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Frequently Asked Questions
How do LLENs work?
- Each LLEN is a group or network of local organisations. Membership of a LLEN is open to any individual or organisation with an interest in post-compulsory education, training and employment in the area covered by the LLEN. The initiative supports local commitment to, and ownership of, education.
- All LLENs are incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981.
- The generic rules of incorporation of LLENs give the framework for their operation including the definition of the membership categories that will be represented on their committees of management. These categories ensure broad cross-sector stakeholder engagement and involvement.
- Each of the 31 LLENs has a three-year contract (2009 to 2011), which is managed by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. The contract provides for the annual negotiation of targets and performance measures.
- LLENs do not have statutory or mandated authority. They rely on the value of their local planning and the quality of the partnerships they have facilitated to engage stakeholders and effect improvements to the education and training outcomes of young people.
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What are the benefits?
- The core role of LLENs is the creation and development of sustainable relationships, partnerships and brokerage of initiatives with and across local education providers, industry and community.
- LLENs aim to improve the education, training and employment outcomes of young people.
- The focus of LLENs is on adding value to the public and private investment in education.
- Current LLEN activities centre on:
- Facilitating and supporting a range of initiatives, and developing partnerships and collaboration with and across stakeholders to provide better pathways and support for young people
- Undertaking local strategic planning
- Providing local advice on statewide policy and program issues
- Serving as an active platform for joining up government initiatives with local education and training systems.
What commitment is required?
The Local Learning and Employment Network initiative includes an array of stakeholders and interested parties. Their areas of interest are broad and including all matters that effect the education, employment and training outcomes of young people; as well as information on community building and networking approaches.
You can assist in a variety of ways, depending on your availability, experience and skills.
What has been achieved so far?
- The LLEN initiative has been subject to a number of reviews that affirm the value of the initiative, both in terms of policy and economics.
- LLENs are now an integral component of education and training provision in Victoria.
- The achievements of the LLENs, including engagement with industry and community partners, and the potential of the model, are significant.
- The initiative has contributed to effecting local change and improving outcomes of young people, particularly those most disadvantaged.
- The reviews also enabled the development of a framework for the continued enhancement of the initiative, which includes:
- Continued development of good governance within LLENs
- Incorporation of stakeholder satisfaction surveys within the operation of LLENs
- Documenting and sharing of good practice.
Young people
LLENs have collectively (through collaboration with partners) achieved outcomes above the agreed targets for 2007. These outcomes include:
- 86 new partnerships facilitated by the LLENs, which have provided assistance to 21,359 young people
- Re-engagement in the order of 2,300 young people who were disengaged from education and training
- Engagement of 450 organisations from a broad cross-section of the community in the planning for, and provision of, career and transition support for young people.
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Membership
The enthusiasm for the LLEN initiative in 2007 is reflected by the size of its membership across the state:
- 6,973 individuals and organisations participate
- 512 members participate on LLEN committees of management
- 31 members Chair LLEN committees of management
- Industry accounts for more than 13 per cent of membership
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