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Learning & Skills

“In the 21st century, our natural resource is our people – and their potential is untapped and vast. Skills will unlock that potential.” - Leitch Review, December 2006

The development of learning and skills is fundamental to the economic and social well-being of the UK and Europe. Building policies and infrastructures that can support the level of development required is now a major priority.
Across Europe, governments are seeking to build systems that can meet the needs of businesses and individuals in a variety of ways. These include: developing a better understanding of education and training; reforming the accreditation and qualification systems to encourage flexibility in the labour market; extending the definition of learning to encompass informal learning; and developing robust planning and quality assurance systems.

ECOTEC can help you:

  • Find and implement practical solutions;
  • Gather a clear picture of supply and demand in learning markets and help to identify business skills needs;
  • Evaluate education and training programmes, and recommend how they can be developed to meet your objectives;
  • Develop sustainable policies that meet the needs of the economy and of diverse communities;
  • Determine where your policy should head in the future and assess the quality of provision, provider capacity and capability development.

Service Portfolio: Evaluation of GENESIS Wales

Education

Genesis Wales is an all-Wales initiative supported by ESF through the Wales' Objective 1 and 3 Programme. It is aiming to reduce the barriers faced by parents who wish to learn new skills or return to work, of which childcare is seen as one of the biggest issues. The project is particularly targeting the most hard to reach people.

 

The contract requires:

 

  • An evaluation of the Genesis Wales project across Wales based on the aims and intended outcomes for parents/carers;
  • The impact of the Genesis Wales project on the local community with regards to economic activity and regeneration; and,
  • An examination of the ability of the Genesis Wales project to address the needs of the Structural Fund Programmes under the relevant funding Priorities and Measures, including the Programme themes.

 

The evaluation should address three themes, and within these a series of questions, namely;

 

  • Critique of the design of Genesis Wales,
  • Operational effectiveness, and
  • The attribution of impacts to Genesis Wales.

karl.held@ecotec.com
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