Executive Summary
2. NZTE is a key element of the Growth and Innovation Framework (GIF) in terms of delivering, coordinating and aligning the delivery of services designed to implement GIF policy. NZTE's objective - to support the development of internationally competitive New Zealand business - derives from GIF's focus on internationalisation and the overarching objective to increase the long-term rate of sustainable economic growth. NZTE will have also have specific roles in relation to the Sustainable Development Programme of Action.
3. NZTE will deliver initiatives in and across three broad service areas:
- Enabling Services primarily aim to foster collaboration and linkages between and among sectoral, regional and business groups, facilitate access to infrastructure and promote an enterprise and business culture.
- Foundation Services will build up the base of business by strengthening the management capability of the wider population of entrepreneurs, start-up, early stage and exporting small and medium enterprises, through the provision of more generic information and training assistance.
- Growth Services will provide customised business and international market development assistance, targeted at firms and groups of firms with growth potential in order to accelerate and enhance their development. Both foundation services and growth services will facilitate business access to key resources into the innovation process - skills, finance, technologies, and information.
4. In determining how services should be delivered, officials have considered and applied the service design principles agreed by Cabinet [CAB Min (02) 30/4 refers].
5. In the short-term, the focus for NZTE is on combining existing services of Industry NZ and Trade NZ. Major efforts over the next 12-18 months will be focused on bringing together operational systems, developing a single client interface and client management approach and ensuring continued high quality delivery.
6. NZTE is also developing a longer-term strategy to guide the organisation in meeting the overall objective of supporting internationally competitive New Zealand business. NZTE, in consultation with the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), will report back to Integration Ministers (the Ministers of Finance, Industry and Regional Development, Trade Negotiations and Associate Foreign Affairs and Trade) by the end of June 2003 on progress with the development of the long-term strategic direction for the organisation.
7. The paper proposes a timetable for NZTE service evaluation report backs to the Ministers of Finance, Industry and Regional Development and Trade Negotiations. Ministers are invited to report to Cabinet Economic Development Committee on the outcomes of the evaluations at the time of the report backs.
8. A range of private and non-government organisations have been consulted on the merger and proposed service range enhancements and support the approach.
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