About ORIC training

On this page you will find a description of ORIC training.

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Training objectives and outcomes

Our principal training objectives are to:

• improve the skills of potential and existing directors through their individual accreditation against key competencies
• improve governance and management within developing sectors (for example, family violence, women's organisations, highest risk essential service organisations)
• facilitate the progress of this project by mainstream providers—with ORIC providing limited, highly targeted and tailored special training in conjunction with other related initiatives.

The outcomes we expect from the training are:

• improved directorship and management for targeted individuals and corporations
• recognised accreditation of directors against competencies
• widely accessible training solutions for directors—available through mainstream and Indigenous-specific providers.

Who is our training for?

The training courses are designed for directors, members and key staff from multiple Indigenous corporations. By bringing people from different corporations together we hope to maximise information sharing, networking opportunities, problem solving practice and the generation of ideas affecting Indigenous corporations and communities in a region.

ORIC develops the training schedule for specific regions and the corporations within these regions.

Review of training

A review of training is currently underway. The results will be published in 2009.

A previous review in 2005 found:

'The program improves the social capital of corporations, and is having sustained environmental, cultural, social and economic impacts... All the graduates perceived that the learnings gained lead to a transformation in the way in which they understood their roles and responsibilities and had equipped them with the necessary skills to perform their core functions effectively and efficiently.' Social Compass 2005

Our training partners

ORIC has partnership arrangements with the Victorian and South Australian governments to deliver training using ORIC products and approved trainers.

People from Indigenous corporations, organisations and associations in Victoria and South Australia can apply to attend their courses. Tasmanian people from Indigenous corporations registered with ORIC can also apply for the Victorian courses. ORIC will pay for travel and accommodation for these participants.

For information about courses in these states please call:

• Aboriginal Affairs Victoria—phone 03 9208 3255
• Department of Premier and Cabinet, South Australia—phone 08 8226 7037.

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