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Project Network Templates.

Please find information regarding all projects within the following Convergence and Competitiveness frameworks:

ESF Convergence Priority 3, Theme 1 – Raising the Skills Levels of the Workforce

ESF Convergence Priority 3, Theme 2 – Skills for the Knowledge Economy: Workforce development and Learning

ESF Convergence Priority 3, Theme 3 – Promoting Gender Equality in Employment

ESF Competitiveness Priority 2 –Improving the Skills Levels and Adaptability of the Workforce

The document has been created with the intention to provide a quick ‘snap-shot’ of all the projects within the frameworks, some initial project information and relevant contact details.

Please note that the information contained within has been kindly provided by the individual project lead sponsor managers and officers. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in regard to content. Information has also been provided regarding a couple of projects which have yet to obtain full approval, however it was felt that these projects were worthy of addition given their content and / or relevance to the frameworks. However inclusion in this document does not mean that future approval is guaranteed.

Improving the Skills Levels and Adaptability of the Workforce ESF Framework Event –

Supporting Success in Delivery.

15th March 2011MRC Resource Centre – Llandrindod Wells

Improving the Skills Levels and Adaptability of the Workforce

ESF Framework Event – Supporting Success in Delivery. Project Network Template

Project Name / Title: Modern Apprenticeship World Class Skills for a Knowledge Economy

Lead: DCELLS

(Please highlight all that apply)

Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 YesConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 No

Project Duration: August 2007 – July 2011 Total Project Cost: £97,959,280 (£56,173,656 ESF)

Geographical delivery region:(Ie Pan Wa(Pan Wales? Convergence or Competitive area only? Specific region only?)

ESF Project limited to Convergence Area

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:

David Waller [email protected] 01792 765883

Please list project delivery partners where applicable:(eg: Aberystwyth University)

Please provide a contact name(s), e-mail address(es) and phone number(s) of project delivery partners:

NIACE Dysgu Cymru (Joint Sponsor) [email protected] or [email protected]

(Several dozen training providers contracted via public procurement exercise, and they include FEIs, UAs, third sector/not for profit providers and private sector providers).

Not appropriate to provide individual contacts for training contract holders/service providers. Communications to provider network via DCELLS, via procurement communications usually using WBL ENQ. Please contact [email protected]

Careers Wales via Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale - for AMS pilot (but not as a joint sponsor)

Mark Freeman, Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale (please contact via Simon Phelps, DCELLS, Penllegaer – [email protected])

Shared Apprenticeships at Coleg Sir Gar / SEMTA and Construction Wales

Via Steph Norris at DCELLS [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]






Project summary (250 words):( ie: what the project is about, who the target market is, what are the delivery mechanisms, possible project outcomes)

This Modern Apprenticeship Project is aimed at delivering Modern Apprenticeships and Foundation MAs at levels 3 and 2 (respectively) offering employed status individuals work related skills, through apprenticeship training frameworks (Nationally Agreed Frameworks involving Awarding Bodies and SSCs) including delivering three components (1) Key Skills, (2) NVQ and (3) technical certificates training (via MA/FMA) and some Basic Skills support (via PAL). This is being delivered via Training Providers who are selected via the tendering process through the main Work Based Learning Programme. Procurement took place Autumn 2006.

The Project main aims are to:-

Upskill the workforce, improve basic skills in the employed workforce, and improve adaptability, and to provide demand led skills training (up to and including level 2), and skills in growth sectors (at level 3);

To increase take up by adult participants over 25 including older workers including those over 50.

To support the One Wales commitment to substantially increase the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in Wales, using ESF grant to increase the numbers otherwise be possible.

Operate major learning marketing campaigns including Adult Learners Week, Your Choices, and Sign Up now campaign during project lifetime, in partnership with NIACE .

Also to pilot An Apprenticeship matching service via Careers Wales Pilot a shared Apprenticeships model (Construction and Engineering) in Carmarthenshire

area - Coleg Sir Gar (as part of a wider pilot (non ESF) also including Deeside College and Mid and North Wales Training). Construction Wales and SEMTA are involved in these pilots.

The main outcomes of the project are:-

To increase the number of employed individuals participating in apprenticeship programmes To support 35,211 Participants to undertake an apprenticeship. (The project is well on

target to achieve this 31,642 at Oct 2010 claim). Through funding of £56m over four years. This will enable a proportionate number of

participants to gain qualifications and wherever possible and appropriate progression into further learning.

We hope to achieve improve completion and retention rates and for example completion of full framework apprenticeships from 44% to closer to 60% or if possible higher by July 2011.

54% of all Participants are female up to October 2010 claim. .

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 35,211 Qualifications gained - No: 25,843

Participants entering further learning - No: 4,916 (immediately after) - please bear in mind that Apprenticeships are 2-3 years long so unlikely learners will want to immediately move to a further programme of training immediately, especially if training at level 3.

What other ESF projects do you have links with?

Main DCELLS projects with most obvious linkages are:

80074 Skill Build – Work preparation programme with basic skills and some NVQ training for either Young People or Adults on DWP benefits.

80109 Modern Skills Diploma (level 4) - Apprenticeship style level 4 training under same procurement process – but much smaller in volume/value – and uses many of same providers and operates same timescales

80641 MA for East Wales (a shorter East Wales programme similar to this one, but only operating for 24 months)

80562 Pathways to Apprenticeships (learners will we hope often progress naturally into this project from PtA in gaining an employed position to do so)

80336 Sector Priorities Fund (testing and funding small pilot workplace training at sector level via SSCs – may be some lessons for WBL programmes)

Where applicable, what kind of referral mechanism is in place with the above projects?

Employed status learners:

This is being delivered via Training Providers who are selected via the tendering process through the main Work Based Learning Programme. For the period Aug 2011 to July 2014, a major procurement exercise took place during June – September 2010.

Careers Wales offer an on-line matching service aimed at helping employers find suitable Apprentices, and aspiring Apprentices to find exciting opportunities in a business that is right for them. The Apprenticeship Matching Service was piloted within / during this project.

Part of the contract with training providers is to make linkages with employers and to generate demand for the apprenticeships by identifying the relevant apprentices/potential apprentices and employers willing to enable/allow their staff to undertake an apprenticeship. Providers including FEis and UAs will use their pre-existing employer linkages with business and employers, including NIACE learning campaigns, DCELLS marketing at Wales level etc.

Improving the Skills Levels and Adaptability of the Workforce ESF Framework Event – Supporting Success in Delivery. Project Network Template

Project Name / Title: Minorities Are Wales’ Resources

Lead: All Wales Ethnic Minority Association (AWEMA)


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 Yes Convergence Priority 3 Theme 2 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 No

Project Duration: 1st April 2009 to 30th June 2014

Total Project Cost:£2,301,158


Pan Wales Convergence

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Mr. Naz [email protected] 475509Please list project delivery partners where applicable:(eg: Aberystwyth University)


Valley Regional Equality Council (VALREC) Ms Elaine Clayton; [email protected]; 01443 742704

YMCA Swansea Ms Anne-Marie Rogan ; [email protected]; 01792 475509

North Wales Race Equality Network (NWREN)

Mr. Kevin Evans; [email protected]; 01492 622233


To provide support to improve the skills levels and Identify UK equivalent of their existing overseas qualifications. The project focuses to overcome the barriers that this target group face in progressing in employment by engaging with them through outreach, mentoring,





support, group activities, referral to training and involvement of employers. The essential key will be to signpost and then support participants to other convergence programme projects.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 2950Qualifications gained - No: 550Participants entering further learning - No: 825Employers assisted - No: 100Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: 50


Agile Nation Ascent Programme for Women


We have a referral form which we use to refer our participants to other projects. The form contains the details of the participants, project/organisation they being refer to and reason of referral.

