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The Minister was speaking following a visit to Coleg Gwent’s Newport campus on Monday where she met those who have benefitted from EU funded courses and projects.    
  
Over the past 10 years alone, FE Institutes in Wales have reported1 that they have been involved in the delivery of EU funded projects worth a total value of nearly £600m, made up of EU funds and match funding from public and private sources.   
  
These involve EU backed programmes and projects which

 * enable FE Institutes to deliver subsidised training to employers to support employees jobs and growth;
* support college and school learners at risk of becoming NEET
* support rural skills training; and
* give learners the opportunity to gain work experience or learn abroad.

 Over the last decade, projects supported by EU funds in Wales have helped 81,400 people into work and supported 282,600 people in Wales to gain qualifications. The projects include the £19m Upskilling@Work scheme backed with EU funding of £10\.8m which is led by Coleg Gwent and Coleg Y Cymoedd. It provides work\-based training programmes to develop the skills and careers of over 8,000 employees in companies across South East Wales.   
  
In addition, FE institutions are helping to deliver much of the training for the Welsh Government’s Apprenticeship programme. Backed by EU funding of £206m, Apprenticeships are helping people to learn while they earn a wage and gain the skills and competences they need in the workplace.  
  
The Welsh Government wants guarantees from Whitehall that EU funding will be replaced after the UK leaves the EU and for decisions on how it is invested to continue to be made in Wales.  
  
The Welsh Government has also called for the UK to participate in a range of European co\-operation programmes after Brexit including ERASMUS\+, an EU programme for education, training, youth and sport, to support learning from best practice in Europe and beyond.

 Eluned Morgan said:

 
> “Further Education Institutions are central to Wales’ communities, providing the training and skills that are essential to the growth of our economy. Over the past decade Welsh colleges have benefitted from hundreds of millions of pounds of EU investment that has made a real difference to people’s lives.
> 
>  “The UK voted to leave the EU, but no one in Wales voted for our colleges to lose funding that supports people, businesses and the economy. The UK Government needs to give a guarantee that this vital EU funding is replaced and continues to support people through our colleges, many of which are in some of our most disadvantaged communities.
> 
>  “Our FE sector faces a double Brexit whammy – losing EU funding and having to meet the challenge of meeting potential skills gaps and changes to our economy as we leave the EU. The Welsh Government will back the sector all the way, but the UK Government needs to meet the promise made that Wales would not lose a penny due to Brexit.”

 Iestyn Davies, Chief Executive of ColegauCymru, said:

 
> “There has never been a more important time to make sure that Further Education Colleges continue to receive the levels of funding that allow them to invest in learners, communities and facilities to face the challenges ahead.
> 
>  “As the UK prepares to leave the EU, the life\-changing opportunities for learners to experience work placements in European partner countries via Erasmus\+ must be maintained.
> 
>  “In the absence of a clear outline of the UK Government’s proposed ‘Shared Prosperity Fund’, the EU funding that Wales would have received must be replaced and guaranteed in full by the UK Treasury. Likewise, assurance must also be given by the UK Government that all mechanisms relating to this funding will stay in Wales to ensure continuity. This will provide the assurances necessary to business, institutions, and most importantly learners and apprentices.”







Translation:


 
Roedd y Gweinidog yn siarad yn dilyn ymweliad â champws Casnewydd Coleg Gwent ddydd Llun. Bu yno’n cyfarfod â'r rhai hynny sydd wedi elwa ar gyrsiau a phrosiectau a gafodd eu hariannu gan gyllid yr Undeb Ewropeaidd (UE).    
  
O ystyried y 10 mlynedd ddiwethaf yn unig mae sefydliadau addysg bellach yng Nghymru wedi adrodd1 eu bod wedi cyflawni prosiectau gwerth cyfanswm o bron £600m a ariannwyd gan gyllid yr UE ac arian cyfatebol gan ffynonellau cyhoeddus a phreifat.   
  
Roedd y rhain yn cynnwys rhaglenni a phrosiectau a oedd yn derbyn cymorth ariannol gan yr UE sy'n

 * galluogi sefydliadau addysg bellach i gyflwyno hyfforddiant â chymhorthdal i gyflogwyr i gefnogi swyddi a thwf;
* cefnogi dysgwyr mewn colegau ac ysgolion sydd mewn perygl o fynd yn bobl ifanc nad ydynt mewn addysg, cyflogaeth neu hyfforddiant (NEET);
* cefnogi hyfforddiant mewn sgiliau gwledig;
* rhoi'r cyfle i ddysgwyr gael profiad gwaith neu ddysgu dramor.

