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the Canberra Investment Promotion Program launched in March this year to promote Canberra as a business/investment destination, both interstate and overseas;
a Business License Information Service (BLIS) established to promote a one-stop system, so that users can receive all ACT, NSW and Commonwealth Government licences, permits, approvals or registrations;
the ACT Supply and Tender Agency, set up to assist local businesses to take full advantage of opportunities to competitively supply goods and services to the Government;
the National Industry Extension Service, in which the Government has assisted over 60 ACT companies in areas such as. business planning and strategic planning;
Quality Assurance seminars being run to inform local businesses how to be more internationally competitive by meeting client needs, streamlining . operations and reducing costs; .
co-ordination of Commonwealth. Government development programs such as the Business Skills Migrant Program,. the New Enterprise Improvement Scheme, Jobskills and other national industry assistance programs that provide private sector consultancy services, information awareness and assistance to business;
examining cross-border issues, particularly varying, regulations which affect business;
developing a Canberra Region Prospectus. to encourage investment and attract new businesses to the Canberra Region in consultation with the NSW Government;
assisting in the location of five. Co-operative Research Centres in Canberra, with the ACT Government funding a Government officer to work with the Centre for Advanced Computational Systems at the Australian National University;
development and implementation. of a strategy to attract National Associations to establish in Canberra; .
provision of assistance to small and medium size end in establishing new
and expanded business in the ACT, particularly the education, information and
advance technology, tourism, and rural value added industries;
specific initiatives with a number of high profile companies such-as Optus, Total Peripherals, Open Solutions Centre, CAMBIA and ACER;
assisting the Federal Airport Corporation (FAC) in the examination of the viability of an international airfreight centre in Canberra;
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