The mechanism is being reviewed and will be updated shortly. We are also hoping that through WEFO event we can improve the referral mechanism


Project Name / Title: Energy Sector Training

Lead: Pembrokeshire College



Project Duration: 1/4/2010 – 31/12/2013 Total Project Cost: £2,264,218


Pembrokeshire


Nicky Howells – [email protected] 01437 753414



N/A


The project will raise the skills levels of the workforce in the Pembrokeshire energy sector in response to employer need and the Cogent Sector Skills Agreement and Qualifications Strategy. The project will provide training and development activities for energy sector employers, and the associated supply chain companies. The project will also promote equality in employment for under represented groups.

Delivery will recognise and build upon existing skills and knowledge, be demand led, and will be undertaken in the workplace wherever possible, with a focus on accredited outcomes.


Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 1,273Qualifications gained - No: 615Participants entering further learning - No: Employers assisted - No: 90Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: 40


Foundation Degree programmes, specifically the development of a Foundation Degree in Refinery Operations.Sector Priorities Fund pilot - development of the Gold Standard for Cogent.


Beneficiary companies and participants are made aware of the opportunities available through the complementary projects.

Project opportunities are also highlighted to the Pembrokeshire Energy Sector Workforce Development Group.


Project Name / Title: Pro-Act

Lead: DCELLS


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 Yes / NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 Yes / NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 3 Yes / NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 Yes / No

Project Duration: 2 JAN 2009-31 DEC 2012



CONVERGENCE


[email protected] 01443 663985 (728453985)



Project summary (250 words):( ie: what the project is about, who the target market is, what are the delivery mechanisms, possible project outcomes)To extend the support for companies who wish to provide additional training for employees who are on short-time working and under threat of redundancy. To provide support for companies who are preparing for growth to upskill and expand their existing workforce.

Proact enables employers facing difficulties to retain skilled workers and enhance their skills ready for the upturn. It complements the ReAct programme, and will help to prevent redundancies as well as improving the skills base.

The growth element will enable companies who are now in a growth position to upskill existing staff and recruit new employees for that growth with support for the necessary training. It is not envisaged that any wage subsidies will be paid under this element as there will be sufficient


support available from other schemes for this.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 10,978Qualifications gained - No: 10,978Participants entering further learning - No:329Employers assisted - No:219Employers adopting or improving equality :24/ diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No:


ProAct Competitiveness


DE&T relationship managers.


Project Name / Title: Basic Skills in the Workplace

Lead: DCELLS


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 YesConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 No Convergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 Yes

Project Duration: April 2010 – June 2015

Total Project Cost: 17,488,297

Geographical delivery region: Pan Wales (Ie Pan W

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number: Gary Jones [email protected] 01443 663735 07980 781801




The National Basic Skills Strategy for Wales aims to reduce the substantial number of adults in Wales with poor literacy and/or numeracy skills. The project is delivered as part of this strategy and the emerging Economic Renewal Programme including the Workforce Development Programme .This project aims to raise levels of basic skills in the employed workforce through increased and enhanced basic skills support within the workplace.. The project objectives are to provide:

Increased provision of basic skills support in the workplace; designing, piloting and delivering courses tailored to need and contextualized to the workplace.

Increased employer engagement in the delivery of basic skills support, in particular


through the Employer Pledge Programme

Increased training for basic skills tutors/mentors delivering basic skills support in the workplace; providing training for existing and new basic skills tutors, coaches and mentors to enable them to deliver basic skills training in the workplace and to fill the current skills gap.

The providers listed above have been procured to deliver these objectives. Contracts will be managed by a small projects within the Business and Skills Division within WAG.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 29643Qualifications gained - No: 14821Participants entering further learning - No:Employers assisted - No:1031Employers adopting or improving equality : / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: 515

What other ESF projects do you have links with? Links with other projects delivering basic skills are currently being actioned and it is anticipated this meeting will assist this.



Project Name / Title: Regional Essential Skills

Lead: City and County of Swansea



Project Duration: 4.5 years Total Project Cost: £11.4m


South West (NPT, Swansea, Carms, Pembs, Ceredigion)


Paul Relf, [email protected], 01792 636858



All delivery work to be procured.


The Regional Essential Skills for the Workforce project is a Regional Strategic Project, covering the 5 local authority areas of Neath Port Talbot, Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion, with the main aims of promoting and delivering basic skills to employed people. It will also include delivery of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills up to Level 2 including ICT and ESOL. Delivery of the project will be procured on a geographical basis, with 5 area-based contracts covering each local authority area, a regional ICT contract and a regional ESOL contract. The project will engage with just under 8000 participants, offering training in basic skills in community venues to individuals not involved in Employer Pledge


activity, ESOL and ICT training up to level 2 where appropriate.

Key Targets :



DCELLS Basic Skills in the Workplace for cross-referrals. Also possibility of linking with range of P2 schemes to work with participants that secure employment through those schemes but may be in need of further skills development.


Mechanisms still to be worked out, but anticipated that this will take place through enrolment forms and regular contact between staff working on the respective projects.


Project Name / Title: Skills For Industry (Business Plan in Development)

Lead: Gower College Swansea



Project Duration:

60 months

Total Project Cost:

Approx £17mGeographical delivery region:

(Ie Pan Wa(Pan Wales? Convergence or Competitive area only? Specific region only?)

The Convergence area of South West Wales


Simon Jenkins, External Funding Manager, Gower College SwanseaTel No. 017492 [email protected]



Pembrokeshire College Nicky HowellsTel. No. 01437 753414 [email protected]

Coleg Sir Gar Carolyn WilliamsTel No. 01554 [email protected]

Neath & Port Talbot College Clive Ball 01639 648 [email protected]






Through the collaboration of the SWW Further Education Colleges the project will adopt an innovative 'sector-based' approach to the delivery of vocational and generic skills training to 11,584 employed individuals, raising skill levels, and assisting employers and enterprises to adapt to economic change.

The project will establish a joint sponsorship arrangement between Gower College Swansea (as the lead sponsor) and the three other colleges that make up the South West Wales region, Coleg Sir Gar, Neath Port Talbot and Pembrokeshire College.

Skills For Industry will provide a strategic approach to the delivery of workforce development to support productivity and progression in employment, raising the skill levels and tackling skills gaps and shortages by providing lower skilled workers with vocational skills and qualifications up to level 2 and support demand led provision up to level 3 across a variety of occupational sectors including manufacturing, construction, auto motive, engineering, financial and professional services, care and tourism.

The project will aim to develop the skill levels of the workforce and assist individual progression by supporting interventions that ensure work placed learning provision meet the needs of employers and individual workers. To achieve this aim the project’s delivery will be determined through ongoing dialogue with local employers and the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) in order to support a demand-led approach to workforce development.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 11,584Qualifications gained - No: 9,959Participants entering further learning - No: 3,475Employers assisted - No: 2,490Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: 123


The project will aim to develop the skill levels of the workforce and assist individual progression by supporting interventions that ensure work placed learning provision meet the needs of employers and individual workers. To achieve this aim the project’s delivery will be determined through ongoing dialogue with local employers and the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) in order to support a demand-led approach to workforce development.

FE institutions within the South West Wales region will liaise with DCELLS to ensure that the training activities delivered as part of the project will meet national policy on workforce

development including the Economic Renewal Programme: New Direction, One Wales strategy, Skills that Work for Wales , and also complement other successful national projects funded through structural funds such as

Sector Priorities Fund Pilot, SWW Regional Learning Partnership Work based learning programmes – Skill Build and Apprenticeship programmes; Basic Skills in the Workplace; Pembrokeshire Energy Sector Training; ProAct; ReAct; Enhancing Leadership and Management Skills; Skills For the Workforce – Deeside College Y Dyfodol – Llandrillo College

and also the Workforce Development Programme to ensure that qualifications delivered are in line with research being undertaken and suitable progression routes are available for individuals, to and from other projects.


