Long-term insights briefings
Long-term insights briefings are a statutory requirement under the Public Service Act 2020.
About long-term insights briefings
They are future-focused, providing information about medium- and long-term trends, risks and opportunities, including analysis and policy options. They're also an opportunity to enhance public debate on long-term issues and contribute to future decision making.
First long-term insights briefing published in 2023 about preparing all young people for satisfying and rewarding working lives
Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | the Ministry of Education released its first long-term insights briefing in 2023. This was about preparing all young people for satisfying and rewarding working lives. It was developed jointly with Hīkina Whakatutuki | the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Te Manatū Whakahiato ora | the Ministry of Social Development and Manatū Wahine | Ministry for Women.
Report: Preparing all young people for satisfying and rewarding working lives [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Summary: Preparing all young people for satisfying and rewarding working lives [PDF, 303 KB]
Preparing young people for work is an important issue to explore. Although many young people navigate transitions from school to work, education or training, a significant proportion face barriers which prevent them from reaching their work goals and aspirations.
Prolonged or repeated exposure to limited employment has negative impacts on youth wellbeing and can have significant long-term consequences. This is a complex policy challenge with multi-generational consequences.
The briefing is not government policy but can potentially inform the future policy development of the four agencies who collaborated to develop the briefing – depending on discussion with and the priorities of the Government. It will also inform research and public discussion of the issues and opportunities.
Email any questions about our 2023 briefing to the Employment, Education and Training Secretariat labour_market_ministers_group@msd.govt.nz.
Second long-term insights briefing in early stages of development
Now that the first briefing has been published, work is underway to develop the next one. We are undertaking some initial research and hope to be in a position to propose a topic for our second briefing later in 2024.
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