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LONDON ENTERPRISE PANEL. Skills & Employment Working Group July 2012. Working group. Terms of reference Championing skills in London and to propose priorities for skills training;
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LONDON ENTERPRISE PANEL Skills & Employment Working Group July 2012
Working group • Terms of reference • Championing skills in London and to propose priorities for skills training; • Make recommendations to the London Enterprise Panel on issues relating to skills and employment in London, including: • improving efficiency and effectiveness of existing skills and employment in the capital • Make recommendations to Government on behalf of business, the Mayor and boroughs on issues related to skills and employment
Working group • Chair: Grant Hearn, • Vice-Chair: Jack Morris, Chairman of Business Design Centre Group • Members: • Emma Stuart - Women Like us on behalf of LVSC • Ian Ashman – Chair, London Association of Colleges • Ian Mulheirn - Social Market Foundation • Nigel Carrington – Rector, University of the Arts • Cllr Steve Reed - London Councils • Roy O'Shaughnessy – Chief Executive, CDG & Work Programme • Sue Terpilowski, Chairman London Policy Unit at Federation of Small Businesses • John-Paul Marks – Department of Work & Pensions/Job Centre Plus • Paul Whitmore,- Commercial Director Morgan Sindall Group Plc
Skills & Employment priorities indentified so far Increasing levels of employer engagement Enhancing user pathway and support Leveraging the data to develop the London Skills & Employment Observatory Providing the right skills for the right jobs
Supporting the priorities: Key Outputs 2012 • Publication of a Skills & Employment Plan for London by March 2013; • To deliver this the following areas of research are taking place over the summer to support the identified priorities: • Labour Market Forecasting • Review of the current skills and employment system (in and out of work) • Assessing capacity of the system to respond to future skills and employment needs • A review of the London Skills & Employment Observatory with the aim of redeveloping it to make it user-friendly for schools, Colleges, employers and users • Increasing levels of employer engagement (business, skills and employment) • Development of a part-time working campaign