The Indigenous Centre of Vocational Excellence (ICOVE)

The Indigenous Centre of Vocational Excellence (ICOVE) is an initiative of the Commonwealth Government to develop a First Nations-led VET model that supports better skills, employment and economic outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as committed to under the National Skills Agreement and National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

The ICOVE will be a national, evidence-informed best practice VET hub and will also function as an alternative to a First Nations skills peak.

The ICOVE will be built on 4 pillars aligned with the 4 Closing the Gap Priority Reforms:

• innovation
• capacity building
• policy and advocacy
• research and data.

The ICOVE will be led by an ACC or FNO RTO (or consortia) to foster a community governance model based on the principles of self-determination.

To be eligible, you must be one of the following entity types:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust , the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity type as listed above.