The GLA Open Project System to manage £306m Adult Education Budget
The Greater London Authority Open Project System, an IT solution developed by Keytree and used to oversee grant programmes totalling more than £4bn, has been extended to manage the £306m Adult Education Budget in London – a new responsibility for the Mayor of London. The Adult Education Budget (AEB) programme went ‘live’ on the Open Project System (OPS) during the summer of 2019 and skills providers are now using the system to create projects for AEB grants or contracts. The OPS was developed in conjunction with IT specialists Keytree and successfully implemented to initially support 14 programmes – providing the Housing & Land Directorate (H&L) and the Regeneration Unit at the GLA, and their external partners, with a much needed digital tool to ensure effective project and programme management plus the ability to make and track grant payments.