Issue - meetings

The Board received a report outlining recent key policy announcements relevant to employment, learning and skills.  This included The Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Marketing and Investment Strategy.

It was reported that within the LCR Employment, Learning and Skills Programmes were a number of policy initiatives and programmes that had been announced since the last meeting of the Board – a summary was provided on:

·         Kickstart;

·         Youth Employment Task Force;

·         Youth Hubs;

·         Support for 18 year olds;

·         Sectoral work;

·         LCR – Local Skills Report; and

·         Adult Education Budget.

In response to Members queries around the hydrogen economy the following was noted:

·         The Council had been looking at the production and use of hydrogen in the Borough for the past two years;

·         Officers were working with Liverpool City Region colleagues  and other partners in this regard to develop strategies and campaigns going forward;

·         One of the Team’s Regeneration Officers would be repurposed to focus on green projects alone;

·         A further hydrogen workshop to be hosted by Halton was planned for the summer; and

·         In the future hydrogen will be used as an alternative to gas and existing gas fired generators could be converted to green energy.

RESOLVED:  That the contents of the report are noted.