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contentForeword ................................................................................................................................................2

PArT A: STrATeGIC oVerVIew ................................................................................................................7

1. Vision .................................................................................................................................................7

2. Mission ..............................................................................................................................................7

3. Updated situational analysis .............................................................................................................7

3.1 Performance delivery environment .......................................................................................................... 7

3.2 Alignment to broad policies of government ........................................................................................... 9

3.3 Recent achievements .............................................................................................................................. 10

3.4 Organisational environment ................................................................................................................... 16

3.5 Linking Programme objectives to the DST outcome-oriented goals .................................................. 17

3.6 Risk Management ..................................................................................................................................... 19

4. overview of the 2014/15 Budget and MTeF estimates .......................................................................20

PArT B: ProGrAMMe PerForMANCe PLANS .....................................................................................23

Programme 1: Administration ...................................................................................................................23

Strategic objectives ............................................................................................................................................. 23

Subprogrammes .................................................................................................................................................. 24

Programme 2- Technology Innovation .......................................................................................................42

Strategic overview ............................................................................................................................................... 42


Subprogrammes .................................................................................................................................................. 43

Programme 3: International Cooperation and resources .........................................................................59



Subprogrammes .................................................................................................................................................. 60

Programme 4: research development and Support ................................................................................72



Subprogrammes .................................................................................................................................................. 73

Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships ..........................................................................89


Subprogrammes .................................................................................................................................................. 89

PArT C: LINKS To oTHer PLANS ..........................................................................................................109

LIST oF ABBreVIATIoNS ........................................................................................................................113

Annual Performance Plan 2014 /152

This Annual Performance Plan (APP) sets out the path that the

Department of Science and Technology (DST) will follow in the 2014/15

financial year to reach its strategic goals. Interventions are aligned to key

government policies, including the Medium Term Strategic Framework

2014-2019, the New Growth Path, the Industrial Policy Action Plan and

the National Development Plan.

Performance indicators and targets guide the allocation of the

Department’s budget (due to increase from R6,1 billion in the 2013/14

to R7,6 billion in 2015/16) and allow the public and its elected

representatives in Parliament to measure the Department’s effectiveness

in carrying out its mandate.

In our quest to develop an enabling environment for the National System

of Innovation (NSI) and to unlock the potential for economic growth

through science, technology and innovation (STI), the APP addresses

the need for human capital development and for the continuous

modernisation of scientific infrastructure.

The Department started implementing some of the recommendations of

the Ministerial Review Committee report on the STI Landscape in South

Africa, as well as decisions adopted at the STI Summit held in Limpopo

in July 2013. While the APP lays out the intentions for the coming period,

these will largely build on and expand existing programmes.

Much of the work and research that we undertake supports

Government’s Outcome 2 (A long and healthy life for all South

Africans) as well as Outcome 4 (Decent employment through inclusive

growth). Thus research on malaria has culminated in the first-ever drug

compound developed on African soil, and research into innovative

water technologies, has been piloted in rural communities. In June

2013, the DST and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) launched the Titanium Pilot Plant, a technology that has massive

potential for job creation and industrial development.

The Department continues to play an advisory and supportive role in

the development of technologies to be used in addressing the country’s

energy needs through the Integrated Energy Plan and Integrated

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During the 2014/15 financial year, the Department will finalise the strategy and implementation

plan on Human Capital Development for Research Innovation and Scholarship. A total amount of

R470,4 million has been allocated to fund postgraduate students in the 2015/16 reporting period

with continued support to the DST-National Research Foundation (NRF) internship programme, to

researchers, and to postgraduate students up to doctoral level.

Five more centres of excellence (CoEs) have been announced and will be operationalised in

2014/15, bringing the total number of CoEs across the country to 14. These Centres have proven to

be instrumental in stimulating sustained excellence in research, while generating highly qualified

scientists that have an impact on national and global research knowledge.

For the 2014/15 to 2016/17 financial years R3,185 billion has been allocated for science and

technology infrastructure. This excludes a substantial allocation for the South African Square

Kilometre Array (SKA) Project of R2,053 billion over the MTEF period. By the beginning of the 2014/15

financial year, construction of the first dish of the 64-dish precursor to the SKA, the MeerKAT, will be

completed, and by the end of 2016 this radio telescope will be fully operational. It will be the most

powerful radio telescope in the world until the SKA becomes operational.

The Department’s efforts are enhanced by international partnerships and collaboration with other

countries and global organisations. A recent highlight was the first Brazil, Russia, India, China and

South Africa (BRICS) STI Ministerial Meeting in February 2014. Bilateral cooperation agreements with

these and many other countries have seen the development of strong institutional collaboration,

and a large number of joint research projects.

The Department plans to escalate this international cooperation, strengthening the STI engagement

with other African countries and ensuring that South African researchers and students have access

to international scholars and opportunities.

The achievement of a knowledge-based economy that is able to realise the aspirations of our

people will depend on the commitment and cooperation of all our stakeholders in government,

academia, business, industry and civil society. We are committed to strengthening the strong spirit

of cooperation that we already have with all our stakeholders throughout the MTEF period and

beyond. In so doing, we can jointly ensure that our work in science and technology makes a real

difference in improving the lives of all our citizens.

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Mr David Mmakola

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Dr Phil Mjwara

Accounting Officer

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Mr Derek Hanekom, MP

Executive Authority

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Strategic Overview

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Part AStrAtegic Overview

1. viSiOn

To create a prosperous society that derives enduring and equitable benefits from science and technology.

2. MiSSiOn

To develop, coordinate and manage a National System of Innovation that will bring about maximum human capital, sustainable

economic growth and improved quality of life for all.

3. UPdAted SitUAtiOnAl AnAlySiS

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) followed its planning cycle framework in managing the process of developing its

2014/15 Annual Performance Plan (APP), which is aligned to the broad policies of government such as the National Development

Plan and the draft 2014-2019 Medium Strategic Term Framework. The process entailed a series of consultations starting with the

Department’s Executive Committee (EXCO) considering the approach and steps that would be undertaken in developing the

APP, taking into account national and international trends identified and a performance review based on the 2012/13 DST annual

report, and second and third quarterly reports for 2013/14 financial year.

The Department’s Programmes reviewed the 2011-2016 DST strategic plan and gave their input into the 2014-2019 Medium Term

Strategic Framework. The Programmes presented their contribution to the 2014/15 APP at a Minister’s strategic planning session,

on the focus and priorities of the Department for the next five years.

The draft 2014/15 APP was also presented at various senior management forums within the Department, including EXCO, Extended

EXCO and the Minister’s Management Meetings. Further consultations were conducted with other organs of government such as

the National Treasury (for budget alignment) and the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency

(DPME) (for alignment with the 2014-2019 MTSF).

3.1 Performance delivery environment

The DST derives its mandate from the 1996 White Paper on Science and Technology, which introduced the concept of the NSI.

The NSI concept is an enabling framework for development of science, technology and innovation (STI) at national level. The NSI

can be understood as a set of functioning institutions, organisations and policies that interact constructively in the pursuit of a

common set of social and economic goals and objectives, seeking to promote change through the introduction of innovations.

The DST, as the custodial coordinator for the development of the NSI influences it through key strategies such as the 2002

National Research and Development Strategy (NRDS) and the 2008 Ten-Year Innovation Plan (TYIP). The latter, particularly, seeks

to contribute to the transformation of the South African economy into a knowledge-based economy, in which the production

and dissemination of knowledge lead to economic benefits and enrich all fields of human endeavour. In this regard, the measure

of success will be the level to which STI play a driving role in enhancing productivity, economic growth and socio-economic

development.


Innovation, in particular, will be the basis of future growth and can provide South Africa with the necessary foundation for long-

term and sustainable socio-economic development. One of the eight proposals that the NDP makes with regard to increasing

employment and growth is that South Africa must increase the size and effectiveness of the innovation system, and ensure closer

alignment with companies operating in sectors consistent with the growth strategy.

Innovation has been attributed to productivity growth, competitiveness, the shift to higher value-added activities, and

improvement of quality of life in the recently industrialised countries (such as South Korea and Finland) and emerging economic

powers (China, India and Brazil). Innovation introduces new ways of doing things, and producing and exchanging goods or

improving services and processes. It provides new solutions and helps firms to differentiate themselves from other, often more

traditional firms. Innovation challenges long-held mindsets and social values. Innovation is central to economic performance and

social welfare, and can contribute to addressing urgent global and social challenges such as climate change, health, food security,

poverty and access to clean water) in an affordable and timely manner.

The global economic crisis and national challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment have affected the national innovation

policy agenda in various ways. There is increasing demand for STI to maximise its impact on socioeconomic development and

conserving resources. The national STI policies are expected to be relevant (to address socioeconomic goals), aligned (with each

other and with other policies), and inclusive in terms of scope and of the concerned actors.

Despite the recent global economic turmoil, countries continue to recognise innovation as a source of long-term growth, and

have put policies into place to improve scientific infrastructure, basic science and research, development and innovation (RDI), to

strengthen human capital, to promote green technology, and to foster entrepreneurship. Stimulus packages have also provided

additional support to science and innovation amounting to between 0,01% (Finland and Norway) to 0,29% of gross domestic

product (GDP) (Sweden) in 2009.

Across the world, in response to increasing rates of knowledge production, dissemination and application, shortening of product

life cycles and increasing competition for human resources, many countries are increasing their national investment in R&D. The

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average across public and private sectors is 2,3% of GDP, and

countries such as Finland and Korea spend far more. South Africa’s level of 0,76% in 2011/12 was significantly lower than it should

be to ensure global competitiveness in years to come. For instance, Finland had intended to raise its GERD to 4% of GDP by 2010.

Korea had intended to raise its GERD to 5% of GDP by 2012 and India to 6% by 2015.

In developed countries more than 50% of economic growth is attributable to technological progress (Organisation for Economic

Cooperation and Development, 2009). South Africa is competitive in many areas, but has specific challenges that require

interventions. These include the following:

• Achieving critical mass in a small number of long-term, large-scale high-impact priority areas that have been identified

over the past few years.

• Ensuring that high-level human capital is developed and employed in long-term productive research careers in South

Africa.

• Introducing and strengthening efforts that enhance South Africa’s ability to exploit knowledge effectively for economic

and social benefit.

• Improving the ability of government investment to leverage private sector and international funding.

• Building the knowledge-generation and knowledge-exploitation capabilities of rural and historically disadvantaged HEIs.

• Providing and maintaining state of the art STI infrastructure.


• Creating a coordinated and integrated NSI governance and robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E).

• Developing and strengthening of regional and provincial innovation systems and capabilities to meet community and

industry demands.

• Using the cluster system to facilitate alignment of the DST programmes to the New Growth Path (NGP) and Industrial Policy

Action Plan (IPAP) and National Development Plan (NDP).

• Resourcing of the system by achieving and going beyond the 1% Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD)

as a % of GDP.

3.2 Alignment to broad policies of government

The NDP provides a long-term vision for dealing with the challenges of unemployment, inequality and creating a more inclusive

society. Central to meeting the vision enshrined in the NDP is the implementation of the NGP, the IPAP and the National

Infrastructure Plan. These short and medium term plans provide a more detailed programme of action in the context of the NDP

for the next five years.

