Action plan: Te Ao Māori and climate adaption
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Te Ao Māori Actions
Identify opportunities to partner with iwi/Māori entities to support the delivery of existing workforce development actions that relate to the future of work.
Action:
Complete a stocktake of existing or planned iwi/Māori led local workforce programmes.
Timeframe:
Short term: Identify Partners
Medium term: complete the stocktake
Outcomes:
Identify current initiatives across the region, who they benefit (including where in the region they are targeted) and how they are performing, to then enable a gap analysis (what is missing, e.g., sub-regional coverage) and what should be prioritised for additional support (finding what is working well and helping them to scale up their operations/impact)
Partners and stakeholders:
- Iwi Leaders Forum
- Te Waka
- Te Puni Kōkiri
- Ministry of Social Development
Cross-cutting sector or theme:
- All sectors
- Our Waikato Workforce
Support capability building programmes for Māori owned businesses across the Waikato to enable them to fully benefit from Social Procurement provisions
Action:
Consider the outcomes from the Te Waka capability building programme pilot, and potentially advocate for funding/implementation support if deemed successful.
Outcomes
Immediate:
Te Waka is supported to complete the current capability building pilot project
Short term:
Lessons learned from that pilot are used to implement a sustainable programme for SME capability and capacity building across the region
Partners and stakeholders:
- Te Waka
- Te Puni Kōkiri
- Ministry of Social Development
- Waikato Tainui
Cross-cutting sector or theme:
Construction and Infrastructure a priority, with Professional Services a secondary consideration.
Climate Adaptation Actions
Identify how the impacts of climate adaptation will transform the Waikato economy, and use this insight to form future recommendations and actions
Action:
Work with stakeholders to research what the key regional implications of climate change are and how climate adaptation will impact Waikato businesses and workforce.
Outcomes
Medium term:
By deepening understanding of expected workforce impacts (positive and negative) from climate adaptation, the Group can better advise on skills, training, and worker transition in future Regional Workforce Plans.
Partners and stakeholders:
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Ministry of Primary Industries
- Ministry for the Environment
- Waikato University
- Waikato Regional Council
- Council of Trade Unions
Cross-cutting sector or theme:
All sectors