Note, as announced by the Government in the Budget on Tuesday, 13 May 2008 a streamlined Global Opportunities program will be transferred to Austrade. Content on this site relating to Global Opportunities is currently being reviewed.
The Global Opportunities (GO) Program assists Australian industry to link into global supply chains and bid for work on major international projects. It also encourages multinational enterprises to make further investments in Australia.
The Australian Government is providing $254.1 million over ten years from 2007-08 for the Global Opportunities Program.
- The GO Program assists Australian industry to bid for work in global supply chains and major international projects and encourages multinational enterprises to make further investments in Australia.
- The Global Opportunities (GO) Program was announced in May 2007.
- The GO Program targets global opportunities for which there is competitive Australian industry capability and capacity in the manufacturing and services sectors and a role for the Government in improving access to opportunities and in developing a team approach by Australian industry, including small and medium enterprises, to pursuing global opportunities.
- The GO Program is designed to underpin long-term, coordinated and strategic approaches by industry capability teams to pursue global opportunities with the support of the Australian Government.
- Global opportunities targeted under the Program will be substantial, representing total commercial value in excess of A$500 million over a foreseeable period.
- The program also involves encouraging multinational enterprises already in Australia to make further investments, as well as partnering with Australian small and medium sized enterprises and research institutions.
- The GO Program can be contacted by email at go@innovation.gov.au.
Follow the links below to find out more about the Program: