NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 20 — 5 MARCH 2015

better employment outcomes ("Boosting achievement of Māori and Pasifika"); and

• respond to the needs of adult foundation learners with literacy and numeracy skills ("Improving adult literacy and numeracy"); and
• if it is a research-based institution, manage its overall resources to support its research strategy and implementation plan, and support innovation (especially commercial innovation) through research, knowledge exchange, and human capital development ("Strengthening research-based institutions"); and
• help to increase the value of international education to New Zealand ("Growing international linkages").

Additional requirements for tertiary education institutions

Three additional requirements apply to the Strategic Intent section of proposed plans of tertiary education institutions only.

First, the performance story presented in the institution’s proposed plan must:

• reflect the Outcomes Framework the institution has agreed with the TEC, or an institution’s own outcomes framework; and
• align with the narrative in the institution’s other strategic planning and reporting documents.

Second, the Strategic Intent section must explain how the institution will manage its capital assets to support its mission and role over the period of the proposed plan (including any new significant capital initiatives).

Third, proposed plans should include a forecast Statement of Service Performance (SSP) to enable the institution to report in its Annual Report on its performance as compared to its proposed outcomes described in its plan.² The forecast SSP should:

• be prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, including reporting costs summarised by key output classes/areas; and
• reflect the full scope of the institution’s activities; and
• focus on the outputs/services of the institution; and
• include measures and evidence about the quality of these outputs/services.

(ii) Summary of Activity

The plan must include a Summary of Activity for the period of the proposed plan. The proposed activity must align with and support the achievement of the mission presented in the Strategic Intent section of the proposed plan.

The Summary of Activity must include information about:

• planned programmes and activities for which the TEO is seeking Student Achievement Component (SAC) or Industry Training Fund funding, including planned learner numbers by New Zealand Qualification Framework Level (this information must be provided via a "Mix of Provision" template which the TEC will provide to TEOs in due course); and
• other planned programmes and activities for which funding is sought from the TEC, including planned learner numbers (this information must be provided via a "Mix of Provision" template); and
• total TEC funding sought (this information must be provided via a "Mix of Provision" template); and
• planned learner numbers in more detail, if requested by the TEC, for non-SAC-funded programmes and activities (this information must be provided via a "Mix of Provision" template); and
• a brief description of other programmes and activities not funded by the TEC, including significant programmes and activities undertaken through subsidiary bodies³. (This information may be provided either via the Mix of Provision template or as part of the TEO’s Strategic Intent, as the TEO prefers.) For tertiary education institutions only, the description of the programmes activities undertaken through subsidiaries must include:
  • a description of the main activities undertaken by the subsidiary body; and
  • the dollar value of the TEO’s investment in the subsidiary body; and
  • a brief description of the governance and accountability arrangements in place; and
  • (for tertiary education institutions only) information about delivery the TEO intends to subcontract to

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