When Traditional Owners and communities are engaged as genuine partners, projects develop faster, creating better value for investors and decreasing risk. First Nations leadership, ownership, jobs, business opportunities and critically, protection of valuable cultural heritage and the environment, are key to good outcomes.
Building the capacity of our leaders to equitably participate is one of the key platforms of the First Nations Clean Energy Network.
Our inaugural PowerMakers capacity building program in 2023 with 32 determined First Nations leaders explored the energy landscape, and the necessary tools for bringing renewable energy projects to life, maximising benefits for community, building strong partnerships, mastering negotiation, and mapping project financing with equity in mind.
With PowerMakers #2 scheduled for later this year, we ask our PowerMakers '23 cohort what they got out of the program, how have they applied what they learnt, and what the next PowerMakers cohort should expect?
SPEAKERS: Neil Purcell, Donna Krause, Cameron Smith, Desmond Mongoo, Gudju Gudju, Keicha Day (Facilitator)