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for consideration and approval by MINCO.

State/Territory Planning Arrangements, within the National Response to Annual National Priorities and National Strategy

23. Within the national planning arrangements the content of State/Territory VET planning documents will be a matter for each individual State/Territory to determine. There will, however, be a requirement for States/Territories to respond to the agreed Annual National Priorities and to report on progress against the National Strategy.

24. Each State/Territory will provide an Annual VET Plan for MINCO.

25. Each Annual VET Plan will include the State/Territory's response to the Annual National Priorities and a report of progress against the National Strategy. It will also include an activity table which shows the distribution of VET activity to be achieved annually by industry and level of training. The Annual VET Plan will include an agreed use of Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information and Statistical Standards (AVETMISS).

26. State/Territory Annual VET Plans will be considered and agreed by MINCO, acting with the advice of the ANTA Board.

Annual National Report

27. The Annual National Report will provide the basis for reporting against the National Strategy and national priorities, including against the agreed key performance measures.

28. The report will be the mechanism for reporting to the Commonwealth Parliament on the operation of the national VET system.

FUNDING

29. The Commonwealth and the States/Territories will continue to provide funding stability for the national VET system and growth will be achieved through efficiencies. To this end the Commonwealth will maintain current levels of funding in real terms for the duration of this Agreement and States/Territories agree to maintain outputs or outcomes, to be measured on a basis agreed by the Ministerial Council, over the life of the Agreement.

30. The Commonwealth's commitment to maintain current levels of funding in real terms applies to the funding appropriated under the Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992 in respect of 1998, amounting to $890.585 million.

31. ANTA MINCO will, on the basis of advice from ANTA in consultation with States/Territories and the Commonwealth, identify efficiencies to assist in releasing funds for growth and system enhancements. Each State/Territory will negotiate bilaterally with ANTA on the scope for growth recognising the capacity for efficiencies within individual States/Territories in the short and medium term and relative cost structures. MINCO will agree the process and guidelines for these bilateral discussions and will agree the outcomes of the discussions.

32. Commonwealth funds will be released on the advice of MINCO following MINCO consideration of and agreement to the State/Territory Annual VET Plans.