Level 1 Actions Part B: Level 3 Actions - Donegal County Council

5.5 Further Education, Training and Employment
Objective 5.5: To work in an interagency basis to open education, training and
employment opportunities for Travellers in Donegal
Rationale: High level of unemployment in Traveller community due to lack of
recognised skills and low level of education and discrimination in the
marketplace. Travellers feel that they have to hide their identity to get
a job , Travellers men expressed an interest in gaining employmen t in
vocational areas (e.g. construction, lorry driving etc.) but do not have
skills.
Action 5.5.1 Continue to work through the Pavee Pathways subgroup to open
up opportunities for employment, training and further education
for Travellers in Donegal. This includes working with Travellers,
Employers and Service Providers and third level institutions to
overcome barriers that currently exist.
Role of Contributing Partners
Finance Lead Implement Integrate
into plans
FAS √ √ √ √
DCC √ √
HSE √ √
DTP √ √
DSFA √ √
VEC √ √ √
Gardaí
CIB
IDP √ √ √
DLDC √ √ √
Comment
and
observe
Next Steps
1. Continue to convene and support Pavee Pathways and in particular the work of
the recently appointed Traveller Employment Co-ordinator (TEC)
2. Raise awareness among Traveller community of training educational services
available and work with access officer in LYIT to improve access to educational
programme.
2. Set up arrangements to effectively manage funding from FAS to support work of
Pavee Pathways.
3. Set up arrangements to plan and steer work programme of TEC including all
reporting arrangements
4. Report to every meeting of CDB IAG
Timeframe
2009 2010 2011
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Preplanning
Implementation √ √ √
Evaluation √ √ √
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