learning and skills innovation partnership - the journey so far

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