The North East LEP provides strategic economic leadership for the region, working with partners and facilitating the delivery of the North East Strategic Economic Plan. The Strategic Economic Plan provides a strategy for economic growth for the period 2014 – 2024.
Local skills report
Our aim is to create 100,000 more jobs for the North East economy and to ensure that 70% of these jobs are better jobs – a better job is defined as being in managerial, professional and technical roles.
The North East LEP is leading on the delivery of a strategy for employability and skills which will strengthen the North East LEP area’s position as a globally competitive region through ensuring the supply of skilled people meets demand from a growing and prosperous business base. It will do this by shifting the skills market in the North East LEP area towards higher level skills and building greater demand for higher skills, be it in response to existing employer needs, projected shortages or new skillsets for emerging opportunities.
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