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A1 |
2.24 |
Create an Enterprise Fund Small Firms Finance
Section Telephone: 0114 279 4392 |
1 Agree plan for setting up Fund by December 1998. |
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2. Discuss with European Institutions and OGDs. |
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3. Publish of Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme Evaluation report. |
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4. All elements of Enterprise Fund to be in place |
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A2 |
2.11 |
Support National Campaign
for Enterprise (now Enterprise Insight) William Elsom Small Business Service Telephone: 020 7215 4330 Email: william.elsom@sbs.gsi.gov.uk |
1. Draft Business Plan from British Chambers of Commerce. |
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2. Agree Strategy Paper |
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3. Agree Business Plan |
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4. Campaign Launch |
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A3 |
2.17 |
Provide enhanced business
support services through Business Link Partnerships for at least 10,000
start-ups a year by 2001. |
1a. Develop guidance through National Partners; |
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b. Issue formal guidance to Government Offices, Regional Development Agencies and Business Link Partnerships. |
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2. Prepare Regional strategies for enhanced start-up support, to include quality not just quantity targets. |
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3. Review strategies. |
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A4 |
2.13 |
Review arrangements for
business rescues and consider whether the law should be changed to give
businesses in difficulties more chance to turn things round. |
1. Publish terms of reference. |
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2. Appoint Working Party to carry out the review. |
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3. Issue interim consultation document |
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4. Conclude review and report to Ministers. |
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5. Issue further consultation document. |
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A5 |
2.13 |
Consider whether
insolvency (particularly bankruptcy) law and practice should be changed in
order to offer greater support to enterprise. |
1. Start review by December 1998. |
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2. Conclude review. |
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3. Issue consultation document of possible reforms to insolvency (particularly bankruptcy) law and practice. |
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A6 |
2.15 |
Extend the Young
Enterprise Scheme via a new Graduate Enteprise Scheme William Elsom Small Business Service Telephone: 020 7215 4330 Email: william.elsom@sbs.gsi.gov.uk |
1. Agree funding with KPMG and Young Enterprise (YE). |
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2. Identify other potential partners to ensure longer term expansion of YE in HE programme. |
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3. Develop business plan with YE for longer term, taking into account sponsorship and potential income flow from participating HE institutions. |
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4. Finalise terms of reference and appointment independent monitor of pilot programme to ensure that full lessons are learned. |
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5. Organise symposium to analyse outcome from first year pilot. |
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6. Increase number of participating HEIs. |
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7. Continue to expand programme provided quality is met and without detracting from other YE activities. |
Achieved Progress being monitored via regular half-yearly reviews |
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A7 |
2.26 |
Consult on corporate
venturing HM Treasury
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1. Launch initial consultation along with Research and Development Tax Credits |
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2. Consult with potential corporate venturers and venturees |
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3. Budget announcement of the Government’s intention to legislate for a corporate venturing tax relief |
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4. Launch of an Inland Revenue Technical note on corporate venturing. |
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Review public financial markets
for small businesses. |
1. Consult on Small Quoted Companies (SQC) report with a range of market participants, company advisers and investors, and review overseas comparators. |
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2. Complete consultations. |
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A8 |
Box 7 |
Modernise Government
Services for exporters |
1. Submit Cabinet Office review of export services to Ministers by February 1999 |
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2. Announce outcome of the review. |
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3. Appoint Chief Executive for British Trade International. |
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4. Put in place transition team to implement the changes required by the Government’s announcement of the review. |
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5. Appoint British Trade International board and arrange first meeting. |
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6. Appoint British Trade International Government Group and arrange first meeting |
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7. Publish a UK national export strategy |
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8. Introduction of new trade development package for new exporters |
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9. Regional structure in place |
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10. Launch British Trade International |
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11. Electronic delivery of information services |
2004 |
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I. Implementation of new website in May, to amke more information services available online through a single electronic gateway |
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II. Launch 'Our Place' Intranet to foster knowledge-sharing across the organisation in May 2000 |
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III. Implementation of BTI 2001-2004 e-business strategy from projects including; |
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Customer First (Customer relations management strategy) |
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E-Services (including online Information Service) |
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Trade Partners UK Club |
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E-Infrastructure and UK Trade & Investment |
