Regional Skills Partnerships are in place to drive investment in skills by developing responses based upon local and regional need.
The Regional Skills Partnerships are:
- South East Wales Cardiff Capital Region Skills Partnership (CCRSP)
- North Wales Regional Skills Partnership (NWRSP)
- South West Regional Learning and Skills Partnership (RLSP)
- Mid Wales Regional Skills Partnership
Welsh Government is continuing to work with the four Regional Skills Partnerships (RSPs) to identify regional and sub-regional skills priorities.
RSPs are a pivotal component of the regional skills landscape, providing labour market intelligence to Welsh Government. They are already woven in key policy documents such as the Apprenticeship Plan, Employability Delivery Plan and Net Zero Wales. The intelligence and recommendations they provide at a regional and sub-regional basis, together with other sources of intelligence, are key to informing policy development, the design of our programmes and deployment of skills funding. RSPs are also supporting City Deal and Growth Deals across Wales, acting as strategic partnerships on all matters relating to employability and skills.
The latest Regional Employment and Skills Plans were produced in late 2022.
Regional Employment and Skills Plans 2022-2025
South East Wales - Cardiff Capital Region Skills Partnership (CCRSP)
North Wales - North Wales Regional Skills Partnership (NWRSP) - Concise Version of plan
South West - Regional Learning and Skills Partnership (RLSP)
Regional Partners
Cardiff Capital Region Skills Partnership
The Cardiff Capital Region Skills Partnership covers:
Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Vale of Glamorgan.
Caryn Grimes
Caryn.grimes@newport.gov.uk
Website: Cardiff Capital Region
North Wales Regional Skills Partnership
North Wales Regional Skills Partnership covers:
The Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.
Website: http://www.rspnorth.wales/
Economic observatory: http://nwef.infobasecymru.net/IAS/
Regional Learning and Skills Partnership South West Wales (RLSP)
South West Regional Learning Partnership covers:
Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, and Swansea.
Website: http://www.rlp.org.uk/eng
Economic observatory: https://www.data.cymru/rlp
Mid Wales Regional Skills Partnership
Mid Wales Regional Skills Partnership covers:
Ceredigion and Powys.
Website: Mid Wales Regional Skills Partnership - Growing Mid Wales
Economic observatory: tbc