Project staff will also work collaboratively with DCELLS to ensure that training activities meet WAG policy for workforce development, and complements other successful national projects including the Sector Priorities Fund Pilot Project, Basic Skills in the Workplace and Enhancing Leadership and Management Skills. The project will also work with other sector based proposals to avoid any duplication of provision.

A comprehensive approach to the delivery of workforce development will be developed to underpin a vision for the co-ordinated delivery of demand led training, and successfully increase the number of individuals receiving training. The approach will include three main stages.

Stage 1: Identification of Need

Information supplied by the Regional Learning Partnership’s Learning and Skills Observatory will identify the skills gaps, requirements of local employers and potential targets groups for the project. This will be supported by information from Sector Skills Councils in relation to specific sector wide requirements and demand in the area of training and qualifications which will be articulated to and from the project through the Regional Provider Network Advocates.

Stage 2: Delivery of Industry Led Provision

The FEIs will

Utilise the skills, resources, expertise and knowledge available, to provide a curriculum in an innovative and co-ordinated manner that meets the identified demands of both the geographical area and the industry concerned, through a mode of delivery that suits employers and awarding bodies.

Collectively work closely with relevant SSCs to ensure that the training delivered within

the project will be linked to, and recognised as part of the SSCs’ Sector Qualification Strategies.

Employer engagement will continue throughout the region, through focus groups, employer liaison teams, seminars, and individual training needs analyses to increase the number of employees recruited to the project, and ensure that the activities being designed, developed and delivered are appropriate in meeting the specific needs of employers.

Stage 3: Effective Monitoring of Provision

Project staff will maintain close links with existing local sector specific groups to ensure that the investment in training in these sectors is being maximised, and the provision being developed and offered is the most appropriate for the particular sector demand. The local sector specific groups will highlight and refer potential clients to the project, and also influence the provision to ensure that these requirements are being met and project targets are being achieved. This process will also include the valued input from both the SSCs, through the Regional Provider Network Advocate and the Regional Learning Partnership’s Learning and Skills Observatory.

The project will ensure that the level of skills acquisition (both specific and the softer, generic levels) will improve across the region. This will be evidenced through the attainment of certificated outcomes and will be contributory to the long term sustainability of the beneficiary employers / companies.

Additional outcomes will also include beneficiary companies being assisted with their organisational training and development needs. Project staff will work closely with employers to embed the cross cutting themes into their day to day operations and systems. Specific focus will be given to developing policies that meet current legislative requirements. Where required, developmental actions to achieve these strategies will be agreed with employers, and areas for improvement and timetables for the implementation of any changes will be determined. The impact of this strand of the project will be included and measured within the project’s evaluation process.

The additional benefits of the project will mean that collectively the sector approach will provide an effective and efficient mechanism for the delivery and transfer of skills and knowledge, offered across a wider geographical spread leading to demand led provision that will meet both the needs of the employer and that of their employees.


Project Name / Title: Working Skills for Adults

Lead: Torfaen County Borough Council



Project Duration: 72 months Total Project Cost:£13,117,307Post Claim 3 reprofile


South East Wales Convergence Region: Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Caerphilly, Bridgend

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Jonathan [email protected] 647752



Torfaen CBC Leila [email protected] 647743

Blaenau Gwent CBC Ceri [email protected] 353871

Caerphilly CBC Matthew [email protected] 863416

Bridgend College Elizabeth [email protected] 302358






Merthyr Tydfil College Jeff [email protected] 726058

Ystrad Mynach College Steven [email protected] 810003


‘Working Skills for Adults’ aims to increase the ownership of generic, transferable skills at all levels from basic to level 3 across the workforce of the 6 Counties region through both community and workplace based provision, thereby improving the opportunities for currently low skilled workers to sustain employment and increase earnings potential.

The main objectives of the project are:

To engage participants through community and workplace settings To engage employers in order to provide learning within their workplaces To provide a range of training, including basic skills – literacy and numeracy, generic

transferable skills, vocational qualifications including NVQs and equality and diversity training.

To provide a support programme to assist participants and ensure their success and achievement of qualifications.

To assist in the progression of participants to further learning through FE, HE and Continuous Professional Development routes.

To assess and evaluate the impact of the project on the participant individuals and employers.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No:13,529Qualifications gained - No: 7,547 participants gaining at least one qualificationParticipants entering further learning - No:3,445Employers assisted - No:375Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No:200


Bridges into Work (Torfaen CBC lead sponsor)JobMatchGenesis WalesWant 2 WorkQWEST




WSfA takes incoming referrals from the above projects as year in-work support period allowable under Priority 2 ends. Each local sponsor has largely made individual arrangements with these and other projects regarding the referral mechanisms as each local sponsor is largely autonomous in terms of project delivery.


Project Name / Title: Y DYFODOL

Lead: Coleg Llandrillo Cymru



Project Duration: 36 months from Feb 2011

Total Project Cost:£7.6m


North West Wales Convergence area

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Derwena [email protected] 546666 x 602Please list project delivery partners where applicable:(eg: Aberystwyth University)


Coleg Menai Emlyn Williams – 01248 [email protected]

Deeside College Vicky Barwis – 01244 [email protected]

CHWEA Susan Owen – 01248 353254


The aim of the project is to develop and deliver a range of training programmes focused upon




the needs of employers in the area. The project involves a partnership of four FE colleges within the N W Wales Convergence area:- Coleg Llandrillo (Lead), Coleg Menai, Deeside college (Coleg LLysfasi pre merger) and Coleg Harlech ( WEA). In terms of WAG’s Economic Renewal policy published in July 2010 the project will target four of the five sectors identified - ICT, Energy and Environment, Creative Industries and financial and Professional services. It will do this through the development and offering of NVQ, s in those sectors of most importance to the current and future economy of the region, as well as shorter courses tailored specifically to sectoral needs. Beneficiaries will predominately be those employees with low skills mainly within SME’s.

The project will be delivered predominantly by Business Development Advisors and peripatetic work based assessors .The first phase of the project will be delivered by the BDAs who will make contact with individual businesses followed by a visit to employer premises. Training will be carried out either at college premises or in the workplace. Flexible learning elements of learning will be made available based on the expressed needs of employers within the area. . Innovation will be demonstrated through increased access to training for employers including at evening and weekends to suit industry need, sharing and building of good practice including employer engagement

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - 5024Qualifications gained - 4571Participants entering further learning - 1500Employers assisted - 800Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - 400


1. DCELLS Basic Skills – Employer Pledge2. University of Glamorgan Foundation Degrees/WBL3. Denbighshire New Opportunities4. Llwyddon Lleol5. Menter Mon APL project6. N W Wales NEETS Project ( not yet approved)


Lead partner for No1 – direct referral and joint initiativesSteering Group member – No 2 – envisaged progression routes for DyfodolParticipant via tender in No 3 and 4 – referrals unlikely due to nature of client groups


Project Name / Title: Access to Masters (ATM)

Lead: Swansea University


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 Yes Convergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 No

Project Duration:01 June 2008 – 31 December 2014



Convergence

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:H Burt, [email protected], 01792 295698SC Davies, [email protected], 01792 295773



Aberystwyth University Prof Aled Jones, [email protected], 01970 622008Bangor University Bryn Jones, [email protected], 01248 383887Glamorgan University Gary Packham, [email protected], 01443 482181Glyndwr University Prof Graeme Wilkinson, [email protected], 01978

293919UW Newport Andrew Thomas, [email protected], 01633 433442UW Trinity St Davids Dr Ros Coard, [email protected], 01570 422351Swansea University (LEAD) Prof Javier Bonet, [email protected], 01792 295689Swansea Metropolitan University Prof David Warner, [email protected], 01792 481216UWIC Dr Peter Quantick, [email protected], 02920 205861Project summary (250 words):( ie: what the project is about, who the target market is, what are the delivery mechanisms, possible project outcomes)

The £21million Access to Masters Scheme (ATM) is a multifaceted programme that involves both internal and external academic partners together with industrial












companies. Its aim is to recruit taught masters (MSc) scholarships across the Convergence region of Wales. The ATM programme is led by the School of Engineering in Swansea, in partnership with the other Welsh Universities, and will fund over 1400 MSc students across Wales. At the launch of this programme the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, said "Access to Masters represents a crucial step in ensuring that high calibre students are equipped with the skills required to take up employment in local businesses and position them at the forefront of innovation. Raising the skills of the future workforce will encourage greater productivity and growth for businesses across Wales, developing a strong and dynamic economy able to compete on a global stage."

