Identifying and Leveraging Resources for Sustainable Industry Strategies

1. Identifying and Leveraging Resources for Sustainable Industry Strategies Presented by Gary Yakimov Director of Business and Industry Strategies Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

2. Today’s Presentation • Understanding regional assets • Understanding government-related programs • Identification of national and GA business and industry associations

3. Understanding Regional Assets Excerpted from Illuminate: Asset Mapping Roadmap, Council on Competitiveness

4. Why Do Asset Mapping? • Resource Identification • Foundation for Strategic Planning and Implementation • Deepened Understanding of Key Regional Systems and Linkages • Catalyst for Partnership • Organizing and Motivational Tool for Implementation

5. What are Assets? • Human capital, including K-12 and higher educational institutions • Research and development institutions • Financial capital • Connective organizations • Physical infrastructure • Other Assets: • Industrial Base (Debra and Steven’s initial mapping) • Legal and Regulatory Environment • Quality of Life

6. Human CapitalEducation and Training • K-12 Education System • School districts, school district leaders, location of schools, private and charter schools, principal information, special programs (ESL, career academies) and articulation agreements with community colleges • Career Technical Education • Technical College System • Quick Start • Four-Year Colleges and Universities • Private/Non-Profit Technical Schools and Institutes • Continuing and Professional Education Providers • On-Line Post-Secondary Education

7. Human CapitalThe Public Workforce System • Names, location, and staff/chairs of Workforce Investment Boards • Names and locations of workforce centers • Programs/services offered by government agencies including economic development, social services, transportation, housing, and others (“resource mapping”) • Adult Education • Remediation programs for displaced workers (also non-public) • Career advancement programs for incumbent workers (also non-public) • Apprenticeship Programs (also non-public) • Socio-demographics including age, income, occupations, educational attainment including density of population and commuting patterns • # of skilled workers in areas of employment relevant to economy • Future skill needs

8. Human CapitalThe Non-Public Workforce System • Non-profit and for-profit workforce providers • Internships • Executive Education • Corporate Training Programs • Human Resource Departments of Employers • Placement Agencies

9. Research and Development • Research Centers • Patents • Government Grants • Tech transfer • Business Incubators • Research Parks • Sponsored networking activities • Collaborations with other regional entitities • Corporate R&D • Collaborations • Spin-offs, tech transfer

10. Financial Capital • Venture Capital Firms • Angle Investors/Networks • Commercial Banks – CRA • Philanthropic Foundations • Government Programs • Small Business / Entrepreneurship

11. Connective Organizations • Business and Economic Development Organizations • Chambers of Commerce • Business/Education Partnerships • Industry/Cluster Associations • Major Employers/Champions • Small Business Development (e.g. SCORE) • Professional Networks • Social Networks

12. Physical Infrastructure • Airports • Highways • Rail and Trucking • Maritime • Natural Resources • Real Estate • Business and Industrial Parks • Utilities • Communications • High Speed Internet Access • Capacity of Networks • Plans for Expansion • Mass Media

13. Getting Started: Who and How? • Home Teams • “Shampoo Treatment” – Everyone tells/gets information from two friends, each of whom then does the same thing • Review previous regional economic reports and profiles (including footnotes, sources) • Scanning the Internet and other information sources • Obtaining input from local leaders of relevant public, private, academic, and non-profit entities

14. Leveraging Resources in Support of Georgia’s Regional Economic Competitiveness

15. U.S. Department of Labor Funds

16. U.S. Department of Education Funds

17. U.S. Department of Education Funds

18. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

19. U.S. Department of Agriculture

20. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

21. U.S. Department of Treasury

22. Sources • Slides 2-8: Training Policy In Brief: An Overview of Federal Workforce Development Policies (2007); The Workforce Alliance, Washington, DC • Georgia Allocation figures from www.fedspending.org • This is FY 2006 data and is intended to give a sense of scale. This should not be considered to be exact, since assumptions had to be made in cross walking two data sources. • Some funding sources have only a small percentage of funds available for training activities (i.e. TANF and Food Stamp funds)

23. GA Department of Technical and Adult Education

24. GA State Board of Education

25. Source • Slides 11-12: The Governor’s Budget Report FY 2008, pgs. 154,155,335-337, http://www.budnet.gatech.edu/stabudinfo/08GovBudRpt.pdf

26. US and GA Trade Associations by Sector and Resources

27. Associations – See Handout Industries Included to Date • Advanced Auto Manufacturing • Aerospace • Transportation and Logistics • Rail and Trucking • Supply Chain and Logistics Information Included: • International, National, Regional Associations and Resources • Georgia Associations and Resources • Publications/Research Reports/Articles Industries Coming Next: • BioTech • Chat Valley BRAC Industries • New Regions

28. Questions/Comments? Gary Yakimov CSW 301.765.0437 gyakimov@skilledwork.org