The Australian Government announced, as part of the 2011-12 Budget, funding of $19.1 million over three years for the Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plan initiative. The initiative supports the engagement of 34 Education, Skills and Jobs Coordinators in regional communities.
Education Skills and Jobs Coordinators will work with local stakeholders, including Regional Development Australia Committees in the 46 non-metropolitan Regional Development Australia areas, to develop Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plans, built from local knowledge, to improve participation and outcomes in education, training and employment in regional Australia. The plans will be a key aspect of the Government’s strategy to improve productivity and participation in regional Australia.
For further information regarding the Regional Education, Skills and Jobs initiative, please contact the Office of Regional Education, Skills and Jobs at oresj@deewr.gov.au.
46 non-metropolitan Regional Development Australia areas
The 46 non-metropolitan RDA regions that will be covered under the initiative are listed in the following table.
|
Regional Development Australia Region |
| NSW - Central Coast |
| NSW – Hunter |
| NSW - Far West |
| NSW – Orana |
| NSW - South Coast |
| NSW - Illawarra |
| NSW - Mid North Coast |
| NSW - Northern Rivers |
| NSW - Murray |
| NSW - Riverina |
| NSW - Northern Inland |
| NSW - Southern Inland |
| NSW - Central West |
| NT – Northern Territory |
| QLD - Darling Downs and South West |
| QLD - Far North Queensland and Torres Strait |
| QLD - Townsville and North West |
| QLD - Fitzroy and Central West |
| QLD - Mackay/Whitsunday |
| QLD - Moreton Bay |
| QLD - Ipswich and West Moreton |
| QLD - Logan and Redlands |
| QLD - Gold Coast |
| QLD - Sunshine Coast |
| QLD - Wide Bay Burnett |
| SA – Barossa |
| SA - Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island |
| SA - Limestone Coast |
| SA - Murraylands and Riverland |
| SA - Far North |
| SA - Yorke and Mid North |
| SA - Whyalla and Eyre Peninsula |
| TAS - Tasmania |
| VIC - Barwon South West |
| VIC - Grampians |
| VIC - Loddon Mallee |
| VIC - Gippsland |
| VIC – Hume |
| WA - Goldfields/Esperance |
| WA - Great Southern |
| WA - Kimberley |
| WA - Mid West Gascoyne |
| WA – Peel |
| WA – Pilbara |
| WA - Southwest |
| WA – Wheatbelt |