Common use of External Dependencies Clause in Contracts

External Dependencies. It is acknowledged that reaching some of the targets will be dependent on factors outside the ETB’s control. Realising the Skills to Compete ambition will be related to the base of unemployed people available for reskilling; retrofitting skills will depend on available demand from industry; green skills will be dependent on SOLAS making an online module available via eCollege. This will be taken into account along with the volatile and rapidly changing external environment, with the appropriateness of the ETB targets continuously monitored and adjusted if required. Five of the national system targets (jobs; progression within FET; transversal skills; lifelong learning; and key skills needs) were also the focus of the first strategic performance agreements, albeit with definitions set when data infrastructure was at an early stage of maturity. The definitions have been updated as set out in Appendix 2 and trend analysis against all of the targets is provided for 2018-2021 where available.