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 1305Qualifications gained - No: 979Participants entering further learning - No:Employers assisted - No:Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - Yes


Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS)Steels Training Research and Innovations Partnership (STRIP)


Projects share best practises, and company contacts.


Project Name / Title: BEST - Built Environment Sustainability Training (Business Plan in Development)

Lead: Cardiff University



Project Duration: 5 Years (proposed)

Total Project Cost:Approx. £18 million


Pan Wales


Dr Julie Gwilliam / [email protected] / 029 2087 5977

Please list project delivery partners where applicable:


Summit Skills Kathryn Hopkins Morgan07834868957 / [email protected]

Construction Skills Dr Richard Bayliss07775 675719 / [email protected]

Asset Skills Jan Holdaway07734 981376 / [email protected]

Pro Skills Joanne Thomas07919 481751 / [email protected]

Energy & Utility Skills Aled Davies07734 281 848 / [email protected]

EST Helen Northmore029 2046 8340 / [email protected]

Dwr Cymru Debbie Bainbridge


07768 153410 / [email protected]

Constructing Excellence Wales Paul Jennings(0) 7703 004420 / [email protected]

Project summary:

This proposed programme will first review existing delivery and undertake a gap in skills and training needs analysis in these sectors. Following this process, gaps in existing provision,

including geographical distribution across Wales and delivery methods, will be identified and priority course needs will then be identified. Alongside this work the programme will also offer

ongoing support to Welsh Private Training Providers, FE and HE in the Built Environment Sector to deliver against the Education for Sustainable Development Agenda.

Following this analysis, the programme will co-ordinate funding allocations, through open procurement procedures to interdisciplinary training development and delivery projects in alignment with the training and education priorities identified by the programme’s joint sponsors strategy.

The strategic aims of the programme will therefore be delivered through collaborative working by the joint sponsors and, as a whole, its work will be steered by an independent review panel formed from co-opted industry representatives, technical experts, WAG representatives and representatives of public and private training providers (including the HE and FE sector in Wales). Appropriate representatives from the WAG, including the Low to Zero Carbon Hub, will also provide programme guidance and steering.

Key Targets :



Discussions with Work Based Learning Programme led by Glamorgan University.

Clear lines to enable this to WEST Project.


N/A as yet - not yet approved.


Project Name / Title: Enhancing Leadership & Management Skills (ELMS)

Lead: DCELLS


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 YesConvergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 Yes

Project Duration: 5 years Total Project Cost: £65,000,000 (Convergence and Competitiveness, figure includes Private and Public Match and ESF.)

Geographical delivery region:(Ie Pan Wa

Pan Wales

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Tom Taylor, Project Manager, [email protected] 01443 663840



Project summary (250 words):( ie: what the project is about, who the target market is, what are the delivery mechanisms, possible project outcomes)Management and leadership skills have long since been identified as a critical gap in the Welsh labour market.

This initiative Enhancing Leadership and Management Skills in Wales will, over five years, enable the Welsh Assembly Government to improve its capacity to run a complementary group of initiatives to support the leadership and management development of Wales’s business managers, especially SMEs.

ELMS provides Welsh businesses access to training, open access workshops and


discretionary funding through: Centre for Excellence – offers information and signposting services to businesses

looking to analyse and understand their Leadership & Management training needs Leadership & Management Workshops – Delivered across Wales by a network of

providers. Workshops are subsidised at 70% for SMEs and 50% for non-SMEs Workforce Development – Discretionary funding – Businesses can work with a

Human Resource Development (HRD) advisor for free and access a 50% subsidy for leadership & management training

Sector Leadership Fund – Provide funding to Sector Skills Councils to help them develop sector-specific solutions.

Management Diagnostic Programme – To help businesses diagnose the Leadership & Management issues within their organisation

Coaching & Mentoring Skills Training Programme – A programme to train coaches and mentors.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants – Comp – 18475, Conv - 24605Qualifications gained - Comp – 1765. Conv - 2351Employers assisted – Comp – 6920, Conv – 9,283Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems – Comp - 124


ProAct, ReAct, LEAD, UWIC Twenty20, “High Performance Working Network”


o Work in the same Division as ReAct and ProActo Steering group membership for LEADo LMW are steering group members for UWIC Twenty20o In contact with but not formally engaged with the HPW network


Project Name / Title: Foundation Degree Programme

Lead: University of Glamorgan


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 Yes Convergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitdiveness Priority 2 No

Project Duration: 5 years

Total Project Cost:£16.5 million

Geographical delivery region:(Pan Wales? Convergence or Competitive area only? Specific region only?)

Convergence

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Martyn Jeffries, Programme Director, [email protected], tel: 01443 48 2838;Clare Naylor, Programme Manager, [email protected]; tel: 01443 48 3650;



Working in collaboration with all HEI in Wales.


The Foundation Degree Programme (FD) is led by University of Glamorgan on behalf of the HE sector in Wales. Supported by the European Social Fund (ESF), the programme will develop and deliver Foundation Degrees and progression routes equivalent to CQFW level 5. It will operate in collaboration with business and other appropriate stakeholders which include the Further Education (FE) Sector and the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs). The proposal aims to:

Encourage non-traditional progression routes into further and higher learning, life-long learning and work-based learning.



Offer a practical solution to the dilemma of working or studying for each participant undertaking a Foundation Degree. This will ensure that participants get the skills employers require.

Involve key stakeholders, such as employers, FE Institutions and Sector Skills Councils, will ensure that the skills delivered in each qualification are an asset to the employers in the region.

Ensure that participants have the skills for increased competitiveness in the labour market, and enable them to develop their personal performance. For many, a Foundation Degree may be the best option when returning to work or changing their career.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 1330Qualifications gained - No: 1064Participants entering further learning - No: 333Employers assisted - No: 133Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: N/A


Foundation Degree Programme (FD)Access to Masters (ATM)Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS)


All four programmes aim to improve the competitiveness of the workforce and businesses of Wales. The programmes offer a unique opportunity for businesses, students, academics and educators to work together, share knowledge and experience and learn from each other.


Project Name / Title: GO Wales: Skills for the Knowledge Economy

Lead: Higher Education Funding Council Wales - HEFCW



Project Duration: 3 Years 2009 – 2011 Total Project Cost: £16,377,000


Pan Wales, with ESF funding in the Convergence Area only.

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Jackie Cresswell – Griffith, Programme [email protected] 20682295Please list project delivery partners where applicable:(eg: Aberystwyth University)


Aberystwyth University Emma Harrison [email protected] Bangor University Lynn Goodhew [email protected] Cardiff University Julie Hepburn [email protected] of Glamorgan Euros Evans [email protected] University Karen Lennox [email protected] Newport Karen Turnbull [email protected] Swansea University Pauline McDonald [email protected] Metropolitan University Kathryn David [email protected] Trinity St David Nesta James [email protected] UWIC Alyson Twyman [email protected] Project summary (250 words):( ie: what the project is about, who the target market is, what are the delivery mechanisms, possible project outcomes)The project supports the deployment, development and retention of graduates’ high level








skills, knowledge and innovative potential in businesses in Wales, particularly small and medium sized businesses. There are five main elements: Subsidised student / graduate placements usually of 10 weeks, underpinned by the short City and Guilds Professional Development Award at level 4. Short tem unpaid work experience opportunities (Tasters) with all kinds of organisations in Wales. Graduate Academy to prepare new / underemployed graduates (those who are working but not using higher level skills) for work in the Welsh economy, underpinned by a ILM Level 5 Award in Management. Freelancers Programme to prepare graduates for freelancing in the Welsh economy, underpinned by the ILM Level3 Award in Starting your Own Enterprise. Graduate Training and Development including a fund to support the training and development of those qualified to NQF Level 4 and above who are employed in SMEs in WalesThe creation of a ‘Graduate Zone’ on the GO Wales web site to support graduates working or wanting to work in Wales, and complement other GO Wales activities.

