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2021-2023 Strategic Plan - Informing and Influencing Australia's VET Sector

The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) are responsible for collecting, managing, analysing, curating and communication VET research and statistics.  This information informs Ministers and other senior officials when underpinning evidence-based public policy development and decision making.  

The operating environment of the VET sector has profoundly changed as a result of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and the impact this has had on the Australian economy and the broader labour market and, as such, has created a greater urgency to produce timely data on skills development and to conduct research and analysis related to the impacts of the pandemic on various cohorts, industries and delivery modes. 

Stakeholders require more frequent, timely data and responsive integrated analysis of training activity which can help them to gauge the effectiveness of programs and interventions designed to build and sustain the workforce. In addition, they require pertinent information to better inform longer term policy development and the management of jurisdictional and national VET systems.

The development of a new digital strategy and sharply focused research aligned to the VET Reform Roadmap will necessarily drive NCVER’s business in the next 3 years and beyond and, therefore, the NCVER's new  Strategic Plan for 2021-2023 outlines the following Objectives and Standards:

Corporate Objectives

1. As the national data custodian, develop and implement the new VET Information Standard and Data Governance model, streamlined data collection and reporting system, that is fit for purpose and provides more timely and flexible data for users 
2. Advanced data analytics are integrated into our research that is highly valued, relevant and accessible, and used widely by our stakeholders to inform policy and practice 
3. Enhance the functionality and interactivity of our products and services across a wider range of delivery platforms that are valued and tailored to the needs of our diverse customers 
4. Develop our staff as highly expert people whose skills are aligned with our service transformation goals and our changing customer preferences and who have deep capability in data design and transformation, research, data analytics and communications methods 
5. Ensure our financial, human resource and compliance obligations are met and our processes are aligned to contemporary best practice standards to meet the needs of our Members.

Service Quality Standards

1. Effective partnerships: We are highly responsive to our stakeholders’ needs through partnering with them to deliver organisational goals and objectives 
2. Leading products and services: We contribute to policy, practice and VET system improvement through products and services that are trusted, authoritative and highly valued 
3. Efficient practices and processes: We maximise effective information flows through adopting leading practices and technologies 
4. Sound data governance standards: We safeguard private information by upholding the highest standards of privacy, security and data integrity 
5. High quality of work: We produce high quality, timely and relevant work using leading and contemporary techniques 
6. Impactful communication: We communicate widely and effectively with the VET sector and our messaging is tailored to the needs of stakeholders.

This strategic plan is designed to build on the important work and achievements of the previous plan but taking it further in order to achieve closer policy connection and even greater system relevance while continuing to maintain the NCVER's trusted role as the national VET data custodian.

Date posted Feb 4, 2021