SOLAS and Enterprise Ireland launch upskilling partnership to benefit SMEs [Video]

SOLAS, the further education and training authority, and Enterprise Ireland have launched a strategic partnership to widen access to upskilling programmes for small, medium and micro enterprises.

The bodies will introduce two management development programmes to support a wide range of sectors that will be run in partnership with Local Enterprise Offices in Cork and the Cork Education and Training Board.

Both programmes, the cross sectoral SME Management Development Programme, and the Hospitality and Retail Sector Specific Management Development Programme are being piloted at local level in 2024 with the aim of rolling them out nationally in 2025 through the 16 Education and Training Boards. 

“We are delighted to launch our partnership with Enterprise Ireland as we believe it is a real step change in how we support businesses in Ireland to address their current skills needs and adapt to workforce transformation,” said Andrew Brownlee, CEO of SOLAS.

Since 2019, more than 84,000 employees have engaged in the Skills …