The MTSF places emphasis on addressing unnecessary blockages to investment; providing opportunities for the unemployed,

especially young people, to contribute to the economy; ensuring greater income equality by addressing the position of the

working poor (who are mostly in domestic work, farm labour and the informal sector), supporting more equitable workplaces

and increasing investment in new sources of growth and employment. Achieving this aim will depend to a large extent on the

following:

• Implementation of the National Infrastructure Plan in ways that crowd in productive investment both by users of the

infrastructure and by suppliers of inputs.

• Driving growth in the productive sectors and the other priority jobs drivers identified in the NGP, especially by addressing

the main regulatory, infrastructural and skills constraints on growth while ensuring policy certainty as far as possible,

through the implementation of IPAP and similar sector-based action plans for agriculture and mining.

• Supporting exports and African regional development, taking into account the constraints as well as the opportunities

arising from the structural shifts now taking place in the global economy.

• Maintaining a counter-cyclical fiscal and monetary stance.

• Improving the ability of the education and skills systems to meet the needs of the economy, especially by enhancing

language, numeracy, computer and design skills, improving access to post-secondary education and training, and

expanding life-long learning in ways that support career mobility and equality.

• Expanding public employment schemes as far as possible in ways that empower communities and support the involvement

of youth in serving them.

• Supporting rural development as far as possible given economic realities, based above all on programmes to expand the

role of small holding in production for both food security and sale to formal retailers and processors.

• Strengthen the ability of the NSI to identify, prioritise, and adequately invest in new sources of growth and employment

including higher levels of government investment in RDI and diffusion especially to smaller emerging enterprises and poor

communities.

The DST will play an important role in the implementation of the MTSF and realisation of its objectives. The Department continues

to implement specific national STI policies that are guiding and influencing its work, including the NRDS, the TYIP, and the Bio-

economy Strategy.


3.3 recent achievements

3.3.1 Knowledge generation

(a) Human capital development and knowledge production

In trying to address the human capital shortages in the country, the Department supported a total of 3 076 researchers during

the 2012/13 financial year. In addition to this, through bursary programmes managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF),

the Department funded 8 379 postgraduate students at honours, master’s and doctoral levels. Through the DST-NRF internship

programme, the Department supported 711 interns during the 2012/13 financial year. One of the purposes of the internship

programme is to retain science, engineering and technology (SET) graduates in the science system through placement in various

institutions in the NSI, thereby improving their employability.

There are a number of instruments that are designed to strengthen research capacity at universities, including the South African

Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) and Centres of Excellence (CoEs) programmes, both managed by the NRF. By the end of the

third quarter of the 2013/14 financial year, a total of 47 of the 62 new research chairs awarded in the 2012/13 financial year had

been filled. A document on the three models for international research chairs (International Visiting Research Fellow, Bilateral

SARChI Chair, and Bilateral Research Chair) was approved by the Minister. A phase 1 call for applications to host the first Swiss-

South Africa bilateral research chairs, for Global Environmental Health and Science Communication, was opened and closed

during the third quarter of 2013/14. A five-year review of SARChI aimed at assessing the overall programme was completed in the

third quarter of the 2013/14 financial year by an international panel.

The NRDS identified the need to create centres and networks of excellence in S&T. These are physical or virtual centres of research

which concentrate existing capacity and resources to enable researchers to collaborate across disciplines on long-term projects

that are locally relevant and internationally competitive in order to enhance the pursuit of research excellence and capacity

development. These centres are envisaged to be a key resource for human capital development and to stimulate sustained

distinction in research while generating highly qualified scientists to impact significant national and global areas of knowledge.

By the end of the 2013/14 financial year five new CoEs had been awarded, in addition to nine existing ones.

(b) Research infrastructure

On the infrastructure development front, a highlight was the award to host over 70% of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio

telescope in South Africa and its eight partner countries (Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Zambia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Botswana

and Namibia). This will create massive infrastructure and job creation opportunities for the African continent. The remaining 30%

of the SKA will be hosted by Australia.

As part of its continued support for research and innovation infrastructure, ring-fenced DST funding made it possible to award

53 research infrastructure grants to the research community across the country during the 2012/13 financial year. Most of the

funding was allocated to universities, science councils and museums through the National Equipment Programme (NEP) and the

National Nanotechnology Equipment Programme (NNEP), both implemented by the NRF. Infrastructure funds were also used

for the development of various initiatives such as a titanium primary pilot plant, a world class nanotechnology development

clean-room at Mintek and the establishment of the National Recordal System (NRS) to capture, store and manage indigenous

knowledge. For the 2013/14 financial year up to the end of the third quarter, noteworthy highlights and achievements were the

completion of two important reports, namely (i) the final report for the development of a South African research infrastructure

roadmap and (ii) the final report on recommendations for the development of a national integrated cyberinfrastructure system.


3.3.2 Knowledge exploitation

(a) New industry development

New industry development on the basis of novel or promising technologies requires many years to develop and is accompanied

by significant levels of risk and uncertainty. In particular, significant time is required during the process of scaling-up a successful

technology in the laboratory to a semi-commercial operation. Over the last decade, considerable progress has been made

in scaling-up a breakthrough innovation in the production of titanium powder. The technology is now being optimised and

developed at a pilot-plant launched in June 2013 at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). This is a milestone in

the development of the titanium metal powder and it is essential to verify the processes required to up-scale the production. The

first batch runs are planned to be completed by February 2014.

Similar progress has been made in the Fluorochemicals Expansion Initiative with the launch of a third and fourth phase of a

multipurpose fluorination plant at South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) in December 2013. The pilot plant will help

to mature the fluorochemical research and associated processes, and will enable the production of small test samples, essential to

test the commercial market and development partners.

The Aeroswift programme, the DST-funded investment in the next generation of additive manufacturing technology, executed

by Aerosud and the National Laser Centre at the CSIR has progressed well. The construction of the prototype machine is near

completion and the first test samples will be manufactured by March 2014. This development, together with the roadmap

for additive manufacturing in South Africa, will help ensure that South African industry remains at the forefront of this new

manufacturing capability, which is expected to have substantial impact on existing manufacturing processes and technologies.

(b) Economic competitiveness enhancement

In terms of enhancing the economic competitiveness of South Africa, the TYIP identified specific “grand challenges” in areas where

South Africa had/or showed potential to be a source of competitive advantage. These fields included Energy Security, Space

Science and the Bio-economy.

The Department supports R&D work in hydrogen and fuel cells and renewable energy technologies including concentrated solar,

photo-voltaic, wind and bio-energy based technologies. These technologies can be used for both on and off-grid applications. The

achievements over the last few years include the establishment of the three Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Centres of Competence

(CoCs), in terms of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Development and Innovation Strategy. The first five years (2008 to 2012)

of the HySA programme focused on the establishment of R&D capability, technology demonstration and validation. The following

are some of HySA’s achievements to date:

• Since 2009, a total of 47 students have graduated from the programme, with 15 PhDs and 32 master’s degrees.

• The first proton exchange membrane fuel cell high-temperature stack and bipolar plates were manufactured in South

Africa with local and key international manufacturers.

• The first 2.5 kW fuel cell backup power system prototype in South Africa was manufactured for the telecommunication and

uninterrupted power system markets.

• The first high-temperature membrane electrode assembly fuel cell electrodes manufacturing line in South Africa was set

up in collaboration with a local engineering company and a renowned international partner.

• Metal hydride storage material for hydrogen has been demonstrated in the hydrogen powered Ahi Fambeni tricycle and

the golf cart. The patent was developed at University of the Western Cape. A co-commercialisation agreement is in place

with a Norwegian partner.


• A collaboration between HySA Systems and Melex Electro-vehicles has led to the development of a golf cart with an

extended range of 70km (depending on the terrain) powered by a hydrogen fuel cell unit.

• HySA Catalysis has developed a catalyst with performance that is comparable to the commercially available standard.

Validation and testing of the catalyst in collaboration with HySA Systems is currently underway.

Another achievement is the establishment of the Advanced Batteries R&D Programme. Currently, the Department has invested

in human capacity and infrastructure building through the Lithium Ion Battery and Supercapacitor programme. The programme

aims to develop manufacturing capabilities and electrode materials for various applications. The achievements of the programme

to date are as follows:

• Installation of a pilot battery cell manufacturing facility, capable of producing 10-20 Ah pouch cells and 18,650 cylindrical

cells at the University of the Western Cape.

• Establishment of a testing and validation facility at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

• Generation of intellectual property (IP) in battery cell chemistry, in which UWC was awarded a USA patent during the

2012/13 financial year.

The DST supported an R&D programme at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, which successfully developed Coalgae™,

a blended bio-fossil fuel of coal fines and microalgae. This product has a biomass content varying from 10 to 40 % and is a

competitor to coal. South Africa currently has 1 billion stockpiles of fine coal with low or no value, which accrues at a rate of 60

million tons per annum. Coalgae™ increases the calorific value and reduces the ash content, thus making the product competitive

to export and synthetic fuels coal. SunGeo, which focuses mainly on solar energy resource quantification, was established as a

spin-off company of the renewable energy hub in partnership with a Slovakian-based enterprise.

In support of the Department of Energy’s commitment to install an additional 9.6GW of nuclear power by 2030, the Department

is currently supporting HCD in nuclear energy through the South African Nuclear Human Asset Research Programme (SANHARP)

in partnership with the NRF. A draft Nuclear Energy Research Development and Innovation Strategy (NERDIS) was also developed

during the 2012/13 financial year with the following key objectives:

• To contribute to the establishment of the knowledge and skills base required to support the expanded use of nuclear

energy in South Africa, specifically those advanced competencies which are developed through RDI activities.

• To increase the local content of the SA nuclear energy programme through directed research, development and product

or process innovation.

• To maintain an appropriate footprint in the international nuclear community through participation in RDI activities of

relevance to South Africa.

The DST established the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), which was formally launched in December 2010. SANSA

is fully operational and its role is to play a central coordinating role in the space arena. Currently, the DST and SANSA are working

together with all stakeholders to fine-tune the National Space Programme (NSP), to incorporate all the recommendations of the

space capabilities audit, and to drive South Africa’s space industry development and the progress towards a knowledge-based

economy through human capital development, knowledge generation and exploitation, knowledge infrastructure development

and, ultimately, a space programme which responds to the socio-economic challenges faced by South Africa.

The DST has conducted two feasibility studies for setting up a CoC on Satellite Sensors and Data Processing. Work on the CoCs is

ongoing with relevant agencies, and the proposals will be finalised during the 2014/15 financial year. The Launching Capability

report will also be finalised in the 2014/15 financial year, paving the way for the 20 year national launching plan as a response to

the TYIP.


The first South African government funded satellite development programme saw the locally designed and built satellite,

SumbandilaSat successfully launched on 17 September 2009 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. This programme offered a number of

success stories in HCD (8 interns, 1 PhD, and 17 master’s), innovation and knowledge generation, and a significant outreach and

awareness activities across the country.