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A9 |
2.11 |
Review the Queen’s Awards |
1. Announcement of Review by the Prime Minister |
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2. Appoint Review committee. |
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3. Hold first meeting to agree process. |
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4. Hold second meeting to consider results of consultations. |
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5. Hold third meeting to consider report and recommendations. |
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6. Report publication. |
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A10 |
2.34 |
Boost Science spending in
partnership with the Wellcome Trust by an extra £1.4billion e-mail: sue.arrand@osct.dti.gov.uk Jonathan Gold, Office of
Science and Technology |
1. Set up Joint Executive Committee for Joint Infrastructure Fund with Wellcome. |
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2. First JIF Application Round. |
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3. Second JIF Application Round |
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4. Third JIF Application Round |
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5. Fourth JIF Application Round |
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6. Fifth JIF Application Round. |
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1. Announce University Challenge 98/99 Awards |
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2. Award University Challenge funds 98/99 |
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3. Launch University Challenge 2 |
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A11 |
2.37 |
Increase DTI’s Innovation
Budget by more than 20% (over 3 years) |
1. Prepare details of revised Departmental budgets. |
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2. Publish Expenditure Plans Report, with broad indications of spending profile by category. |
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A12 |
2.41 |
Create a new reach-out
fund to promote university interaction with business |
1. Approval of initiative by Exploitation of the Knowledge Base Group. |
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2. Approval of detailed application guidelines for initiative and agreement with HEFCE/DfEE. |
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3. HEFCE launch formal consultation exercise on programme with HEIs. |
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4. Issue invitation for applications. |
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5. Closing date for applications. |
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6. Assess applications. |
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7. Announce allocations. |
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A13 |
2.42 |
Launch a £25 million
Science Enterprise Challenge, creating up to eight enterprise centres in
universities |
1. Steering Committee appointed by January 1999. |
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2. Stage 1 (call for proposals) launched by February 1999. |
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3. Close of Stage 1. |
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4. Announcement of outcome; launch stage 2. |
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5. Close of stage 2. |
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6. Announce final winners. |
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7. Make first tranche payment to winners. |
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8. Evaluate success to date. |
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9. Second tranche payment. |
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10. Evaluation. |
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A14 |
2.44 |
Establish a national
network of Faraday Partnerships |
1. Present purpose and objectives for network to Innovation Individual Programme Committee for consideration by January 1999. |
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2. Discuss details with Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, Research Councils and government departments by March. |
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3. Announce DTI funding for the existing 4 EPSRC-supported Faraday Partnerships so they can fully implement the Faraday Partnership concept as originally envisaged. |
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4. Issue call for ‘stage 1’ proposals for the establishment in 1999 of 4 new Faraday Partnerships. |
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5. Closing date for ‘stage 1’ proposals. |
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6. Announce ‘stage 1’ results and call for ‘stage 2’ plans. |
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7. Closing date for ‘stage 2’ plans. |
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8. Announce ‘stage 2’ ‘winners’. |
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9. Hold a ‘national network’ meeting with the 4 ‘original’ Faradays Partnerships, the ‘new’ Faradays, DTI and EPSRC. |
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10. Hold Faraday/Postgraduate Training Partnerships Associates’ Conference. |
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A15 |
2.45 |
Double DTI’s contribution
to TCS (the Teaching Company Scheme). |
1. TCD (Teaching Company Directorate) Consultants and TCS Centre Managers identify new/additional potential Programme participants by December 1998. |
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2. NPL Management Ltd/TCD make arrangements to increase TCD by January 1999. Consultants increase awareness of TCS, develop programme and new TCS publicity material. |
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3. LINK/TCS Board consider and advise on draft of new TCS Strategic Plan by February. |
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4. Introduce first stage of ‘faster track’ consideration of proposals for TCS Programmes by February. |
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5. Develop and begin implementing strategy for increasing ‘signposting’ of TCS via Business Links and through Sector Directorates. |
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6. Consider report of Business Process Review of TCD operation, including scope for further streamlining submission and consideration of proposals for TCS Programmes, including electronic applications. |
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7. Achieve doubling of DTI commitments to TCS Programmes. |
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8. Achieve doubling of DTI spend on TCS Programmes. |
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A16 |
2.51 |
Launch second round of
Foresight |
1. Launch blueprint for the next round by December 1998. |
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2. Start next round. |
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3. Publish programme and panel agendas for the next round. |
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4. Foresight panels and associate programmes start to produce findings; debate among participants. |