 Dros y degawd diwethaf, mae prosiectau sy'n cael cymorth ariannol gan gyllid yr UE yng Nghymru wedi helpu 81,400 o bobl i gael swydd, ac wedi cefnogi 282,600 o bobl yng Nghymru i ennill cymwysterau. Mae'r prosiectau hynny yn cynnwys cynllun £19m Uwchsgilio@Waith a gafodd cyllid o £10\.8m gan yr UE ac sy'n cael ei arwain gan Goleg Gwent a Choleg y Cymoedd. Mae'r prosiect yn darparu rhaglenni hyfforddiant seiliedig ar waith i ddatblygu sgiliau a gyrfaoedd dros 8,000 o weithwyr mewn cwmnïau ar draws De\-ddwyrain Cymru.   
  
Yn ychwanegol, mae sefydliadau addysg bellach yn helpu i ddarparu llawer o'r hyfforddiant ar gyfer rhaglen Brentisiaethau Llywodraeth Cymru. Gyda chymorth ariannol o £206m gan yr UE, mae prentisiaethau'n helpu pobl i ddysgu tra byddant yn ennill cyflog a'r sgiliau a'r cymwyseddau sydd eu hangen arnynt yn y gweithle.  
  
Hoffai Llywodraeth Cymru gael sicrwydd gan Whitehall y bydd yn gwneud iawn am yr arian Ewropeaidd sy'n dod i ni ar ôl i'r DU adael yr UE, ac i benderfyniadau ar sut y caiff yr arian hwnnw ei fuddsoddi barhau i gael eu gwneud yng Nghymru.  
  
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru hefyd wedi galw ar y DU i gymryd rhan mewn amrywiaeth o raglenni cydweithredu â phartneriaid yn Ewrop yn dilyn Brexit, gan gynnwys ERASMUS\+, rhaglen UE ar gyfer addysg, hyfforddiant, ieuenctid a chwaraeon – er mwyn cefnogi dysgu o arferion gorau yn Ewrop a thu hwnt.

 Dywedodd Eluned Morgan:

 
> “Mae sefydliadau addysg bellach yn ganolog i gymunedau yng Nghymru \- maen nhw'n darparu'r hyfforddiant a'r sgiliau sy'n hanfodol i dwf yr economi.  Dros y degawd diwethaf, mae colegau yng Nghymru wedi elwa ar gannoedd o filoedd o bunnoedd o fuddsoddiad gan yr UE sydd wedi gwneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol i fywydau pobl.
> 
>  “Er i'r DU bleidleisio dros adael yr UE, doedd neb yng Nghymru wedi pleidleisio dros ganiatáu i'n colegau golli cyllid sy'n cefnogi pobl, busnesau a'r economi. Rhaid i Lywodraeth y DU warantu y bydd yn gwneud iawn am y cyllid hanfodol yr ydyn ni’n ei gael gan yr UE fel bod cyllid ar gael i barhau i gefnogi pobl drwy ein colegau – ac mae nifer ohonyn nhw mewn rhai o'n cymunedau mwyaf difreintiedig.
> 
>  “Mae ein sector addysg bellach yn wynebu ergyd ddwbl yn sgil Brexit – colli cyllid yr UE a gorfod derbyn yr her o lenwi bylchau posibl mewn sgiliau ac o fynd i'r afael â newidiadau yn yr economi wrth inni adael yr UE. Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cefnogi'r sector bob cam, ond rhaid i Lywodraeth y DU gyflawni'r addewid a wnaed i ni na fyddai Cymru'n colli ceiniog o gyllid oherwydd Brexit."

 Dywedodd Iestyn Davies, Prif Weithredwr Colegau Cymru:

 
> “Ni fu erioed adeg bwysicach i wneud yn siŵr fod Colegau Addysg Bellach yn parhau i dderbyn y lefel o gyllid sy'n caniatáu iddyn nhw fuddsoddi mewn dysgwyr, cymunedau a chyfleusterau i wynebu'r heriau sydd o'n blaenau.
> 
>  “Wrth i'r DU baratoi i adael yr UE, rhaid i'r cyfleoedd hynny a allai newid bywydau dysgwyr barhau – cyfleoedd sy'n eu galluogi i brofi lleoliadau gwaith mewn gwledydd Ewropeaidd drwy Erasmus\+. 
> 
>  “Yn niffyg unrhyw amlinelliad clir ynghylch 'Cronfa Ffyniant Gyffredin' arfaethedig Llywodraeth y DU, rhaid bod y cyllid y byddai Cymru wedi'i dderbyn gan yr UE gael ei roi a'i warantu'n llawn gan Drysorlys y DU. Yn ogystal, rhaid cael sicrwydd gan Lywodraeth y DU fod yr holl fecanweithiau sy'n gysylltiedig â'r cyllid hwn yn aros yng Nghymru er mwyn sicrhau cysondeb. Bydd hynny'n rhoi'r sicrwydd anghenrheidiol i fusnesau, sefydliadau, ac yn bwysicaf oll i ddysgwyr a phrentisiaid."