- New Zealand has strong cooperation with the EU in the science and innovation spheres, for which the New Zealand-European Union Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement (STCA) provides a framework for co-operation, including with EU Member States.
- New Zealand and the EU also have regular Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee (JSTCC) meetings – approximately every two years. The next JSTCC will be held in Wellington in December 2014.
- For bilateral science contact and cooperation between Slovenia and NZ, we would suggest institution-to-institution contact. There are 7 Crown Research Institutes – see link for information: http://www.msi.govt.nz/get-connected/crown-research-institutes/as well as eight universities – http://www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/nz-university-system.
- Just as EU research is focused on addressing seven Societal challenges, the New Zealand Government is committed to supporting research to address 10 National Science Challenges – see http://www.msi.govt.nz/update-me/major-projects/national-science-challenges/. These are the areas in which new Government investment in research will be directed over the foreseeable future.