In the area of bioeconomy, the National Biotechnology Strategy (2001) defined a broad institutional approach towards the

development of biotechnologies for South Africa. The prime focus was on the commercialisation of technologies that had reached

the proof-of-concept stage, and the expected outputs were products, services and new companies. In terms of this Strategy, in

excess of 221 products and 142 services were developed by 2009 through the support provided by the Biotechnology Regional

Innovation Centres. New capacity, infrastructure and value chains have been built and experience gained in the application of

biotechnology to a range of areas from new diagnostics to improved crops and livestock. It was against this context that the Bio-

economy Strategy was developed and launched in January 2014. The Bio-economy Strategy was designed to complete the cycle,

by amalgamating the experiences, expertise and competitive advantages gained to create a world-class biotechnology system

of innovation. This system would operate at a much higher level than mere project support, and is more productive, responsive

and relevant to the needs of South Africans. The Bio-economy Strategy also incorporates the largely underexploited Bio-based

Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), and builds on the R30 million invested in supporting 25 applied research projects and

together with two IKS research chairs supported 12 PhD, 31 master’s, and 40 Honours students.

Through NIPMO, the following key achievements were also made in terms of the IPR-PFRD Act:

• Offices of Technology Transfer (OTTs) were established at 23 South African universities and 10 statutory science councils

(collectively referred to as institutions).

• Funding capacity was developed at the OTTs (through the placement of suitably qualified and experienced individuals in

the OTTs).

• Researchers at institutions received basic IP advocacy and awareness training (IP WiseTM).

• Intellectual Property & technology transfer capacity in the NSI was developed through support for the NIPMO/UNISA IP

Chair that was established to develop master’s and doctoral level courses in IP management and technology transfer and

through IP commercialisation workshops and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Summer School.

• The IP Fund was established and is providing funding for the IP prosecution phase (filing costs), as well as the maintenance

costs incurred in protecting IP emanating from publicly financed R&D at institutions.

• A feasibility study was carried out on the establishment of NIPMO as a specialised service delivery unit (SSDU) of the

Department with assistance from the National Treasury’s Technical Assistance Unit. .

Additional funding received from National Treasury was directed towards the Technology Localisation Programme to support

increased national competitiveness and local production. The technology assistance packages (TAPs) provided to industry in

support of local capability building has yielded concrete opportunities to expand markets and create jobs. The expanded internship

programme, rolled out in February 2014, placed interns at technology stations or firms participating in the TAP programme. An

example of a TAP intervention is where Powertech Transformers received support from the University of Pretoria to develop a

design tool for the mechanical behaviour of a transformer coil in the event of failure. PowerTech Transformers was subsequently

able to develop a range of small transformers that will be manufactured locally, through a dedicated manufacturing line. Besides

the increase in knowledge and design capability, the TAP led to the creation of 30 direct jobs.

R40 million was disbursed to the technology stations which are important mechanisms for supporting technology development,

knowledge transfer and capability building for local industry, with a particular emphasis on small and medium enterprises. Seventy


percent of the funding was used for upgrading capital equipment in order to ensure that the technology stations had continued

access to modern equipment in support of industry technology transfer.

(c) Social and public good

Technology and science-based knowledge are vital in supporting improved outcomes in areas ranging from employment creation

opportunities and the building of sustainable human settlements to health and education. Through a large-scale implementation

of a Wireless Mesh Network (WMN), the DST has demonstrated how lower-cost internet connectivity can be provided to hard-to-

reach communities. The experiences of the WMN have informed the Broadband Strategy adopted by Cabinet in December 2013.

Information communication technology (ICT) is becoming an increasingly crucial requirement for a modern education system

able to deliver 21st century skills to learners and to facilitate inclusion of marginalised groups. The building blocks for a large-scale

initiative looking at how ICT can support rural education were put in place in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape.

In terms of work undertaken by the Department With regard to health innovation, close to 50% of the National Bio-economy

Strategy budget was also invested in human health research and innovation initiatives. This was complemented by the direct

investment of the Department under the “Framework for Science and Technology Interventions in Health Innovation”. These

health innovation initiatives included the development of programmes aimed at addressing, amongst others, HIV/AIDS, TB,

malaria and non-communicable diseases, and the creation of facilities and infrastructure enabling aspects of health innovation

(medical devices, Centres of Competence and pre-clinical facilities). Achievements under these programmes included the clinical

trials of the Tenofovir gel (against HIV transmission), the discovery of HIV broadly-neutralising-antibodies (as a key component of

a possible AIDS vaccine), the development of a single-dose anti-malarial drug candidate, and the development of Umbiflow TM

Doppler medical device that is used for antenatal screening.

Approximately R65 million has also been invested in IKS-related projects in terms of the new IKS Research Management

Model, and the Bioprospecting and Product Development Platform. Five established flagships projects (African traditional

medicines, cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, health teas and Moringa technology transfer) have resulted in over 30 prototypes

and candidate products (four traditional medicines, five cosmeceuticals, ten nutraceuticals, eight Moringa and three health teas).

Commercialisation models used for these products ranged from licensing and spin-off enterprises to cooperatives and trusts.

Both local companies (Afriplex, Kalahari and Amka) and international companies. (L’oreal and Nestle) have indicated interest in the

commercialisation of these products.

(d) Decision support interventions for government

An important area of focus for the DST is to stimulate the development of decision-support tools that will facilitate informed

decision-making based on the best available scientific knowledge, appropriately packaged for users. Two notable successes have

been the developmental of an information technology-based spatial and temporal tool known as STEPSA, to support spatial

planning in South Africa. Similarly, a platform to support responses to environmental changes known as the Risk and Vulnerability

Atlas has matured as a tool for local-level planning.

In the energy sector, the Department is developing the Energy Research Development and Innovation Strategy (ERDIS), and the

relevant implementation instruments, in order to meet the country’s national energy needs. The ERDIS is a coherent portfolio of

programmes relating to energy generation, delivery, consumption and storage. The execution and management of the (R&D)

programmes is performed by state-owned entities (SOEs) and agencies, such as the South African National Energy Development

Institute (SANEDI), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), and the

science councils and the universities. Socio-economic benefits will be derived from the commercialisation of the R&D outcomes

generated by the implementation agencies, resulting in the improvement of the quality of life for all South Africans.


The Department, in collaboration with the Department of Energy, funded the Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management

(EEDSM) hub at the University of Pretoria. The objectives of the hub are to guide R&D activity, promote technology development

and diffusion, and build capacity and capability. During the 2012/13 financial year, the Department conducted a study in terms

of the South Africa/Japan Energy Efficiency Improvement Project, in collaboration with the DoE, the Department of Trade and

Industry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The study proposed a system, framework and policies for improving

energy efficiency in the energy sector and identified the human capital gap.

In the Space Science arena, the South African Earth Observation Strategy (SAEOS), was developed and officially launched in

November 2007 in response to the need to coordinate the collection, assimilation and dissemination of Earth observations so that

they could be optimally used to support policy, decision making, economic growth and sustainable development. SAEOS is part

of South Africa’s contribution to the Group on Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), an initiative of the Group on Earth

Observation (GEO). SAEOS will form the national node for GEOSS. SAEOS includes a SAEOS portal, a user-orientated entry point

for data discovery and access which is accessible through the internet, and the Earth Observation Data Centre (EODC), which

acquires, processes, archives and distributes space information and products. The SAEOS Portal and EODC are fully functional,

and they are continuously enhanced and refined by introducing new extensions to improve their performance and functionality.

SANSA plays a key coordinating role and acts as the implementer of the SAEOS and Natinoal Space Strategy (NSS). The DST

has also invested in applied remote sensing and geo-informatics research to develop advanced and operational applications,

products and services in support of the implementation of SAEOS.

Furthermore, the DST successfully established the National Earth Observation and Space Secretariat (NEOSS) office in 2011. NEOSS

provides a cooperation platform for communities of practice in earth observation (EO), satellite communication, navigation and

space exploration. NEOSS is fully operational with communities of practice in infrastructure, water, agriculture, air quality, landcover

change and natural resources. The Department is working on the development of the second forum on satellite navigation,

which will coordinate the work done on navigation and positioning (e.g. the extension of the European Geostationary Navigation

Overlay Service) by the DST, the Department of Transport (DoT) and its entities, and the Department of Communication (DoC).

NEOSS’s operational model will be reviewed soon to ensure that it performs optimally and is sustainable.

The initial work on the ZA-ARMC1 satellite, which is South Africa’s satellite contribution to the African Resource Management

Constellation, has proceeded with the verification of user specifications and finalisation of the satellite engineering and human

capital development plans. Engineering work on the satellite is scheduled to commence in the early part of the 2014/15

financial year. The Cabinet’s recommendation to absorb SunSpace’s core capability into SANSA was implemented during the

latter part of 2013. This was done by absorbing SunSpace’s core capability into Denel Dynamics (DD) to establish a national

satellite manufacturing capability. This positive decision has provided an additional impetus for the development of the ARMC

constellation, which is a partnership between Algeria, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa to establish a constellation of satellites

and share data from earth observing satellites deployed by each of the partners in order to provide an information base for

environmental monitoring and management.


3.4 organisational environment

Three agencies (the National Research Foundation, the Technology Innovation Agency and the South African National Space

Agency), two science councils (the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Human Sciences Research Council),

the National Advisory Council on Innovation, the Academy of Science of South Africa and the South African Council for Natural

Scientific Professions are accountable to the Ministry of Science and Technology through the Department.

In addition to the agencies and research councils that report to the DST, there are several other science councils under other line

departments, such as the Agricultural Research Council, the Medical Research Council, and the Water Research Commission. In

principle, the coordination function of the DST with respect to these councils is outlined in the Strategic Management Model

for South Africa’s science and technology system (2004), and in practice there are several operational links to these councils.

This Strategic Management Model was intended to clarify the respective functions of the Department and the relevant line

departments; in this context the model was conceptualised as a driver or framework for coordinating the National System of

Innovation.

Internally, the Department has reorganised its structure to respond to the recommendations and findings of various review reports

such as the Ministerial Review Committee report on the STI landscape in South Africa, and currently comprises the following

programmes:

• Programme 1: Administration.

• Programme 2: Technology Innovation.

• Programme 3: International Cooperation and Resources.

• Programme 4: Research Development and Support.

• Programme 5: Socio-Economic Innovation Partnerships.

The Department commits itself to continuous improvement in the policies, processes, structures and instruments that have been

put in place in pursuit of an effective NSI whose contribution to national development is being optimised. The Department will

also implement some of the recommendations of the Ministerial Review Committee, especially those related to governance,

funding and monitoring and evaluation of the NSI.

As part of its knowledge generation initiatives, the Department and its public entities will continue to scale up and deepen the

implementation and monitoring of successful programmes such as HCD initiatives like CoEs and research chairs. The Department

will also support knowledge exploitation through entities such as the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO)

and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA).


3.5 Linking Programme objectives to the dST outcome-oriented goals

Table 1: Linking strategic outcome orientated goals with strategic objectives

dSt StrAtegic OUtcOMe OrientAted gOAlS

PrOgrAMMe StrAtegic ObjectiveS

To develop the innovation capacity of the NSI and thereby contribute to socio-economic development.

• To secure foreign STI funds to stimulate knowledge production, technology transfer, and enhanced innovation and STI human capital development in pursuit of STI-based socio-economic development in South Africa.

• To identify, grow and sustain niche high-potential STI capabilities for sustainable development and the greening of society and the economy.

