Enterprise Development

Program Overview

This program created successful models for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that are appropriate to remote locations and inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

It facilitated their survival and growth in the long term so that they can employ more people in remote Australia, providing the ‘engine room’ for jobs and livelihoods.

It addressed barriers to growth, such as distance from markets, fragile or faulty supply chains and the scope for efficiencies to overcome high production costs.

Outputs

The outputs of the Enterprise Development Program included:

• New management tools for more efficient and precise pastoral enterprise management.
• A model for the development of commercially valuable plants that is acceptable to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culture that can be applied to a wide range of prospective plant species
• Effective value chain models for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and tourism, harnessing new market opportunities
• Models of new business opportunities for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people using cultural assets
• Training and mentoring packages
• At least 11 post-graduate students; 20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people trained as paid field researchers, 5 honours, VET or vacation students.