Source: Local Skills Improvement Partnership
Author: glenn@mylocaleconomy.org
Date published: 2025-06-04
[original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end]
The best Local Skills Improvement Plans have 5 qualities, as follows:
1) ๐๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
** Use the connections and role of the Chambers of Commerce and other business representative employers
** Include large public and private employers
** Qualify and probe employer responses, asking for causal factors
** Use a range of engagement methods
2) ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด
** Confront, derive evidence, views and conclusions on the implications of key megatrends such as:
โ Climate change
โ AI
โ Military conflict
โ Resource and supply chain issues
โ Demographic change
โ Changing global trade system
3) ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ: ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ
** Key insights
** Learning points
** Whatโs new, whatโs changed?
** What are the implications?
** What can we do about them?
** Thereโs a logic chain between the reportโs conclusions and the statistics and findings
** Simply mounting data on websites and systems, and publishing graphs and tables is not analysis or interpretation
4) ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฆ, ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด
** Interpose insights and findings from their reports with the results from LSIPs
** Use specialist studiesโ findings to develop insights and a narrative for sectors
** Use LSIPs to validate where trends, features and causal relationships found in national studies reflect local conditions
5) ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ
** Yields the greatest long-term influence and impact
** Use the LSIP to bring the local skills system and community together
** Encourage engagement and participation
** Encourage often โhiddenโ business and stakeholder views to come to the fore
** Set up a regular set of events and outputs
** See the LSIP as a continuous process
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ is a consortium of experts at supporting and writing #localskillsplans. Our consultants โ Glenn Athey, Mike Spicer, and Hannah Lazarus โ each have over 20 years of applied experience in labour markets, skills, and economics. They have held senior roles in influential organisations and possess a deep understanding of the UK landscape.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ: We have a demonstrable history of success in developing effective skills strategies and action plans across the UK, from South Yorkshire to Cambridgeshire.
Letโs talk about making your LSIP a resounding success.
About the Local Skills Improvement Partnership
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