NSW:
The Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) has established an Indigenous
Enterprise Hub at the RWA’s Redfern office to provide business support
to the Aboriginal community. The RWA has planned a business development
strategy with four elements:
• Aboriginal Enterprise Service
that operates out of and utilises the Authority’s office in Redfern. A
business consultant located at the RWA provides information on business
start-up and business development. Aboriginal people benefit from a one
to one approach with an experienced business advisor who can provide
strategic business information and guidance. Making the service
accessible locally will provide greater support to the indigenous
business community.
• Four enterprise workshops will be
delivered annually, focusing on key business topics. These workshops
will enhance the business skills of existing enterprises – as well as
inform Aboriginal people who are considering developing enterprises –
about business planning and financing.
• An Aboriginal Youth
Business Program is proposed to be delivered in 2006 for youth from
Alexandria Park Community School. This program will be used to show
Aboriginal youth how they can create job opportunities for themselves
and others to enable them to contribute to the economic development of
the Aboriginal community.
• The Indigenous Enterprise Hub will
also link private sector companies to Aboriginal businesses and support
the growth of Aboriginal enterprises.