COMET Auckland is a Council Controlled Organisation of Auckland Council, and also an independent Charitable Trust. Our mission is to drive systems change to make education and skills more effective and equitable across Auckland. As a charitable trust and CCO of Auckland Council, we are uniquely placed to drive systems change because we are the only Auckland-based organisation that takes a cross-sector, helicopter view of our education and skills system and that can focus long-term on the learning-related goals and targets in the Auckland Plan. This means we can identify the most pressing gaps and opportunities and bring the right people together across education, business, community and government to design, advocate and incubate actions that harness education to drive Auckland’s economic and social development.