Scottish ESF Projects

Scottish Objective 3 - Labour Market Intelligence

Skills for Scottish Furniture Makers

FFINTO have been working on a detailed analysis of the furniture sector in Scotland analysing the industry composition of numbers and needs, the project ran from 1st July 2006 until 31st June 2007. The project has enabled the partners to identify the specific sector training needs, skills gaps/shortages at present and for the future.

Through this work FFINTO has been able to provide an identified Action Plan (included within the report) detailing ways to specifically encourage companies to commit to training. The information will now enable FFINTO to quantify the sector in Scotland in order to lobby economic partners and decision makers for the benefit of the sector.

To read the final report in full please click here:

Skills for Scottish Furniture Makers

For more information please contact Hannah Elson or Jackie Bazeley at FFINTO on 0115 922 1200, or email at hannah@ffinto.org

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Promoting Workplace Learning

21 Sector Skill Councils and 6 Sector Skill Bodies are working together to drive forward the development of a skilled and competitive Scottish workforce through the innovative and effective project; Promoting Workplace Learning. The project’s main vehicle of dissemination, an interactive DVD, was launched at a major skills event on the 20^th June 2006. Employers, key stakeholders and Scottish ministers will be attending to celebrate the unveiling.

This Collaborative Project hopes to encourage investment in work-related learning and raise employer awareness of what constitutes cost effective and fit-for–purpose training.
A recent report by Futureskills Scotland intimated that less than two-thirds of workplaces had funded or arranged training in the preceding 12 months. It is hoped the Promoting Workplace Learning project can help to improve this statistic and Scotland’s place as a competitive economy.

21 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) along with 6 Sector Skill Bodies (SSBs) have come together to deliver and disseminate the Promoting Workplace Learning project. It is the first time so many SSBs and SSCs have worked together in such a coordinated way. Working in collaboration provides a scale that individual Sector Skills Councils and Bodies cannot achieve. This alliance is likely to promote further partnership working and establish an economy of scale for future SSC and SSB activity in Scotland.

Significantly, all Key Stakeholders involved with the Lifelong learning agenda across Scotland are united in support of this project.

Other delivery partners include Learndirect Scotland, Futureskills Scotland, SSAScot and the Scottish Executive who are co-sponsors of the Promoting Workplace Learning project, together with the European Structural Fund.

If interested please do not hesitate to contact FFINTO for more information, or to book your place (places are limited).

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Competitive Scotland

Competitive Scotland is a publicly funded organisation with intent on raising awareness within companies in Scotland of processes, techniques and activities which are designed to lead to business transformation and increased competitiveness.

Make More Money - Competitive Scotland are currently offering a free review and support to eligible companies, for more information please see flyer 1 and flyer 2.

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