Outputs / outcomes include qualifications gained and businesses financially supported. Individuals will have the opportunity to develop and use their skills and knowledge in a business environment. Graduate recruitment among SMEs will be stimulated and graduate retention in SMEs will be enhanced.GO Wales is project managed by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and delivered by the HEIs in Wales who have specialist GO Wales teams responsible for the delivery of outputs and the provision of specialist support to the programme.

Key Targets : Convergence Area only:Number of Participants - No: 3600Qualifications gained - No: 1608Participants entering further learning - No: NAEmployers assisted - No: 845Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: NA


Other HEI ESF funded projects such as Access to Masters, KESS


Informal referral via GO Wales organisers to project workers / managers in the relevant projects. It is our intention to refer individuals and employers to the best project to meet their needs.


Project Name / Title: Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS)

Lead: Bangor University


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 Yes Convergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 NoProject Duration: 1st May 2009 – 30th Sept. 2015

Total Project Cost: £32,995,845

Geographical delivery region:(Ie Pan W((Pan Wales? Convergence or Competitive area only? Specific region only?)

Convergence only


Bryn Jones | Project ManagerTel: 01248 83887 | e-mail: bryn.jones@bangor .ac.uk | web: www.higherskillswales.co.uk/kess



Aberystwyth University Liz Flint | [email protected] | 01970 622305Glamorgan University Dr Louise Bright | [email protected] |

01443 482011

University of Wales, Newport Alun Rowles | [email protected] | 01633 432570

Swansea University Jennifer Walker | [email protected] or Jane Kelly | [email protected] | 01792 543565

Swansea Metropolitan University Kathryn David | [email protected] |01792 481199

Glyndwr University Stewart Milne | [email protected] |








01978 293573

Cardiff University Rebecca Blackwell | [email protected] |02920 876377

University of Wales, Cardiff Peter Quantick | [email protected] |029 2020 5861


Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS) is led by Bangor University on behalf of the HE sector in Wales. Benefiting from European Social Funds (ESF), KESS supports collaborative research projects (Research Masters and PhD) with external partners based in the Convergence area of Wales (West Wales and the Valleys). KESS will run from 2009 until 2014 and will provide 400+ PhD and Masters places. Both the Research Masters and PhD elements are integrated with a high-level skills training programme, leading to a Postgraduate Skills Development Award. Scholarship projects are focused on meeting the higher- level skills needs of the Welsh Assembly Government’s 4 priority R&D sectors (Low Carbon Economy, Digital Economy, Health & Bioscience and Advance Engineering & Manufacturing). This is done through delivering collaborative PhDs and Masters with external partners, primarily Micro and SME companies but also with some large companies, Third and Public Sector organisations. As of October 2010 we have currently 96 live scholarships with funding for 420 Scholarships in total by the end of 2014.

The key objectives of KESS are as follows:

Increase the research capacity of SMEs by linking with a PhD / Masters project; Encourage SMEs to undertake research and recruit researchers; Prepare and train individuals to contribute to research as professionals; Support the development of key technologies in the Convergence area; Promote Higher-level Skills Development in the Welsh work force

To be eligible participants have to be based in the Convergence area on application and they must also have the right to work here following the completion of their scholarship.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 420Qualifications gained - No: 399Participants entering further learning - No: N/AEmployers assisted - No: N/aEmployers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: N/A




KESS is one of the 4 collaborative ESF Convergence projects developed and delivered by the Welsh Higher Education sector; Access To Masters (ATM), Work Based Learning (WBL) and Foundation Degrees (FD) being the other 3. There is a close working relationship between the projects, from their inception, through their development phase and now in their implementation and delivery. Formally they are overseen by the ESF Exec Steering Group (convened by Higher Education Wales) and membership is made up of Senior representatives (Pro Vice Chancellor level) from the participating HEIs as well as representatives from Employer organisations and the Sector Skills Council.

ATM and KESS have closest working relationship due to the complimentary nature of the offerings and operationally they are well integrated on an institutional level. Additionally, there are good links with the WBL and FD programmes although there employer engagement is of a different nature to ATM and KESS.

KESS is also well aligned operationally with the GO Wales and Software Alliance Wales projects. On an institutional level the teams delivering the respective projects have a good understanding of the aims and objectives of each project and there is cross referral of business opportunities.

Additionally, there is good awareness of the STRIP and LEAD Wales projects in which Bangor is a partner. Links with the High Performance Computing Wales will be further strengthened once the project becomes operationally active following the completion of the competitive dialogue phase.


In most participating intuitions the central Business Development teams have a good understanding of the ESF projects as well as other business facing programmes (such as KTP and A4B) and provide a signposting service across the institution. Indeed the collaborative ESF projects have provided a catalyst for the ongoing sharing of business links within many of the participating institutions. Following initial diagnostics the company will be directed to the most appropriate service or project (even another institution if the expertise is not available at this University).

KESS, ATM, WBL and FD programmes share a joint website www.higher skillswales.co.uk (which has both student and business facing sections). KESS and ATM work closely to publicise opportunities to business and there are good examples of progression between the schemes. In one instance a company initially undertook a GO Wales placement, which then progressed in to KESS project. There are other examples of companies that have participated in KTP, KESS and the GO Wales schemes. Additionally many of the companies that sponsor a KESS Scholarships have also provided ATM placements.


Project Name / Title: LEAD Wales




Project Duration: 5 years Total Project Cost: £7,957,067

Geographical delivery region:(Ie Pan Wa

Convergence

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Tim McCaffreyOperations Director LEAD WalesSwansea UniversitySA2 8PPTel: 01792 513707Mobile: 07837 469429



Bangor University Genllian Owen [email protected] 01248 382530

Project summary (250 words):

The aim of the project is to raise regional productivity, competitiveness and skills by addressing issues of leadership within the context of the SME sector generally and in particular the owner manager’s of businesses. The project enables a dual focus on developing both the owner manager and appropriate development of the business through leadership development activities.


The project’s objectives are as follows: To raise the salience of leadership to owner managers of SMEs To develop skills, behaviours and competencies of leading To apply the skills, behaviours and competencies to the business leading to enhanced

business productivity and growth To generate value to the economic base of the region To facilitate e and distance learning through the use of virtual networks and other

appropriate means To evaluate, report and disseminate learning from the project with partners and

stakeholders from the public and private sectors

The key project outcomes will be:(i) enhanced management and leadership skills, higher productivity and

performance development;(ii) creation of innovative models for engagement of businesses with leadership

development; (iii) strong links with regional, national and international leadership agendas;(iv) R&D of new approaches to e and distance learning and the SME sector;(v) Understanding of application and effectiveness of methodologies for SME

support in terms of leadership provision;(vi) A summative evaluation report on the impact of the project disseminated to

partners and stakeholders from the public and private sectors.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 700Qualifications gained - No: 600Participants entering further learning - No:Employers assisted - No: Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No:

What other ESF projects do you have links with?Nothing Specific



Project Name / Title: Modern Skills Diploma

Lead: DCELLS



Project Duration: August 2007 – October 2011

Total Project Cost: £5,101,151 (£2,924,998 ESF)


Delivery Pan Wales – ESF Project limited to convergence area


David Howells [email protected] 01792 765821David Waller [email protected] 01792 765883




The Modern Skills Diploma at level 4 is an all age DCELLS commissioned apprenticeship style Skills Diploma programme which via a network of quality and experienced WBL training providers (selected via the tendering process through the main Work Based Learning Programme), offers employed individuals level 4 key skills and level 4 vocational training via NVQs (and relevant technical certificates), through the apprenticeship style training framework route, including a progression route from level 2 and 3 apprenticeships.



