5. The enablers: Content

5.5 Digital business actions

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The government is responding to the digital business challenges by:

Action Contributes to priorities Lead agency Timing Budget
Engaging with industry to identify areas where more targeted government investment could support the establishment and growth of internationally competitive digital business. Accelerating the growth of digital business with competitive advantage Ministry of Economic Development 2008 Baseline

Implementing proposals to enhance engagement with internationalising firms. This involves:

  • more effective support for developing international operations
  • intensive engagement with large firms that have significant growth potential
  • more integrated in-market support
  • experience-based international management education
 Accelerating the growth of digital business with competitive advantage Ministry of Economic Development and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise 2008-09 Baseline

Reducing barriers to local firms in supplying to government. This includes:

  • rolling out a whole-of-government ICT procurement policy
  • new guidelines for the treatment of intellectual property (IP) rights in ICT contracts to encourage suppliers to leverage IP created in developing ICT solutions for government
  • holding forums to increase NZ firms' awareness of how to particpate in the procurement process.
 Increasing the use of worldclass productivity tools Ministry of Economic Development 2008 Baseline

Using technology to transform the provision of government services for New Zealanders. Transform government services so that New Zealanders can:

  • access multiple programmes from one place at the same time
  • use multiple channels to interact with government agencies without a break in service
  • provide the same information once, rather than providing the same information to different government agencies.
 Increasing the use of worldclass productivity tools State Services Commission By 2010 Baseline
Delivering the NZ Scientific and Research Programme of Action. This is a collaborative programme of action between agencies involved in commissioning and undertaking science, research and academic studies, to ensure open access to research results in New Zealand. Using our knowledge and research to stimulate innovation Ministry of Research Science and Technology 2007-11 Baseline