Skillnets
Skillnets is an enterprise-led support body whose mission is to enhance the skills of people in employment in Irish industry to support competitiveness and employability. Skillnets is funded from the National Training Fund and its stakeholders include leading employer and employee representative bodies - IBEC, Chambers Ireland, CIF, SFA, ICTU.
Since 1999, Skillnets has facilitated over 6,100 Irish enterprises, in 114 networks to improve the range, scope and quality of training and allowed over 35,000 employees to improve and meet their skills needs. By the end of the current Training Networks Programme (2008-2009) it is estimated a further 3,500 companies and 29,000 employees will have partaken in the Skillnets training programme.