The Skills Manifesto, which has been put together with the active support of business leaders, local authorities, colleges and universities, including Anglia Ruskin University, provides a strategy and action plan for giving young people the best possible career opportunities in business.
The document also focuses on developing and adapting the skills of those already in work and on training and encouraging those who do not currently have a job. The manifesto is a vital part of New Anglia's aim to create 65,000 new jobs in Norfolk and Suffolk by 2025.
Now in its fourth year, the Green Skills for Green Jobs conference provides a platform for business, government and academics to discuss what progress has been made in ensuring the UK workforce is able to compete for the green jobs of the future.
New Anglia's Skills Manifesto was unveiled at one of the conference seminars by Dr Aled Jones, Director of Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute, who has been instrumental in creating the document.
Speaking at the event, Dr Jones said:
"We need a revolution in skills support in the UK to ensure our future growth is resilient and provides opportunities for all. While sector specific skills are required, the importance of softer skills in underpinning this growth should not be underestimated.
"As a business led group, the New Anglia LEP is well placed to understand the challenges of wider skills development for employment and I look forward to the ambition set out in this manifesto being met."
The conference also featured a panel debate, during which Dr Jones presented copies of the Skills Manifesto to Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change Ed Davey MP and Shadow Minister Julie Elliot MP.
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