This regional skills development initiative was launched in 2006 to provide Pacific islanders with Australian qualifications. it is designed to open up employment opportunities in targeted sectors at the national, regional and international level. 

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is a centre for training excellence and collaboration with over 12 years of experience and broad expertise.

As Australia’s flagship Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) investment in the Pacific region, APTC works collaboratively with national governments, development partners, private sector, organisations for people living with disabilities, civil society organisations (CSO) and Pacific TVET institutions regionally and across nine Pacific Island countries: Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu, Tonga and Kiribati.
 

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is currently in its third stage (2018-2022). Our goal is: ‘A more skilled, inclusive and productive workforce enhances Pacific prosperity’. Our supporting purpose is: ‘The skills and attributes available to employers from Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems align with labour market requirements’. Our goal and purpose are supported by the achievement of three end-of-program outcomes (EOPOs):

a) Graduates have improved employment outcomes

b) Co-investment in skills training increases

c) Selected TVET partners demonstrate quality TVET provision.