About Us

The Carlow Kilkenny Skillnet was established in January 1999 by a number of Senior Managers in organisations in the Carlow Kilkenny area. Initial discussions showed that the organisations shared common training problems, namely; 

  • Access to information on courses/training, and new technologies available for training purposes.
  • Sourcing training programmes.
  • Finding courses that were relevant to the specific needs of each organisation.
  • The location of available courses.

By working together, these organisations have developed new, low-cost, customised, and locally-based training solutions for their management and staff.
All of the training courses we provide are open to any organisation within the Carlow and Kilkenny region, so if you are interested in any of the programmes listed on our website or you are looking for a specific training program that is applicable to your organisation, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Objectives

The objectives of Carlow Kilkenny Skillnet are:

  • To develop training and development strategies that would:
  • Be delivered locally to reduce cost
  • Be appropriate to the business need of the member organisations
  • Develop innovative and creative training and development instruments and strategies
  • Provide networking opportunities and interaction with other organisations
  • To develop flexible and effective methods of delivering training
  • To examine innovative methods of promoting training
  • To support value-added training initiatives

Skillnet Ireland

Skillnet Ireland is a business support agency of the Government of Ireland. The primary objective of Skillnet Ireland is to advance the competitiveness, productivity and innovation of businesses operating in Ireland through enterprise-led workforce development. Skillnet Ireland supports businesses to become more competitive, by providing the right upskilling and reskilling solutions to their employees. We also encourage people to develop the skills they need to thrive personally, and in their chosen career. Skillnet Ireland supports the development of national policy in relation to workforce development and designs upskilling solutions to meet future skills needs in ever-changing skills and talent landscape. Skillnet Ireland was established 1999 and is funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Skillnet Ireland has received international recognition as a best practice model from the EU, the OECD, and the ILO, amongst others.