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Class Skills for 2020 - equipping the UK to compete in the global economy
NIACE
have produced a briefing on the Leitch Review, World Class Skills for 2020, which
was published in December 2006. The NIACE briefing offers a summary of key points
and some thoughts about positive aspects of the review's recommendations, and
also issues and challenges.
The briefing considers what Lord Leitch's report means for adult learners. Download
the briefing
here.
The
development of new sector standards: Community Learning and Development
Lifelong Learning
UK (LLUK), the sector skills council for the lifelong learning sector,
is taking forward the development of professional and occupational standards
for the Community Learning and Development sector across the UK. Click
here for an update
from LLUK.
SKiLD - a new learning
project for development workers in local infrastructure organisations
SKiLD
is a project of NACVS (National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service).
The SkiLD team has recently been developing a learning programme
for, and with, development workers to improve the skills and knowledge of people
working with voluntary and community groups.
If your job involves giving
hands on support to local groups (you could be offering general development support,
or specialist help such as funding advice or training), then SKiLD could be for
you.
See
www.skild.org.uk
for details of their learning activities. They
are also developing a competencies framework (a realistic description
of development work that you can use in practical ways to improve your
work) and setting up focus groups to make sure that it fits the reality
of this work.
SKiLD is for all local infrastructure organisations;
from CVS, Rural Community Councils and Volunteer Centres through to community
forums and local development trusts. Contact: The SKiLD
team, SKiLD, Skills and Knowledge for Local Development, NACVS, 177 Arundel Street,
Sheffield, S1 2NU Tel:
0114 289 3964 Email: skild@navca.org.uk
Web: www.navca.org.uk
Fairer Funding Through
the Fairer Funding for Adult Learning Campaign, NIACE is seeking to get a fairer
deal for adult learners in England. The campaign
has generated considerable interest and support from learners, colleges and voluntary
organisations across the country who are being affected by the cuts which are
causing a reduction in the number and size of courses, increases in fees and redundancies
amongst staff. The
Fairer Funding for Adult Learning campaign pack can be downloaded here either
as a PDF document
or as a Word document,
and includes suggestions for ways to get involved nationally and locally.
For more information, see the NIACE website at www.niace.org.uk/fairerfunding/Default.htm.
The
Federation's response to Working Together - A Strategy for the Voluntary and
Community Sector and the Learning and Skills Council The
Federation's response to this strategy, in which the Learning and Skills Council
outlined its approach to improving working relationships with the voluntary and
community sectors, is available here.
The original Draft
Strategy can also be downloaded. The Working Together Strategy was
published by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) - click here
to link the NIACE website in order to download the pdf document. NIACE (the National
Institute for Adult and Continuing Education) and the LSC are now looking at how
to implement the strategy. The Federation has been invited to continue to be involved
in the Practitioners Steering Group. If
you have any comments, ideas about how this strategy could support your work,
or how your local LSC could implement it, please contact FCDL on 0114 273 9391
or info@fcdl.org.uk.
Building Civil Renewal: a review of Government support for community capacity
building and proposals for change To
download the Federation's response to this consultation as a Word document, click
here. The Government report set out proposals as to how community groups and
community capacity building can be better supported at community or neighbourhood
level, and asked for comments and for examples of good practice.
The Budapest Declaration: Building European civil society through community development
Delegates
from 33 countries across the European Union and beyond, representing civil society
organisations, governments, donor agencies and community groups, attended a conference
in Budapest in March 2004. This international event acknowledged the priority
now being given by the European Union to strengthen civil society and emphasise
the important role which community development can play in supporting that process
and protecting the human rights of all.
A
key conference objective was to agree a common statement on community development
in Europe, to be directed to the EU, national governments and other key stakeholders.
Click here
to read the text of this agreed statement (in Word). Community
Development Workers Survey Click
here to download the Summary Report of the Survey of Community Development
Workers in the UK (in pdf format).
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