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Terms of Reference

 

Draft terms of reference for the National Database of Māori Scholars Project

Updated 30 June 2006

What are we doing?

• Managing the relationships and establishing the process and structure to enable sharing of Māori Scholars’ data between the following identified stakeholders:

Instigating group

• Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Beneficiaries

• Researchers and scholars
• International researchers and scholars
• PhD students
• Iwi
• Tertiary Education Institutions

Interest groups

• Ministry of Education;
• Tertiary Education Commission;

Why are we doing it?

• To support the creation, maintenance, and development of a database of Māori scholars and their research.

• To enable the use of such a database by all the identified stakeholders.

• To connect to wider aspirations of Ngā Pae and the government.

Who is doing it?

• The Steering group - overseeing the project.

• The Working group (to be convened) to get sector contribution and support.

• The Governance group (to be established) – to replace the steering group.

• The Custodian – Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga charged with developing and maintaining the database.

How will we know when we have done it?

• We will have an operational database.

• Agreements around data use will be in place with all universities, UniTec and wānanga.

• The database will be used by, and of value to, the MAI Programme, TEIs, MoE, TEC, students, iwi and researchers as well as international researchers and scholars.

• Project review evaluation conducted (mid 2007).

• Privacy, stewardship and access issues satisfactorily resolved.