • Further detail available on the Alliance website: • www.sscalliance.org

  13. UK QCF Readiness Programme: • Revolution in Qualifications design and approval similar to CRO QCF • Employer needs at heart of the system, ‘bite-sized’ chunks of learning • Alliance appointed as the contract manager for the programme • Responsible for preparing all the SSCs to operate the new system • Series of professional development workshops for SSC staff • Provision of central resource, help, guidance, support

  14. Low Carbon ‘cluster’: • UK drive to define future needs • 10 SSCs combine resources • Alliance coordination of report • Direct views of a wide range of employers • Accurate view of future skills needs in a vital economic and social responsibility area

  15. LMI – Alliance Intelligence Network: • Group of LMI experts drawn from all SSCs • Aims: • To share expertise and better practice • To speed up the workflow by collaborating and sharing people and resources • To provide expert advice based on detailed employer/sectoral knowledge

  16. Alliance and the Federation of Small Businesses(FSB): • Small business vital for UK sustained recovery • Access to skills and training can be difficult • Two organisations agree a joint agenda for action – aim to ensure the small business voice is reflected in all SSCs • On-going monitoring of joint performance

  17. UK SSC summary: • Dominant role of employers • Alliance enables collective voice of SSCs to be heard • Sharing of expertise and mutual support • Power of collective activity in difficult times!

  18. Final thoughts: • “Coming together is the beginning • Keeping together is progress • Working together is success” • Henry Ford 1863-1947

  19. “ If you think training is expensive, try ignorance!”

  20. Thanks for listening! Any questions? John McNamara Tel: 07879 477448 www.

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