• To identify, grow and sustain niche high-potential STI capabilities that improves the competitiveness of existing and emerging economic sectors and that facilitates the development of new targeted industries with growth potential in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, chemicals, advanced metals, mining and ICTs.

• Through knowledge, evidence, and learning, to inform and influence how science and technology can be used to achieve inclusive development.

• To lead, inform and influence policy development in areas of strategic science and technology innovation focus

• To oversee, monitor and regulate key policy instruments, including institutional arrangements and support interventions in the key strategic areas of Space Science, Energy, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Photonics, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Intellectual Property Management, Technology Transfer and Technology Localisation.

• To promote public engagement on science, technology and innovation.

• To enhance understanding and analysis that support improvements in the functioning and performance of the National System of Innovation (NSI).

To enhance South Africa’s knowledge-generation capacity in order to produce world-class research outputs and turn some advanced findings into innovation products and processes.

• To contribute to the development of representative, high level human capital able to pursue locally relevant, globally competitive research and innovation activities.

• To support and promote research that develops basic sciences through production of new knowledge and relevant training opportunities.

• To identify, grow and sustain niche high-potential STI capabilities that improves the competitiveness of existing and emerging economic sectors and that facilitates the development of new targeted industries with growth potential in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, chemicals, mining, advanced metals and ICTs.


• To strategically develop priority science areas in which South Africa enjoys a competitive advantage, by promoting internationally competitive research and training activities and outputs.

• To coordinate and support research and high-end skills development in the strategic and emerging Science and Technology areas of Space Science, Energy, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Photonics, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Intellectual Property Management, Technology Transfer and Technology Commercialisation.

• To support, promote, and advocate for the development and translation of scientific research and development outputs into commercial products, processes and services that will contribute towards economic growth and a better quality of life.


dSt StrAtegic OUtcOMe OrientAted gOAlS

PrOgrAMMe StrAtegic ObjectiveS

To develop appropriate STI human capital to meet the needs of society.

• To contribute to the development of representative, high level human capital able to pursue locally relevant, globally competitive research and innovation activities.

• To identify, grow and sustain niche high-potential STI capabilities that improves the competitiveness of existing and emerging economic sectors and that facilitates the development of new targeted industries with growth potential in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, chemicals, mining, advanced metals and ICTs.



To build world-class STI infrastructure to extend the frontiers of knowledge, train the next generation of researchers and enable technology development and transfer as well as knowledge interchange.

• To ensure availability of and access to internationally comparable research and innovation infrastructure in order to generate new knowledge and train new researchers.


To position South Africa as a strategic international RDI partner and destination through the exchange of knowledge, capacity and resources between South Africa and its regional and other international partners, thereby strengthening the NSI.

• To increase participation of South Africans in international human capital development opportunities to strengthen the South African NSI.

• To increase international exposure to regional, continental and global knowledge and STI networks that will result in knowledge production, technology transfer and enhanced innovation in support of the NSI.

• To ensure availability of and access to internationally comparable research and innovation infrastructure in order to generate new knowledge and train new researchers.

• To secure STI funds to stimulate knowledge production, technology transfer, enhanced innovation and STI human capital development in pursuit of STI-based socio-economic development in South Africa.


3.6 risk Management

In the last three financial years the Department has made significant progress in taking steps to enhance the practice of risk

management, with the objective of improving the overall maturity level at a departmental and Programme level. Steps taken to

improve the maturity level of risk management include (a) securing the support of the executive and management, (b) enhancing

the risk management methodology (c) closing the lag between the planning process and the risk management process. In this

regard the Department’s Programme risk profiles have been finalised and approved prior to the start of the 2012/13 and 2013/14

fiscal years, (d) the existence of a fully functional and robust Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC), that assists the

Accounting Officer in executing his responsibilities for risk management, (e) providing awareness and training sessions on various

aspects of risk management, and (f ) enhancing the articulation of risks and risk related information.

While the Department is proud of the progress made to date, it remains cognisant that there are still areas requiring improvement

and will continue to enhance the overall practice of risk management across the Department. The implementation of the

Department’s Enterprise Risk Management Strategy is guided by an annual implementation plan, the progress of which is

closely monitored and reviewed by the ERMC and the Audit Committee. As part of its oversight role, the ERMC also monitors the

implementation of action plans in mitigation of identified risks.

The Programme objectives form the basis for the risk profiles detailed in this annual performance plan. Management and staff

from each Programme were involved in the formulation of their respective risk profiles. For the 2014/15 fiscal year, the Department

with the assistance of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee and the Audit Committee will continue to monitor the

progress made towards mitigating identified risks and improving its internal control environment. In addition, the executive and

management place reliance on the Department’s Internal Audit Activity to provide assurance on the effectiveness and adequacy

of its risk management practice and the internal control environment. Feedback received from the Internal Audit Activity will

be used, with other information, to update Programme risk profiles regularly and to trigger the re-assessment of risk should this

become necessary.


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prop

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2014

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2015

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2016

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Adm

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188

858

195

556

225

270

268

158

245

658

290

960

309

183

311

188

Tech

nolo

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nova

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802

774

854

944

1 03

3 18

61

627

145

1 12

2 06

299

1 62

31

018

511

1 02

3 10

5

Inte

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and

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1 38

413

2 27

610

2 87

514

8 43

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5 43

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9 69

912

5 15

112

6 23

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754

144

1 95

6 33

42

366

623

2 47

6 82

12

475

821

3 50

3 76

24

300

126

4 32

3 66

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1 17

4 74

21

264

362

1 24

5 36

11

677

601

1 67

7 60

11

564

146

1 80

1 34

91

850

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902

4 40

3 47

24

973

315

6 19

8 15

56

198

155

6 47

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554

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7 63

4 83

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Com

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em

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190

629

207

164

2217

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0 62

925

1 40

328

3 81

830

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140

736

138

283

164

615

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736

162

671

202

905

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Programme Performance Plans

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Part bPrOgrAMMe PerfOrMAnce PlAnS

PrOgrAMMe 1: AdMiniStrAtiOn

Purpose: To conduct the overall management and administration of the Department. To ensure that organisations funded by the

Department comply with good corporate governance standards and that their activities are aligned with the strategic focus of the

NSI. Monitor and evaluate the performance of the science councils.

The Programme serves to facilitate policy alignment and planning and ensure effective governance, communication, monitoring

and evaluation of performance in the DST and within the National System of Innovation (NSI). The Programme provides centralised

strategic and administrative support, and is an essential strategic partner in the Department’s governance, administration and

programme delivery. The Programme is geared towards coordinating crosscutting policy implementation for the Department

through the following:

• Coordinating the development of strategic plans, annual performance plans and operational plans for the Department.

• Supporting the Department in ensuring good corporate governance in public entities by facilitating public entity board

appointments.

• Coordinating departmental engagements with the public entities through the Chairpersons’, Chief Executive Officers’ and

Chief Financial Officers’ Forums.

• Developing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation framework to assess the performance of the Department and

its public entities.

• Coordinating in-year reporting and annual performance reviews for the Department and its public entities.

• Developing and implementing frameworks for institutional reviews of public entities.

• Ensuring effective communication between the Department and its key stakeholders, and creating awareness of the

Department’s key objectives and activities.

• Promoting the effective, efficient and economical use of financial resources in line with financial prescripts through the

development and effective implementation of financial management systems, policies, frameworks and procedures.

Strategic objectives

• To coordinate the identification, formulation and implementation of strategic initiatives and ensure that the DST and its

entities priorities are aligned to the national priorities.

• To develop and maintain good corporate governance systems for the Department and its entities.

• To make the DST an employer of choice and retain appropriately trained personnel.

• To provide an efficient and effective information technology services.

• To ensure effective and efficient financial and procurement services.

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Subprogrammes

Ministry and Office of the Director-General supports the Minister, Deputy Minister and the Director-General by providing

effective and efficient professional and executive support. The subprogramme is responsible for the development of systems and

mechanisms for handling Parliamentary Questions and Replies, Cabinet matters, correspondence, submissions and memoranda. It

also coordinates activities within the Department to assist in steering the NSI towards the development of a knowledge-intensive

economy with higher productivity levels.

Enterprise Risk Management ensures that a risk management culture is embedded effectively and efficiently within the

Department by creating risk management awareness, and elevating risk management to a strategic level in the Department

in order to improve the DST’s risk maturity level. The component’s secondary role is to ensure that countering fraud is made an

integral part of strategy, operations and administration in the Department (i.e. to promote a fraud risk management culture in

the DST). In order to facilitate proper coordination and alignment of strategic initiatives across the Department, the directorate

ensures ensure that the DST has a strategic risk profile register. The subprogramme focuses on ensuring that the Department’s risk

management maturity is at least at level 3 out of 4 and maintaining this maturity level over the medium-term.

Finance ensures effective, efficient and economic utilisation of financial resources in line with financial prescripts through the

development and effective implementation of financial systems, policies, frameworks and procedures. This includes budget

planning and expenditure monitoring; and the management of procurement, acquisition, logistics, asset, and financial transactions.

Policy, Planning, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation supports the DST leadership in steering the NSI, in particular

through the following:

• Coordinating cross-cutting policy processes across the Department.

• Coordinating the translation of policy priorities determined by the executive leadership into actionable plans with clear

objectives, performance measures and resource commitments.

• Facilitating good governance in the Department and its entities.

• Ensuring that monitoring and evaluation activities undertaken in the NSI answer policy questions of economy, effectiveness

and efficiency.

• Coordinating the integration and implementation of the NRDS and TYIP to ensure that the Department delivers on its

strategic objectives.

Science Communication is responsible for ensuring effective communication between the Department and its key stakeholders,

and creating awareness of the Department’s key objectives and activities. The subprogramme raises the profile of the work done

by the Programmes in line with the vision and mission of the Department. It also facilitates the preparation of information that the

Minister and the Deputy Minister communicate externally.

Its overall focus is to brand the Department and create awareness about the developments, benefits and opportunities in publicly

funded science and technology initiatives across the country’s science system. In addition, it is important for this subprogramme

to ensure that information is accessible to the public.

Human Resources ensures that the Department is able to (i) provide a professional service through accurate, consistent and best

employment practices in all its activities, which are aimed at supporting the achievement of the DST’s strategic and operational

objectives; (ii) attract and retain employees who share the same organisational vision; (iii) champion change and transition,

with a view to being a catalyst in the transition of people and the organisation to embrace and implement change; (iv) set

Annual Performance Plan 2014/15


performance standards and manage performance against them; and (v) promote an environment that supports the personal and

career development of all employees so that they can reach their full potential and contribute better to the achievement of the

Department’s strategic objectives and instil a culture of service excellence.

Legal Services This subprogramme is responsible for providing effective and efficient legal services to the Department in order to

ensure that the interests of the Department are protected against any legal risk. The subprogramme ensures that the Department

complies with relevant legislation and takes a proactive approach to dealing with matters that have the potential to give rise to

conflict or legal challenges. The emphasis is on value-based decision-making, not merely risk limitation. Key to legal services is

not to be reactive only, but also to be proactive in increasing the levels of awareness, collaboration, effective management and

productivity. The subprogramme provides leadership on all legal matters by having an effective approach to resolving matters

that have the potential to give rise to conflict or legal challenges.

