Plan overview
View key elements from the action plan in this overview section.
Scotland's Future Skills Action Plan
Scotland's Future Skills Action Plan reaffirms the importance of skills in helping individuals reach their potential.
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Ministerial foreword
We are committed to developing our skills system to meet the challenges of the future, enhance productivity and ensure that inclusive growth benefits all across Scotland.
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Statement from Nora Senior
We welcome this ambitious plan, which builds on Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board’s recommendations and reaffirms this Government’s commitment to an agile, responsive skills system.
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Executive summary
The plan highlights the vital role of the skills system in ensuring equality, wellbeing and sustainability and sets out key actions now and in the future to achieve our ambition.
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Skills matter for Scotland
Scotland has a strong economy supported by a successful skills system. However, we must ensure that our skills system can adapt to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead.
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The Future Skills Mission’s recommendations
How we build on the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board’s Future Skills Mission.
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Our vision and how we will deliver it
How we will meet the future skills challenge.
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Theme 1: Increasing system agility and employer responsiveness
Developing an agile and responsive skills system.
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Theme 2: Enhancing access to upskilling and retraining opportunities
Recognising the importance of lifelong learning, retraining and upskilling.
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Theme 3: Ensuring sustainability across the skills system
Promoting an efficient and financially sustainable skills system.
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Theme 4: Accelerating the implementation of the learner journey review
Supporting the recommendations of the Learner Journey Review’s implementation.
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How we will develop Scotland's Future Skills Action Plan in the coming years
Creating a culture of shared investment across the skills system.
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Scotland’s Future Skills Action Plan – Phase two: Areas for development
Engaging across Scotland and key questions for system change.
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Supporting evidence: Understanding Scotland's skills system
Understanding how skills training is delivered through institutions and in the work place.
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Supporting evidence: Scotland’s comparable position on skills
Contextualising Scotland’s labour market and skills system.
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Supporting evidence: Continuing skills gaps
Understanding technical and sectoral skills gaps and skills underutilisation in Scotland.
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Supporting evidence: Long-standing challenges facing the labour market
Reflecting on the implications of demographic and technological change.
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Supporting evidence: Emerging opportunities and challenges facing the labour market
International uncertainty and the importance of skills training in Scotland’s climate change strategy.