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Skills Strategy

 

 

Meeting: 05/03/2019 - Cabinet (Item 6)

6 Skills and Employability Plan for Medway pdf icon PDF 401 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the Skills and Employability Plan for Medway, which would set out the Council’s vision for skills and employment. The Plan would also set out details of the current local skills picture and priority sectors. In particular, the Plan would set out four priorities:

 

·                    Matching Business Demand with Skills Supply;

·                    Developing Medway’s Talent Pool;

·                    Establishing Routes to Employment;

·                    Transforming NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training) to EETs (Education, Employment or Training).

 

The report also stated that behind each priority was a suite of objectives with short, medium and long-term actions. There were a total of 18 objectives in the action plan.

 

The report provided details of the consultation which had shaped development of the Plan, as set out in section 6 of the report.

 

A Diversity Impact Assessment (DIA) had been undertaken and was set out in Appendix B to the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

42/2019

The Cabinet approved the Skills and Employability Plan for Medway set out at Appendix A to the report.

43/2019

The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director Regeneration, Culture, Environment and Transformation and Deputy Chief Executive in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Inward Investment, Strategic Regeneration and Partnerships to approve minor changes to the Skills and Employability Plan prior to publication for the purpose of correcting minor data variances, presentation, and to improve clarity.

 

Reasons:

 

Approving the Medway Skills and Employability Plan will create a one Council approach to skills and employment, unite stakeholders and partners for a more effective Medway and create a call for action for educators, trainers and employers.