Identify the skill needs of the key growth sectors in your region.	Create a profile of economic growth sectors, their recruitment potential, skills required now, and the impact of future technology etc. Invite feedback on the profile from the key growth sectors in the region.
Create better linkages between WINZ, community job seeker organisations, private training providers, other funding providers and employers to establish appropriate training courses.	Encourage sector-specific training joint ventures targeted at potential job growth areas. Create a plan for addressing the barriers that exist to local people taking up job opportunities.. Create a plan for addressing the barriers that exist for employers to employ staff in the key growth areas.
Sponsor and promote Local Economic Development programmes.	Sponsor education workshops in your region on local economic development. Take leadership in public planning days, which will result in pragmatic local action plans. Sponsor events that will encourage entrepreneurial thinking and the development of new enterprises locally. Assess the economic development potential of alternative land use in your region. Identify the opportunities for infrastructure improvement in your region using the skills of local unemployed people.

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