BPW Australia has long partnered with COSBOA – Council of Small Business Organisations Australia, and two BPWA Presidents have chaired the Council’s Leadership Team.

Two of COSBOA's current projects align strongly with BPWA aims, both funded under the Australian Government’s Women’s Leadership and Development Program: 

The Academy for Enterprising Girls is a fun and exciting entrepreneurship program, available FREE to all young women in Australia aged 10 – 18, The Academy is designed to cultivate young women’s skills in design thinking, entrepreneurial and business skills.

This is complemented by the Accelerator for Enterprising Women  is designed to support and empower young women aged 18 to 24 years to create self-made Job Maker career paths, pursue entrepreneurship as a viable career choice and to ensure Australia’s next generation of businesswomen have the skills required to run their own businesses and transform the industries in which they work.