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“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: National Support Project Wales

ECOTEC has been commissioned by the Basic Skills Agency to run the Technical Assistance Unit for the National Support Project for Young People in Wales. The project aims to:

 

  • Promote, support and monitor the implementation of the PLUS Strategy across the 14 -19 age range in identified areas of Wales.
  • Become a National Supporter whose role will be to support the BSA in delivering the following objectives for young people between the ages of 14 and 19.
  • Attract young people, specifically those with poor basic skills, back into learning programmes that will help them improve these crucial skills.
  • Encourage the development of flexible, tailored provision that will motivate and engage young people and help raise their attainment.
  • Investigate additional innovative ways of engaging this target group.

 

As the TA Unit, ECOTEC’s role is to:

 

  • Work with Careers Wales to identify best practice in assessment and to help develop better-tailored progression opportunities with appropriate personal support structures.
  • Ensure that work undertaken by the National Support Project links up with Cymorth funded projects wherever appropriate.
  • Work with providers to help them reach the standard required by the Quality Mark.

 

Produce tailored dissemination products.

paul.martin@ecotec.com
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