We're inviting you to be part of PowerMakers, a program created to empower First Nations leaders' own clean energy solutions within our communities and on Country.

You’re invited to our PowerMakers webinar which will provide key information to help our First Nations members decide whether to participate in PowerMakers 2024.

Building on the success of PowerMakers 2023, we're excited to bring PowerMakers 2024 to Walyalup (Fremantle) from Monday 4 November to Friday 8 November 2024.

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)

One PowerMaker is presenting at a conference in Perth today, and two others are co-facilitating hydrogen information sessions for target First Nations communities over the next couple of months, highlighting the personal development and leadership opportunities in attending the Network’s PowerMakers capacity building program.

Our 5-day PowerMakers program designed to empower First Nations people to drive First Nations participation in and ownership of clean energy solutions in communities and negotiate partnership, equity and ownership outcomes started yesterday in Cairns, with 30 First Nations leaders attending.

We're excited to tell you about a new transformative 5-day program for First Nations we've developed that is starting today.

We are busy preparing for our inaugural PowerMakers clean energy capacity building training program to be delivered to 30 targeted First Nations participants from 23-27 October 2023 in Cairns, Queensland.