Issue - meetings

Option A - To adopt the Isle of Wight Skills Plan (Appendix 1) and set up an Island Skills Board to oversee skills related activity, identify relevant resources and monitor outcomes of the action plan (Appendix 2).

The plan had been put together over the last 18 months and was intended to help people achieve their full potential.

Employment in social care and the hospitality industry had fallen post-COVID. Some emergency training provision had been put in place during lockdown to boost employment in these sectors.

The plan promoted the development of a highly skilled, future-ready workforce, and proposed to ensure the availability of sufficient higher-level training provision, matched to the labour market needs. It would encourage upskilling, lifelong learning and was backed up with milestones and actions, with a long term, co-ordinated approach involving all relevant stakeholders.

Consideration was given to the report which sought the Cabinet’s approval to adopt the Isle of Wight Skills Plan; and to set up an Island Skills Board to oversee related activity. No questions or comments were made at this stage.

RESOLVED:

THAT the report and proposed recommendations be noted.