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Thematic Areas: Inclusion and Youth | Innovation and Future of TVET | Private Sector Engagement | SDGs and Greening TVET
Our Key Programmes & Projects: BILT: Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET | Building TVET resilience | TVET Leadership Programme | WYSD: World Youth Skills Day
Past Activities: COVID-19 response | i-hubs project | TVET Global Forums | Virtual Conferences | YEM Knowledge Portal
Our Services & Resources: Publications | TVET Forum | TVET Country Profiles | TVETipedia Glossary | Innovative and Promising Practices | Entrepreneurial Learning Guide
Events: Major TVET Events | UNEVOC Network News
UNEVOC Centre (National Body) since 2015
TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) is the peak national body incorporated to represent Australia’s 58 government owned Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes and university TAFE divisions, and the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC).
Australia’s TAFE Institute network is the largest and most diverse tertiary education sector in Australia with more than 1000 campuses located across Central Business Districts (CBD), suburban, regional and remote locations, with many institutes offering further services throughout the Asia-Pacific and other offshore regions.
The core business of TDA is supporting our member institutes, leading the advocacy for quality skills in Australia, and managing a range of international education and training projects in cooperation with our institutes.
Our Mission is to provide national leadership in the TVET sector through:
• Advocacy
• Research
• Marketing & promotion
• National & international networks
• Business development
Our strategic objectives can be summarised as follows:
• advance vocational education and training policy in Australia
• support policy development for improved outcomes for students – domestic and international
• lead the advocacy on funding
• promote and support TAFE Institutes as the foremost providers of quality skills training in Australia and abroad
• support, expand and where appropriate lead international networks and business opportunities for our members
Regular Tasks:
- Advocacy
- Research
- Marketing & promotion
- National & international networks
- Business development
Sharing knowledge about TVET | Primary focus | ||||
Developing knowledge | Primary focus | ||||
Developing and building capacities | Secondary focus | ||||
Teachers | Secondary focus | ||||
Researchers | Secondary focus | ||||
Policy makers | Primary focus | ||||
Private sector | Secondary focus | ||||
Greening of TVET institutions and skills | Interested to learn | |||||
Migration | Interested to learn | |||||
OER and Online Learning | Interested to learn | |||||
Equity of access in TVET | Interested to lead | |||||
Gender equality in TVET | Interested to learn | |||||
Fostering entrepreneurship | Interested to lead | |||||
Industry 4.0 / Smart production | Interested to lead | |||||
Capacity development projects | Moderately interested | ||||
Policy oriented projects | Highly interested | ||||
Knowledge development | Highly interested | ||||
Workshops and conferences | Moderately interested | ||||
Within my cluster | Highly interested | ||||
With Africa | Moderately interested | ||||
With the Arab States | Moderately interested | ||||
With Asia and the Pacific | Highly interested | ||||
With Europe, CIS and North America | Highly interested | ||||
With Latin America and the Caribbean | Moderately interested | ||||