The Government has set 10 challenging results for the public sector to achieve over the next five years.
TEN RESULTS WITHIN FIVE AREAS
Reducing long-term welfare dependence
1. Reduce the number of people who have been on a working age benefit for more than 12 months
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Supporting vulnerable children
2. Increase participation in early childhood education.
3. Increase infant immunisation rates and reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever.
4. Reduce the number of assaults on children.
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Boosting skills and employment
5. Increase the proportion of 18-year-olds with NCEA level 2 or equivalent qualification.
6. Increase the proportion of 25 to 34-year-olds with advanced trade qualifications, diplomas and degrees (at level 4 or above).
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Reducing crime
7. Reduce the rates of total crime, violent crime and youth crime.
8. Reduce reoffending.
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Improving interaction with government
9. New Zealand businesses have a one-stop online shop for all government advice and support they need to run and grow their business.
10. New Zealanders can complete their transactions with the Government easily in a digital environment.
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Challenging targets
These results and the targets that agencies have set for them, preasent a challenge - it won't be easy. Our public sector will need to find and create opportunities for new ways of working together to achieve the results and deliver better public services. It's what New Zealanders have told the Government they want, and deserve it. In time, this work will demonstrate innovation and improvement across a public sector that is connected and collaborative.
Ministers and a public sector chief executive have been made responsible for the achievement of specific results, and for publicly reporting on progress.
