Industry Clusters (Stage 1) – Strengthening Australia's National Vocational Education and Training System (2021-2025)

Overview

The Australian Government is establishing Industry Clusters to provide industry with a stronger, more strategic voice and broader role in ensuring Australia’s VET system continues to deliver on employer and learner needs.    The Government will provide an additional $149.2 million funding over four years bringing the total investment to $292.5 million to support these new industry engagement arrangements. The Industry Clusters will be groups of aligned industries with a strategic leadership role to identify, forecast and respond to the current and emerging skills needs and workforce challenges of industry.  Industry Clusters will be established through a two-stage grant opportunity approach to market. The first stage will involve an open competitive process seeking proposals to establish and subsequently operate an Industry Cluster. The second stage will involve a closed non-competitive process to enable the newly established clusters to put forward detailed proposals to deliver on their full functions. The Department will open Stage 2 in mid-2022. Information about Stage 2 will be published on GrantConnect.