ESVFON - ESF Objective 3

ESFVON

European Structrial Funds Voluntary Organisations Northern

ADULT SKILL PILOT - TENDER OPPORTUNITIES

The next Co-financing round will be to invite tenders for activity within the Engineering/Manufacturing and Transport/Logistics sectors throughout the North East. This call is for bids that are deliverable across the North East region. Successful tenders must be North East-wide or have the capacity to be delivered on this basis.

The Co-Financing Application Pack/prospectus detailing the tender specifications, criteria and Co-Financing processes will be available from Monday, 6 September 2004. The deadline for submission of tenders under this call be noon, Friday 11 October 2004.

From the 6 September onwards, to receive a copy of the Engineering/Manufacturing prospectus please contact Shirley Little in the External Resources Team at LSC Tyne & Wear on 0191 492 6323 or email Shirley.little@lsc.gov.uk. For the Transport/Logistics sector please contact Susan Robinson at LSC Tees Valley on 01642 743 021 or email susan.robinson@lsc.gov.uk.

If your require sector specific background information to assist with your tender please contact the relevant Regional Skills Development Manager for Engineering/Manufacturing Len Stule or Pieter Vermaas on 0191 492 6394 or email len.stule@lsc.gov.uk and for Transport/Logistics Egizia Crabbe on 01642 743 005 or email egizia.crabbe@lsc.gov.uk.

Alternatively, both prospectuses will be available via the following websites:

Learning & Skills Council - http://www.lsc.gov.uk

To access, click:

Local View/Tyne and Wear/Documents/Subject Listing/Funding Learning

Government Office North East - www.go-ne.gov.uk

To access, click:

Key Business/European Structural Funds/Objective 3/Co-Financing

ESFVON - www.esfvon.org.uk (see Latest News)
Tyne and Wear Learning Providers Network (for those organisations with access to site only) - http://www.tw-providers.net/ (see Notices)

Please be aware that there is a concurrent call for tenders at a sub-regional level in County Durham and there will be future Co-Financing calls coming from the other sub-regional LSCs. These are separate and distinct to this regional call and will operate to different timescales.

If you require further information on Adult Skills Pilot and its wider strategic objectives please contact Graham Young, Adult Skills Pilot Co-ordinator, Learning and Skills Council - Tyne & Wear, Moongate House, 5th Avenue Business Park, Team Valley, Gateshead, NE11 0HF, on 0191 492 6436 or 0191 492 6398, email graham.young2@lsc.gov.uk.