LEN Network – State
Northern Mallee LLEN Exectuive Officer, met with LLEN Executive Officer’s frequently throughout the year. The meetings governed by an Agenda with a strategic focus on;

• Department of Education funding arrangement feedback through LLEN Executive
• 2025 Common Funding Agreement, network and regional delivery requirements.
• 2025 Performance Framework, network and regional requirements.
• Industry partnerships, national and small medium enterprise scaling.
• Cross border agreements, between LLENs.
• Regional and Metropolitan Work Based Learning collaborations.
• Future Common Funding Agreement and DE negotiations.
• VET Cluster Transitional Program funding.
• VDSS Transport Fund.
  
• The Northern Mallee Executive Officer attended three LLEN State Network Meetings in 2025.

LLEN Network – Regional
As part of the Loddon Mallee LLEN Partnership, Northern Mallee LLEN worked closely in 2025 with North Central, Goldfields, Campaspe Cohuna, Central Ranges, and Murray Mallee LLENs. This network leveraged strong industry partnerships to create experiences for students from Year 7 through Year 12. On a Mallee Regional level the Northern Mallee LLEN meets regularly with North Central and Murray Mallee LLENs. Working with regional LLENs enables us to share scalable models such as the group work experience model example of the Broader Horizons Program. The Regional LLENs partnership’s strategic responses often address skills shortages, builds early aspiration, and ensures that rural students have access to high-quality, place-based career education.