Government's themes for RS&T
The government has recently signalled six fundamental drivers to boost New Zealand's economic performance and improve our standard of living. One of those is innovation. A significant driver of innovation is the Government's investment in research, science and technology. In his keynote speech to the science sector in August 2009, the Minister for RS&T Hon Dr Wayne Mapp signalled the following four themes as being critically important to improving the RS&T sector and maximising its contribution to New Zealand's economy.
- Enhancing migration from lab to marketplace
Improving the ability of businesses to connect with scientists and to draw science out of the lab to realise commercial opportunities.
- Strategic investment in public good science to support our economy
Strengthening our core to support our present and future economic base.
- Boosting economic growth through market-driven research
Ensuring that in the applied sciences, progress towards end goals is more sharply defined, and the pathway towards it is managed better.
- Simplifying the system
Making the system simpler for the users, be they scientists or businesses.
As work in this area progresses, more information will be made available via this page.