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NIACE in the Regions
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NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) is the largest organisation working to promote the interests of adult learners and potential learners across all sectors. NIACE aims to achieve its overall objectives by:
 | influencing, monitoring and contributing to policy and practice; |
| promoting and strengthening the voice of learners; |
| acting in all sectors of adult education; |
| working regionally, nationally and internationally. |
NIACE has a strong regional team with dedicated lead officers and literacy, language and numeracy specialists in each region. The team has substantial experience and expertise in regional development work, including analysis of regional economic strategies and other regional data.
The Regional Development Officers work closely with strategic agencies, funding bodies, other regional and sub-regional organisations and local learning providers across all sectors. They also run a number of networks in the regions. This activity means they have credibility in the different sectors, extensive networks of contacts and huge amounts of regional data and intelligence. Thus they can generate high levels of stakeholder and user participation and support for research activity.
The role of the Development Officers based in each of the English regions is to:
| liaise with and advise regional strategic bodies on national and regional policies as they affect learning for adults in all sectors. These include Regional Development Agencies, Regional Strategic Partnerships, Government Offices, Learning and Skills Councils, regional Sector Skills Council groups, voluntary and community sector consortia, trades unions and unionlearn; |
| sit on regional strategic bodies, including those concerned with skills, urban and rural regeneration, and sustainability and equality issues; |
| disseminate research findings; |
| undertake research, development and consultancy for regional and sub-regional bodies and organisations; |
| undertake capacity building initiatives for the staff of different agencies and learning providers; |
| liaise with learning and skills sector providers in the regions; |
| organise and facilitate seminars, conferences and networks for planning, funding and strategic bodies, providers and learners in the regions to promote and disseminate excellent practice across all aspects of adult learning; |
| maintain a database of regional organisations and contacts. |
There is a regional Mental Health Project Officer in each region whose role is to promote the development of good practice in providing learning opportunities for adults with mental health difficulties and support practitioner networks to develop and disseminate this work.
NIACE also co-ordinates Adult Learners’ Week in each region and supports regional celebrations of learning.
