Strategic Overview
Posted in General on February 17th, 2009 by admin – Comments OffNZICT Group Profile and Strategic Overview
Please take the opportunity to look through these presentations and identify the areas you would be interested in getting involved with as a member of the NZICT.
2009 Year in Review and Near Future Digital Priorities - December 2009
Year in review presentation and a look at the priorities for 2010.
NZICT Profile - Becoming the most digitally literate and capable nation in the world - September 2009
NZICT Group profile, the strategic direction we are taking and benefits for Members.
Our Mission
Representing New Zealand’s ICT industry, we will take leadership by collaborating with business, aligned associations, communities and Government to promote the use of ICT to enhance our country’s competitiveness for the betterment of all New Zealanders, and growth of ICT industry.
Vision
NZICT will be the champion for the leveraging of quality ICT to increase the country’s global economic ranking.
Strategic Work Areas
The NZICT Group has sub committees set up focused on five strategic work areas. The sub committees consist of NZICT members who choose which work areas they wish to participate in.
- Education & Skills
- Innovation
- Public Sector Productivity
- Small Business Productivity
- Industry Relevance and Profile
If you are an NZICT Member and would like to be involved in one of the above sub committees, give us a call.
Near Future Digital Priorities
Aligned with the five Strategic Work Areas the NZICT Group has identified the following Near Future Digital Priorities:
| National Plan | Provide clarity around government ICT priorities, investments and measurements. |
| Broadband | Build local and international capacity, and leverage to drive social and economic growth. |
| Government as the Champion | Policy and budget allocations promote electronic delivery of citizen services. |
| Skills & Education | Develop curriculum and teacher competence to deliver digitally capable workforce and ICT career pathways. |
| Innovation | R&D allocations support practical Broadband innovations, with an accessible commercialisation framework. |
| ICT: Government Engagement | Form an industry panel to work directly with Government to improve the quality and returns from ICT investments. |
Initiatives:
- Working with Government and its agencies to drive job growth and productivity in the New Zealand economy, contributing toward a common measurable outcome - Gross Domestic Product.
- Ensure that the Government’s broadband initiative is well targeted and maximises the potential benefits to New Zealanders.
- Promoting the use of ICT products and services as a means to significantly improve New Zealand’s public and private sector productivity.
- Developing a strong cohesive NZ ICT industry involving businesses of all sizes and the global pool of NZ ICT talent, operating in a highly professional and ethical environment.
- Promoting a positive regulatory framework that addresses the issues and challenges of a 21st century information economy.
- Promoting the evolution of globally competitive NZ ICT firms by the development of a well defined innovation supply chain, embracing research, funding, intellectual property, skills, distribution and infrastructure.
- Ensuring more New Zealanders see ICT as a fulfilling career and have the skills to participate fully in the industry, including working closely with the education sector and respective agencies to increase the relevance and quality of training available.