The Wales Employment and Skills Board (WESB) has been created to drive forward the implementation of the skills and employment strategy and action plan Skills That Work for Wales. The Wales and Employment and Skills Board has been created to:
Sir Adrian Webb is the Chair of the Wales Employment and Skills Board. He is also the UK Commissioner for Wales on the UK Commission for Employment and Skills - which has a UK-wide remit to provide vigorous and independent challenge, advising government at the highest levels across the UK on employment and skills strategy, targets, and policies.
The Wales Employment and Skills Board replaces two advisory panels: the Wales Employment Advisory Panel and the Joint Skills Advisory Panel.
Members of the Board have been selected due to their expertise in the skills and employment arena in Wales. There is representation from employers, training providers, trade unions, local authorities, higher education, further education and the business sector:
Sir Adrian Webb recently led an independent review of the Mission and Purpose of Further Education in Wales in the context of the Learning Country: Vision into Action (the Webb Review).
Biographies of the members can be downloaded.
The Board has an important role in driving forward the implementation of the skills and employment strategy and action plan Skills That Work for Wales, which was published by the Welsh Assembly Government in July 2008.
The current priorities for the Board are:
A task and finish group will be set up to steer each of these priorities and expert advisers will be co-opted to these groups, as required.
For further information on the Wales Employment and Skills Board, contact Fern Williams on 01792 765894 or email wesb2@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
Visit UK Commission on Employment and Skills website
Visit Job Centre Plus website
Visit Department for Work and Pensions (UK) website
Visit Learning and Skills Observatory for Wales website
