Annex B: Partners

In addition to employers and educators, and the government departments and agencies mentioned earlier in this plan, other important partners involved with e-skills activities include:

The British Computer Society (BCS)
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTa)
The Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA)
Certus (association for IT Directors)
The Computing Services and Software Association (CSSA)
Elite (IT staff recruitment)
The Institute for the Managment of Information Systems (IMIS)
T he Software Industry Federation, Northern Ireland
The UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS)
The Communications Managers Association (CMA)
The Federation of the Electronics Industry (FEI)
The Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE)

The Federation of Small Businesses
The Institute of Directors (IoD)
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
The TUC and Scottish TUC

Associations for Colleges and for Higher Education
Awarding Bodies
The Basic Skills Agency
The Confederation of Group Training Schemes (COGS)
Education Business Partnerships
The Further Education Funding Council
Investors in People
The Learning & Skills Development Agency
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Lifelong Learning Partnerships
The National Council for Work Experience (NCWE)
National Information and Learning Technologies Association (NILTA)
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
National Training Resources Limited
Small Business Service
Training Standards Council
University for Industry/learndirect
Scottish University for Industry/learndirect-scotland

The e-skills NTO will continue to develop the links with and between these organisations, strengthening focus on the strategic objectives outlined in this plan.