Export Education Innovation Programme Strategic Overview
The Government has announced funding of $0.5 million in 2004/05 and $1.0 million each year subsequently, to encourage and support innovation in export education. The Export Education Innovation Programme Strategic Overview and Operational Guidelines document attached outlines the purpose of this Export Education Innovation Programme, what funding will be used to achieve, the criteria for assessing funding applications and other matters relating to the governance and administration of the programme. As the fund is administered by the Education New Zealand Trust Request For Proposals for the fund are available at www.educationnz.org.nz
Fit with other Government Programmes
38. There are other Government programmes available that are designed to support or assist innovation. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST), for example, run programmes targeted at various stages of product development and innovation. The Ministry of Education and the EEIP Management Committee will co-ordinate with other agencies to ensure that there are not overlaps of applications or opportunities for double funding. Providers will need to make a statutory declaration regarding any government funding they are receiving for the project or funding they are applying for. They will also need to affirm that their organisation’s contribution is from organisational resources (and not from a charitable donation for example).