The West Midlands Regional Skills Partnership

There's no doubt that a workforce with the right skills drives successful business. With the UK facing increasing competition from overseas, there's never been a more pressing time for organisations to invest in their people. And for people to invest in their future.

The Government has identified Regional Skills Partnerships (RSPs) as a major component of the national Skills Strategy. The aim of RSPs is to create a demand-led approach to skills and to give regions the flexibility to tackle their own individual challenges and priorities.

The West Midlands Regional Skills Partnership aims to make positive changes to the ways skills are delivered, to improve the regional economy. It is acting as a catalyst to encourage change amongst the following four groups:

• Employers as they look to access the skilled people they need, make effective use of their employees' skills and invest in the development of their workforce
• Individual learners as they look to develop skills to get a job and advance their career
• Training providers such as universities and colleges, so training and business support is better aligned to the needs of employers and individual learners
• Organisations that fund training and development, so this matches the region's common priorities.