In a follow-up to a high-level stakeholder meeting held on Thursday (24/04), the Higher Education Commission Fiji (HECF) and the Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation (FCEF) met today to advance work on a proposed national task force aimed at addressing Fiji’s skills gap.
The FCEF was represented by Chief Executive Officer Edward Bernard and Fiji Enterprise Engine (FEE) Programme Coordinator Palinda Kaitu’u. Meeting was hosted by the Chairperson of HECF, Mr Steve Chand.
The initiative stems from a meeting convened by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Co-operatives, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Communications, Hon. Manoa Kamikamica, who called for urgent national coordination and data-driven reforms in education and the labour market.
A key outcome of the meeting was the agreement for FCEF to develop a concept paper for the establishment of a national task force.
The task force will be co-led by HECF and the Fiji Human Resources Institute (FHRI), with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). It will develop a forward-looking roadmap to address current and emerging skills needs.
