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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please find below opportunities for women with disabilities who are business owners. Please share with women with disabilities in your DPOs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Find attached the Invitation and application form for your information both in word and PDF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please note the due date of the opportunity which is
<b>25 August 2017.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For more information please contact Ms Suzanne Bent of DFAT on email at
</span><a href="mailto:suzanne.bent@dfat.gov.au"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">suzanne.bent@dfat.gov.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vinaka<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Simi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Subject:</b> Opportunity for women entrepreneurs: a new Australia Award short course: applications close 25 August [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UNCLASSIFIED</span></strong><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Gender and Eco Growth colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt">Just in case you missed it, I wanted to draw your attention to a cable request received yesterday: '</span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="Notes://SUVA-DG02L/CC2580A9007BB0E9/EC06EF652DB4B64BCA256E460018198B/5595147482F42357CC25817500176E32"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">Ideas
2.0 - Australia Awards: Women Trading Globally Short Course: Call for Applications</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt">'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt">We have been asked to share this training opportunity with all of our women in business networks ASAP, given applications close 25 August.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt">I have drafted an email below that you may like to draw from to share with your contacts. You may also like to include it on your Post Facebook pages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt">Good luck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt">Suzanne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UNCLASSIFIED</span></strong><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Dear All<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">In your collective roles/ positions as champions for supporting women in business, I’d like to alert you to a new initiative of the Australian Government and we’d be very grateful for your support. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">DFAT is piloting a new Australia Awards short course that aims to help build the capacity of women to trade. The course is offered to
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Pacific women with their own business who have the potential to become ‘export ready’.</span>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The inaugural course is scheduled for 12‒24 November in Brisbane and Sydney, and it has been co-designed by the Export Council of Australia, Charles Sturt University and DFAT. All costs (flights, accommodation, incidentals,
study fees) are funded by the Australian Government. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Applications close on <b>25 August 2017</b>. I have attached the application form as well as a brochure about the initiative, and this info is also available on line
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https://globalalumni.gov.au/News/Details%3fArticleId%3d494&c=E,1,5JgFaPS_hcvI2sICD5K6fEtAOwGMTb2e7SC6o8IJicqoLnA2dYutrx2_e1OuhvUx2jtqwtgbMDaZDuLyuJTwTiHBf0vg7xeK621sYW7ucJnghCkW7plgYQ2ZvQ,,&typo=1">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://globalalumni.gov.au/News/Details?ArticleId=494</span></a>. The application form is hopefully not too onerous.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">We would be very grateful for your assistance in sharing this opportunity with your networks.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Many thanks in advance for any support you may be able to offer. We hope to have excellent involvement from across the Pacific! (And apologies for any cross-posting)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Suzanne <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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