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Intelligent Island Strategy 2006
Market Access and Partnership Program
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Intelligent Island The $40-million Intelligent Island Program aims to create higher, long-term sustainable growth of the state's information and communications technology (ICT) industry. The program is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) and is managed by the Tasmanian Government’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism (the department). Ongoing administration of the Intelligent Island Program is carried out by the department under the direction of a Project Executive comprising of the Secretary of the DIISR (or his nominee) and the Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (or his nominee). In December 2005, the reallocation of Intelligent Island funds was announced, with an in-principle allocation of $15 million to establish an ICT research centre for Tasmania, namely the Tasmanian ICT Centre (TASICTC), and up to $18 million allocated to the Market Access and Partnership Program (MAPP), a competitive, merit-based grant program designed to enable Tasmanian small to medium sized ICT companies to develop and commercialise their products. On 22 September 2006, a funding agreement was approved between the then Economic Development and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), to enable CSIRO to establish and operate the TASICTC for a period of five years into 2011. Importantly, CSIRO has committed to match the investment in the TASICTC, resulting in a total investment of $30 million for the centre over the term of the agreement. The primary goal in establishing the TASICTC is to support the Intelligent Island objective of contributing to the development of an internationally competitive ICT sector in Tasmania. The centre’s objective is to develop a world-class ICT research capacity and conduct innovative applied research, initially in the areas of sensor networks, data management and robotics, and seek to commercialise outcomes from this research. In pursuit of this objective, the centre will engage and collaborate with the Tasmanian ICT industry, key ICT users and research organisations. For more information about the TASICTC, visit http://www.csiro.au/resources/TasICTupdateJuly07.html MAPP is being administered by the department over four rounds. The first two rounds were conducted in 2006, one round in 2007, and the final round in 2008. For more information on MAPP, visit http://www.development.tas.gov.au/intelligent/MAPP.html
Contact Chrissie Trousselot ph: +61 3 6233 5759 |
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