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Place-based initiatives: building adaptive and resilient communities

What is a place-based initiative?

Key Attributes:

• Grounded & operating in a specific geographic location
• SMEs are the primary conduit for delivery of objectives & outputs
• Variety of lead agents, such as community groups, local councils, chambers of commerce or government
• Aim to address local challenges through greater incidence of responsible business practice

Research objectives

• To identify a subset of diverse but representative place-based SME initiatives from a larger contemporary national group
• To define a specific set of categories that typify contemporary national place-based SME initiatives (typologies)
• To make recommendations to government (at all levels) about the best ways to create, encourage & sustain place-based SME programs

Research Methodology Map

Typologies of place-based initiatives

• Community-based
• Local Government stand-alone
• Local Government collectively
• Regional Organisations
• State Government
• Federal Government
• International Agencies

 Download a PDF which provides a definition of each of the above typologies and some examples

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View Australian & International Place-based Case Studies

Submit your own place-based case study!

Do you have a place-based initiative you would like to share? If so we have created a brief template for you to fill out- we will review it and if the contents are suitable then we will profile it on the HUB.

Download the place based project template

Email your completed template through to us at rbp@ethics.org.au

Project Collaborators

The Centre would like to acknowledge the following individuals and their organisations that have contributed their time and expertise to the place-based segment of the National SME Project.

 

Damien Blackwell
CleanBiz Officer, Sustainability Programs Section, EPA Division,
Dept of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment


Wayne Wescott
Former CEO of ICLEI

Linda Hancock
Associate Professor
Deakin University

Peter Davies
Vice Chair, UK Sustainable Development Commission