Skills Programme

The Communities and Local Government Department (CLG) Skills Programme for the East Midlands comes to a close in March 2012, although a legacy of its activity will continue in terms of supporting member development and undertaking a climate change peer review.  Descriptions and the projects and the resources generated from it can be downloaded from the menu on the righthand side of the page under the Projects and Resources tabs.

The Skills Programme built on the Climate Change Best Practice programme, which was funded by the Department for Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) which was completed in March 2011.  Its aim was to build skills and capacity across a range of local authority responsibilities needed to tackle climate change. Broadly, the funding was to support the decentralisation of power to the local level by:

• enhancing the skills and knowledge planners need, including planning for increased renewable energy supply
• encouraging local communities to take positive action on climate change.

Through collaborative projects, it could be used to support local authorities for the following purposes:

• facilitating the delivery of increased renewable energy supply through the activities of planning departments
• allowing planning departments to promote better community engagement in the planning process, including renewables
• helping local authorities more broadly, including training for members and on adaptation to climate change

More information can be found in the following flyer: Climate East Midlands Skills programme