Friday, June 11, 2010

Preparing for the shift of focus post WC 2010

Although the world´s eyes will be firmly fixed on South Africa for the next month, after July 11 the focus will shift quickly to Brazil and its ongoing preparations for the 2014 World Cup and Rio 2016 Olympics.

With this important date in mind, Austrade, through its Sao Paulo office, and Industry Capability Network, an organisation that introduces Australian companies to the supply chains of major projects worldwide, have put in place a number of new resources aimed at giving local businesses access to work opportunities stemming from these two mega-events: this website itself will provide regular, targeted news on big picture developments with possible prospects for Australian business, while a tenders database is also being developed as well as a more general information portal covering the two events. Simply explore the links on this site to check out what is available and how your company can benefit.

With this in mind, Austrade and ICN are keen to hear from Australian companies interested in exploring possible opportunities in Brazil, to help better define and target research and networking efforts in the country. Such proactive approaches are considered crucial to winning work on these two events with very real and immovable schedules.

Please get in touch with the Austrade and ICN contacts mentioned on this site to express your organisation’s interest and assist this important process.