Uniting for Change Conference Outcomes and Next Steps
We made several commitments at the Uniting for Change conference which we plan to honour:
- to share all the speakers’ presentations, including our Pecha Kucha speakers
- to weave together your slido feedback into easily accessible documents
- to answer your questions
You have also laid us the challenge of creating clear next steps to advance Aotearoa’s youth employability kaupapa. You told us that:
- the conference was excellent
- the provider mahi happening around the country is valuable, just not adequately funded or connected
- more employers want to help but aren’t yet clear on how
- rangatahi voices are growing but are not yet central
- cultural awareness and inclusion are growing but equity gaps in education and labour market continue to grow as well
So we need to keep moving forward, as there is much to do before all rangatahi are able to build the confidence and skills they need to flourish in life, learning and work.
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SHOWING UP
Nau Mai Te Ānamata: Tomorrow’s Skills – Re-imagining skills and mindsets for rangatahi in the future of work
Dr Eruera Tarena, Tokona te Raki
Dr Will Flavell, Te Hononga Akoranga COMET
JOINING UP
Building youth employability through business leadership and innovative partnerships
Patrick McKibbin, Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce
FILLING UP AND SHARING THE LOVE
Aroha mai aroha atu
Nine insights on what’s working and what’s needed to create healthy employability skills ecosystems across Aotearoa
STEPPING UP
Mana Rangatahi: what if rangatahi were in charge
of their engagement?
Kauri Tearaura, Waikato Wellbeing Project
Co-construction session
Kauri Tearaura and Rachel Hawthorne, the Prince’s Trust NZ