Services
The Foundation for Regional Development will have a
substantial depth of skills within its staff, as the Country
Week Team transitions. They will take with them
contacts and partnerships with a number of highly
respected and skilled consultants in order to offer a
more substantial range of services.
The services available are as follows:
Events and Expos
Events provide an opportunity to interface with potential new customers,
residents and business owners and the Foundation can support with these
events:
- Country & Regional Living Expo
- Conferences
- Targeted events for individual communities or clusters
Research
The Foundation for Regional Development is able to
offer research services across a broad range of areas
including:
- Skills shortages
- Population shift
- Business sector needs analysis
- Training needs analysis
- Community analysis
- Attraction strategies for businesses
Planning and Growth
The Foundation is able to provide services and support
in planning and growth, particularly in the areas
below:
- Develop and implement skills shortage
strategies
- Population growth: individual/families
attraction, relocation and retention
- Marketing for business attraction, relocation
and retention
- Community growth and development
- Follow up systems for expos and events
Marketing
Marketing is a key component in community
development in all areas including population growth,
tourism and economic development. The Foundation
is able to offer the following marketing services:
- Planning and cost analysis
- Community marketing strategy
- Implementation
- Assessment
Training
Training provides crucial support to ensure program
implementation is effective. The Foundation can
provide training in a wide range of areas including:
- Promoting and marketing communities
- Networking and developing community
partnerships
- Maximising results at events and expos
- Sponsorship attraction and management
Support
The Foundation for Regional Development is able to
provide the following support, as a one off, or on an
ongoing basis:
- Mentoring
- Provide interview panellists
- Job description development
- Staff recruitment
