1. LONDON ENTERPRISE PANEL Skills & Employment Working Group July 2012

2. Working group Terms of reference Championing skills in London and to propose priorities for skills training; Make recommendations to the London Enterprise Panel on issues relating to skills and employment in London, including: improving efficiency and effectiveness of existing skills and employment in the capital Make recommendations to Government on behalf of business, the Mayor and boroughs on issues related to skills and employment

3. Working group Chair:Grant Hearn, Vice-Chair: Jack Morris, Chairman of Business Design Centre Group Members: Emma Stuart - Women Like us on behalf of LVSC Ian Ashman – Chair, London Association of Colleges Ian Mulheirn - Social Market Foundation Nigel Carrington – Rector, University of the Arts Cllr Steve Reed - London Councils Roy O'Shaughnessy – Chief Executive, CDG & Work Programme Sue Terpilowski, Chairman London Policy Unit at Federation of Small Businesses John-Paul Marks – Department of Work & Pensions/Job Centre Plus Paul Whitmore,- Commercial Director Morgan Sindall Group Plc

4. Skills & Employment priorities indentified so far

5. Supporting the priorities: Key Outputs 2012 Publication of a Skills & Employment Plan for London by March 2013; To deliver this the following areas of research are taking place over the summer to support the identified priorities: Labour Market Forecasting Review of the current skills and employment system (in and out of work) Assessing capacity of the system to respond to future skills and employment needs A review of the London Skills & Employment Observatory with the aim of redeveloping it to make it user-friendly for schools, Colleges, employers and users Increasing levels of employer engagement (business, skills and employment) Development of a part-time working campaign