The project, recommended in the Print 21 report, is designed to improve the image of print and has seven elements, including a series of "Big Books" aimed at primary schools.
Other initiatives include updating careers materials on the internet and running four three-day Print for All events with employers and training providers.
Financial support from the Sector Skills Development Agency and the BPIF will allow the PGC NTO to trade until at least 31 March 2003.
The PGC NTO is also continuing its discussions over the creation of a Sector Skills Council (SSC) and has met with consultants to discuss a difference of opinion over the number of workers in the sector.
Chief executive Richard Beamish explained that numbers had been underestimated because officials had only measured craftsmen by using Standard Occupational Codes, rather than the total number employed under Standard Industry Codes.
Beamish is still assessing three options to create an SSC, including a joint bid with additional processing industries.
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