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collaboration meetings occurred just before the COVID-19 pandemic. These meetings <br />represented a starting point for a partnership that will deepen and grow over the next several <br />years. The RPU had participation from core partners, employers, chambers, and unions. The <br />Orange RPU regional organizer will continue to lead the sector partnership work. <br /> <br />The goal of the RPU sector partnership strategy is three-fold: <br />1. Conduct regular sector meetings with employers to identify common industry priorities, <br />address shared vitality issues, and understand hiring and training needs to create a <br />pipeline of qualified candidates in growing sectors. <br />2. Develop workforce strategies in partnership with adult education, community colleges, <br />and other partners that include mapping career pathways, work-based learning, and <br />apprenticeship programs. <br />3. Unify and coordinate business engagement efforts by all partners to minimize duplication <br />of efforts, minimize employer fatigue, and promote systemic change that benefits the <br />industry, workers, and the community. <br />To address upward income mobility and improve economic self-sufficiency, continuous and <br />authentic industry leadership and shifts in workforce strategies are needed to transition low-skill <br />job seekers into middle-skill careers and address underemployment in the region. The pandemic <br />has slowed the industry sector’s work progress. The RPU is still committed to re-engaging <br />employers and partners and building upon the industry sector work started. <br /> <br />The RPU will work jointly with the Los Angeles/Orange County Regional Consortium (LAOCRC) as <br />the lead sector strategy convening team. LAOCRC serves as a regional framework to <br />communicate, coordinate, collaborate, promote and plan career and technical education and <br />workforce and economic development in the Los Angeles/Orange County Region. In Orange <br />County, LAOCRC includes nine community colleges and one stand-alone continuing education <br />(noncredit) center within four community college districts. LAOCRC Regional Consortium has <br />identified separate priority sectors for each subregion. Orange County community college sectors <br />are shown below. Four of the community college sectors align with the Orange RPU priority industry <br />sectors; however, the RPU changed the titles to match those of the community college to ensure no <br />confusion on the region’s priority industries. <br /> <br />Priority Sectors for the OC Region <br />Sectors <br />Community <br />Colleges Orange RPU <br />Advanced Manufacturing   <br />Advanced Transportation & Logistics  <br />Life Sciences/Biotech  <br />Business and Entrepreneurship  <br />Energy, Construction, and Utilities  <br />Healthcare   <br />ICT/Digital Media   <br />Retail, Hospitality, & Tourism   <br />EXHIBIT 1