made about the VRQA and its staff. Review and improve the range of Completed This will be provided in readily targeted workshops, clinics and seminars accessible formats. to ensure organisations, stakeholders and education and training providers understand VRQA regulatory processes, the roles and responsibilities of all parties, and common problems, and the VRQA understands the changing needs of business and the community throughout the regulatory cycle. Publish the update of the whole-of-VRQA Completed complaints process including policies and procedures and how the VRQA will respond to these matters. Deepen engagement with education Develop and publish the stakeholder Completed and training providers, employers and engagement strategy which will include other stakeholders to inform the how the VRQA will collect information ongoing improvement of regulatory from stakeholders on emerging industry activities. By December 2014, the trends. VRQA will publish a stakeholder Expand the VRQA annual stakeholder Completed engagement strategy that commits to survey to gather feedback on VRQA consulting with stakeholders on processes, and seek feedback from industry trends and seeks their stakeholders, education and training feedback on the VRQA’s processes. providers, apprentices and trainees, and employers on the range of services that they need from the VRQA. Based on feedback provided, review and Ongoing update the range of services provided by the VRQA. Promote greater cooperation, Establish and publish memoranda of Completed information sharing, regulatory understanding, or other formal coherence and efficiency with arrangements, to streamline processes regulators and key partners. By July and share information with other 2015, the VRQA will establish and regulators including the: publish memoranda of understanding Victorian Institute of Teaching with or other formal arrangements to respect to the coordination of regulatory streamline processes and share activity; information. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development with respect to the Department’s role as a school review body, as the regulatory authority for education and care services, and as the responsible Department for providing policy advice to Ministers about education, early childhood development, children’s services, higher education and training in Victoria; and Commonwealth Government and/or other federal agencies where the cooperative approach has been reciprocated with respect to the coordination of regulatory activity. Undertake a stocktake of data collection Completed requirements for ACFE providers with a view to identifying opportunities to reduce duplication and so reduce regulatory burden on providers.
made about the VRQA and its staff. This will be provided in readily accessible formats. Review and improve the range of targeted workshops, clinics and seminars to ensure organisations, stakeholders and education and training providers understand VRQA regulatory processes, the roles and responsibilities of all parties, and common problems, and the VRQA understands the changing needs of business and the community throughout the regulatory cycle. Completed Publish the update of the whole-of-VRQA complaints process including policies and procedures and how the VRQA will respond to these matters. Completed Deepen engagement with education and training providers, employers and other stakeholders to inform the ongoing improvement of regulatory activities. By December 2014, the VRQA will publish a stakeholder engagement strategy that commits to consulting with stakeholders on industry trends and seeks their feedback on the VRQA’s processes. Develop and publish the stakeholder engagement strategy which will include how the VRQA will collect information from stakeholders on emerging industry trends. Completed Expand the VRQA annual stakeholder survey to gather feedback on VRQA processes, and seek feedback from stakeholders, education and training providers, apprentices and trainees, and employers on the range of services that they need from the VRQA. Completed Based on feedback provided, review and update the range of services provided by the VRQA. Ongoing Promote greater cooperation, information sharing, regulatory coherence and efficiency with regulators and key partners. By July 2015, the VRQA will establish and publish memoranda of understanding or other formal arrangements to streamline processes and share information. Establish and publish memoranda of understanding, or other formal arrangements, to streamline processes and share information with other regulators including the: Victorian Institute of Teaching with respect to the coordination of regulatory activity; The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development with respect to the Department’s role as a school review body, as the regulatory authority for education and care services, and as the responsible Department for providing policy advice to Ministers about education, early childhood development, children’s services, higher education and training in Victoria; and Commonwealth Government and/or other federal agencies where the cooperative approach has been reciprocated with respect to the coordination of regulatory activity. Completed Undertake a stocktake of data collection requirements for ACFE providers with a view to identifying opportunities to reduce duplication and so reduce regulatory burden on providers. Completed
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