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5. Prepare Panel reports including feedback from debate and later contributions to knowledge pool. |
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6. Steering Group draw together all contributions into an overarching report. Programme continues implementing the actions. |
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7. Steering Group produce overarching report. |
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A17 |
2.45 |
Provide £10 million for second
round of Foresight LINK Awards |
1. Announce awards competition/call for outline bids by December 1998. |
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2. Closing date for outline bids. |
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3. Decide which outlines to invite to full bid stage. |
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4. Closing date for full bids. |
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5. Decide on full bids and announce Award winners. |
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6. Winning projects underway |
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A18 |
2.49 |
Consider the case for an
extended Smart Scheme |
1. Present purpose and objectives for a three-year extended Smart scheme to the Innovation Individual Programmes Committee of DTI. |
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2. Obtain Committee endorsement. |
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3. Announce and launch new scheme. |
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A19 |
2.48 |
Consider the case for tax
incentives to encourage R&D in SMEs |
1. Complete DTI input to Inland Revenue Technical note on R&D Definition and Appeals by January 1999. |
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2. Complete DTI/IR joint analysis of responses to the Technical note by February 1999. |
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3. DTI contribute to second Inland Revenue consultation document on form of R&D tax credit to be published around time of Budget. |
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4. Revise R&D Guidelines to account for consultation remarks. |
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5. Initiate Notification to DGIV |
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6. Closing date for second consultation |
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7. Agree R&D Tax Credit Process (including Appeals) with IR |
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8. Analyse responses to second document. |
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9. Submit recommendations for R&D tax credit to Ministers. |
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10. Submit revised Guidelines on R&D to Ministers. |
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11. Include outcome on tax credit in Pre-Budget Report. |
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12. Form final Consultative Committee with Inland Revenue |
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13. Publish proposed R&D Guidelines to support introduction of the R&D Tax Credit |
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14. Prepare and publish web-site information |
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15. Support passage of legislation into ICTA |
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16. Collaborate with IR on producing general guidance information |
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A20 |
2.38 |
Recommend ways of making
more of the commercial potential of the outputs of public sector Research
Establishments. |
1. HMT announce John Baker as the head of the investigation team. |
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2. Questionnaire to research establishments on existing practice. |
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3. HMT conference with research establishments. |
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4. Interviews with research establishments on commercialisation issues. |
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5. Investigation team report to HMT/OST with recommendations. |
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A21 |
2.61 |
Spread benchmarking of
investment in skills through the Peoples’ Skills Scoreboard. |
1. Complete pilots in six DTI sponsor sectors (steel, clothing and textiles, printing multimedia, IT software, IT services) and seven non-DTI sponsor sectors. |
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2. Encourage pilot sectors to disseminate findings/promote the concept through events and the trade press. |
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3. Work with engineering sector to develop an international element to the PSS Scoreboard, confirm interest by European/US/Far East counterparts. |
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4. Evaluate the approach, and examine the findings at a PSS Workshop (involving representatives from the pilot sectors). This will determine the strategy to be adopted in developing a cross sectoral Scoreboard in 1999/2000. |
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5. Introduce concept at an OECD Symposium. |
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A22 |
2.63 |
Publish "Creating a
Great Place to Work". |
1. Working group meet to discuss draft text of leaflet and dissemination process by February. |
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2. Commission the production of supporting case studies and maps of sources of help and advice. |
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3. Finalise text of leaflet. |
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4. Complete mapping work and production of case study material. |
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5. Launch. |
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A23 |
2.61 |
Develop a best practice
model on spreading learning through the supply chain. |
1. Working group meet to discuss draft text and dissemination process by February. |
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2. Finalise text with participating businesses and others. |
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3. Launch. |
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A24 |
2.65 |
Cross-departmental review
of government - supported skills development schemes. |
1. Circulate first draft of tender document for consultants to carry out review to other Government Departments for comment by February. |
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2. Discuss with the Chairman of the National Skills Taskforce. |
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3. Put tender out. |
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4. Consultation with intermediaries and other partners which have an interest such as TECs, Business Links, NTOs, Chambers of Commerce, CBI and others. |
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5. Consult with business. |
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6. Complete report and present conclusions to the National Skills Taskforce. |
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