Services to Members
Business Services
TropLinks can offer a range of services to help grow your business into international markets. Initial guidance is offered free of charge to members and intensive assistance can be arranged on a fee for service basis through our expert panel of service providers. As a service to members, TropLinks will exert a degree of quality control over any assignment to ensure member satisfaction.
The business services offered to members as part of their membership fee includes:
- Commercial market intelligence
- International business opportunities identification such as development aid funded projects through agencies such as AusAID, NZAid, World Bank and Asian Development Bank as well as commercial projects such as the PNG LNG pipeline.
- Business matching for members interested in growing their business into international markets.
- Inclusion of profile on TropLinks website to increase reputation and credibility through tropical expertise branding and to allow capability to be searched by buyers or users of tropical expertise who are seeking a particular capability,
- Providing members with TropLinks templates for CV and capability statements. Members will be assisted in the development of a suitable profile that is easily searched and highlights capability concisely.
Consortia Building Services
By placing members into consortia they can tender for projects which are beyond the scope of smaller members to bid for individually. Forming consortia also allows members to pursue larger projects where complementary capabilities are needed for a range of services. Groups will be formed through domestic or international linkages or a combination of both. TropLinks offers members:
- Ability to source consortia allies for international projects
- Tender Project Team facilitation and professional guidance
- Website providing an online ‘workspace’ for project team communication in real-time to enhance business efficiency. This includes a secure platform for posting documents and a private discussion board for separate project teams to share information.
Funding, grants and capital raising services
TropLinks can help members find appropriate funding, grants or capital raising opportunities to assist with their business growth. This includes an exclusive member’s only section within our website where the most up-to-date information about government and industry funding initiatives and grant programs is available. TropLinks can also assist members with:
- Commercialisation funding
- Inward investment
- Outward investment
Networking and Marketing services
As part of TropLinks ongoing networking and marketing services, members will have the opportunity to participate in:
- TropLinks International Symposium which focuses on ‘The business of Tropical Expertise’
- Opportunity to be represented at trade expos as part of the TropLinks brand. Trade expos may be domestic or international.
- Trade missions to engage with priority markets and build on members networks of international contacts.
Promotion of the Tropical Expertise concept
Our research and discussions with buyers of goods and services indicates that the concept of tropical expertise is received favourably since it “makes sense” to use techniques and methods that are directly relevant to tropical conditions. This assists strongly in marketing of goods and services branded under the Tropical Expertise umbrella. We will assist members to capitalise on the concept of Tropical Expertise by:
- Undertaking international marketing of member’s Tropical Expertise capabilities,
- Provide corporate leadership in tropical expertise sector ensuring government assistance meets the changing needs of members
