Thrust 1 in MPB emphasizes on the development of Malaysian talent. This is a crucial step in building the workforce of the future.

There is now an urgent need to align the mindset of all Malaysians to raise the number of highly skilled workers, reduce dependence on foreign workers, especially the low -skilled, and equip Malaysians with the necessary knowledge so that we can all be future ready.

Hence, MEPN take intiative to set up partnership between the government  and industry associations to up-skill  existing employees with the objectives: 

1)	To provide industry process improvement knowledge to selected TVET trainers from MEIF-TVET Strategic Partners to enable them to impart such practical knowledge to students (future workforce);
2)	To enhance the capabilities of the future workforces in Industry 4.0 transformation; and
3)	To showcase the project best practices in national convention programmes.