Nottinghamshire Public Sector Compact

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• Nottinghamshire Public Sector Compact
• Working Together
• Presentation by Mick Brown, Area Director
  Learning Skills Council

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The Leitch Challenge

• The Leitch Review of Skills (Dec 2006) warned
  that the UK must raise its game on skills at
  all levels to sustain and improve its position in
  the global economy. Even if all skills target
  where met by 2020
• 5 million people would continue to lack
  functional literacy and numeracy skills
• 11 of those aged 25 would lack a Level 2
  qualification increasing to 54 at Level 3
• In 2006, 70 of the 2020 working age population
  were already over 16 and 50 were over 25
• 5 million more skilled jobs and 3 million fewer
  unskilled jobs
• Leitch recommended that by 2020
• 95 of working age population should be
  functionally literate numerate
• 90 should have achieved a minimum Level 2
  qualification
• Shift the emphasis from Level 2 to Level 3
  skills.
• the introduction of a voluntary Pledge asking
  employers to commit to training all staff up to a
  minimum of Level 2.

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The Opportunity in the Public Sector

• The Public Sector accounts for approximately 25
  of the national workforce
• The Public Sector is the largest sector across
  the East Midlands employing approximately 489,000
  people (ABI, 2005)
• Improving the skills levels of those in the
  public sector is central to the Governments
  strategy for reforming public services.
• Public Sector Compacts are intended as a
  collaborative mechanism to address workforce
  development and skills issues to make the public
  sector an employer of choice and improve the
  quality of public services.

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The Infrastructure of Support

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The Nottinghamshire Public SectorSkills Pledge
Position

• All key Public Sector Employers in
  Nottinghamshire have been invited to this meeting
  to launch the Public Sector Compact
• Target for all Nottinghamshire public sector
  organisations to commit to the Skills Pledge with
  support from the Compact
• Progress
• 7 of the 9 Local Authorities have already signed
  the Skills Pledge
• Nottinghamshires 7 Health Communities have made
  the Skills Pledge and are translating their
  commitment to fulfilment through a Joint
  Investment Framework between the NHS the LSC.
• Other Nottinghamshire public sector employers who
  have signed include the Fire Rescue and the
  Probation Services
• More are likely to sign

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Nottinghamshire Public Sector CompactWorking
Together Moving Forward

• Establish a Steering Group to
• agree actions to address key issues
• identify and address other issues for Compact
• steer the Compact activity
• The first meeting is scheduled for TUESDAY 17
  MARCH 2009
• Proposing two theme groups focussed on
• Translating Skills Pledge commitment into
  fulfilment
• Using Procurement to achieve skill development
  outcomes

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Nottinghamshire Public Sector CompactHow you can
get involved

• Chris Donkin chris_at_donkinitex.co.uk
• Details of joining the Theme Groups can be found
  on the evaluation sheet in your delegate packs