An agency was also established to implement functions formerly carried out by the ministry. Although the programme’s name made no reference to “technology” or “innovation”, it w'as used by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) to implement two framew'ork programmes that shaped the future of the innovation system (Svarc, 2006, p. 153). The first dealt with the establishment of a national network of institutions for the development, transfer, implementation and financing of new technologies.