Please note: this is an old article
It was published in October 2016, so the information may be out-of-date.
The Regional Skills Fund is a targeted, place-based regional skills grants program driven by industry in partnership with the tertiary sector, working to build local capacity, resilience and support jobs creation.
The program stream aims to support regional industry and business skills and capability to ensure the long-term sustainability of employment and business growth.
It will give priority to projects that:
- are endorsed by relevant Regional Partnerships, aligning with their local priorities for skills and workforce development, that may be expressed in regional or sector workforce plans.
- create and strengthen long-term, collaborative and innovative partnerships between regional industry, businesses and the tertiary sector including TAFEs, Learn Locals, LLENs and universities.
- build on and strengthen regional workforce planning and support their implementation.
- support regional skills clusters to drive local innovation and research centres that identify future workforce needs and strengthen regional skills capability and workforce resilience.
- enable upskilling in new technology and production models; career mobility and new pathways; skills for new business ventures; export and e-commerce to access new markets and the digital economy; and strategies to diversify the local skills base.
- support disadvantaged groups as part of a long-term, strategic approach with industry on meaningful career-based employment.
The fund has been designed to align with and complement the Victorian Government’s education and training reforms as well as initiatives that seek to support innovation, skills and workforce development, including the Jobs Victoria Employment Network program and the Future Industries Sector Strategies
For more information visit here or complete the attached Expression of Interest form and return it to information.shepparton@rdv.vic.gov.au