Employer Ownership of Skills - Pilot
The Employer Ownership pilot offers all employers in England direct access to up to £250 million of public investment over the next two years to design and deliver their own training solutions. The pilot is jointly overseen by UKCES, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education.
The following pages explain what the pilot is, how to apply to access pilot funds and who to contact for further information.
How to apply
The deadline for applications to the first round of the fund closed on 26 April 2012
If you have submitted a bid for the first round and have either not received your Unique Reference Number or an acknowdegement of your application, please be patient as we are dealing with this at the moment.
Round 2
Until the first round closes and evaluation of bids is complete we are not in a position to give dates for the opening of the second round. Once dates are confirmed they will be released on the BIS and UKCES websites.
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Need some help?
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions for answers to the most common queries regarding the pilot.
For any other enquiries regarding the Employer Ownership Pilot, please contact us at: employerownershipqueries@bis.gsi.gov.uk where we aim to answer your query within three working days
Historical information
The first round of the Employer ownership competition closed on 26 April 2012. The information below is historical information relating to the first round.
Applications should be sent no later than 23:59hrs on Thursday 26 April 2012 to the following mailbox: employerownershipbids@bis.gsi.gov.uk
Please note that the mailbox will not be monitored between the hours of 18:00hrs on Thursday 26 April and 08:00hrs on Friday 27 April.
You can download the :
application form (DOC, 445 Kb) * Please note that this an updated version of the application form and was added on 11 April 2012 to correct some formatting issues
application form spreadsheet
(XLS, 40 Kb)
supporting guidance document (PDF, 472 Kb)
Prospectus
On 7 February, an Employer Ownership pilot prospectus was launched inviting employers to start working together to develop bids for the pilot.
View a PDF version of the prospectus (PDF, 544 Kb)
Read the prospectus online
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