ELWa was an Assembly Sponsored Public Body responsible for post-16 learning in Wales, active from 2000 to 2006.
ELWa's functions are now exercised by the Assembly Government's Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills.
NCETW/ELWa's main statutory responsibilities were to: The Welsh Assembly Government treated ELWa as a single entity although it was not constituted as one.
Initially the ELWa brand was used by both the NCETW and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), and both organisations shared a common executive with some joint staff co-located in Llanishen (NCETW also maintained the former TEC offices in Bedwas, Swansea, Newtown and St Asaph).
Following a review in 2002 the Welsh Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, Jane Davidson, decided that each Council should have a full-time dedicated Chief Executive and Director of Finance.