This is being delivered via Training Providers who are selected via the tendering process through the main Work Based Learning Programme.

Entry is available to people with the ability and motivation to train at NVQ Level 4 – including those who have completed an FMA or MA framework and that fall into one of the following groups:

learners from employers with less than 50 employees learners from Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) employers inward investing or growth companies

The Main aim of the project is:-

To raise the skills base of the workforce and support progression in employment through level 4 vocational and key skills training in workplace settings (and pursuit of relevant nat. recognised vocational qualifications).

To support the One Wales commitment to substantially increase the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in Wales. (MSD beneficiaries are Level 4 apprentices).

The Main outputs are:-

To purchase additional training volumes and thus increase participation on these apprenticeships by approx 2011 participants (or equivalent units of training) over four years.

Key Targets :



80074 Skill Build80108 Modern Apprenticeship World Class Skills for a Knowledge Economy80641 MA for East Wales


WBL training providers (selected via the tendering process through the main Work Based Learning Programme), offers employed individuals level 4 key skills and level 4 vocational training via NVQs (and relevant technical certificates), through the apprenticeship style training framework route, including a progression route from level 2 and 3 apprenticeships.

Careers Wales offer a free on-line matching service aimed to help employers find suitable Apprentices, and aspiring Apprentices to find exciting opportunities in a business that is right for them.


Project Name / Title: Software Alliance Wales




Project Duration: 2009 - 2014 Total Project Cost: £13.4M

Geographical delivery region:(Ie Pan W( (Pan Wales? Convergence or Competitive area only? Specific region only?)

Convergence

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Dr Neal Harman Heather [email protected] [email protected] 295394 01792 295881)Please list project delivery partners where applicable:(eg: Aberystwyth University)


Aberystwyth University Simon Turner, [email protected],01970 622886

Bangor University Gemma Plowman,[email protected] ,01248 382728

Glamorgan University Darren Hawken,[email protected]

Trinity St David University Sandra Begley,[email protected],01570 424948





The programme aims to encourage Welsh businesses to realise the potential of adopting new technologies and also provides support services specifically for the software sector in Wales. Delivery mechanisms and targets are as follows. Continuing Professional Development, targeted at software/IT professionals resident or working in the Convergence area (target 350). Company accreditation via AcreditUK of software/IT SMEs. AccreditUK is a scheme aimed at assessing the business competence of companies working in the software/IT sector (target 260). Student development projects, supporting knowledge transfer from HEIs to industry, targeted at students resident in the convergence area and companies in Wales and, discretionally, companies outside Wales (target 300). Business workshops, targeted at software/IT companies and their employees, as well as potential consumers of IT/software technology and services (target 1745). In addition, 20% of participants must be female and 10 assessors for the AccreditUK company accreditation scheme will be trained.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 2685 (260 companies accredited; 350 software/IT professionals trained; 300 student projects; 1745 business workshop participants).

Qualifications gained - No: Participants entering further learning - No:Employers assisted - No:Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No:


Technocamps, HPC Wales.

Where applicable, what kind of referral mechanism is in place with the above projects?Staff are shared with Technocamps and, in practice, the training activities of SAW dovetail with the pre-University education aims of Technocamps. HPC Wales referral mechanisms are not yet formalised, as HPC Wales is not yet operational. So far, there have been meetings to discuss collaboration and shared objectives.


Project Name / Title: Shaping the Future

Lead: Menter Mon


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 YesConvergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 No

Project Duration:

4 years - March 2010 to Feb 2014

Total Project Cost:

£4M


The project focuses on the staff (both Magnox and Contactors) working at Wylfa (Anglesey) and Trawsfynydd (Gwynedd) nuclear power stations in North West Wales.


Key Project Contact Name: Judy Craske, Address: Menter Mon, Llys Goferydd, Bryn Cefni Industrial Estate, Llangefni, LL77 7XATel: 01248 725738 (Direct) | 01248 725700 (Switchboard)

Email: [email protected]



No delivery Partners

Funding Partners

WEFO (£2.2M) David Thornley

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (£1.2M) Jonathan Jenkin

[email protected]

WAG - Mon a Menai Project (£240K) Gwyn Roberts

[email protected]

or

Ieuan Ellis

[email protected]

Gwynedd County Council (£60K) Catrin Thomas

[email protected]

Isle of Anglesey County Council (£60K) Jon Pinnington

[email protected]


This Project is all about establishing skills recognition and greater alternative employability for the nuclear workforce of Magnox North at Wylfa & Trawsfynydd in the long term. This is to be done by identifying regional career options, developing appropriate training interventions, and exploring qualifications and accreditation to enable the skills footprint of this region to transfer into other industries being developed. All this is to be while prioritising North West Wales, thus creating a sustainable and stable economy.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 1,200Qualifications gained - No: 480 units @ level 4Participants entering further learning - No: N/AEmployers assisted - No: 275 Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: N/A


N/A


N/A



Project Name / Title: Skills for the Digital Economy

Lead: Skillset Cymru



Project Duration:4.5 years

Total Project Cost:£4.5M overall£2.7M from ESF


West Wales and the Valleys (Convergence)

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Gwawr Hughes, Skillset Cymru [email protected] 02920 452 828



S4C Delyth Wynne Griffiths – Director of Business [email protected] 02920 741479

Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC) Mark John – TAC Training, Education and Partnership [email protected] 07710 780017





This project seeks to develop and deliver industry-led, flexible, higher level skills provision which meets the needs of Creative Media employers and freelancers working in West Wales and the Valleys, supporting the creative economy and safeguarding the performance and productivity of the sector in these regions. The project also seeks to significantly increase training opportunities for New Entrants/Junior Professionals in these regions.

We will undertake annual research to measure the current and future skills needs of the Creative Media workforce in West Wales and the Valleys. Based on this research, to develop, establish and deliver higher level training which meets the skills needs of new entrants, employers and freelancers in West Wales and the Valleys. This training will be tendered out to suitable training providers. We will ensure that the training delivered has a positive impact on those assisted and contributes to the development of the creative media workforce in Wales and more importantly, the Welsh economy.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 1080Qualifications gained - No: 216Participants entering further learning - No: 270Employers assisted - No: 68Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No:68


1. Skillset has also secured funding from the Sector Priorities Fund (SPF) to deliver our Creative and Digital Media Apprenticeship and undertake a futures research project. SPF is financed by ESF.

2. We are also involved with an application by the Skillset Media Academy (led by Newport University) to the HE ESF fund (Work Based Learning strand). However, this project has not yet been approved.


Answers as per numbering of projects listed above:-

1. As we are leading this project we have our own referral mechanisms in place to ensure we avoid duplication of activity, ESF funding and match funding.

2. We are informing this project and the aim is to have a joint steering group for our project and this project (if this project is approved). This will ensure we avoid duplication of activity and duplication of ESF funds).


Project Name / Title: Sector Priorities Fund Pilot (SPFP)

Lead: DCELLS



Project Duration: 24 months Total Project Cost: £9,270,635 (Convergence £5,835,506)


Pan Wales but ESF funding for Convergence areas only.

