Without limiting the scope of issues the parties will need to address in the IPF, the following matters will be addressed as part of the mandate of the committee:
| ➢ | Strategies to promote job retention and employment creation |
To investigate and seek consensus on all those factors that contribute to the decline of the industry in terms of output, employment, contribution to the GDP etc. To design strategies and implementation plans to grow investment, skills jobs and markets.
| ➢ | Strategies to modernize and transform the MEIBC |
To develop strategies and implementation plans that secure the long term future of the council parties on a level playing field that is globally competitive.
| ▪ | Grading and new entry level minimum rates |
| ▪ | Any other relevant policy |
| ➢ | Industrial and Trade Policy |
To develop strategies and implementation plans and secure the consensus of the appropriate stakeholders on such matters as:
| ▪ | Trade and tariff policies |
| ▪ | Importation of steel products by parastatals |
| ▪ | Export opportunities and demand site measures |
| ▪ | National power and water challenges |
| ▪ | Any other relevant policy |
| ➢ | Rationalization and optimization of industry institutions |
To develop strategies and implementation plan to optimize the use of industry funds to achieve improvements in:
| ▪ | Training and skills development |
| ▪ | Any other relevant institutions |
