Public Sector Skills Challenge Seminar

We are seeking your support and commitment for a major initiative we are launching in September across public services in the region to boost skills and productivity and to accelerate the regeneration of local communities.

To this end you are invited to attend a half day Seminar with us on 30th September 2008 at the Walkers Stadium in Leicester from 10.00am until 12.45pm, followed by lunch. At this event you will have an opportunity to hear, amongst others, Phil Hope MP, Minister for the East Midlands and Tom Crompton, Regional Director of the Learning and Skills Council East Midlands.

The Prime Minister has set out a bold ambition to create 5 million skilled jobs over the next decade to give the British workforce a real stake in our economic success and a full share in the nation’s prosperity.

As the largest employment sector with 520,000 employees or 28% of the region’s workforce we believe there is a central role for the public sector to play in skills and employment, alongside its core role in service delivery.

We want the East Midlands to be at the forefront of this initiative working with you, as public service employers, to give a lead to the wider employer community in making this vision a reality. This is an opportunity to work with key regional partners, to focus on joint investment to extend training, including Apprenticeships and the acquisition of skills across your workforce as well as accessing the measures available through the significant and ongoing expansion of the Train to Gain Service.

The Government launched the Skills Pledge last year as a voluntary public commitment by the leadership of an organisation to support all employees to gain skills both for their own personal growth and to enhance an organisation’s productivity. Attendance at this event will give you the opportunity to take the first step in making the Skills Pledge and responding to the Skills Challenge offered to you.

We very much hope you will be able to support this key initiative which we regard as a top priority for the region.

This Seminar is offered to Heads of HR and Learning and Development from your organisations to take this agenda further with representatives from Training Providers and Brokers who specialise in working with public sector organisations in the region.

This event follows a breakfast meeting that your Chief Executive has been invited to attend.

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