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The role of VET providers delivering improved outcomes across
skill networks
The Skill Ecosystems project is a result of research commissioned
by the Board into the changing nature of work and the link
between skills development policy and work. The research report,
Beyond Flexibility: Skills
and Work in the Future, was published in October 2001.
The research highlighted a need to broaden Government skills
policy to better reflect and respond to emerging work trends.
Beyond Flexibility recommends extending skills policy beyond
the current focus on the supply of skills to also consider
the demand for and use of skills. The report also recommends
shifting the focus from the narrow relationship between individuals
and firms to the broader relationships within production and
service networks and the various forms of non-standard employment
associated with them. Beyond Flexibility proposes the skill
ecosystem concept to explain the emerging relationship between
skills and work as an alternative framework for skills policy.
The report suggests that using skill ecosystems as the focus
for skills policy will encourage consideration of both skills
demand and supply, and of the relationship between firms,
regulators, institutions and labour markets.
The Skill Ecosystems project is a national project funded
by the Australian National Training Authority which is being
led by the Department of Education and Training. The objective
of the project is to develop and implement strategies that
enable VET providers to foster and support regional and industry
skill ecosystems. As part of the Skill Ecosystems project,
three demonstration projects will be implemented in 2003 to
explore the dynamics of different skill ecosystems throughout
New South Wales.
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For more information about the Skill Ecosystems project, contact
Caroline Alcorso (02) 9561 1025 or email : caroline.alcorso@det.nsw.edu.au
Further information can also be accessed at the Skill Ecosystems
Website
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