Minutes:
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.