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Midlands Regional Skills Forum (RSF)

Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath employers are guided by manager John Costello to TUS, Laois and Offaly ETB, and Longford and Westmeath ETB.

Operates in Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath · 6 listed services

What they do

The Midlands Regional Skills Forum serves Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath, and is managed by John Costello, contactable at jcostello@regionalskills.ie or 085 8048325, formerly Area Training Manager at Longford and Westmeath ETB. It links employers to Technological University of the Shannon, Laois and Offaly ETB and Longford and Westmeath ETB, whose further education and training directors sit on the forum alongside the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan programme manager. Named regional employer initiatives include a Welding Apprenticeship Programme developed with the Engenuity Midlands Engineering Cluster and the EXPLORE Programme, an upskilling initiative in basic IT skills for older workers. The forum publishes Midlands ICT sector information as a sectoral resource and pursues international recognition through a UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities bid covering the four midlands counties.

Midlands Regional Skills Forum lists 6 services on Irish Resource Hub in Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath. The listed provision covers service, diagnostic or assessment, programme, and training. Its support includes Skills and training, Hiring and people, Innovation and R&D, and Networking. 1 distinct eligibility condition is recorded across those services.

Business support information

Where they operate

Recorded coverage for the following areas.

Types of support available

Listed provision includes service, diagnostic or assessment, programme, training.

Who the support is for

Business stages
Established, Scaling
Company sizes
1–9 people, 10–49 people, 50–249 people, 250+ people
Sectors
All sectors

Taken from this organisation's record and its published services.

Access and eligibility

Open to employers operating in Laois, Longford, Offaly or Westmeath; support is accessed by direct contact with the named regional manager, not by paid subscription.

No organisation-wide eligibility rule is recorded. Eligibility is set by each individual service, so conditions vary by service and some support may not be open to every business.

Each distinct eligibility condition recorded for this organisation's services — check the service page for the full conditions.

The same conditions also apply to 5 further services listed below.

Check access with Midlands Regional Skills Forum

Support offered (6)

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