The COAG Reform Council has been established by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and is intended to assist COAG in driving its national reform agenda. It will do this by strengthening accountability of results through independent and evidence-based monitoring, assessment and reporting of the performance of all governments. This document is one of the first two, complementary annual reports on the performance of Australian governments in meeting the objectives of the new National Agreements. Under the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development, Australian... [+] Show more
The COAG Reform Council has been established by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and is intended to assist COAG in driving its national reform agenda. It will do this by strengthening accountability of results through independent and evidence-based monitoring, assessment and reporting of the performance of all governments. This document is one of the first two, complementary annual reports on the performance of Australian governments in meeting the objectives of the new National Agreements. Under the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development, Australian governments have agreed to work together to develop the skills of the Australian people and meet the present and future skill needs of Australian businesses and industries. This report provides a comparative analysis of the baseline data for indicators to track governments’ performance towards the four outcomes under the Agreement. The contents are: Introduction; National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development; Context for performance; Reporting on outputs; Outcomes reporting - foundation skills, skill mix for the 21st century labour market, skills for a changing labour market, labour market effectiveness, reaching the COAG targets; Improving the performance reporting framework.
The complementary report on the National Education Agreement is indexed at TD/TNC 98.744.
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