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Chris Perrin 01443 663719 or [email protected] list project delivery partners where applicable:(eg: Aberystwyth University)


Asset Skills

Allen Williams 07736438047 [email protected] Holdaway 07734981376 / 01685 387914 [email protected]

CogentMartin McManus 07879405678 [email protected]

Construction Skills

Donna Griffiths 07795665855 / 0300 456 5719 [email protected] Richard Bayliss 07775675719 [email protected]

Creative & Cultural SkillsJackie Morris 029 20 444195 [email protected] Aled Davies 07734281848








Energy & Utility Skills

[email protected] Nigel Williams 07730529801 [email protected]

Institute of the Motor Industry

Colin Williams 07824481332 [email protected] Hick 01782 [email protected]

LANTRAKevin Thomas 07990690163 [email protected]

People 1stPhil Raynsford 07769643218 [email protected]

SEMTABill Peaper 07885526512 / 01656 653429 [email protected]

SkillsetFaye Hannah 029 20 [email protected]

Skillsmart RetailJanet Reid 07584340808 [email protected]

Summit SkillsKatherine Hopkins-Morgan 07834868957 [email protected]


Aim: To pilot strategic project activity with Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) in order to inform recommendations for, and effect a smooth transition to the 2011 Sector Priorities Fund identified in “Skills that Work for Wales”, which will ensure the delivery of post-16 skills provision that is more responsive and aligned to the needs of employers.

Summary Objectives: Generate intelligence to support the development of the 2011 Sector Priorities Fund

described in “Skills that Work for Wales” through testing the demand for innovative training solutions targeted at employers and the application of a fee contribution.

Facilitate the development of strategic and sustainable partnerships both across SSCs and between SSCs and training providers, particularly those in the Further Education sector through the provision of sector and provider based advocates (see further notes below)

Raise skills levels of individual participants to support their onward career progression and reduce barriers relating to equality in employment.

Raise employer awareness of their requirements under equal opportunities and support the development of skills training for environmental sustainability.

Delivery Model: The Programme will be a Closed Grant Scheme to SSC’s due to their unique position as Government licensed organisations with a distinct core remit.

Performance Indicators: Impacts Skills levels of employment Pay levels of employment Participants gaining part qualifications

Sustainability and Continuation: The overall aim of the Programme is to pilot activity with











SSCs which will inform and effect a smooth transition to the longer-term proposals for a Sector Priorities Fund from 2011 onwards. It will therefore enable the development of a new approach to delivering more employer-responsive skills provision, and thereby maximising sustainability of relevant and successful activity post-2011.

Key Targets : Pan Wales targets (Convergence targets in brackets)

Number of Participants - No: 4,017 (2,410)Qualifications gained - No: 2,950 (1,770)Participants entering further learning - No: 590 (354)Employers assisted - No: 1,067 (640)Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: N/A

What other ESF projects do you have links with?DCELLS Leadership & ManagementDCELLS Basis Skills in the WorkplaceDCELLS Young Recruits


Ad hoc signposting of project proposals or part of a project proposal that is a relevant fit to one of the above projects rather than SPFP.


Project Name / Title: Steel Training Research and Innovation Partnership (STRIP)



Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 YesConvergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 No

Project Duration: 6 years Total Project Cost:£6.9M


Convergence

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Dr David Penney 07872 [email protected]



Project summary (250 words):( ie: what the project is about, who the target market is, what are the delivery mechanisms, possible project outcomes)STRIP will specifically supply demand-led flexible credit based training addressing higher level skills gaps to enable the creation of next-generation high level employees equipped with expertise in new technology essential for increasing productivity, minimising environmental impact and with the capacity to develop novel products essential for the creation of a Sustainable Steel Industry in Wales.The project will create over 78 Master or Doctorate qualified graduates during the 6 year duration. Those graduates, through the kind support of industrial partners, will go onto work in the Welsh steel industry bringing advanced skills to this important sector.

Key Targets :


Number of Participants - No:78Qualifications gained - No:78 Participants entering further learning - No:0Employers assisted - No:50Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No:

What other ESF projects do you have links with?We have informal links with GoWales, the LEAD project and EESW.

Where applicable, what kind of referral mechanism is in place with the above projects?When speaking with companies we make them aware of these projects and how they can gain from them. We are also on Twitter and often “retweet” fellow ESF project news.


Project Name / Title: Work Based Learning Programme

Lead: University of Glamorgan




Total Project Cost:£34 million

Geographical delivery region:(Pan Wales? Convergence or Competitive area only? Specific region only?)

Convergence

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Martyn Jeffries, Programme Director, [email protected], tel: 01443 48 2838;



Working in collaboration with all HEI in Wales.


The Work Based Learning Programme (WBL) is led by University of Glamorgan on behalf of the HE sector in Wales. Supported by the European Social Fund (ESF), the programme will develop a range of WBL bite size opportunities at CQFW level 4 and above for learners currently in employment. It will operate in collaboration with business and other appropriate stakeholders which include Further Education and the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs).

There are key objectives that the programme aims to achieve to meet its strategic vision:


To offer a practical solution to those in employment who want to gain higher level skills, but are not able to embark on full time education, or are not ready to commit to a qualification such as a degree.

To provide a flexible mode of delivery for small chunks of modular learning which will present a progression route for participants to get back into the education arena and gain the skills employers require.

To foster employer and employee engagement in learning, through initiatives which promote, recognise and reward good practice.

To involve key stakeholders, which include Further Education (FE) and Sector Skills Councils (SSC), who will ensure that the skills delivered in each qualification are an asset to the employers in the region

To allow cooperation across the learning and economic development agendas, which will unleash the full potential of Universities as part of the Lisbon Strategy for jobs and growth in Europe

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 7600Qualifications gained - No: 5320Participants entering further learning - No: 1900Employers assisted - No: 950Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: N/A


Foundation Degree Programme (FD)Access to Masters (ATM)Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS)


All four programmes aim to improve the competitiveness of the workforce and businesses of Wales. The programmes offer a unique opportunity for businesses, students, academics and educators to work together, share knowledge and experience and learn from each other.


Project Name / Title: Agile Nation

Lead: Chwarae Teg


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 3 YesCompetitiveness Priority 2 No

Project Duration: April 2008 – March 2014

Total Project Cost:£12.5 million

Geographical delivery region:(Ie Pan Wales? Convergence or Competitive area only? Specific region only?)

Convergence area


Hayley Dunne, [email protected], 01443 824411




Chwarae Teg’s Agile Nation project is a £12.5 million project funded by the European Social Fund and the Welsh Assembly Government. It has been established to promote gender equality, support the career advancement of women and to contribute to a reduction in the gender pay gap.

Operating across the Convergence areas of Wales the project is targeted to assist 2,790 women to progress in employment, and to support 610 employers to focus on equality & diversity and flexible working initiatives.


Agile Nation’s Ascent programme has been developed to help individual female participants develop skills to facilitate progression in the workplace. The programme includes training, tutorial support and mentoring and culminates in participants gaining an Institute of Leadership and Management qualification.

To further support the aims of the project, Agile Nation has also developed an employers’ programme, where businesses participate in a one day workshop focusing on the business benefits of employing a more diverse workforce paying attention to the benefits of workplace practices such as flexible working and work life balance and gender equality. Up to 6 days of free consultancy are also available to support the implementation of policies and practices relevant to these topics. ICT support is also available to facilitate the effective introduction of remote working practices.

Key Targets :



Excelsior Plus project – we are looking at holding a joint event in Bridgend supported by the LA Business Unit – event to take place in May 2011

Remploy – Wellbeing through Work Programme - initial discussions for cross referral procedures taking place & we are attending steering group meeting at present

Valrec- have ESF funding and we have tried to link up for migrant worker element but due to their staff shortages this has proved very difficult

Caerphilly Convergence Operation group links with all convergence project in Caerphilly area i.e. Genesis, Jobmatch, Want-to-Work, Bridges into Work, Quest – we are also linking up with similar project in the other areas but with limited success as most are working with unemployed and we are really only a follow on project.

We took part in a conference in Caerphilly in June for convergence projects to be pro link with the 'Want 2 Want' Job Centre Plus project in Bridgend. They are referring women to the Ascent programme.

