The public consultation period for the Draft Brownfield Skills Strategy occurred between 4 March and 10 June 2008.
Forty-six repsonses were received. Overall, respondents were very supportive of the proposed strategy, with 34 making pledges of support. Responses were submitted by representative groups, organisations, teams and individuals involved in promoting, or who are reliant upon the skills needed for the reuse of brownfield land.
All responses that did not request confidentiality are downloadable in PDF format. Cover sheets with contact details have been removed from all template responses.
You can download a summary of consultation responses, and a zip file containing all 46 responses - they are listed on the right.
The public consultation period for the Draft Brownfield Skills Strategy occurred between 4 March and 10 June 2008.
Forty-six repsonses were received. Overall, respondents were very supportive of the proposed strategy, with 34 making pledges of support. Responses were submitted by representative groups, organisations, teams and individuals involved in promoting, or who are reliant upon the skills needed for the reuse of brownfield land.
All responses that did not request confidentiality are downloadable in PDF format. Cover sheets with contact details have been removed from all template responses.
You can download a summary of consultation responses, and a zip file containing all 46 responses - they are listed on the right.
Key themes identified by the consultation process
A central fund from Government that would help kick start and support implementation
Skills gaps and bottlenecks that should be addressed and people helped to work smarter, more effectively and more collaboratively to meet changing economic circumstances
Skills development frameworks being widely welcomed as mechanisms to help identify and develop skills and capability
Support for the development of a brownfield web portal linked to improving knowledge transfer and management systems
Cross-disciplinary working being recognised as essential
The importance of raising the profile of careers
Brownfield skills terminology being used with care
Next steps
The points raised in this consultation will help inform the process of finalising the strategy for developing skills for brownfield reuse.
The implementation of the National Brownfield Strategy, including the skills strand, is evolving through the establishment of the new Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). Skills are an important part of the new business of HCA and it is expected that HCA will launch the final skills strategy early in 2009.
Responsibility for ensuring workforce capacity to enable the effective and efficient re-use of brownfield land is not the preserve of the public sector, or of Government. This capacity is also integral to the property industry and all the private and third sector organisations associated with the reuse of brownfield land.
Everyone within the workforce is able to take ownership of and contribute to the success of the brownfield workforce.
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