A key area for policy in South Africa is how to develop a strong foundation of labour market information and
to provide the type of intelligence and signals that can help government, stakeholders, education and
training providers, and students to make more informed decisions about how resources are invested in
skills development, education and training. In order to address this need the DHET initiated a four year
Labour Market Intelligence Partnership (LMIP) project, with research to be conducted by an HSRC
consortium. The project investigates labour market and skill issues, with a view to produce recommendations
on how education and training institutions could respond to signals from the labour market, with the goal
of developing a credible skills planning mechanism for South Africa.