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Getting Our Act Together on Skills Issues

Getting Our Act Together on Skills Issues. Presentation at the Labour Market Information Working Group Conference November 8, 2005 by Tim Woods, Director, Strategic Initiatives, CLBC. The Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC). Independent national organization;

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Getting Our Act Together on Skills Issues

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  1. Getting Our Act Together on Skills Issues Presentation at the Labour Market Information Working Group Conference November 8, 2005 by Tim Woods, Director, Strategic Initiatives, CLBC www.clbc.ca

  2. The Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC) • Independent national organization; • Multipartite Board led by business and labour • Aims to provide public policy advice and improve workplace practices by business and labour • Focus on employment and skills issues • Operates at international, national, sectoral and workplace levels • Founded in 1984 www.clbc.ca

  3. The Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC) – New ‘Lines of Business’ • September 14, 2005: CLBC named as Lead Organization for the Work and Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on Learning; • October 18, 2005 CLBC established the ‘Workplace Partners Panel’, a central component of thefederal government’s Workplace Skills Strategy www.clbc.ca

  4. 2005 Viewpoints Survey: Relative Importance of ‘Skill Shortages’ Ranking of ‘Skill Shortages’ among 40 Key issues: • Private Sector Business – 3rd • Public Sector Managers – 1st • Private Sector Labour – 9th • Public Sector Labour – 10th www.clbc.ca

  5. Top 5 Actions to Address Skill Requirements www.clbc.ca

  6. The Canadian Council on Learning • Established in 2004 • Federally funded with $85 million over 5 years. • Five ‘Knowledge Centres’ – CLBC leads ‘Work and Learning Knowledge Centre’ • 70 consortium members, 30 advisory committee members www.clbc.ca

  7. Workplace Partners Panel • Launched in October, 2005 • Four year funding • Engagement of senior business and labour leaders • Opportunity to improve engagement and deliver business/labour perspectives on labour market issues www.clbc.ca

  8. Workplace Partners Panel • Lead-off Activity: A series of Regional Task Forces lead by business and labour leaders • Topic: The impact of an ageing work force on skills, skill shortages and labour markets www.clbc.ca

  9. What’s Significant About CCL and WPP? Complementary new initiatives: • Both independent • One learning-focused (CCL); one with a wider mandate (WPP) • Both give business and labour a key role in agenda setting • Both look to practical results and recommendations • Both led by CLBC; permits co-ordination and reinforcement • Both need labour market information to fuel dialogue, inform recommendations www.clbc.ca

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