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The Council will examine the education and retraining issue as a major study <br />�- area. Potential topics include: How do the education and retraining programs <br />offered by various sectors overlap? What gaps exist between programs? What <br />are the revelant skills needed for future long-term employment and are they <br />being taught? How do the skills taught at vocational -technical institutes mesh <br />with the skills demanded in the private sector? Are plans to retrain displaced <br />manufacturing workers adequate? Is there a role for the Metropolitan Council <br />in helping to coordinate the various programs in the Region? <br />MENT IN THE <br />J. <br />AND MEASURELTHENIMPACTIOFWILL GOVERNMENTRPROGRAMSCONESUCHPREGION <br />DEVELOPMENT. <br />Evaluation is an important part of the planning process. Since the Council is <br />undertaking new roles with respect to economic development, it is important to <br />develop a base of data for evaluating the impact of the Council"s programs as <br />well as other programs. It is also important that the programs be monitored <br />and evaluated. Examples of factors that could be monitored include the <br />foltaxlbase, thehamounter of jobs created, of income generatedthe anddtheanetalue benefiteofto the a projectproperty <br />(comparing the tax revenue produced versus the amount of public money <br />invested). <br />13 <br />