Sector Workforce Engagement Programme
The Sector Workforce Engagement Programme, or SWEP, is a cross-government initiative to develop a shared understanding with industry on the key labour market and skills issues they face and develop solutions to address these.
Staff at the Dunedin hospital build
SWEP works in partnership with industries including horticulture, wine growing, aquaculture, dairy farming, road freight transport, construction, tourism, and aged residential care.
SWEP engages with industry and wider government to deliver a range of initiatives including:
- supporting the development of sector workforce modelling and strategies
- trialling innovative labour market interventions, which are sector led and government supported. This is to address key issues of supply and demand in the labour market
- playing a key role in leading, advising, supporting and driving social procurement outcomes.
The programme also supports employers by simplifying their engagement with government. One example of this is coordinating agencies’ labour market work around workforce planning.
Kānoa – RD works strategically with the key government levers of immigration, education and welfare to ensure that industry can work with a coordinated government response.
Learn more about SWEP's work across New Zealand's employment sector