Cork City Local Economic and Community Plan 2024-2029

Cork City’s Local Economic and Community Plan 2024 - 2029

Action

Lead

Partners

Timeframe

KPIs

Council Role

CCC, Cork Education and Training Board, MTU, UCC, HSE, NAPD, IPPN, Cork City Childcare, Cork Chamber CCC, Cork Education and Training Board, MTU, UCC, ACE, HSE, NAPD, Cork Chamber, CBA , Regional Skills Network and Cork City Partnership CCC, Cork Education and Training Board, MTU, UCC, ACE, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, OECD Local Employment and Economic Development Forum

• New signing of the MOU on Learning Cities. • Annual renewal of membership and financial

3.2.1

To further strengthen and sustain the Inter-agency Partnership and Governance structures for CLC, CLLF, CLN And CAN.

24- 25/26- 27/28-29

Cork Learning City Team, CCC

Co-ordinating

contributions to the Learning City Action Projects.

3.2.2

To work with further and adult education providers and local business and industry partners to create an “Education Options” network, promoting awareness of skills and employment focused further education options (e.g. Apprenticeships) as alternatives to university.

• Annual Seminar/ conference on “Education. • Options” promoting awareness of skills and employment focused further education option.

24- 25/26- 27/28-29

Cork Learning City Team, CCC

Co-ordinating, Facilitating

• Membership of the OECD Network of Cities for Jobs and Skills. • Participation at biennial OECD LEED Forum, and International Conference on Learning Cities.

3.2.3

To identify global best practice in the availability of technology skills and awareness and identify gaps in Cork City’s provision of these.

24- 25/26- 27/28-29

Cork Learning City Team, CCC

Supporting, Facilitating

• Continued engagement in Music Education. • Partnership - Music Generation Cork City. • Continued partnership in Early Years arts development programme BEAG. • 5 x annual iterations of • 5 x iterations of Arts in Schools programmes, Tools of the Trade and Unfinished Book Continued partnership support of Cork Cultural Companions. • Support a minimum 20 Cruinniu na nÓg (day of Childrens Creativity).

Cork ETB, Music Generation, Graffiti Theatre, HSE, Cork County Council, Creative Ireland

3.3.1

To engage in strategic partnerships that support and enhance quality, inclusive practice in youth arts, arts education and lifelong creative learning and participation.

CCC

24 - 29

Co-ordinating

Programme, Community groups, Arts Practitioners

x Creative Young. • Neighbourhoods

partnership programmes over the duration of the plan.

Cork Learning City Lead partners – CCC, Cork Education and Training Board MTU, UCC, ACE Cork Learning City Lead Partners, CCC CorkEducation and Training Board, MTU, UCC, ACE

3.3.2

Develop a certified recognition of committed voluntary work (i.e. to an agreed standard) for use in CV building, and CPD.

24- 25/26- 27/28-29

Cork Volunteer Centre

• Two cohorts of learners awarded certification.

Supporting, Facilitating

• Research on training and skills needs of demographic cohorts susceptible to higher and Cork City Partnership. levels of long-term unemployment (young people, middle aged, low skilled). • 5 Pilot training and skills programmes in RAPID areas and city-wide.

3.3.3

To develop a training and skills programme aimed at demographic cohorts susceptible to higher levels of long-term unemployment (young people, middle aged, low skilled).

24- 25/26- 27/28-29

Supporting, Facilitating

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