Information Systems and Knowledge Management is responsible for the delivery of services that support the Department’s

strategic plan and individual units’ objectives through the effective use of information technology. Its purpose is to align the

Information Technology (IT) strategy with the business strategy to ensure that the Department achieves optimum use of its

resources.

In addition, the subprogramme is tasked with the responsibility of providing cutting- edge technologies that will optimise the use

of information in a reliable and secure manner. This includes the implementation of business systems that meet users’ needs, the

provision of a reliable IT infrastructure and environment, and the creation of capacity for proper information management and

business intelligence.

Internal Audit Activity performs internal appraisal activities to provide assurance on the Department’s governance, risk

management, and control processes to help the Department achieve its strategic, operational, and financial and compliance

objectives. Internal auditing is also a catalyst for improving the Department’s effectiveness and efficiency by providing insight and

recommendations based on analysis and assessment of data and business processes. The subprogramme supports the executive

and political leadership in developing and maintaining processes, procedures and systems that strengthen corporate governance,

internal controls and risk management, through the implementation of a flexible risk-based audit plan.


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an

d (d

) a lo

ss o

f fun

ding

.

•D

evel

op a

pro

posa

l on

the

intr

oduc

tion

of p

roje

ct

man

agem

ent s

yste

m.

•Im

prov

e th

e us

e of

bas

elin

e as

a b

asis

for p

lann

ing

(use

pas

t pe

rfor

man

ce to

set

cur

rent

targ

et s

tand

ards

).

•A

n ea

rly w

arni

ng s

yste

m is

use

d as

par

t of a

qua

rter

ly

repo

rtin

g m

echa

nism

. (Th

is s

yste

m e

nabl

es p

rogr

amm

es to

be

aw

are

in a

dvan

ce o

f ach

ieve

men

ts a

nd a

lso

indi

cate

are

as

that

are

regr

essi

ng).

•To

recr

uit a

mon

itorin

g an

d ev

alua

tion

pers

onne

l with

an

audi

t bac

kgro

und

to a

ssis

t with

ver

ifyin

g ev

iden

ce a

vaila

ble

on a

chie

vem

ent a

gain

st ta

rget

s.


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To d

evel

op a

nd m

aint

ain

a go

od

corp

orat

e go

vern

ance

sys

tem

for

the

Dep

artm

ent a

nd it

s en

titie

s.

Mis

alig

nmen

t of e

ntity

obj

ectiv

es w

ith D

ST o

bjec

tives

, as

a re

sult

of li

mite

d co

-ord

inat

ion

and

alig

nmen

t of p

lans

bet

wee

n th

e D

ST

and

its e

ntiti

es.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be:

(a) i

nabi

lity

to

mee

t int

erna

l and

ext

erna

l rep

ortin

g de

adlin

es (l

egis

late

d as

wel

l as

thos

e pr

escr

ibed

thro

ugh

Nat

iona

l Tre

asur

y Re

gula

tions

) and

(b

) the

dup

licat

ion

of a

ctiv

ities

.

The

DST

and

its

entit

ies

to c

ontin

ue to

hol

d m

eetin

gs (a

t di

ffere

nt le

vels

) bet

wee

n A

ugus

t and

Janu

ary

of e

ach

year

to d

eal

with

the

cont

ent a

nd a

lignm

ent o

f str

ateg

ic p

lans

and

ann

ual

perf

orm

ance

pla

ns.

The

DST

sha

ll co

ntin

ue to

com

mun

icat

e th

e se

t prio

ritie

s to

its

publ

ic e

ntiti

es.

The

occu

rren

ce o

f inc

iden

ts o

f fra

ud a

nd c

orru

ptio

n, a

s a

resu

lt of

(a) t

he a

bsen

ce o

f a fo

rmal

ised

eth

ics

prog

ram

me,

(b)

inad

equa

cies

with

in th

e co

ntro

l env

ironm

ent (

poss

ibili

ty o

f an

oppo

rtun

ity fo

r cor

rupt

ion

to o

ccur

with

in th

e or

gani

satio

n) a

nd

(c) c

onfli

ct o

f int

eres

t.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a) fi

nanc

ial l

oss,

(b) d

amag

e to

the

DST

’s re

puta

tion,

(c.)

the

inab

ility

to a

ttra

ct

and

mai

ntai

n a

skill

ed w

orkf

orce

, (d)

the

inab

ility

to d

eliv

er o

n th

e D

ST’s

obje

ctiv

es a

nd (e

) low

sta

ff m

oral

e du

e to

a p

erce

ived

to

lera

nce

of c

orru

ptio

n (e

.g. n

epot

ism

).

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

2014

/15

Frau

d Pr

even

tion

and

Det

ectio

n Pl

an.

Cond

uct a

dditi

onal

aw

aren

ess

sess

ions

on

fraud

and

cor

rupt

ion

with

in th

e D

ST.

Qua

rter

ly v

erifi

catio

n of

gift

regi

ster

s (a

s pe

r the

Fra

ud P

reve

ntio

n an

d D

etec

tion

Plan

).

Proc

ess

requ

ests

from

em

ploy

ees

to c

ondu

ct re

mun

erat

ed w

ork

outs

ide

of th

e Pu

blic

Ser

vice

.

Non

adh

eren

ce to

Cab

inet

and

Par

liam

enta

ry ti

mel

ines

, as

a re

sult

of (a

.) a

lack

of c

oope

ratio

n (b

uy-in

) fro

m P

rogr

amm

es, (

b.)

low

qua

lity

of P

arlia

men

tary

Rep

lies

and

(c.)

inad

equa

te in

tern

al

cons

ulta

tion

( the

impo

rtan

ce o

f mee

ting

dead

lines

and

ver

ifyin

g in

form

atio

n w

hen

draf

ting

Parli

amen

tary

Rep

lies)

.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a.)

a br

each

in

legi

slat

ive

proc

esse

s an

d (b

.) th

e da

mag

e to

the

Min

iste

r and

the

depa

rtm

ent’s

repu

tatio

n.

Prov

ide

feed

back

on

adhe

renc

e to

Par

liam

enta

ry T

imel

ines

.

Enha

nce

the

inte

rnal

pro

cess

es fo

r rep

ortin

g.

The

timel

y di

strib

utio

n of

sch

edul

es to

Dep

uty

Dire

ctor

s-G

ener

al

(DD

Gs)

and

offi

ce m

anag

ers

by th

e M

inis

try.

The

deve

lopm

ent o

f sca

rce

and

criti

cal s

kill

fram

ewor

k (in

tent

ion:

fo

r the

Dep

artm

ent t

o id

entif

y sc

arce

and

crit

ical

ski

lls im

port

ant

in d

eliv

erin

g on

its

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

by

attr

actin

g, d

evel

opin

g an

d re

tain

ing

such

ski

lls).

Impl

emen

tatio

n or

roll-

out o

f the

con

duci

ve w

orki

ng

envi

ronm

ent p

roje

ct:

•Jo

b sa

tisfa

ctio

n.

• F

lexi

ble

wor

king

hou

rs.

•Su

rvey

- w

orki

ng e

nviro

nmen

t sur

vey.

•G

ende

r pol

icy

etc.


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

Mis

mat

ch b

etw

een

DST

requ

irem

ents

and

the

skill

s av

aila

ble

in

the

mar

ket,

as a

resu

lt of

(a) n

atio

nal o

r int

erna

tiona

l sho

rtag

e of

cer

tain

ski

lls (i

nclu

ding

cer

tain

repr

esen

tativ

e w

orkf

orce

), (b

) co

mpe

titio

n fo

r the

sam

e sp

ecia

list s

kills

, and

(c) c

ompe

ting

with

oth

er e

ntiti

es (p

ublic

and

priv

ate)

for c

erta

in p

rosp

ectiv

e em

ploy

ees

grou

ps w

ho a

re in

hig

hly

soug

ht a

fter

and

in a

po

sitio

n to

dem

and

abov

e av

erag

e re

mun

erat

ion

pack

ages

(e.g

. w

omen

and

the

disa

bled

).

Revi

ew a

nd im

plem

ent r

evis

ed L

earn

ing

and

Dev

elop

men

t Pr

ogra

mm

e.

To m

ake

DST

an

empl

oyer

of c

hoic

e an

d re

tain

app

ropr

iate

ly tr

aine

d pe

rson

nel

Hig

h tu

rnov

er a

mon

gst s

enio

r and

mid

dle

man

agem

ent,

as

a re

sult

of (a

) lac

k of

cle

ar c

aree

r dev

elop

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s, (b

) cul

ture

of t

he o

rgan

isat

ion,

with

rega

rds

to le

ader

ship

and

m

anag

emen

t sty

le (o

ffici

als

unab

le to

ada

pt to

the

man

agem

ent

styl

e, w

hich

resu

lts in

con

flict

and

/or p

erso

nalit

y cl

ashe

s) a

nd th

e la

ck o

f vis

ible

lead

ersh

ip (m

anag

emen

t lim

itatio

ns in

pro

vidi

ng

lead

ersh

ip a

t piv

otal

mom

ents

in th

e Pr

ogra

mm

e’s

oper

atio

ns),

and

(c) c

ompe

ting

with

oth

er e

ntiti

es (p

ublic

and

priv

ate)

for

spec

ific

skill

s po

sses

sed

by s

ome

empl

oyee

gro

ups

in h

igh

dem

and

(e.g

. wom

en a

nd th

e di

sabl

ed).

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a) l

oss

of

inst

itutio

nal m

emor

y, a

nd (b

) del

ay/f

ailu

re in

the

deliv

ery

of

obje

ctiv

es.

Enha

nced

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

rete

ntio

n In

itiat

ives

(Rol

l-out

of d

epar

tmen

tal p

rogr

amm

es).

Dep

artm

enta

l Pro

gram

mes

ent

ails

:

•Le

ader

ship

/Man

agem

ent P

rogr

amm

es.

•M

ento

ring

and

Coac

hing

.

•Jo

b Re

tent

ion

Prog

ram

me.

•Bu

rsar

y Pr

ogra

mm

e.

•Co

mpe

tenc

y ba

sed

lear

ning

and

dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

me.

Full

roll

out o

f the

lead

ersh

ip d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

amm

e w

hich

en

tails

the

follo

win

g de

velo

pmen

t pro

gram

mes

:

•Em

ergi

ng a

nd a

dvan

ced

man

agem

ent d

evel

opm

ent

prog

ram

me.

•Ex

ecut

ive

deve

lopm

ent p

rogr

amm

e.

•G

loba

l lea

ders

hip

prog

ram

me.

•M

ento

ring

and

coac

hing

.

Dev

elop

men

t of s

carc

e an

d cr

itica

l ski

ll fra

mew

ork

(inte

ntio

n:

for t

he d

epar

tmen

t to

iden

tify

scar

ce a

nd c

ritic

al s

kills

impo

rtan

t in

del

iver

ing

on th

e st

rate

gic

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

dep

artm

ent b

y at

trac

ting,

dev

elop

ing

and

reta

inin

g su

ch s

kills

).

Impl

emen

tatio

n or

roll-

out o

f the

con

duci

ve w

orki

ng

envi

ronm

ent p

roje

ct:

•Jo

b sa

tisfa

ctio

n.

•Fl

exib

le w

orki

ng h

ours

.

•Su

rvey

- w

orki

ng e

nviro

nmen

t sur

vey.

