Stage 1 Application Form Māori Digital Technology Development Fund. The Māori Digital Technology Development Fund is a contestable fund established to support initiatives that will create high value jobs and opportunities for Māori in digital technologies. Contact Details This Stage 1 application form invites applicants to suggest initiatives that can satisfy the Fundamental Criteria below. The Stage 1 application process involves: • completing this application form • a short video in support of the application (3 minute maximum length). Fundamental Criteria Stage 1 applications will be assessed based on their answers to the questions on page 2 but each successful application must demonstrate that the initiative will: 1. create high value jobs and opportunities that advance Māori in digital technologies; and 2. align to one or more of the three funding priorities; and 3. achieve one or more of the funding outcomes relevant to the funding priority the applicant is targeting. Those are the “Fundamental Criteria”. The diagram below illustrates those criteria. Fundamental Criteria Diagram 027 337 3727 [email protected] Website www.tpk.govt.nz/kahao LONG TERM OBJECTIVE Create high value jobs and opportunities that advance Māori in digital technologies. FUNDING PRIORITIES Creative Commons This work is licensed under the Improving digital skills and pathways into digital technologies. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License. To view a copy of this license view http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/3.0/nz/ Growing digital technology businesses. Enhancing new Māori language and culture intitiatives through digital technologies. OUTCOMES Increasing the number and attainment level of Māori with digital technology skills. Increasing the creation and growth of Māori-owned digital technology businesses. Increasing the amount and quality of Māori language and culture digital content. Increasing the skills level of Māori employed in the digital technology sector. Improving the R & D activity, quality and capability in Māori digital technologies. Greater digitisation of Māori language and culture content. Improving pathways for Māori into the digital technology sector. Supporting the use of emerging digital technologies across the wider Māori economy. Increasing use and development of emerging digital technologies that enhance Māori language and culture. Who are you? Registered name Address Postal Phone Landline Mobile E-mail Type of organisation Contact Person What are you doing? Please provide a high-level description of your initiative. What will you achieve? Please describe what your initiative will achieve, i.e. the benefit to participants, how many participants will your initiative help? Helpful hint: Consider if, and how, your initiative can put one tick in each layer of the Fundamental Criteria. If you can’t, your initiative is unlikely to be funded. Timeframe How long will it take to deliver those outcomes to participants? Why you? Why is your organisation (with or without other partners) perfect to deliver this initiative? Helpful hint: What’s your point of difference that ensures successful delivery? Indicative budget Please include an indicative budget for your initiative
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