National Skills Accord

Representatives of business, organised labour, the community constituency and government have agreed to partnerships to achieving the New Growth Path target of five million new jobs by 2020. The parties agree that action and implementation should be a hallmark of the partnership, with constituencies identifying areas where they can make firm commitments as well as identifying actions that other constituencies would need to undertake to do in order for the broad goals of the New Growth Path to be achieved. The parties have identified a number of commitments they each can make on training and skills development, and which is set out in this Accord.

This booklet sets out the text of the Accord. This booklet has been produced as a public information resource. It is intended to help shop stewards, business representatives, community activists and government officials to communicate the contents of the National Skills Accord to a wider audience. The purpose of the communication is to empower South Africans to implement the wide-ranging commitments that are contained in the Accord and mobilise the private sector, organised labour, communities and government in a strong partnership to expand skills in the country as a platform for creating five million new jobs by 2020.