Accelerating Auckland has been established with catayst funding through the Tertiary Education Commission's GIPI fund.

Some early deliverables included: 

• The design and establishment of an ongoing mechanism for collaborative engagement between ICT businesses, all Tertiary Education Organisations providing ICT programmes, the Auckland Regional Council and related organisations the Accelerating Auckland Taskforce
• The development and implementation of a Promotional Strategy to highlight opportunities in the ICT skills sector, leverage existing efforts and add scale where required along with the establishment of a number of initial projects
• A focus on accelerating Maori and Pacific Peoples participation in the ICT sector by identifying initiatives focused on increasing the participation and completion Maori and Pacific students in Tertiary study.

Accelerating Auckland's current activities focus on:

• Building and maintaining an understanding of existing and emerging skill requirements of the ICT sector
• Advocating ICT careers to different population segments
• Promoting tertiary education and training opportunities available in ICT to appropriate student markets
• Enhancing the relevance of ICT and related programmes to industries traditionally not involved with ICT
• Developing incentives and interventions to encourage targeted student populations, in particular Maori, Pacific and international students, into ICT programmes and careers.

TEOs and PTEs, in collaboration with industry partners, are currently delivering ten distinct projects under the Programme leadership of Unitec and the Accelerating Auckland Taskforce.

Accelerating Auckland is a unique collaborative model enabling judicious participation and interaction between multiple TEOs and industry. It is anticipated that the model will be suitable for replication in other sectors or regions seeking similar outcomes

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