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collaboration meetings occurred just before the COVID-19 pandemic. These meetings represented a starting point for a partnership that will deepen and grow over the next several years. The RPU had participation from core partners, employers, chambers, and unions. The Orange RPU regional organizer will continue to lead the sector partnership work. The goal of the RPU sector partnership strategy is three -fold: 1. Conduct regular sector meetings with employers to identify common industry priorities, address shared vitality issues, and understand hiring and training needs to create a pipeline of qualified candidates in growing sectors. 2. Develop workforce strategies in partnership with adult education, community colleges, and other partners that include mapping career pathways, work -based learning, and apprenticeship programs. 3. Unify and coordinate business engagement efforts by all partners to minimize duplication of efforts, minimize employer fatigue, and promote systemic change that benefits the industry, workers, and the community. To address upward income mobility and improve economic self-sufficiency, continuous and authentic industry leadership and shifts in workforce strategies are needed to transition low -skill job seekers into middle -skill careers and address underemployment in the region. The pandemic has slowed the industry sector's work progress. The RPU is still committed to re-engaging employers and partners and building upon the industry sector work started. The RPU will work jointly with the Los Angeles/Orange County Regional Consortium (LAOCRC) as the lead sector strategy convening team. LAOCRC serves as a regional framework to communicate, coordinate, collaborate, promote and plan career and technical education and workforce and economic development in the Los Angeles/Orange County Region. In Orange County, LAOCRC includes nine community colleges and one stand-alone continuing education (noncredit) center within four community college districts. LAOCRC Regional Consortium has identified separate priority sectors for each subregion. Orange County community college sectors are shown below. Four of the community college sectors align with the Orange RPU priority industry sectnrt; however, the RPU changed the titles to match those of the community college to ensure no confusion on Lhe region's prioriLy industries. Sectors for the OC Advanced Manufacturing ✓ ✓ Advanced Transportation & Logistics ✓ Life Sciences/Biotech ✓ Business and Entrepreneurship ✓ Energy. Construction, and Utilities ✓ Healthcare ✓ ✓ ICT/Digital Mrdia ✓ ✓ Retail, Hospitality, & Tourism ✓ ✓ City Council 24 — 20 4/6/2021