Deadline: 28-Oct-22
The Victorian State Government is seeking applications for its Workforce Training Innovation Fund (WTIF).
The Workforce Training Innovation Fund (WTIF) is a targeted, Skills First funding stream. WTIF creates opportunities for the joint exploration of new ideas and solutions to support enhanced workplace productivity and employment growth in priority industries identified by the Victorian Government, in collaboration with industry partners and skills education providers.
Objectives
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The objectives of WTIF are to:
- Improve the efficiency, flexibility and responsiveness of the training and TAFE system in meeting industry skill needs and business training requirements in the areas of Victorian Government’s economic growth priorities.
- Encourage partnerships between industry bodies, businesses, TAFEs and training organisations to collaboratively address complex or cross-sectoral issues facing the skills sector that require innovative thinking and modes of delivery.
- Build new insights and evidence to support the design, adoption, and implementation of sustainable innovation that addresses priority challenges across Victoria’s training and TAFE system.
- Identify new approaches to skills development to improve the capability and adaptability of participants/students.
What is Innovation?
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Innovation in WTIF is defined as change that adds value, transforming the lives of Victorians through better developed or delivered skills training approaches and drives economic growth. Eligible innovation projects include (for example):
- Introducing new or diverse concepts, models, services, and products
- Disrupting, challenging, and advancing existing practices for the future workforces
- While innovation as a concept can be broadly defined, the Victorian Government is seeking to fund projects that specifically solve complex and cross-sectoral issues facing the Victorian economy. Innovation projects will seek to enable the skills system to respond better and faster to employment needs and find new and improved ways to get students skilled and employed in high priority occupations and industries that drive economic growth in Victoria.
Funding Inforamtion
- Amount: $50,000 – $5,000,000
- Duration: Funded projects are expected to be completed within a 24-month time period.
Eligibility Criteria
- There are two potential roles an organisation may have in a WTIF project – lead or partner. Applications will be considered from a range of organisations including TAFEs (including dual sector universities) and private Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), industry, employers, unions, peak bodies, and industry associations. Universities will be considered as partner organisations. Applications that feature collaboration across the sector are strongly encouraged
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Project or activity types are not eligible for funding
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Project activities that will NOT be considered for grant funding under the WTIF program include:
- ongoing funding
- ongoing training delivery
- ongoing service provision and licensing arrangements
- duplication of funding received via other grant programs
- ‘Business as usual’ professional development of an organisations/associations, staff/members
- projects that do not lead to employment or workforce upskilling or cross skilling
- travel and accommodation
- capital works.
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Project activities that will NOT be considered for grant funding under the WTIF program include:
For more information, visit Victorian State Government.
For more information, visit https://www.vic.gov.au/workforce-training-innovation-fund