Desert Knowledge Australia

BACKGROUND

The $10 million Desert Knowledge Australia Outback Business Networks Project will significantly strengthen the SME sector in regional areas helping to build local economies. The project establishes new networks and supports existing regional networks in nine regions across outback Australia. These regional networks are linked across State/Territory borders, forming cross border industry networks. This cross border network development service enables business owners and manages to explore and develop collaborative business opportunities and gain other benefits of business networking.  

The nine regions connected through the network are:  
Pilbara WA 
Midwest/Gascoyne WA 
Kalgoorlie/Boulder WA 
Central Australia NT 
Barkly NT 
Far North SA 
Far West NSW 
Central West Qld, and 
North West Qld

Desert Knowledge Australia in partnership with the Pilbara Development Commission provides a network development service that links local and regional business networks across industries and across borders. Through these services, businesses are made aware of the benefits of business networking, meet with related businesses both locally and across regions, and then address collaborative business opportunities.

Creating opportunities through:
• virtual face to face coordinated training programs
• Business development workshops
• Meetings and information sessions
• Online communications and collaborative forums.


LATEST UPDATE

National Launch of the Desert Knowledge Australia Outback Business Networks Project will be on Monday 14th September 2009. The Hon Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research will officially launch the project from Parliament House in Canberra via video-conference with Alice Springs and audio links with the eight other regions connected by the Project. The Pilbara Development Commission will be participating in the national launch with the Karratha and Port Hedland offices holding events to mark the occasion.


CONTACT

Lee Sweeney
(08) 9173 8410
lee.sweeney@pdc.wa.gov.au


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