•G

ende

r pol

icy

etc.


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

Mis

mat

ch b

etw

een

DST

requ

irem

ents

and

the

skill

s av

aila

ble

in

the

mar

ket,

as a

resu

lt of

(a) n

atio

nal o

r int

erna

tiona

l sho

rtag

e of

cer

tain

ski

lls (i

nclu

ding

cer

tain

repr

esen

tativ

e w

orkf

orce

), (b

) co

mpe

titio

n fo

r the

sam

e sp

ecia

list s

kills

, and

(c) c

ompe

ting

with

oth

er e

ntiti

es (p

ublic

and

priv

ate)

for c

erta

in p

rosp

ectiv

e em

ploy

ees

grou

ps w

ho a

re in

hig

hly

soug

ht a

fter

and

in a

po

sitio

n to

dem

and

abov

e av

erag

e re

mun

erat

ion

pack

ages

(e.g

. w

omen

and

the

disa

bled

).

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a) h

igh

vaca

ncy

rate

, (b)

hig

h st

aff tu

rnov

er, (

c) in

abili

ty to

mee

t str

ateg

ic

obje

ctiv

es, a

nd (d

) non

-ach

ieve

men

t of E

E ta

rget

s.

Revi

ew a

nd im

plem

ent r

evis

ed L

earn

ing

and

Dev

elop

men

t Pr

ogra

mm

e.

Rollo

ut o

f the

DST

eRe

crui

ting

syst

em (s

yste

m to

be

used

in

tern

ally

by

HR

to a

utom

ate

and

repl

ace

func

tiona

lity

that

was

pr

evio

usly

out

sour

ced

to re

crui

ting

agen

ts).

Enga

gem

ents

with

the

DPS

A o

n th

e po

ssib

le a

men

dmen

ts to

th

e cu

rren

t app

rove

d O

SD fo

r spe

cial

ist/

scie

ntis

ts, w

hich

do

not

mee

t the

DST

requ

irem

ents

.

Enha

nced

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

rete

ntio

n In

itiat

ives

(Rol

l-out

of d

epar

tmen

tal p

rogr

amm

es)

Dep

artm

enta

l Pro

gram

mes

ent

ails

:

•Le

ader

ship

/Man

agem

ent P

rogr

amm

es.

•M

ento

ring

and

Coac

hing

.

•Jo

b Re

tent

ion

Prog

ram

me.

•Bu

rsar

y Pr

ogra

mm

e.

•Co

mpe

tenc

y ba

sed

lear

ning

pro

gram

me.

To e

nsur

e effi

cien

t fina

ncia

l and

pr

ocur

emen

t ser

vice

s U

nder

/ove

r spe

ndin

g of

the

DST

bud

get,

as a

resu

lt of

(a.)

poor

fin

anci

al m

anag

emen

t, pl

anni

ng a

nd s

ettin

g of

unr

ealis

tic

targ

ets,

(b) n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith le

gisl

atio

n an

d po

licy,

and

(c)

inap

prop

riate

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent (

no c

onse

quen

ces

for n

on-

com

plia

nce,

man

agem

ent o

verr

ide/

inte

rven

tion)

.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be:

(a) u

naut

horis

ed

expe

nditu

re; (

over

spen

ding

), (b

) non

del

iver

y of

ser

vice

s; (u

nder

sp

endi

ng),

(c) d

amag

e to

the

Dep

artm

ent’s

repu

tatio

n, (d

) qu

alifi

ed a

udit

opin

ion,

and

(e) n

on-a

lloca

tion

of a

dditi

onal

fund

s fro

m N

atio

nal T

reas

ury.

Cont

inue

to e

ngag

e w

ith th

e D

DG

s on

the

anal

ysis

of t

he

Prog

ram

me

mon

thly

exp

endi

ture

repo

rt a

nd to

cor

rect

the

unde

r/ov

ersp

endi

ng (a

mon

itorin

g to

ol to

ens

ure

that

risk

re

mai

ns w

ithin

the

acce

ptab

le le

vels

).


Prog

ram

me

per

form

ance

ind

icat

ors

and

ann

ual t

arg

ets

for

2014

/15

Tab

le 4

: Pro

gra

mm

e p

erfo

rman

ce in

dic

ator

s an

d t

arg

ets

Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

To

coor

dina

te (t

he id

enti

ficat

ion,

form

ulat

ion

and

impl

emen

tati

on o

f str

ateg

ic in

itia

tive

s) a

nd e

nsur

e th

at th

e D

ST a

nd it

s pu

blic

ent

itie

s pr

iori

ties

are

alig

ned

to th

e na

tion

al p

rior

itie

s.

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

(s

trat

egic

pl

an, a

nnua

l pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

, Est

imat

es

of N

atio

nal

Expe

nditu

re

(EN

E)

Perc

enta

ge

alig

nmen

t of

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

(s

trat

egic

pla

n al

igne

d to

A

PP a

nd A

PP

alig

ned

to E

NE)

su

bmitt

ed to

Pa

rliam

ent

Min

imum

of

90%

alig

nmen

t in

201

5/16

ac

ross

/of

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

st

rate

gic

plan

al

igne

d to

A

PP a

nd A

PP

alig

ned

to E

NE)

su

bmitt

ed to

Pa

rliam

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

017

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

no

t alig

ned

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

no

t alig

ned

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

al

igne

d

80%

Alig

ned

2014

/15

DST

pl

anni

ng

docu

men

ts

(str

ateg

ic

plan

, ann

ual

perf

orm

ance

pl

an)

subm

itted

to

Parli

amen

t by

31 M

arch

201

4

Min

imum

of

90%

alig

nmen

t in

201

5/16

ac

ross

/of

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

st

rate

gic

plan

al

igne

d to

A

PP a

nd A

PP

alig

ned

to E

NE)

su

bmitt

ed to

Pa

rliam

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

015

Min

imum

of

90%

alig

nmen

t in

201

6/17

ac

ross

/of

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

st

rate

gic

plan

al

igne

d to

A

PP a

nd A

PP

alig

ned

to E

NE)

su

bmitt

ed to

Pa

rliam

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

016

Min

imum

of

90%

alig

nmen

t in

201

7/18

ac

ross

/of

DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

st

rate

gic

plan

al

igne

d to

A

PP a

nd A

PP

alig

ned

to E

NE)

su

bmitt

ed to

Pa

rliam

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

017

100%

al

ignm

ent

betw

een

the

2016

DST

EN

E an

d th

e 20

16/1

7 A

PP b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

017

No

base

line

No

base

line

No

base

line

90%

alig

ned

2014

DST

EN

E an

d 20

14/1

5 A

PP b

y 31

M

arch

201

4

90%

alig

nmen

t be

twee

n th

e 20

15 D

ST

ENE

and

the

2015

/16

APP

by

31

Mar

ch

2015

100%

al

ignm

ent

betw

een

the

2016

DST

EN

E an

d th

e 20

16/1

7 A

PP

by 3

1 M

arch

20

16

100%

al

ignm

ent

betw

een

the

2016

DST

EN

E an

d th

e 20

16/1

7 A

PP

by 3

1 M

arch

20

17


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

DST

pub

lic

entit

ies

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d sh

areh

olde

r co

mpa

cts

App

rove

d D

ST

publ

ic e

ntiti

es’

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d si

gned

sh

areh

olde

rs’

com

pact

s

App

rove

d 20

17/1

8 D

ST

publ

ic e

ntiti

es

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d si

gned

sh

areh

olde

r co

mpa

ct b

y 31

M

arch

201

7

App

rove

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s (C

SIR,

H

SRC

, NRF

, SA

NSA

, ASS

Af,

AIS

A) a

nd

Stra

tegi

c pl

ans

tabl

ed in

Pa

rliam

ent:

CSI

R, A

ISA

, N

RF, H

SRC

, TIA

, SA

NSA

and

A

SSA

f sig

ned

shar

ehol

der

com

pact

s:

CSI

R, A

ISA

, N

RF, S

AN

SA

and

HSR

C

App

rove

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s (C

SIR,

H

SRC

, NRF

, SA

NSA

, ASS

Af,

AIS

A1 ) a

nd

Stra

tegi

c pl

ans

tabl

ed in

Pa

rliam

ent:

CSI

R, A

ISA

, N

RF, H

SRC

, TIA

, SA

NSA

and

A

SSA

f

Sign

ed

shar

ehol

der

com

pact

s:

CSI

R, A

ISA

, N

RF, S

AN

SA

and

HSR

C

App

rove

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s (C

SIR,

H

SRC

, NRF

, SA

NSA

, ASS

Af,

AIS

A1 ) a

nd

Stra

tegi

c pl

ans

tabl

ed in

Pa

rliam

ent:

Sign

ed

shar

ehol

der

com

pact

s:

App

rove

d 20

14/1

5 D

ST

publ

ic e

ntiti

es

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d si

gned

sh

areh

olde

r co

mpa

ct b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

014

App

rove

d 20

15/1

6 D

ST

publ

ic e

ntiti

es

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d si

gned

sh

areh

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r co

mpa

ct b

y 31

M

arch

201

5

App

rove

d 20

16/1

7 D

ST

publ

ic e

ntiti

es

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d si

gned

sh

areh

olde

r co

mpa

ct b

y 31

M

arch

201

6

App

rove

d 20

17/1

8 D

ST

publ

ic e

ntiti

es

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce

plan

s an

d si

gned

sh

areh

olde

r co

mpa

ct b

y 31

M

arch

201

7

1 E

ffect

ive

from

1 A

pril

2014

, AIS

A w

ill b

e in

corp

orat

ed in

to th

e H

SRC

and

will

no

long

er ta

ble

a se

para

te S

trat

egic

Pla

n an

d an

Ann

ual P

erfo

rman

ce P

lan.

In S

epte

mbe

r 201

4, A

ISA

will

, how

ever

, stil

l tab

le a

n A

nnua

l Rep

ort

for t

he 2

013/

14 fi

nanc

ial y

ear.


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

: To

deve

lop

and

mai

ntai

n go

od c

orpo

rate

gov

erna

nce

syst

ems

for t

he D

epar

tmen

t and

its

enti

ties

.

