Tues 26 - Fri 29 May 2009                Brewarrina, NSW

Workshop 1: DEVELOP FUNDS AND RESOURCES (CVFAS03A)

Workshop 2: NETWORK WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CVNWC01A)

Background Information

Replacing the Creative Volunteering program Business Skills for Creative People' is an innovative range of skills development courses.

The Course in Business Skills for Creative People program aims to increase the professional skills of volunteer workers in the arts and collections sectors in regional and remote Australia through the delivery of accredited short-course training modules.

Recognising the low take-up by Indigenous people during the initial roll-out of the program, in 2007 the Regional Arts Fund provided funding to increase Indigenous engagement with the initiative. The project delivered a pilot program with modified training delivery in the Girringun community near Cardwell in Queensland and in Ceduna in South Australia.

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Course in business skills for creative people

Course Code 40594SA

Smart in business is a nationally recognised skills development program for people who volunteer and work in the arts and cultural sector in regional Australia.

The course was reaccredited for five years in May 2008 as “Course in business skills for creative people” and replaces the course known as “Creative Volunteering: No Limits”.

The Course in Business Skills for Creative People program aims to increase the professional skills of volunteer workers in the arts and collections sectors in regional and remote Australia through the delivery of accredited short-course training modules. 

Recognising the low take-up by Indigenous people during the initial roll-out of the program, in 2007 the Regional Arts Fund provided funding to increase Indigenous engagement with the initiative.  The project delivered a pilot program with modified training delivery in the Girringun community near Cardwell in Queensland and in Ceduna in South Australia.

Extension of the Indigenous Pilot

The overarching long-term objective of the Pilot is to provide equitable access to training opportunities for Indigenous communities, particularly given their high level of disadvantage and the potential for arts activities to provide positive cultural, social and economic outcomes for Indigenous people.

Federal funding has been provided to extend the Pilot to a second stage, with objectives to:

• further trial the findings and recommendations of stage one of the Pilot, particularly in more remote and isolated Indigenous communities; and

• deliver targeted training aimed to increase the capacity of participating Indigenous communities to manage cultural projects and businesses.

Funding will enable the delivery of two workshops (4 days) in five Indigenous communities.

Extension of the Indigenous Pilot -Now Stage 2

The overarching long-term objective of the Pilot is to provide equitable access to training opportunities for Indigenous communities, particularly given their high level of disadvantage and the potential for arts activities to provide positive cultural, social and economic outcomes for Indigenous people.

The course offers ten units - one core and nine electives.

Core Unit: Network within communities

Single elective units
Network within communities (CVNWC01A)
Carry out business planning (CVBSP02A)
Develop funds and resources (CVFAS03A)
Undertake marketing (CVMGP04A)
Work with collections (CVWWC05A)
Plan and program events (CVPPE06A)
Contribute to effective organisation governance (CVGOV07A)
Cultivate productive relationships (CVTPF08A)

Double elective units (not available in Pilot)
Train others (VCVRT09A, TAAENV405B, TAADEL301B)
Manage a project (CUSADM03A)