Pacenet

Some key preliminary findings from PACE-Net project-conducted studies

Progress Report to PACE-Net questionnaire respondents

What is PACE-Net?

The PACE-Net project aims to establish and sustain a network which will bring together relevant stakeholders and policy makers in science and technology research for development from within the Pacific region and from Europe.

The objectives of this network are to improve regional and bi-regional collaboration and cooperation activities in science and technology research by:

• establishing and reinforcing contacts between the stakeholders from the two regions; and

• supporting dialogue fora to define for the European Commission the priority Pacific science and technology research themes and subsequently establishing a programme of cooperation for its research funding instrument, the 7th Framework Programme (FP7);

The PACE-Net project also seeks to incorporate these priority themes into the future regional and national policies and strategies of the Pacific island countries and territories.

To inform the above dialogue fora and cooperation activities with the FP7, it is necessary to appraise the situation of science and technology research in the Pacific. As such the PACE-Net project is conducting survey and several desktop review studies.

PACE-Net Survey

The PACE-Net survey comprises three questionnaires:

• PACE-Net Questionnaire on Science and Technology Research, Cooperation and Strategies of Organisations in the Pacific involved in Research (# 1);

• PACE-Net Questionnaire on Science and Technology Research, Cooperation and Strategies of Australian and New Zealand Organisations involved in Research in the Pacific region (# 2); and

• PACE-Net Questionnaire on Science and Technology Research, Cooperation and Strategies of Governmental Institutions in the Pacific (# 3)

The questionnaire # 1 launched in mid-September targets the organisations involved in research activities based in the...