Skillnet Ireland three-year strategy points to AI, sustainability, digitalisation as change agents
Skillnet Ireland has launched a three-year strategy setting out the organisation’s ambitions for the future of Irish business and workforce. The strategy, Empowering Enterprise 2026-2028, A Strategy for Next-Generation Capability, presents a roadmap for strengthening Ireland’s competitiveness and enabling business transformation through digitalisation, artificial intelligence, and sustainability.
The strategy seeks to expand Skillnet Ireland’s ongoing activities by supporting 100,000 business over the course of the coming three years to 2028. Skillnet Ireland will increase the number of new Irish SMEs engaged in talent development and upskilling with Skillnet Ireland for the first time, supporting 15,000 new businesses, including 1,000 start-ups and scale-ups focussing on innovation capability, over the next three years.
Brendan McGinty, chairperson of Skillnet Ireland, said: “Ireland’s economic success has long been underpinned by its people, whose talent, innovation and adaptability have positioned the country as a competitive and resilient economy. The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence is emerging as one of the most profound forces reshaping the future of work. Alongside the transition to a green economy, evolving patterns of work and demographic pressures, AI is reshaping labour markets at unprecedented speed.
“We are addressing these and other emerging challenges, with support from the National Training Fund and investment from industry. Skillnet Ireland occupies a unique position of being informed by industry to create the skills training required by industry. It is this intersection, between businesses and education that can contribute to not just the stability, but the success of the Irish economy.”
Mark Jordan, chief executive, Skillnet Ireland, added: “At the heart of our new strategy is a clear commitment to ensuring Irish businesses have the talent needed to succeed in a period of profound change. Through targeted, industry-led upskilling solutions, we will strengthen enterprise competitiveness and build the expertise required for a low-carbon, digital and AI-driven economy.
“By strengthening collaboration across industry, government and education, and by fostering a strong culture of lifelong learning, we will contribute to a more agile, connected and resilient skills ecosystem. An ecosystem that supports regional growth, attracts investment, and enables enterprises across Ireland to thrive.”
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