Our Focus

The North Wales Regional Skills Partnership bring together employers, skills providers and key local stakeholders to better articulate skills demand and challenges at a regional and local level. The partnership works to identify current and future regional skills needs, and uses this intelligence to ensure the most suitable and relevant provision is available for our future generations!

The RSP forms part of the Welsh Government’s broader approach to regional economic development, including the commitment in the Economic Action Plan to strengthen regional strategic planning. The North Wales RSP also supports the North Wales Growth Deal by working with project partners to scope and understand the skills requirements of the Growth Deal investment. Once these skills are identified, the information is collated and used to lobby providers and Welsh Government for changes in provision.

Our Regional Skills and Employment Plan

In 2019, Welsh Government asked the RSP to take a more strategic, long-term view of the skills system in the region by producing a three year Regional Skills and Employment Plan 2019-2022. The aim of the plan is to get the North Wales skills system working harder and smarter to meet jobs, now and in the future. Underpinning our Skills and Employment Plan are three overarching skills priorities that are required to support sector growth in the economy. The priorities were drawn together by our extensive evidence base on regional needs, consultation feedback from a wide range of employers, providers and key stakeholders.

Priority 1: Building our workforce and attracting talent
Priority 2: Skills development for an inclusive North Wales
Priority 3: Promote career perception, pathways and apprenticeship opportunities

Work-based Learning Provider Group – brings together work-based learning providers from across the region to collectively develop solutions to meet provision challenges and issue arising

Employability Working Group - brings together providers of employability programmes working across the region to ensure a joined-up approach as well as sharing best practice

Construction Employer Cluster Group - aims to develop a collaborative, coordinated and targeted approach to construction skills challenges so that the region has a clear vision and set of priorities.

Digital Skills Employer Cluster Group - aims to develop a collaborative, coordinated and targeted approach to digital skills challenges so that the region has a clear vision and set of priorities.

Public Sector Employer Cluster Group - aims to develop a collaborative, coordinated and targeted approach to public sector skills challenges so that the region has a clear vision and set of priorities.