The national science advisor to the prime minister, a position that was established as a result of a recommendation from the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE), never got the resources it needed to do any effective coordination work and its office was closed.
Now, as we have highlighted, the Science, Technology and Innovation Council (CSTI) has been created, chaired by Dr. Alper, a former president of PAGSE. We hope that this organization is going to do the job. The problem at federal level is that the various departments are not always coordinated. Some body has to coordinate them through its advice to government. We hope that the CSTI is going to do it, but, since the council has just been created, we do not yet know if it will.