Building the Strategy for New Zealand
This Strategy is about New Zealand as a nation maximising its ability to exploit e-commerce and information technology for the benefit of all New Zealanders.
The Strategy is an integral part of the Government's broader policy initiatives to promote economic, innovation, and social development.
It recognises that people - and the knowledge, skills, creativity, and imagination they embody - together with the quality of our regulatory environment and our services infrastructure, are the principal drivers of the modern economy.
Implementing the Strategy is a shared responsibility. It requires a partnership between government, business, and the broader community and will require continuing close consultation between all parties, including with Maori.
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Vision
New Zealand will be world class in embracing e-commerce for competitive advantage |
Goals
The Goals of the Strategy are to:
- Capitalise fully on our competitive advantages in a networked world
- Support enterprise by providing an environment that rewards innovation and entrepreneurship
- Foster the highest quality e-commerce skills to build innovation, technical and management capability
- Provide an environment that supports ICT infrastructure development, business performance and increased economic well-being for individuals.
Principles
In implementing this Strategy, the Government will be guided by the following Principles:
- Leadership is a shared responsibility between government, business, and the broader community
- Human capability is the key area for investment
- There should be an open domestic and international regulatory approach that facilitates the development of infrastructure and interoperability with our key trading partners, and avoids undue restrictions and costs on e-commerce
- Choices about new technologies and the exploitation of opportunities must be led by the private sector. The development of e-commerce will be market-driven and led by individuals and business innovators
- There should be a predictable, simple, and consistent legal environment for e-commerce. Where the Government intervenes it should do so in a transparent way
- Policy responses should be flexible and responsive to developments in a rapidly changing technology environment
- Building consumer confidence is essential for the fullest economic and social benefits to flow from e-commerce
- The Government should be a model user of e-commerce in implementing its e-government programme.
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