The Intended Role of the Integrated Agency
13. The Growth and Innovation Framework (GIF) is central to setting the direction and further action for NZTE. GIF outlines a broad and coordinated policy approach aimed at lifting economic growth. The key areas are:
- strengthening the foundations for economic growth, including addressing the quality and burden of regulation for business and addressing the delivery of infrastructure to support growth
- addressing firm and sector-specific impediments to growth and exporting, and facilitating the uptake of development opportunities, particularly: enhancing the innovation framework, developing skills and talent, increasing global connectedness, and focusing effort through sector and network engagement.
14. GIF recognises the importance of growth taking place within a context of long-term, sustainable development and emphasises that environmental and social well-being are critical to the quality of economic growth. Since GIF was released, the Sustainable Development Programme of Action has also been produced, which further articulates this approach.
15. NZTE, as an integrated economic development agency, is itself a key element of 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.
16. The major roles of NZTE in relation to strengthening the foundations are as a facilitator of:
- the exchange of views on economic, regulatory and trade policies between businesses, regions and government
- solutions to impediments to the foundations, particularly through its enabling service range - sector strategies, regional partnerships and the work of Investment New Zealand.
17. NZTE will have also have specific roles in relation to the Sustainable Development Programme of Action, for example, in contributing to the Sustainable Cities Programme through its work on regional development.
18. NZTE has a more direct role in addressing firm and sector specific impediments to growth and exporting, in coordination with other agencies, through direct business support (foundation and growth services).
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