Gaining a Competitive Advantage
Monday, April 6th, 2009 by LianneBrown
L-R: Graham Poon, Ross Contarino, Kathy Rankin & Robin Povey, International Development Assistance Manager with GHD
More than 30 members of the Australian Tropical Expertise Consortium turned out for an international development business opportunities seminar and networking event last week.
Held at Tropics Restaurant at the Tropical Institute of TAFE, the seminar featured special guest speaker Robin Povey, the International Development Assistance Manager with GHD.
The seminar began with an update on intelligence received and outcomes from the Australian Consulting Trade Mission to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila last month from March 4-6.
The presentations by mission leaders Kathy Rankin and Graham Poon provided great insight into how well the Tropical Expertise delegation was received in Manila. Both Kathy and Graham were particularly pleased with the response to tropical Queensland’s unique capabilities through Tropical Expertise, with contacts made from the mission acknowledging the region has a competitive advantage in this field.
Mr Povey provide an overview of the GHD experience on AusAID, ADB and World Bank projects in the Asia Pacific Region, and highlighted some key and pragmatic aspects, for experienced and new players alike, when bidding and implementing Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects. GHD holds an impressive record of a 90% success rate in tender short listing with the ADB.
Robin Povey, International Development Assistance Manager with GHD
