Agency Budget Statements - DETYA - Section 1

• support the Government's efforts to respond in an integrated and balanced way to the education and training needs of all Australians, particularly its young people;

• establish a national policy framework for school level education, post-compulsory education and the transition between education and work; and

• improve access to education for disadvantaged groups including Indigenous Australian and isolated students.

The Department’s three Outcomes focus on schools and their students, post school education and training, and research.

The Department’s Vision is Excellence in helping all Australians achieve in a learning society and its Purpose, We will be the Minister’s first choice for impartial, innovative and comprehensive solutions for policy, services and achievement of outcomes.

The Department’s corporate service functions are currently being reviewed as part of the Government’s Performance Improvement Cycle (PIC). The objective of the review, which commenced in July 1999, is to determine the most cost effective means of delivering the Department’s corporate services. As part of this process, the Department has produced high level process maps for its key activities, collected high level benchmark data and conducted leading practice assessments so that it can compare the cost effectiveness of its services with other organisations. The process has given staff the opportunity to redesign services and develop in-house business cases. These business cases have been assessed to determine those corporate services to be market tested or retained and delivered according to the in-house solution. A number of these services are already contracted out in whole or in part and in these circumstances the Department’s primary role is contract management.

In accordance with the Government’s requirement, arrangements are currently underway to market test selected corporate services including parts of the financial services, human resource services and office services functions.

Information on specific functions within each Outcome being considered for Competitive Tendering and/or Contracting during 2000-01 are included at the end of each Outcome.

• support the Government's efforts to respond in an integrated and balanced way to the education and training needs of all Australians, particularly its young people;

• establish a national policy framework for school level education, post-compulsory education and the transition between education and work; and

• improve access to education for disadvantaged groups including Indigenous Australian and isolated students.

The Department’s three Outcomes focus on schools and their students, post school education and training, and research.

The Department’s Vision is Excellence in helping all Australians achieve in a learning society and its Purpose, We will be the Minister’s first choice for impartial, innovative and comprehensive solutions for policy, services and achievement of outcomes.

The Department’s corporate service functions are currently being reviewed as part of the Government’s Performance Improvement Cycle (PIC). The objective of the review, which commenced in July 1999, is to determine the most cost effective means of delivering the Department’s corporate services. As part of this process, the Department has produced high level process maps for its key activities, collected high level benchmark data and conducted leading practice assessments so that it can compare the cost effectiveness of its services with other organisations. The process has given staff the opportunity to redesign services and develop in-house business cases. These business cases have been assessed to determine those corporate services to be market tested or retained and delivered according to the in-house solution. A number of these services are already contracted out in whole or in part and in these circumstances the Department’s primary role is contract management.

In accordance with the Government’s requirement, arrangements are currently underway to market test selected corporate services including parts of the financial services, human resource services and office services functions.

Information on specific functions within each Outcome being considered for Competitive Tendering and/or Contracting during 2000-01 are included at the end of each Outcome.

APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND YOUTH AFFAIRS – APPROPRIATIONS 2000-01