In an environment of diminishing funding, government is looking to Local Employment and Skills Boards (LESBs) to articulate local labour market needs and to identify how resources should be targeted at the local level to mitigate the impacts of recession and promote recovery.
LESBs may also be granted (Schedule 4) powers to set local skills and employment strategies that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be legally bound to deliver. However, this depends on them being able to demonstrate: a clear understanding of their area; robust priority setting; and the added value they bring within a wider regional and national strategy framework.
Working through the Productive Skills for Devon Partnership, the four Devon LESBs commissioned SLIM to support their priority setting, initially through the collation of a common evidence base for each of the LESB areas. This report represents the outcome of this process.
Building this evidence base was followed by a further process of interpretation, of sharing perspectives on what the data means and generating a collective understanding of local conditions and opportunities.
The production of this report was therefore followed by two further stages:
1. Gathering perspectives and interpretations of this evidence base from employers and partners in each LESB area.
2. Working in partnership with employers, LESB members and partners in each LESB area towards a common understanding of the evidence and priorities for change, investment and action.
After completing Stages 2 and 3, SLIM produced more concise local priorities statements, designed to feed into and inform the Regional Skills Priorities Statement for the South West.
Related Reports
Productive Skills for Devon :: Exeter and Heart of Devon - final report - 08/09/2010
Productive Skills for Devon :: Plymouth - final report - 14/09/2010
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon - final report - 27/10/2010
Productive Skills for Devon :: Torbay - final report - 17/09/2010
Productive Skills for Devon :: Pan-Devon Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon Work Programme - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: Plymouth Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: Torbay Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: EHOD Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon Work Programme - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: Plymouth Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: Torbay Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
LESBs may also be granted (Schedule 4) powers to set local skills and employment strategies that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be legally bound to deliver. However, this depends on them being able to demonstrate: a clear understanding of their area; robust priority setting; and the added value they bring within a wider regional and national strategy framework.
Working through the Productive Skills for Devon Partnership, the four Devon LESBs commissioned SLIM to support their priority setting, initially through the collation of a common evidence base for each of the LESB areas. This report represents the outcome of this process.
Building this evidence base was followed by a further process of interpretation, of sharing perspectives on what the data means and generating a collective understanding of local conditions and opportunities.
The production of this report was therefore followed by two further stages:
1. Gathering perspectives and interpretations of this evidence base from employers and partners in each LESB area.
2. Working in partnership with employers, LESB members and partners in each LESB area towards a common understanding of the evidence and priorities for change, investment and action.
After completing Stages 2 and 3, SLIM produced more concise local priorities statements, designed to feed into and inform the Regional Skills Priorities Statement for the South West.
Related Reports
Productive Skills for Devon :: Exeter and Heart of Devon - final report - 08/09/2010
Productive Skills for Devon :: Plymouth - final report - 14/09/2010
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon - final report - 27/10/2010
Productive Skills for Devon :: Torbay - final report - 17/09/2010
Productive Skills for Devon :: Pan-Devon Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon Work Programme - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: Plymouth Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: Torbay Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: EHOD Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: North Devon Work Programme - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: Plymouth Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011
Productive Skills for Devon :: Torbay Statement of Work and Skills Priorities - 08/02/2011