In-y

ear

mon

itorin

g re

port

s

Num

ber o

f DST

pe

rfor

man

ce

repo

rts

(qua

rter

ly

repo

rts

and

annu

al re

port

s)

appr

oved

by

DST

EXC

O

and

sign

ed b

y D

G (q

uart

erly

Re

port

s ap

prov

ed a

nd

sign

ed w

ithin

60

day

s af

ter

the

end

of e

ach

quar

ter)

12 D

ST

quar

terly

pe

rfor

man

ce

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

DST

EXC

O a

nd

sign

ed b

y th

e D

G w

ithin

60

days

aft

er e

ach

quar

ter

App

rove

d D

ST

perf

orm

ance

re

port

s

App

rove

d D

ST

perf

orm

ance

re

port

s

App

rove

d D

ST

perf

orm

ance

re

port

s

4 D

ST 2

013/

14

quar

terly

pe

rfor

man

ce

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

DST

EXC

O a

nd

sign

ed b

y th

e D

G w

ithin

60

days

aft

er e

ach

quar

ter

4 D

ST 2

014/

15

quar

terly

pe

rfor

man

ce

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

DST

EXC

O a

nd

sign

ed b

y th

e D

G w

ithin

60

days

aft

er e

ach

quar

ter

4 D

ST 2

015/

16

quar

terly

pe

rfor

man

ce

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

DST

EXC

O a

nd

sign

ed b

y th

e D

G w

ithin

60

days

aft

er e

ach

quar

ter

4 D

ST 2

016/

17

quar

terly

pe

rfor

man

ce

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

DST

EXC

O a

nd

sign

ed b

y th

e D

G w

ithin

60

days

aft

er e

ach

quar

ter

3 D

ST a

nnua

l re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

and

si

gned

by

the

DG

by

31 M

ay

2016

1 D

ST a

nnua

l re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

and

si

gned

by

the

DG

1 D

ST a

nnua

l re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

and

si

gned

by

the

DG

1 D

ST a

nnua

l re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

and

si

gned

by

the

DG

1 D

ST 2

012/

13

annu

al re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

and

si

gned

by

the

DG

by

31 M

ay

2013

1 D

ST 2

013/

14

annu

al re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

and

si

gned

by

the

DG

by

31 M

ay

2014

1 D

ST 2

014/

15

annu

al re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

and

si

gned

by

the

DG

by

31 M

ay

2015

1 D

ST 2

015/

16

annu

al re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

and

si

gned

by

the

DG

by

31 M

ay

2016

DST

pub

lic

entit

ies’

annu

al

repo

rts

Num

ber o

f DST

pu

blic

ent

ities

an

nual

repo

rts

subm

itted

to

Parli

amen

t

25 D

ST p

ublic

en

titie

s’ 20

15/1

6 an

nual

repo

rts

subm

itted

to

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amen

t by

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16

All

publ

ic

entit

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annu

al

repo

rts

wer

e ta

bled

in

Parli

amen

t (A

ISA

, ASS

Af,

CSI

R, T

IA,

SAN

EDI,

HSR

C,

NRF

and

SA

CN

ASP

)

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publ

ic

entit

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annu

al

repo

rts

wer

e ta

bled

in

Parli

amen

t (A

ISA

, ASS

Af,

CSI

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IA,

SAN

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C,

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and

SA

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)

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publ

ic

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annu

al

repo

rts

wer

e ta

bled

in

Parli

amen

t (A

ISA

, ASS

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R, T

IA,

SAN

EDI,

HSR

C,

NRF

and

SA

CN

ASP

)

9 D

ST p

ublic

en

titie

s’ 20

12/1

3 an

nual

repo

rts

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itted

to

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amen

t by

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

13

9 D

ST p

ublic

en

titie

s’ 20

13/1

4 an

nual

repo

rts

subm

itted

to

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amen

t by

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14

8 D

ST p

ublic

en

titie

s’ 20

14/1

5 an

nual

repo

rts

subm

itted

to

Parli

amen

t by

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15

8 D

ST p

ublic

en

titie

s’ 20

15/1

6 an

nual

repo

rts

subm

itted

to

Parli

amen

t by

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

To

proa

ctiv

ely

posi

tion

the

Dep

artm

ent p

osit

ivel

y bo

th in

tern

ally

and

ext

erna

lly to

ens

ure

info

rmed

em

ploy

ees

and

citi

zenr

y.

DST

co

mm

unic

atio

n,

mar

ketin

g an

d/or

med

ia p

lans

Num

ber o

f DST

co

mm

unic

atio

n,

mar

ketin

g an

d/or

med

ia p

lans

de

velo

ped

for

DST

pro

gram

mes

to

pro

file

the

Dep

artm

ent

and

to in

form

th

e ci

tizen

ry

appr

oved

by

DST

EX

CO

20

com

mun

icat

ion,

m

arke

ting

and/

or m

edia

pla

ns

deve

lope

d fo

r D

ST p

rogr

amm

es

to p

rofil

e th

e D

epar

tmen

t ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

4 com

mun

icat

ion,

m

arke

ting

and/

or m

edia

pla

ns

deve

lope

d fo

r DST

pr

ogra

mm

es

to p

rofil

e th

e D

epar

tmen

t

4 com

mun

icat

ion,

m

arke

ting

and/

or m

edia

pla

ns

deve

lope

d fo

r DST

pr

ogra

mm

es

to p

rofil

e th

e D

epar

tmen

t

6 com

mun

icat

ion,

m

arke

ting

and/

or m

edia

pla

ns

deve

lope

d fo

r DST

pr

ogra

mm

es

to p

rofil

e th

e D

epar

tmen

t ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

6 com

mun

icat

ion,

m

arke

ting

and/

or m

edia

pla

ns

deve

lope

d fo

r D

ST p

rogr

amm

es

to p

rofil

e th

e D

epar

tmen

t ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31

Mar

ch 2

014

6 com

mun

icat

ion,

m

arke

ting

and/

or m

edia

pla

ns

deve

lope

d fo

r DST

pr

ogra

mm

es

to p

rofil

e th

e D

epar

tmen

t ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

6 com

mun

icat

ion,

m

arke

ting

and/

or m

edia

pla

ns

deve

lope

d fo

r DST

pr

ogra

mm

es

to p

rofil

e th

e D

epar

tmen

t ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31

Mar

ch 2

016

8 com

mun

icat

ion,

m

arke

ting

and/

or m

edia

pla

ns

deve

lope

d fo

r DST

pr

ogra

mm

es

to p

rofil

e th

e D

epar

tmen

t ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

Scie

nce

and

tech

nolo

gy

med

ia

cove

rage

m

onito

ring

med

ia re

port

s

Num

ber o

f Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

m

edia

cov

erag

e m

onito

ring

repo

rts

appr

oved

by

DST

EXC

O

14 S

cien

ce a

nd

Tech

nolo

gy

med

ia c

over

age

mon

itorin

g re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31 M

arch

201

7

4 Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

m

edia

co

vera

ge

mon

itorin

g re

port

s

4 Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

m

edia

co

vera

ge

mon

itorin

g re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

4 Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

m

edia

co

vera

ge

mon

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g re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

4 Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

m

edia

co

vera

ge

mon

itorin

g re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31 M

arch

201

4

4 Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

m

edia

co

vera

ge

mon

itorin

g re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31 M

arch

201

5

4 Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

m

edia

co

vera

ge

mon

itorin

g re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31 M

arch

201

6

6 Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

m

edia

co

vera

ge

mon

itorin

g re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

by

31 M

arch

201

7

Publ

ic

part

icip

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

e

Num

ber

of p

ublic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

30 p

ublic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

by

31 M

arch

201

7

5 pu

blic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

6 pu

blic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

10 p

ublic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

10 p

ublic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

by

31 M

arch

201

4

10 p

ublic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

by

31 M

arch

201

5

10 p

ublic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

by

31 M

arch

201

6

10 p

ublic

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

mes

co

nduc

ted

by

31 M

arch

201

7


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

To

mak

e th

e D

ST a

n em

ploy

er o

f cho

ice

and

reta

in a

ppro

pria

tely

ski

lled

pers

onne

l.

Suita

ble

skill

s an

d co

mpe

tenc

ies

for t

he

Dep

artm

ent

Turn

arou

nd

time

to fi

ll va

canc

ies

90 d

ays

to

fill v

acan

cy

afte

r dat

e of

ad

vert

isem

ent

by 3

1 M

arch

20

17

No

base

line

No

base

line

90 d

ays

to

fill v

acan

cy

afte

r dat

e of

ad

vert

isem

ent

90 d

ays

to

fill v

acan

cy

afte

r dat

e of

ad

vert

isem

ent

by 3

1 M

arch

20

14

90 d

ays

to

fill v

acan

cy

afte

r dat

e of

ad

vert

isem

ent

by 3

1 M

arch

20

15

90 d

ays

to

fill v

acan

cy

afte

r dat

e of

ad

vert

isem

ent

by 3

1 M

arch

20

16

90 d

ays

to

fill v

acan

cy

afte

r dat

e of

ad

vert

isem

ent

by 3

1 M

arch

20

17

Vaca

ncy

rate

re

duce

d to

a

set r

ate

Vaca

ncy

rate

re

duce

d to

6%

by

31

Mar

ch

2017

7.6%

%

vaca

ncy

rate

8,79

% v

acan

cy

rate

10.6

3%

vaca

ncy

rate

Va

canc

y ra

te

redu

ced

to 7

%

by 3

1 M

arch

20

14

Vaca

ncy

rate

re

duce

d to

6%

by

31

Mar

ch

2015

Vaca

ncy

rate

re

duce

d to

6%

by

31

Mar

ch

2016

Vaca

ncy

rate

re

duce

d to

6%

by

31

Mar

ch

2017

Perc

enta

ge o

f D

ST p

erso

nnel

su

bmitt

ing

perf

orm

ance

co

ntra

cts

and

revi

ews

on ti

me

Min

imum

95

% o

f DST

pe

rson

nel

subm

ittin

g pe

rfor

man

ce

cont

ract

s an

d re

view

s on

tim

e by

31

Mar

ch

2017

No

base

line

No

base

line

No

base

line

Min

imum

80

% o

f DST

pe

rson

nel

subm

ittin

g pe

rfor

man

ce

cont

ract

s an

d re

view

s on

tim

e by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

Min

imum

90

% o

f DST

pe

rson

nel

subm

ittin

g pe

rfor

man

ce

cont

ract

s an

d re

view

s on

tim

e by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

Min

imum

92

% o

f DST

pe

rson

nel

subm

ittin

g pe

rfor

man

ce

cont

ract

s an

d re

view

s on

tim

e by

31

Mar

ch 2

016

Min

imum

95

% o

f DST

pe

rson

nel

subm

ittin

g pe

rfor

man

ce

cont

ract

s an

d re

view

s on

tim

e by

31

Mar

ch 2

017


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

To

prov

ide

an e

ffici

ent a

nd e

ffec

tive

info

rmat

ion

tech

nolo

gy s

ervi

ce.

Ente

rpris

e A

rchi

tect

ure

for

the

DST

Num

ber o

f en

terp

rise

Arc

hite

ctur

e D

evel

opm

ent

Life

cycl

e st

eps

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d

5 En

terp

rise

Arc

hite

ctur

e D

evel

opm

ent

Life

cycl

e st

eps

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2017

No

base

line

No

base

line

No

base

line

2 En

terp

rise

Arc

hite

ctur

e D

evel

opm

ent

Life

cycl

e st

eps

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2014

2 En

terp

rise

Arc

hite

ctur

e D

evel

opm

ent

Life

cycl

e st

eps

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2015

3 En

terp

rise

Arc

hite

ctur

e D

evel

opm

ent

Life

cycl

e st

eps

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2016

Futu

re s

tate

En

terp

rise

Arc

hite

ctur

e (E

A)

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

20

17

IT g

over

nanc

e fra

mew

ork

for

the

DST

Num

ber o

f IT

gove

rnan

ce

fram

ewor

k co

mpo

nent

s im

plem

ente

d

5 IT

G

over

nanc

e Fr

amew

ork

com

pone

nts

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

20

17

No

base

line

No

base

line

No

base

line

3 IT

go

vern

ance

fra

mew

ork

com

pone

nts

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

20

14

(Pha

se 1

Esta

blis

h IT

G

over

nanc

e en

ablin

g en

viro

nmen

t by

31

Mar

ch

2014

)

3 IT

go

vern

ance

fra

mew

ork

com

pone

nts

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

20

15

(Pha

se 2

: Bu

sine

ss-

alig

ned

ICT

Stra

tegi

c Pl

anni

ng b

y 31

M

arch

201

5)

2 IT

go

vern

ance

fra

mew

ork

com

pone

nts

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

20

16

(Pha

se 2

: Bu

sine

ss-

alig

ned

ICT

Stra

tegi

c Pl

anni

ng b

y 31

M

arch

201

5)

Cont

inuo

us

impr

ovem

ent

of IT

go

vern

ance

fra

mew

ork

by

31 M

arch

201

7

(Pha

se 3

: Co

ntin

uous

im

prov

emen

t of

IT

gove

rnan

ce

fram

ewor

k by

31

Mar

ch 2

016)


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

To

ensu

re e

ffec

tive

and

effi

cien

t fina

ncia

l and

pro

cure

men

t ser

vice

s.

