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Deputy President Paul Mashatile will on Friday chair the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) meeting scheduled to take place at the Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley, in the Northern Cape Province.
Vukani Mde, the spokesperson for Mashatile said: “The HRDC is a national multi-stakeholder advisory body which includes representatives from government, labour, the private sector and civil society, led by the Deputy President.
“Its deliberations are carried over for implementation, through various measures and programmes aimed at achieving the strategic goals of the Human Resource Development Strategy Towards 2030”
In line with the council decision of strengthening the link and alignment between provincial councils and the HRDC at national level, Mashatile recently led the council to KwaZulu Natal in May this year, with the aim of assessing progress achieved by the province in implementing programmes and initiatives towards the attainment of the HRD Strategy 2030.
“As part of the resolutions of the 4th HRDC Summit, two social compacts, focused on ‘Building foundations for a transformed economy and society.
‘Building skills for a transformed economy and society, were signed by representatives of relevant social partners. The third social compact which focuses on ‘Building a developmental/ capable state’, will be signed this coming Friday in Kimberley”.
Through this HRDC outreach all the relevant partners have rallied behind the vision to invest in education and training, science and technology, geared to address the challenges of critical skills shortages and unemployment.
The meeting on Friday will receive a presentation from the Northern Cape HRDC which was recently relaunched and is chaired by Premier Zamani Saul.
The presentation will provide an update on provincial efforts towards building the requisite skills required for economic development, Mde said.
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