Translation aid for official documents 

 

Every group has its own language and Government has several!

Members can find local council or government meetings or seminars hard work because of the language. The same goes for their documents.

 

Below is a small glossary of many of the common terms members meet when dealing with the public sector.

 

However, as it is impossible to cover everything, there is also a link to the Glossary at the Guardian at the bottom of the page.

 

Between the 2 you should be covered, but if you have any problems or cannot find the the one you want, please contact Vivienne Rayner

AOC - Association of Colleges

 

BREW - Business Resource, Efficiency and Waste

CD - Compact disc

 

'Core Cities' - the 8 major `regional cities' in England - Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield

 

CoVEs - Centres of Vocational Excellence

 

CPA - Comprehensive Performance Assessment

 

CPD - Continuing Professional Development

 

DCLG - Department for Communities and Local Government - replaces ODPM

 

DfES - Department for Education & Science

 

DWP - Department for Work and Pensions

 

ETPs - Employer Training Pilots - these are being rolled out as the mainstream programme Train to Gain

 

FE Colleges - Colleges of Further Education

 

FSB - Federation of Small Businesses, also the name for the successor to the KGB

 

GoSWA - Government Office of the South West

 

HERDA - Higher Education Regional Development Association

 

HMRC - Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs - name for the now combined 'Inland Revenue' and HM Customs and Excise

 

LAA - Local Area Agreement

 

LLSC - Local Learning and Skills Councils

 

LSC - Learning and Skills Council

 

LSP - Local Strategic Partnership

 

NSS - National Skills Strategy published July 2003

 

ODPM - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

 

RDA - Regional Development Agency

 

REF - Regional Employment Forum

 

RES - Regional Economic Strategy

 

RSP - Regional Skills Partnership - the SWESA has been renamed as the SW RSP

 

RSS - Regional Spatial Strategy

 

SW - South West

 

SWAPU - South West Area Policy Unit of the FSB

 

SWESA - South West Enterprise and Skills Alliance - successor to the FRESA, now renamed as the SW RSP

 

SWRDA - South West Regional Development Agency

 

SW RSS EiP - South West Regional Spatial Strategy Examination in Public. A public debate to test the RSS.

 

T2G - Train to Gain - new programme to get small employers more involved in training by providing TNA and brokerage. Tested as ETPs

 

TNA - Training Needs Analysis

 

Useful Links

Glossary at the Guardian

 

AoC

 

BREW

 

DCLG

 

DfES

 

DWP

 

HERDA

 

HMRC

 

RES

 

RSS

 

SW RSP

 

SW RSS EiP

 

Train to Gain