Publica Consulting was established in 2005 by Con Gregg BE, MBA, CMC, a consultant with a long track record of success in delivering  important research and consultancy assignments for major public sector clients.

Prior to establishing Publica Consulting, Con worked with McIver Consulting, leading and delivering projects for clients including Forfás, FÁS, the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, the Department of Education and Science, the Higher Education Authority, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Highlights include: many projects undertaken for the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs; and the “McIver Report” on organization and resourcing of PLC colleges.

Publica Consulting has undertaken a number of important assignments since its establishment.

Assignments leading to published reports include:

· The Comhar Sustainable Development Council report “Skills and Training for the Green New Deal”.

· The 2010 Expert Group on Future Skills Needs report on the “Future Skills Needs of the Wholesale and Retail Sector”.

· The 2009 Expert Group on Future Skills Needs report on “Skills in Creativity, Design and Innovation”.

· The major 2008 Expert Group on Future Skills Needs report “Future Requirement for High Level ICT Skills in the ICT Sector”

· The major 2008 Expert Group on Future Skills Needs report “Future Skill Needs of the Irish Medical Devices Sector”

· The Changing Nature of Skills within Selected Occupations, a background paper commissioned as part of the research process underpinning the development of the National Skills Strategy

· Business Continuity Planning – Responding to an Influenza Pandemic, published by Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Enterprise Ireland, Forfás and IDA Ireland

· the Forfás Comparative Starting Salaries and Career Progression of Graduates in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Report

· a credited contribution to the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs report “Skills Needs in the Irish Economy: The Role of Migration”

From October 2010 to December 2011, Publica Consulting took a break from offering consultancy services to allow its principal to take up a position with the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Con acted as lead researcher on a Joint Management Project between the ILO and European Commission, undertaking research into skills for the transition to the low carbon economy. The three reports produced by the project are available here.

Con also contributed to the ILO’s Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) initiative as the skills expert. Information on STED is available here.

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