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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) published its Employment and Skills Strategy in February 2008"http://www.london2012.com/documents/oda-publications/employment-and-skills-strategy-feb-08-low-res.pdf"Its goal has been to promote sustainable employment opportunities and to boost skill levels both locally within London and across the UK, to encourage skill development within the construction industry and to improve coordination between employers, recruiters and training organisations.The ODA's construction programme is almost complete. However, during the main construction phase, the ODA worked with Construction Skills, Job Centre Plus, Developers, Contractors and other partners to ensure that job opportunities were open and accessible to all, with information about job opportunities widely advertised, including on the London 2012 website. All ODA job opportunities are open and available to all residents of the UK, including Northern Ireland.The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG), a private organisation operating independently of Government, published their London 2012 Employment and Skills Strategy in September 2010"http://www.london2012.com/documents/locog-hr/2012-employmentskills-2-web1-2-.pdf"LOCOG workforce opportunities will be communicated and advertised across London and the rest of the UK; working with Adecco and key stakeholders to ensure that they reach out to all community groups.LOCOG roles are open for all to apply to and contracting opportunities advertised are open to organisations throughout the UK. In addition, LOCOG has held a series of visits across the UK to promote the social, sporting, economic and community engagement opportunities of the games.The London 2012 games support the Government's Plan for Growth, by providing opportunities for business across the UK; enabling UK businesses to maximise opportunities for export; and helping to boost the number of visitors to the UK.In order to assess the benefits to the UK, the Department has commissioned a meta-evaluation of the impacts and legacy of the London 2012 games. The meta- evaluation will estimate the impact of the 2012 games on gross value added (GVA) and employment in the nations and regions, and in London. An initial pre-games evaluation will be published in autumn 2012 and an initial post-games evaluation in summer 2013. |