Government Skills
Skills are critical to all employers. The Civil Service is no exception. The public rightly expects us to do more with less. To respond, we must use our talents to the full to deliver ever-improving services to the public.
Government Skills, as the Sector Skills Council for central government, has initiated the Skills Strategy, which is its Sector Skills Agreement (SSA). An SSA maps out exactly what skills employers need their workforce to have and how these will be supplied.
The Skills Strategy plans how central government employers – including those in the Armed Forces and non-departmental public bodies – will step up to meet the skills challenge over the next three years to 2011. Strategic in its vision across government and into the future, it outlines a coherent programme building on work the Professional Skills for Government (PSG) competency framework introduced in 2005.
To find out more about Government Skills and what we do, see About us.
It is vital that government has the right skills to meet the challenges of tomorrow, in order to continue to ensure high-quality public services and value for money for the taxpayer.
Rt Hon Gordon Brown
Prime Minister
For the full strategy, go to the Skills Strategy 2008 [PDF, 9.4MB], [Word doc, 305KB].
More information on the Skills Strategy for Government:
