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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 69

implementation of research strategies are set out in Appendix V.

Guidelines for allocating funds

Detailed guidelines for the allocation of funding, are set out in Appendix VI. These guidelines are intended to ensure that the allocation of funding follows a coherent set of principles and that overall strategic directions are adequately translated into the purchase of appropriate science and technology outputs.

Amongst other things the guidelines require the Foundation to be proactive in ensuring that the allocation of funding reflects the Government’s strategic goals. This may require the Foundation to foster the development of capability in areas of strategic importance but where there is a lack of activity for historical or other reasons.

Boundaries of the PGSF

The Government’s Strategic Statement of December 1994 set out the characteristics of public good science and technology and defined its boundaries with public sector operational research and with private sector research and development. The Foundation will ensure that its funding decisions reflect the principles set out in the Strategic Statement, as contained in Appendix VII.

Reporting

The Foundation is to report after each funding round on how funding has been allocated within each of the 17 outputs and on the extent to which funding allocations are in accordance with the requirements of this priority statement.

Monitoring

The implementation of this priority statement is to be monitored by the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology. Monitoring shall occur through the preparation by the Ministry of analyses which comment on the reports prepared by the Foundation pursuant to this priority statement, and which in particular examine the extent to which these reports demonstrate the Foundation’s performance in meeting the requirements of the priority statement.

This statement of science priorities and the strategies flowing from it are to be conveyed to science providers so that the Government’s science priorities are given maximum effect in each funding round.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of June 1995.

Hon. SIMON UPTON, Minister of Research, Science and Technology.

Appendix I—Strategic Goals and Key Factors for Priority Setting

1 Strategic goals from 1992 Priority Statement

The Government wishes the following general goals, which were first set out in the 1992 Priority Statement, to continue to apply:

1 An harmonious and complementary relationship between Government research and development investment and that of the private sector shall be developed. Increased private sector research and development expenditure will not be a reason for reductions in Government support in the same area; rather it will be treated as a positive factor in setting funding levels by output for public good science and technology outputs. The private sector should play a full role in contributing to the development of output research strategies.

2 There should be a balance in research emphasis between cost reductions and volume increases in primary production and adding value by other means, such as improving the quality of primary products,

market oriented processing, and product development. It must be recognised that value can be added at any point in the value chain. Research effort should be directed to those points where net value added is potentially greatest.

3 Public good science and technology should be concentrated on research in economic sectors which already have or can develop competitive advantage. Caution should be exercised in the case of “sunrise” industries and diversification where there is not yet a private capacity to fund the research and where private production, distribution, financing and the marketing infrastructure required to exploit research results is limited.

2 Goals from the Government’s 1994 Strategic Statement

The following additional goals are to apply:

Science Goals

4 Develop and maintain science capabilities, including skills and knowledge needed to ensure that the priorities set for public good science and technology can continue to be achieved in the long term.

5 Maintain and strengthen international scientific and technological networking and collaboration, to ensure an adequate knowledge of, and access to, external research knowledge and skills, databases and technologies.

Economic Goals

6 Maximise the contribution of research, science and technology to enhancing the quality of life in New Zealand.

7 Enhance international competitiveness through research on generic technologies throughout the value chain from production of raw material to finished product in the market, including approaches to management and innovation, leading to new and differentiated products and services.

8 Ensure service, production and processing industries (including biological, extractive, manufacturing and tourism) are economically, environmentally and socially sustainable.

9 Achieve a balance, related to market potential, between research into new and differentiated products and services and research into improved efficiency of producing existing products and services.

10 Improve competitiveness through increased knowledge and understanding of New Zealand’s competitive advantages and disadvantages.

Environmental Goals

11 Enhance protection of the environment through action based on an improved understanding of biodiversity, biological and physical systems and the impacts of human activities.

12 Ensure sustainable resource management (protection and use) through an adequate knowledge of natural systems, including ecosystems and their sustainable limits.

13 Increase understanding of natural physical and biological hazards.

14 Improve knowledge of technologies for sustainable resource use to ensure waste minimisation, cleaner production and efficient energy use.

Social Goals

15 Improve understanding of key issues affecting acquisition of skills and knowledge necessary for full