CANBERRA — The Indigenous Australian procurement strategy for the Australian aid program is receiving awards and international recognition — with the hope that it will lead to new opportunities for indigenous people globally to see development as an opportunity for business and economic growth.
In July, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade received a diversity inclusion award at the Australasia Conference and Supply Management Awards 2019 and was a finalist in the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management Asia-Pacific awards — with both recognizing that DFAT was making diversity, including Indigenous diversity, more than just a “tick and flick” action as part of procurement processes.
But the Australian aid program seeks to do more than just provide opportunities to Indigenous business.