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Victorian Multicultural Business Advisory Council

Topics on this page include:

• Overview of the Victorian Multicultural Business Advisory Council
• Terms of Reference
• VMBAC Members
• Contact

Overview of the Victorian Multicultural Business Advisory Council

The Victorian Multicultural Business Advisory Council was established in September 2001 as a key multicultural policy commitment of the Victorian Government, with the aim of facilitating business opportunities that take advantage of Victoria’s cultural and linguistic resources.

Victorian Multicultural Business Advisory Council provides important input from the perspective of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) business communities. Specifically, the council's focus is on developing Victoria's export capabilities through making better use of the multicultural diversity which exists in this state.

The Council is chaired by Liz Beattie MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, and reports directly to Joe Helper MP, Minister for Small Business.

Appointments were made for the third term of the Victorian Multicultural Business Advisory Council in 2006. Currently the Government is considering applications for the Council's fourth term to begin on 25 November 2008.

Terms of Reference

The Council provides a peak body facilitating Government interaction with Victoria's ethnic business community. It contributes to the Government’s overall aim of improving the utilisation of business skills and opportunities presented by people from non-English speaking backgrounds to assist in employment and wealth creation for all Victorians.

The Council will operate under the direction and at the request of the Minister for Small Business and will:

• recommend strategies for building the export capabilities of Victoria's businesses
• act as a catalyst for the development of business opportunities that take advantage of Victoria's linguistic and cultural resources
• provide a forum for interaction and strategic business networking between ethnic business communities
• promote Victoria as a culturally diverse business centre
• facilitate greater communication of Government policies to ethnic business representatives

Small Business Victoria within the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) provides the secretariat support to the VMBAC.

VMBAC Members

Contact 

VMBAC Secretariat

Tel: (+61 3) 9651 9123