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- Backward Linkages (Supplying Extractives)
- Building the Capacity of Local Businesses
- Mentorship, Training, and Skills
Mentorship, Training, and Skills
At a glance
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Efforts to mentor and train local businesses are ideally context specific.
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Programs may be set up by the public or private sector, or by both together. They may function at the level of a project, region, or nation.
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A typical training plan covers a comprehensive set of subjects such as business management, quality assessment, environmental issues, occupational health and safety, finance and costing, sales and marketing, product management, and administration.
Case Studies
- Business Linkages: Lessons, Opportunities and Challenges (Anna Akhalkatsi, Amanda Gardiner, Beth Jenkins, Brad Roberts)
- Procuring from SMEs in Local Communities: A Good Practice Guide for the Australian Mining, Oil and Gas Sectors (Mary-Anne Barclay, David Brereton, Ana Maria Esteves, Daniel Samson)
Topic Briefing
As described in the subtopic Assessing the Current Situation, the capacity gaps of local suppliers can be wide ranging, requiring context-specific responses. Efforts to mentor, train, and otherwise develop the skills and capacity of local businesses should be adapted to meet the specific needs of each context, rather than replicating existing programs that may have been successful elsewhere.