We currently support over 22,500 businesses nationwide and provide a wide range of valuable learning experiences to over 86,500 trainees.
Your business is our business…
Skillnet Ireland is a business support agency of the Government of Ireland, responsible for advancing the competitiveness, productivity and innovation of Irish businesses through enterprise-led workforce development.
We believe that maintaining a highly skilled workforce is essential to our national competitiveness. Our business is to ensure that your business has the skills it needs to thrive.
We currently support over 22,500 businesses nationwide and provide a wide range of valuable learning experiences to over 86,500 trainees. Our mission is to facilitate increased participation in enterprise training and workforce learning in Ireland.
About Skillnet Ireland
Skillnet Ireland actively supports and works with businesses in Ireland to address their current and future skills needs.
Funding
Skillnet Ireland allocates funding to Skillnet Business Networks, which are groups of businesses within the same industry sector or region with similar training needs, so they can receive subsidised training.
Career Development
Training and upskilling significantly enhances the career mobility of the workforce. Training is open to management and employees of companies who become members of a Skillnet Network
Networks
Skillnet Ireland’s nationwide Learning Networks assist companies to identify the skills needed to develop their businesses. The design, sourcing and delivery of training is coordinated by the Skillnet Networks.
Strategy
Skillnet Ireland actively supports and works with businesses to address their current and future skills needs on the basis that training and up-skilling are key elements in keeping Irish companies competitive nationally and globally.
Support for SMEs
Our business is to ensure that your business has the skills it needs to thrive. Skillnet Ireland facilitates participation in SME enterprise training and workforce learning, how can we help you?
Industry Partners
We encourage enterprise to lead the process for training, this helps ensure that programmes delivered through Skillnet Ireland and our nationwide Skillnet Business Network are highly relevant to industry needs.