The project is looking to support the activities of the EU-NZ Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (JSTCC), and identify policy approaches to support cooperation in research and innovation
Activities:
• Identification of strategic organisations for NZ/EU cooperation
• Annual visits of the MBIE Chief Science Advisor to Europe to strengthen relationships
• Monitoring policy trends to allow the allocation of funding to emerging opportunities
• Development of a framework for the evaluation of international research cooperation
• Review of New Zealand’s engagement with FP7
The FRIENZ project is focusing on themes and activities as identified by the JSTCC and indicated in the EU-NZ Science & Technology and Innovation Cooperation Roadmap 2010-13. At present these are:
- Food, agriculture, fisheries and biotechnology
- Information and communication technologies
- Health
- Industrial technologies
- Environment
- Energy
- People/mobility