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title: field note | a model for workforce development
description: OWDP has been recognized as a best practice on the provincial level, with concepts being implemented across and beyond the economic region.
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# [field note | a model for workforce development](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/field-notes/a-model-for-workforce-development)

 Written by [the Tamarack Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/field-notes/author/tamarack-institute) | Mar 16, 2020 12:41:00 PM

Workforce Development is about economic prosperity, but what makes this approach unique is that it focuses on people rather than businesses. It can typically be classified as place-based whereby strategies address the needs of people living in a particular area, or sector-based with strategies focusing on skills and matching those to employment in the region.

On a Community of Practice call for Municipal and Regional Government Representatives, we heard from Oxford County, a Cities Reducing Poverty member, about its model of workforce development. Oxford Workforce Development Partnership (OWDP) has been recognized as a best practice on the provincial level, with concepts being implemented across and beyond the economic region.

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