Three-way Partnership for Economic Development: the Public,Private and Academic Sectors

摘要

This paper examines how the public,private,and academic sectors can work together in developing human resources without infringing upon each other's independence and missions. This research project found the areas where the three sectors were stakeholders with some common interests,client bases,and goals for development. While there is a shared interest among the three basic stakeholder areas of industry,government,and education institutions,these stakeholders recognize that each area has many other interests and issues that are divergent from the interests of the other stakeholder areas. In this case the garment industry was expanding its scope of service to its customers.However,the education and training resources in the country needed to be brought into the development program at the outset. In addition,the various government agencies responsible for economic development also had a major role to play in achieving a successful outcome. Other nations were equally concerned about their garment industries as well. This project examined what many other countries in the region,the U.S.,and European countries were doing. The resolution evolved around the three sectors setting up a cooperative organization of partners that maintained the independence of each sector while encouraging cooperation where their interests were in common. The European Union Technology Platforms were seen to be an appropriate model for Sri Lanka. A symposium of key stakeholders from the Private,Public,and Academic Sectors was convened for them to decide how they could best organize themselves as equal partners in a flexible organization structure for change and development of human resources for the garment industry.