Page 625 - Week 02 - Thursday, 9 March 2006

• Better understanding of tourism, visitation and event potential associated with gardens.

• Better understanding of the governance issues and management models.

• Better understanding of the issues surrounding managing endowments, gifts and fundraising.

• Promoting community involvement and the potential for volunteering.

• Maintaining bilateral relations with Canberra’s longest standing Sister City.

• Promoting Canberra as an education, and tourist destination.

Washington

• Promoting bilateral trade and investment.

• Increasing awareness of the ACT as a travel destination.

• Promoting the significance of Canberra as the National Capital, the home of Australia’s decision makers as an advantage to investing in Canberra.

• Developing the ACT’s international partnerships for growth to support ACT enterprise access new markets.

• Leveraging the global reach of ACT companies already operating in new markets.

• Leveraging Ministerial participation by getting access to key decision makers for companies on the mission.

• Sharing information on economic development policies and trends with global economic development agencies.

Philadelphia, BIO 2005

• Showcasing the ACT biotechnology industry at a global forum.

• Sharing information with global economic development agencies and research institutions on industry development trends and initiatives.

• Meeting Steve Burrill, major biotechnology investment fund operator, to discuss strategic partnerships with ACT investment funds.

• Being part of the Australian biotechnology community on the Australian Pavilion.

• Creating opportunities for ACT companies and research institutions to participate in BIO’s business and research matching program.

• Instilling a sense of pride within the Canberra biotechnology industry and demonstrating that the ACT biotechnology outputs are world class.

(b) ACT Government Ministerial Delegation to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar (Mr Quinlan, March 2005)

• Promoting bilateral trade and investment.

• Increasing awareness of the ACT as a travel destination.

• Promoting the ACT’s research and development capacity.

• Marketing the ACT as a centre for educating foreign students.

• Extending the ACT’s network of international contacts and partnerships to assist ACT companies into the future.