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• areas for organisational capability development
  (including those for the delivery of quality
  education and research).

The organisation’s role within the tertiary education
system including:

• brief statements on the organisation’s core
  purpose and local, regional, industry or national
  fit, including any shifts required to achieve these.

(ii) Three-year Outlook

Planned activity for the three-year period to address
the factors identified in the Plan Context including:

• outcomes the organisation intends to achieve;
• initiatives, including capability development, that
  will be undertaken to achieve those outcomes;
• a description of other tertiary education
  programmes not funded by the TEC; and
• any other key changes in core activities.

(iii) Summary of Activity

Information on delivery over the period of the
proposed Plan including:

• Student Achievement Component (SAC) or
  Industry Training Fund student numbers by
  National Qualification Award Level (1–10);
• planned activities, programmes and student
  numbers for other TEC-funded activities and
  programmes;
• total TEC funding sought; and
• planned student numbers in more detail if
  requested by the TEC.

(iv) Key Performance Indicators

Measures to be used in evaluating performance
against the proposed Plan, including:

• outcome commitments for the key performance
  indicators in relation to TES priorities and the key
  shifts expected of each type of organisation in the
  TES; and
• other organisational outcome commitments for
  initiatives and changes in the Three-year Outlook.

9. Decision-making Criteria—In reaching a decision about
   what to approve within the proposed Plan, including what to
   fund and the period of funding, the TEC will consider the
   following in relation to each tertiary organisation:‡

• The organisation’s planned alignment with the TES,
  including the distinctive contribution and key shifts
  expected of that type of organisation, and its contribution
  to the tertiary network of provision;

• evidence of effective identification of stakeholder needs
  and priorities;

• the organisation’s governance and management
  arrangements, and financial viability;

• evidence of the organisation’s capability in forecasting,
  planning and implementation;

• past performance against organisational commitments
  (including quality and capability improvement
  commitments);

• evidence of critical reflection on current performance;

• the allocation of SAC, TEO Component or other TEC
  funding, and other Government funding available to
  the organisation;

• whether the activities outlined in the proposed Plan are
  appropriate and achievable; and

• whether any conditions or limits on funding are required,
  having regard to appropriations, and any relevant and
  applicable funding determinations issued by the Minister
  under the Education Act 1989.

10. Exemptions—The following organisations are exempted
    from the requirement to prepare and submit a proposed Plan
    in 2008 for funding in 2009:

• Organisations that the TEC is contracting only pilot
  initiatives and who otherwise receive no other funding
  from the TEC;
• employers only receiving Workplace Literacy funding
  from the TEC;
• Government Training Establishments;
• community groups receiving Community Learning
  Aotearoa New Zealand (CLANZ) grants and who
  otherwise receive no other funding from the TEC; and
• organisations that only receive the English for Migrants
  pre-purchased English tuition fees from the TEC.

11. For the avoidance of doubt, organisations that already
    have an Investment Plan approved by the TEC in 2007 for
    funding in 2009 (ie an Investment Plan with more than one
    year’s approval) will not be required to submit a proposed
    Plan in 2008.

12. Timelines and Processes—The TEC Investment
    Guidance to assist organisations in developing their
    proposed Plans is available on the TEC’s website

www.tec.govt.nz

Further Supplementary Investment Guidance will be available
from April 2008.

13. Funding Arrangements for 2008—The following
    organisations are exempt from the requirement to have
    an approved Investment Plan in place by 31 December 2007
    for funding in 2008:

• Organisations that the TEC is contracting only pilot
  initiatives and who otherwise receive no other funding
  from the TEC;
• employers only receiving Workplace Literacy funding
  from the TEC;
• Government Training Establishments;
• schools;
• Rural Education Activities Programme providers
  (REAPs);
• community education providers; and
• Private Training Establishments (PTEs) that received
  less than $2 million in TEC funding in 2006.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 2008.

JANICE SHINER, Chief Executive, Tertiary Education
Commission.

New Zealand Gazette, 29 March 2007, No. 35, page 911
†New Zealand Gazette*, 2 August 2007, No. 87, page 2263

‡In reaching its decision the TEC will take into account information in the
Plan and information gathered during Plan discussions.