Delivered by Helen McNamara of Skills Development Scotland at the Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS), which took place 1-3 June 2009

1. Developing the Skills for Scotland Agenda June 2009 Helen McNamara, National Projects Manager Skills Development Scotland

6. Scotland’s particular challenge

7. Futureskills Scotland (2006); BERR (2007) Regional competitiveness & state of the Regions Productivity challenge….

8. Demographics

10. Trends in workforce skills Low Skilled High Skilled Professor Chris Warhurst Scottish Centre for Employment Research, University of Strathclyde In 2006 there were 2.5m economically active adults with no qualifications, but 7.4m jobs requiring no qualifications for entry. By 2020 there are expected to be 585,000 economically active adults with no qualifications but a similar number of jobs requiring no qualifications

11. Inter-connectivity Learning System Employer Individual

14. Role of part time learning The growth & development of part time learning in the workplace is fundamental to achieving a step change in Scotland’s skills performance. Even more important than ever…….

17. Skills Development Scotland and the National Outcomes

19. Way forward How can employers, individuals and the lifelong learning system work together to leverage a greater return from our ca. £5bn investment…..so that Scotland can address inequality, increase productivity and share the wealth of economic growth?