Employment & Labour
The aim of fuller employment, improved skills and better jobs, especially for socially and economically excluded people, underpins all ECOTEC's research and consultancy work. Through work for major government departments, ECOTEC has helped shape the solution to key policy challenges in this area.
For example, we have recently reported to DWP on methods to improve access to Jobcentre Plus services for people with communication barriers – including people with disabilities and people with English as a second language –groups for whom access to work is key.
ECOTEC has also been supporting DWP in the development of the City Strategy Business Plans, a central element of employment strategy in the pathfinder areas, being rolled out nationally in the near future.
ECOTEC can help you:
- Plan your employment initiatives – especially where this involves improving pathways to employment for economically and socially excluded groups;
- Advise you on best practice with our knowledge of 'what works' from Europe and other parts of the UK;
- Help you plan practical programmes and projects in place to meet national and regional policy;
- Carry out research with vulnerable workers and employers in a sensitive but systematic manner;
- Evaluate your initiatives.
Service Portfolio: LSC Pan London ESF Objective 3 Programme
The Pan London Objective 3 Programme is delivered in two parts: Pan London 1 and 2.
Period of Project: Pan London 1: January 2005 – December 2006
Pan London 2 Summer: 2006 – Summer 2008
ESF's first regional programme, PL 1, delivered £29.5 million of co-financed funds and covered 10 ESF measures through 68 projects delivering to specifications developed with key bodies. ECOTEC delivered:
• pre-application promotion and support
• management of the tendering process
• monitoring, support and assurance activities
• support tools for projects
In total, PL1 supported over 20,000 beneficiaries across all 5 London LSCs.
ECOTEC have built on this experience in the management of PL2, which focuses on worklessness, Level 3 training and helping the most disadvantaged in the London labour market. It delivers £35 million of co-financed funds through 56 projects across 9 ESF measures including 7 projects funded under "On Your Marks" (ESF Skills for the 2012 Games).
We also compiled a number of research reports for the London LSCs, including:
• a regional skills agenda research report
• an overview of learning provision
• an overview of project activities by measure
• an overview of “cross-cutting” themes (Equal Opportunities, Sustainable Development, ICT)
• a Pan London impact study
For more information on Pan London ESF Objective 3, see www.london03.ecotec.co.uk
chris.walker@ecotec.com
+44 845 630 8633
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