Program Overview
This program will create successful models for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that are appropriate to remote locations and inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. It will facilitate 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 will address 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 will include:
- 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.
Research Projects
Aboriginal Cultural Enterprise
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Economies
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tourism Product
