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The Regional Development Project – Bringing Vocational
Education and Training to Cellulose Valley
The regional development focus of the Lismore project reflects
the Board’s interest in the role vocational education
and training can play in encouraging industry and community
partnerships to increase skills development.
The project, which commenced in September 2001, was managed by Invest Northern Rivers, a body established by the
Northern Rivers Regional Development Board to promote regional
investment and development. The project was completed in 2003.
The project is implementing strategies to position the training
sector as a leader in regional development. The project’s
training solutions are enabling existing businesses to expand,
attracting new businesses to the region, and creating new
education, training and employment pathways for local people.
The project is particularly focused on young people, mature
workers and Indigenous communities, and has already created
new training and job and career opportunities for local people
in several enterprises.
One of the keys to the success of the Regional Development
project is a new partnership management model, which involves
collaboration between a wide range of businesses, industry
associations, education and training, government agencies
and community groups in the region.
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For more information about the Regional Development project,
contact Raj Narchal on
(02) 9561 1143 or email raj.narchal@det.nsw.edu.au
View the final report
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