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Executive Summary
The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is the Australian Government’s major investment in Technical
and Vocational Education Training (TVET) in the Pacific region. APTC’s goal is “a more skilled, inclusive and
productive workforce enhances Pacific prosperity”. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) is an integral
part of achieving this goal and breaking down inequalities and exclusions which lies deeply embedded within
Pacific TVET systems.
The APTC Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Strategic Framework (2020-2022) aims to generate responsive
and transformative actions that can tackle existing barriers, gaps and forms of exclusions whilst also taking
into consideration the context within which APTC operates and its successes to date. The Strategic Framework
is grounded on six key GESI operating principles: Building on APTC’s existing success and good practices; Twin
Track Approach; Integrating Intersectionality; Flexible Model for Diverse Pacific Island Contexts; Partnerships
for embedding GESI within Pacific TVET systems and the principle of Nothing about us without us.
In order to address the barriers perpetuated by existing gendered and exclusionary norms; institutional
processes, systems and policies as well as limitations of individual’s agency, APTC has identified, through the
consultations and GESI review process, 3 key areas of intervention:
1. Address gendered and exclusionary norms and relations within Pacific TVET systems
2. Eliminate institutional GESI barriers within APTC
3. Empower socially excluded and marginalised groups within Pacific TVET systems
The above interventions inform APTC’s GESI commitments for 2020-2022. The GESI Strategic Framework
(2020-2022) has four major commitments:
1. We will mainstream Gender Equality and Social Inclusion within APTC’s operations
2. We will collaborate with reform minded partners and champions to promote inclusive enabling environment
for excluded and marginalised groups within Pacific TVET systems
3. We will target equitable educational outcomes for women, persons living with disabilities and students
from rural, remote, maritime and small island states.
4. We will target equitable employment outcomes for women, persons living with disabilities and students
from rural, remote, maritime and small island states.
The above commitments are informed by Twin Track Approach which integrates both mainstreaming and
targeted interventions.
In order to ensure that the 4 commitments translate into concrete set of actions, the Strategic Framework
also establishes an annual action implementation pathway which is embedded within APTC’s organisational
planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reflection and reporting cycle.
With the implementation of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Strategic Framework (2020-2022), APTC
aims to support inclusive and gender responsive Pacific TVET systems which contributes towards skilled and
productive workforce for greater Pacific productivity.