About Innovation Upper Murray

The Project

Innovation Upper Murray is an exciting opportunity for our region to participate in building an improved and resilient future for all.

The project uses Smart Specialisation Strategy to analyse the community strengths and potential with the goal of creating a set of projects ready for investment.

The starting point of the Smart Specialisation process was a close examination of the existing status of economic, social and environmental characteristics of the area, and the publications and reports generated by the Upper Murray community groups and Shires the region sits across to produce a regional context analysis.

Through that analysis, the assets and resources which are available to support economic innovation were made clear, as well as the key policy initiatives that are relevant to the region. Five innovation opportunities were proposed as a conclusion of this report.

The following stage was a series of Entrepreneurial Discovery Workshops, to investigate in detail each opportunity and understand which ones are worth pursuing. Following the workshops, four innovation opportunities were approved for further investigation and progressed to Innovation Working Groups.

The Innovation Upper Murray project is supported by Upper Murray Inc., Upper Murray Community Recovery Committee, Towong shire and the department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Innovation Opportunities

The five potential innovation opportunities outlined below were further investigated and reviewed through an Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP). Four moved to the following stage - Innovation Working Groups (IWG), to elaborate tangible projects for funding applications.