Ten Point Plan for Green Growth – Energy Workforce (02/03/2022)

This session is one of a series of virtual roundtable events that will provide the business community with the opportunity to hear how the Ten Point Plan for Green Growth in the Midlands Engine sets out, with a unified voice, the Midlands Engine Partnership’s collective plan and  actions to be taken in partnership which will accelerate both the Midlands and the UK’s path to net zero This interactive session will cover the theme of “Energy Workforce” Overview of the Energy Workforce Theme The low carbon energy transformation cannot happen without the right skills. From apprenticeships to PhDs and workplace learning, the scale of upskilling and reskilling required is enormous. One in four of all England’s jobs in energy are in the Midlands and key energy regional priorities, such as retrofitting buildings, heating, manufacturing and automotive, will place huge demands on skills. We will invest now to build tomorrow’s energy workforce with diversity at its heart, not just for our region but for the whole UK low carbon sector. Aims include:

• Create high-value jobs
• Join up reskilling programmes by building sector networks
• Drive economic growth
• Support the transition to net zero

Agenda:

• Overview of the Ten Point Plan For Green Growth in the Midlands Engine – detail of the wider plan
• Focus on the Energy Workforce Theme – delivered by the theme leads , Ruth Carver, Chief Executive, Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership and Anne Boyd, Chief Executive, Stoke on Trent & Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
• Business Case Study (tbc)  – detailing the importance of the theme to the business community
• Interactive discussion on the theme