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Skills for Climate Change Low Carbon Living & Working Project – Carol Carr Green Business Network – 7 December 2012 ESF -Background • Part of England and Gibraltar Operational Programme 2007-2013 • Dedicated innovative and transnational projects • Operates outside of usual co-financing arrangements • Menu of themes developed by ESF innovation, transnationality and mainstreaming sub-committee • Regional ESF committees have chosen themes for their regions • There are 2 priorities – Priority 1 –Extending employment opportunities – Priority 2 –Developing a skilled and adaptable workforce Aim & Themes of ITM The Innovation, Transnationality and Mainstreaming (ITM) strand aims to support small range of strategic, regional projects to develop & deliver new ways of extending employment opportunities and raising workforce skills. Themes • Active inclusion • Engaging with employers • ICT and the digital divide • Skills for climate change and sustainable development • Demographic change –Older workers and migration • Social enterprise Skills for climate change and sustainable development Aims to: test and develop new ways of addressing the skills needs required to respond to the challenges of climate change and sustainable development Key Purpose of Low Carbon Living & Working Project • Introduce a strategic programme of flexible training and education to be delivered by a network of organisations that meet local employer demands and helps the transition to a local low carbon economy (Skills from entry to postgraduate level) Target Groups • Areas of Kirklees with lowest academic achievement, high levels of unemployment, literacy, numeracy and language needs • Existing workforce & its trainers/mentors • Skills meet employer demands for higher level skills in environmental & sustainable technologies Indicative Actions • Basic skills/Level 1 – Entry Level : embedding skills into neighbourhood learning & unpaid work eg. through offenders and community orders • Level 2 – new skills and qualification packages to be developed with the College and the local University • Higher Level training – training for those to lead and champion change – Eco Champions, Low carbon Engineers, Assessors • Research Partners (UK) • • • • • • • • • • Kirklees Council University of Huddersfield Kirklees College Yorkshire Energy Services WY Probation Service Green Business Network Kirklees Partnership Job Centre Plus Skills Funding Agency Kirklees & Calderdale Careers Transnational Partners • Freiburg, Germany – learning around their development of low carbon course/modules to become a European Green City 2010 • Gothenburg, Sweden – learning around their development of embedding sustainability into their University courses as well as district heating • Denmark – in relation to development of courses and module around their wind energy sector Proposed Transnational Working • Exchange of information and experience • Joint development • Exchange of trainees, trainers and/or staff • Joint research Finances • The total project budget is £1.2m (1,319,020 euro) • Transnational activity amounts to £63,280 (69,643 euro) Targets Outputs Quantification Total number of people to be supported 500 Number of people to gain basic skills 115 Number of people to gain level 2 130 Number of people to gain level 3+ 85 Number of unemployed people gaining full time employment 75 Number of unemployed people gaining part-time employment 75 Level 1 horticulture or bespoke green qualifications 50 Primary research reports 3 New college/university based training modules/qualifications 5 New district wide low carbon engineering posts 5 High level eco champions 7 Policy & Mainstreaming Expectations • Local green skills delivered in more joined up and structured way, better designed to fill local gaps • Model low carbon education and training programme across local HE, FE, adult education, employers • Integrated Low Carbon Skills Modules - integrate into the curriculum across a range of mainstream disciplines and courses • Primary Research (Employers) - test DIUS Windsor Consultation assumptions and suggest ways in which important messages relating to a low carbon economy could be delivered in a more effective way to employers The Projects • Green Futures – delivered by Green Business Network/Yorkshire Wildlife Trust • Mechanical Services Skills for Climate Change – delivered by Kirklees College • Opening Opportunities for Low Carbon Careers – delivered by Groundworks Skills For Climate Change Green Futures Main Partners • Green Business Network • Green Future Building Ltd • ‘build’ Academy • Kirklees Council • Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Training Courses To enhance the capital project at ABLE 2 Kirklees • Eco Construction – Including development of new eco modules in SIPs (Structural insulated panels) & Pontoon blocks Eco -landscaping – incl. development of new eco modules in Eco Swales & Reed Beds • Aquaponics – Production of food crops on the fish waste water Participants • Unemployed residents of Kirklees recruited through the job centre, connexions and other support agencies • 60 trainees supported across the three training schemes • Ages ranging from 17 -57 • Some with learning difficulties & others with mental health problems • Additional support offered with basic skills – Literacy & Numeracy Skills Progression Routes Eco Construction Course • 13 into further education / training • 9 into employment or apprenticeships • 1 self employment • 2 volunteering at GFB • Other 7 looking at volunteering/training opportunities