REMINDER - The deadline for submissions to the Review is 5.00 pm EST Wednesday 30 April.
On 28 Februaury 2008 the Expert Panel undertaking the Review of the National Innovation System released a Call for Submissions paper, encouraging interested parties to provide written submissions to the Review.
The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2008. Earlier submissions are welcomed.
As part of the submissions process, the Expert Panel has requested that each submission contains the following information:
- Author
- Organisation
- Type of organisation (e.g. industry, government, not for profit, research provider)
- Address
- State or Territory (or country if not Australia)
- Email and phone contact
- Declaration of Interest (see below)
Declaration of Interest
In the interests of transparency and full disclosure, all submissions must be prefaced by a Declaration of any Interests and Affiliations relating to the subject of the Review and the representations submitted. These declarations will be published along with the submission.
Confidential Submissions
The Review Panel will not accept submissions by organisations submitted wholly on a confidential basis. Where the nature of the material dictates, however, submissions may append material marked Confidential and severable from the covering submission.
The Review Panel will accept confidential submissions from individuals where those individuals can argue credibly that publication might compromise their ability to express forthright viewpoints.
Please note that any request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for access to any material marked confidential will be determined in accordance with that Act.
Public Access to Submissions
As a general principle all submissions will be placed on the Review website, as will discussion papers and other material developed as the Review progresses.
Confidential submissions, or confidential parts of submissions will not be made publicly available, and will be maintained separately and securely.
Submissions can be emailed to the Review Secretariat here.
Alternatively, written submissions can be forwarded to:
Review of the National Innovation System - Submission
Secretariat to the Expert Panel,
Review of the National Innovation System,
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research,
GPO Box 9839,
CANBERRA, ACT 2601
For futher information on the submissions process please email the Review Secretariat, or call +61 2 6213 7506
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