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15/05/2007
'Skills For Innovation' Opens At Waterfront
Minister for Employment and Learning, Sir Reg Empey, opened the 2nd Annual Northern Ireland Skills Conference, entitled “Skills for Innovation”, at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
The Minister spoke about “Success through Skills”, the Department’s Skills Strategy, and its contribution towards helping the Assembly achieve Northern Ireland’s Economic Vision. The strategy is Northern Ireland’s first comprehensive framework for the development of skills. It aims to assist the workforce to tap into their individual potential to make the most of their talents and skills. The Minister said: “We must use our advantages just as our competitors use theirs. We must be as innovative and competitive as they are by concentrating on those areas in which we can excel.
“Innovation is a key driver for increasing productivity in any company. As such it is vital that we teach our current workforce, and that of the future, the skills needed to encourage innovation.” The Skills Conference coincides with Invest NI’s “Innovation Week” which aims to show companies how innovation can help to significantly increase their revenues and profitability.
In a new era of political stability, Northern Ireland is fast becoming attractive as a base for high-value-added industries such as financial services and the creative industries, which demand well-educated and highly skilled people.
The Minister stressed the importance of employers, Government and individuals playing their part in ensuring that the Northern Ireland workforce has the skills required to utilise fully the opportunities presented by increased Foreign Direct Investment and the expansion of local businesses.
The conference focused on the approach being taken in Great Britain and Ireland to improving the skills of the population as a whole and tailoring the training and courses being offered in our schools, Further Education colleges, Universities and training establishments so that they are more in line with what employers need.
(CD)
The Minister spoke about “Success through Skills”, the Department’s Skills Strategy, and its contribution towards helping the Assembly achieve Northern Ireland’s Economic Vision. The strategy is Northern Ireland’s first comprehensive framework for the development of skills. It aims to assist the workforce to tap into their individual potential to make the most of their talents and skills. The Minister said: “We must use our advantages just as our competitors use theirs. We must be as innovative and competitive as they are by concentrating on those areas in which we can excel.
“Innovation is a key driver for increasing productivity in any company. As such it is vital that we teach our current workforce, and that of the future, the skills needed to encourage innovation.” The Skills Conference coincides with Invest NI’s “Innovation Week” which aims to show companies how innovation can help to significantly increase their revenues and profitability.
In a new era of political stability, Northern Ireland is fast becoming attractive as a base for high-value-added industries such as financial services and the creative industries, which demand well-educated and highly skilled people.
The Minister stressed the importance of employers, Government and individuals playing their part in ensuring that the Northern Ireland workforce has the skills required to utilise fully the opportunities presented by increased Foreign Direct Investment and the expansion of local businesses.
The conference focused on the approach being taken in Great Britain and Ireland to improving the skills of the population as a whole and tailoring the training and courses being offered in our schools, Further Education colleges, Universities and training establishments so that they are more in line with what employers need.
(CD)
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