GO Wales, referrals and links SET Spatial European Teams in all regions – we regularly attend these local meetings

for information, presentations and referrals. North West Wales ILM (Intermediate Labour Market), via the WCVA, attending their

networking events, presentations and referrals. Eurobalance – WLB education in Europe – They are members of our WLB Network

(Alma) Rhyl City Strategy: Members of this group and have presented through Fit for Work and

Denbighshire Voluntary Services. LEAD Wales is a good contact for us. ESF Life Skills Project in association with Bridgend. We been referring our participants

to free computer courses.

LIF & Software Alliance Wales Collaborative Communites - have met with Andrew Jones one of the flagship

developments officers covering Carmarthenshire , have also met with Robin Benson who covers Pembrokeshire – follow up meeting to be arranged

Strong links forged with FS4B with referrals coming through (Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire )

CIME project – have met Sarah Fox on several occasions CAVO – met with Chesca Ross , Partnership and Policy officer before Xmas , have

forwarded our new marketing on Wednesday which she has sent out to their partners ( have already had a referral)

Lateral Project – Trinity St Davids University Menter Aberteifi – met with CAVS Pembrokeshire SET – attend all SET meetings Ceredigion Social Enterprise Growth Fund – met with Maria Wilding PAVS – Communities 2.0 project


Referral mechanisms are informal and operate through relationships built with projects


Project Name / Title: 20Twenty Leadership Programme

Lead: UWIC


Convergence Priority 3 Theme 1 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 2 NoConvergence Priority 3 Theme 3 NoCompetitiveness Priority 2 Yes

Project Duration: 4 Years

Total Project Cost:£3.9M


Competitive Area

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Christopher Byrne, [email protected], 02920 416300



University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) As above


The 20Twenty Leadership Programme is a unique course delivered by the Cardiff School of Management at UWIC. The overall aim is to help 240 participants in the competitiveness area of Wales develop management and leadership skills to level 5 and above with an optional PGC qualification. This will be achieved through the delivery of action learning sets, master-classes, workshops, executive coaching and mentoring over an innovative 10 month journey cumulating in a strategic growth plan designed to deliver future business growth.

Key Targets :


Number of Participants - No: 240Qualifications gained - No: Participants entering further learning - No:Employers assisted - No:Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No:




Project Name / Title: Business ICT for SME Principals

Lead: Computeraid Wales




Total Project Cost:£1.6m


Competitiveness

Key project contact name, e-mail address and phone number:Hywel Evans, Managing Director. [email protected] 01792 610550



Computeraid Ltd. Christine Jardine: [email protected] 01792 610550

Project summary (250 words):( ie: what the project is about, who the target market is, what are the delivery mechanisms, possible project outcomes) The project trains SME principals in business ICT to improve skills levels and the adaptability of the workforce by providing participants with valuable transferable skills, supported by a nationally-recognised Level 2 qualification. Courses will last for 15 days on a 1-day-a-week basis and participants will also be given advice on business help schemes and other training opportunities available within the region.

Key Targets :



Number of Participants - No: 960Qualifications gained - No: 300 NVQ Level 2Participants entering further learning - No: 100Employers assisted - No: 900Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: 300


RES bid by the City & County of Swansea (and others) under Convergence


N/A


Project Name / Title: Pro-Act

Lead: DCELLS



Project Duration: 2 JAN 2009-31 DEC 2012



competitiveness


[email protected] 01443 663985 (728453985)



Project summary (250 words):( ie: what the project is about, who the target market is, what are the delivery mechanisms, possible project outcomes)To extend the support for companies who wish to provide additional training for employees who are on short-time working and under threat of redundancy. To provide support for companies who are preparing for growth to upskill and expand their existing workforce.

Proact enables employers facing difficulties to retain skilled workers and enhance their skills ready for the upturn. It complements the ReAct programme, and will help to prevent redundancies as well as improving the skills base.

The growth element will enable companies who are now in a growth position to upskill existing staff and recruit new employees for that growth with support for the necessary training. It is not envisaged that any wage subsidies will be paid under this element as there will be sufficient


support available from other schemes for this.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 4059Qualifications gained - No: 4059Participants entering further learning - No:121Employers assisted - No:81Employers adopting or improving equality :9/ diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No:


ProAct Convergence


De&t relationship managers.


Project Name / Title: Skills for the Workforce

Lead: Deeside College



Project Duration: 3 Years Total Project Cost: 3.5 million


North East Wales


Vicky Barwis01244 [email protected] list project delivery partners where applicable:(eg: Aberystwyth University)


Yale College Jan Jones [email protected]


The project will offer bite size chunks of learning including units of NVQs to SMEs within Flintshire and Wrexham which will be related to business needs. For a £50 per person registration fee, companies can join the scheme to up skill their workforce. The project will offer training needs analysis and focus on non framework qualifications which will help support progression onto mainstream programmes such as Modern Apprenticeships. The apprentice scheme starts at level 2 and provides full framework qualifications that include a technical certificate, NVQ and Key Skills. All courses offered will link into the sector skills agreements or will provide the underpinning knowledge for those courses.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 2400Qualifications gained - No: 1800Participants entering further learning - No: N/AEmployers assisted - No: 600Employers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: 300


Basic SkillsY Dyfodol – awaiting approval


Referrals to Basic skills for employers wanting the employer pledge

Referral to A4B for Equality and Diversity


Project Name / Title: LCRI CEP - WEST (Welsh Energy Sector Training) - Business Plan in Development.

Lead: Cardiff University

Nb: This project is an ERDF project which is receiving support through the cross fund flexibility available in the 2007-13 structural funds programmes.



Project Duration: 5 Years (proposed)

Total Project Cost: £2.016 million


Pan Wales


Dr Julie Gwilliam / [email protected] / 029 2087 5977

Please list project delivery partners where applicable:


Glyndwr University Stuart Irvine01745 535234 / [email protected]

Swansea University Ian Masters01792 295688 / [email protected]

Glamorgan University Alan Guwy01443 482239 / [email protected]

Swansea Metropolitan University Mike Cullis07786919506 / [email protected]

Energy & Utility Skills Aled Davies07734 281 848 / [email protected]


Summit Skills Kathryn Hopkins Morgan07834868957 / [email protected]

Project summary:

This project aims to develop a targeted, co-ordinated strategic framework for education, skills and knowledge capital development at management levels in Welsh enterprises operating in the low carbon/energy sectors. This European Social Fund (ESF) component project of the Low Carbon Research Institute, Convergence Energy Programme (LCRI CEP) should develop skills to aid the utilisation and uptake of the new technologies developed through the LCRI industrial energy research projects, ensuring that industrial research is disseminated through both traditional education streams and to industry through Continual Professional Development (CPD). It will identify and respond to skills, education and development needs in the energy sector in Wales appropriate for the emerging low and zero carbon technologies that are developed through the industrial research projects.

The strategy includes an educational programme at levels 4 and 5.The skills provision is essential to enable, support and maintain the new technologies and processes developed through industrial energy research projects, thereby contributing to the success of the overall programme.

This project will deliver a common identity for all employment-based training and education materials developed as a result of LCRI research, including the development of distance and e-learning methodologies for delivery. The project will also provide expertise to support the development of accreditation routes for associated training materials. It is essential that evidence of close working relationships can be demonstrated with all LCRI European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funded research projects and all relevant Welsh stakeholders in this field.

Key Targets :

Number of Participants - No: 100Qualifications gained - No: 50Participants entering further learning - No: 50Employers assisted - No: N/A - part of larger ERDF programmeEmployers adopting or improving equality / diversity strategies and monitoring systems - No: N/A - part of larger ERDF programme


Discussions with Work Based Learning Programme led by Glamorgan University.

Clear lines to enable this to BEST Project.


N/A as yet - not yet begun.

Documents

National Training Federation Wales€¦ · Web viewConstructing Excellence Wales Paul Jennings (0) 7703 004420 / [email protected] Project summary: This proposed programme