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Regional Development
Last year we led a team delivering regional economic development planning under the AusAID IASTP III program for three provinces of Indonesia. This was a challenging project which grafted together “train-the-trainer” (TOT) skill with practical strategies for development. We were assisted by two excellent Indonesian economists from the Indonesian Government’s official research body, LIPI. These were Dr Latif Adam and Ms Esta Lestari—both with post-graduate degrees from Australia, as well as two very able TOT experts.

Bilateral Relations
At the end of 2008 Peter Dawson facilitated a Scoping study to identify bilateral projects under the Australia-Indonesia Working Group on Agriculture, Forestry and Food Cooperation.

P J Dawson “Goes LEAN”
At mid 2009 we are negotiating two projects under the Australian Government’s Enterprise Connect program which will apply “Lean thinking” principles—the basis upon which Toyota built “Just-in-Time” manufacturing and emerged as the world’s leading manufacturer of motor vehicles as well as our long-established core skills in business analysis and strategic planning.

ARITHMETIKA
This computer-based maths learning program has been developed over five years by senor Canberra maths teacher, Tony Allan. It is far and away the most advanced and flexible maths teaching software available anywhere in the world. Peter Dawson has worked with Tony on business planning and promotional aspects of the project which has significant national and international potential. It promises to be another in a succession of success stories for Canberra-based IT and technology companies.

Peter Dawson Takes the Chair of the Australia-Indonesia Business Council (AIBC) in the ACT
Peter Dawson has taken the chair of the Branch for the second time around, from the beginning of 2009 and lead a program of events that have attracted significant interest and seen membership rise sharply. It is a simple matter to join the AIBC through the web site www.aibc.com.au