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This is an example of where clear multiyear funding and process would allow authorities to develop projects of scale to meet known funding targets and objectives.
Government can do to support research and development, recognising the important role that We have prioritised funding to continue to support high-quality universities play in attracting investment, supporting research and knowledge exchange across Scotland, increasing Scotland’s world-leading sectors, and building a highly the investment in Higher Education (HE) capital (which includes skilled workforce.
In 2020/21 we received significant additional funding from Scottish Government that funded Covid-19 related to support to businesses and (also communities).
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The Cabinet Secretary explained to the Committee that the ScotWind fund is “one of the few flexible pots of funding that we have, given the constraints on borrowing, the reserve and all the rest of it”, adding that otherwise the Scottish Government would have had to make “some major reductions in funding lines”.
Karen Watt, the chief executive of the Scottish Funding Council, highlighted the success that many colleges have in engaging with local employers and small and medium-sized businesses through funds such as the flexibleworkforcedevelopmentfund and the work that they do to develop entrepreneurial people and new market opportunities.
SSSC response: The role of the NSWA has not yet been defined. However, the objectives cover workforce planning, terms and conditions, training and development and improvement at a national level, all factors in workforce pressure.
It is crucial that the Scottish Government publishes a costed delivery plan setting out the wider funding and workforce that will be Publish a costed delivery plan, as soon as possible, setting out the funding needed to achieve its aim of and establishing sustainable and 9.
Building on investment committed to our Colleges Raising Income through Skills and Education (RISE) initiative, this includes a new £2 million Training Access Fund and £10 million FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund – to help parents access the skills and training they need to enter, sustain and progress in work.