Budg

et

plan

ning

re

port

s

Budg

et

plan

ning

re

port

s (M

TEF

and

ENE)

su

bmitt

ed

to N

atio

nal

Trea

sury

MTE

F pl

anni

ng

subm

issi

on

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 A

ugus

t 201

6 an

d EN

E su

bmitt

ed

to N

T by

31

Janu

ary

2017

MTE

F su

bmitt

ed

to N

T by

31

Aug

ust 2

013

and

ENE

subm

itted

to

NT

MTE

F su

bmitt

ed

to N

T by

31

Aug

ust 2

013

and

ENE

subm

itted

to

NT

MTE

F su

bmitt

ed

to N

T by

31

Aug

ust 2

013

and

ENE

subm

itted

to

NT

2014

MTE

F pl

anni

ng

subm

issi

on

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 A

ugus

t 201

3 an

d 20

14 E

NE

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

14

2015

MTE

F pl

anni

ng

subm

issi

on

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 A

ugus

t 201

4 an

d 20

15 E

NE

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

15

2016

MTE

F pl

anni

ng

subm

issi

on

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 A

ugus

t 201

5 an

d 20

16 E

NE

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

16

201

MTE

F pl

anni

ng

subm

issi

on

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 A

ugus

t 201

6 an

d 20

17 E

NE

subm

itted

to

NT

by 3

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

17

Soun

d pr

ocur

emen

t pr

oces

s

Supp

liers

pai

d w

ithin

30

days

fro

m d

ate

of

invo

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and

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er p

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ss

com

plet

ed

with

in 9

0 da

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perio

d

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liers

pai

d w

ithin

30

days

fro

m d

ate

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and

tend

er p

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ed

with

in 9

0 da

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No

base

line

No

base

line

No

base

line

Supp

liers

pai

d w

ithin

30

days

fro

m d

ate

of

invo

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and

tend

er p

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ed

with

in 9

0 da

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Supp

liers

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d w

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30

days

fro

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and

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er p

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with

in 9

0 da

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d w

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30

days

fro

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and

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in 9

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30

days

fro

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and

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Unq

ualifi

ed

audi

t opi

nion

on

Fin

anci

al

Stat

emen

ts

Unq

ualifi

ed

audi

t rep

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of fi

nanc

ial

mat

ters

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ed

by th

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Gen

eral

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ualifi

ed

audi

t rep

ort

on fi

nanc

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mat

ters

with

no

mat

ters

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ing

issu

ed b

y th

e A

udito

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ener

al

by

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16

Cle

an A

udit

repo

rt

issu

ed b

y th

e A

udito

r-G

ener

al b

y 30

Se

ptem

ber

2011

Unq

ualifi

ed

audi

t rep

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issu

ed b

y th

e A

udito

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ener

al

Unq

ualifi

ed

audi

t rep

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on fi

nanc

ial

mat

ters

issu

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by th

e A

udito

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al b

y

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epte

mbe

r 20

13

Unq

ualifi

ed

audi

t rep

ort

on fi

nanc

ial

mat

ters

issu

ed

by th

e A

udito

r-G

ener

al b

y

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14

Unq

ualifi

ed

audi

t rep

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on fi

nanc

ial

mat

ters

issu

ed

by th

e A

udito

r-G

ener

al b

y

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15

Unq

ualifi

ed

audi

t rep

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on fi

nanc

ial

mat

ters

issu

ed

by th

e A

udito

r-G

ener

al b

y

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16


Qua

rter

ly t

arg

ets

for

2014

/15

Tab

le 5

: Qua

rter

ly t

arg

ets

for

the

2014

/15

finan

cial

yea

r

Pe

rfO

rM

An

ce

in

dic

AtO

rr

eP

Or

tin

g

fre

qU

en

cy

An

nU

Al

tAr

ge

t20

14/1

5

qU

Ar

ter

ly t

Ar

ge

tS

qU

Ar

ter

1q

UA

rte

r 2

qU

Ar

ter

3q

UA

rte

r 4

Perc

enta

ge a

lignm

ent

of D

ST p

lann

ing

docu

men

ts (s

trat

egic

pl

an a

ligne

d to

APP

an

d A

PP a

ligne

d to

EN

E) s

ubm

itted

to

Parli

amen

t

Qua

rter

lyM

inim

um o

f 90%

al

ignm

ent i

n 20

15/1

6 ac

ross

/of D

ST p

lann

ing

docu

men

ts (s

trat

egic

pl

an a

ligne

d to

APP

an

d A

PP a

ligne

d to

EN

E) s

ubm

itted

to

Parli

amen

t by

31 M

arch

20

15

No

targ

etFi

rst d

raft

DST

str

ateg

ic

plan

and

ann

ual

perf

orm

ance

pla

n su

bmitt

ed to

Nat

iona

l Tr

easu

ry a

nd P

resi

denc

y by

31

Aug

ust 2

014

Seco

nd d

raft

DST

st

rate

gic

plan

and

an

nual

per

form

ance

pl

an s

ubm

itted

to

Nat

iona

l Tre

asur

y an

d Pr

esid

ency

by

30

Nov

embe

r 201

4

Min

imum

of 9

0%

alig

nmen

t in

2015

/16

acro

ss/o

f DST

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ents

(str

ateg

ic

plan

alig

ned

to A

PP

and

APP

alig

ned

to

ENE)

sub

mitt

ed to

Pa

rliam

ent b

y 31

Mar

ch

2015

90%

alig

nmen

t be

twee

n th

e 20

15 D

ST

ENE

and

the

2015

/16

APP

by

31 M

arch

201

5

No

targ

etN

o ta

rget

Firs

t dra

ft D

ST E

NE

Cha

pter

inpu

ts

subm

itted

to F

inan

ce

by 3

1 D

ecem

ber 2

014

Seco

nd d

raft

DST

EN

E C

hapt

er a

nd

MTE

F da

taba

se in

puts

su

bmitt

ed to

Fin

ance

by

31

Janu

ary

2015

Min

imum

90%

201

5 D

ST E

NE

and

2015

/16

APP

by

31 M

arch

201

5

App

rove

d D

ST

publ

ic e

ntiti

es’

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce p

lans

by

the

Min

iste

r and

si

gned

sha

reho

lder

s’ co

mpa

cts

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rter

lyA

ppro

ved

2015

/16

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es

stra

tegi

c an

d an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce p

lans

and

si

gned

sha

reho

lder

co

mpa

ct b

y 31

Mar

ch

2015

No

targ

etFi

rst d

raft

Str

ateg

ic

Plan

s an

d A

nnua

l Pe

rfor

man

ce P

lans

for

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es

(HSR

C, S

AN

SA, T

IA,

ASS

Af,

NRF

) sub

mitt

ed

to N

atio

nal T

reas

ury

by

31 A

ugus

t 201

4

Seco

nd d

raft

Str

ateg

ic

Plan

s an

d A

nnua

l Pe

rfor

man

ce P

lans

for

DST

pub

lic e

ntiti

es

(HSR

C, S

AN

SA, T

IA,

ASS

Af,

NRF

) sub

mitt

ed

to N

atio

nal T

reas

ury

by

30 N

ovem

ber 2

014

App

rove

d 20

15/1

6 St

rate

gic

Plan

s an

d A

nnua

l Per

form

ance

Pl

ans

for D

ST p

ublic

en

titie

s (H

SRC

, SA

NSA

, TI

A, A

SSA

f, N

RF) b

y th

e M

inis

ter b

y

28 F

ebru

ary

2015

Sign

ed S

hare

hold

er

Com

pact

s by

th

e M

inis

ter a

nd

Cha

irper

sons

of B

oard

s of

DST

ent

ities

by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

(CSI

R,

HSR

C, S

AN

SA, T

IA,

ASS

Af,

NRF

) by

31

Mar

ch 2

015


Pe

rfO

rM

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in

dic

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tin

g

fre

qU

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5

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ly t

Ar

ge

tS

qU

Ar

ter

1q

UA

rte

r 2

qU

Ar

ter

3q

UA

rte

r 4

Num

ber o

f DST

pe

rfor

man

ce re

port

s (q

uart

erly

repo

rts

and

annu

al re

port

s)

appr

oved

by

DST

EX

CO a

nd s

igne

d by

D

G (q

uart

erly

Rep

orts

ap

prov

ed a

nd s

igne

d w

ithin

60

days

aft

er

the

end

of e

ach

quar

ter)

Qua

rter

ly

Qua

rter

ly a

nd

annu

ally

4 D

ST 2

014/

15 q

uart

erly

pe

rfor

man

ce re

port

s ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

an

d si

gned

by

the

DG

w

ithin

60

days

aft

er

each

qua

rter

1 D

ST 2

013/

14 q

uart

erly

pe

rfor

man

ce re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

an

d si

gned

by

the

DG

w

ithin

60

days

aft

er th

e en

d of

the

quar

ter

1 D

ST 2

014/

15 q

uart

erly

pe

rfor

man

ce re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

an

d si

gned

by

the

DG

w

ithin

60

days

aft

er th

e en

d of

the

quar

ter

1 D

ST 2

014/

15 q

uart

erly

pe

rfor

man

ce re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

an

d si

gned

by

the

DG

w

ithin

60

days

aft

er th

e en

d of

the

quar

ter

1 D

ST 2

014/

15 q

uart

erly

pe

rfor

man

ce re

port

ap

prov

ed b

y D

ST E

XCO

an

d si

gned

by

the

DG

w

ithin

60

days

aft

er th

e en

d of

the

quar

ter

1 D

ST 2

013/

14 a

nnua

l re

port

app

rove

d by

DST

EX

CO a

nd s

igne

d by

th

e D

G b

y 31

May

201

4

1 D

ST 2

013/

14 a

nnua

l re

port

app

rove

d by

DST

EX

CO a

nd s

igne

d by

th

e D

G b

y 31

May

201

4

No

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PrOgrAMMe 2- technOlOgy innOvAtiOn

Purpose: The purpose of the Technology Innovation Programme is to enable research and development in strategic and

emerging focus areas to promote the realisation of commercial products, processes and services from R&D outputs; through the

implementation of enabling policy instruments. The Programme will contribute to the realisation of enhanced outputs of science,

technology and innovation across the National System of Innovation (NSI), leading to enhanced competitiveness of the South

African economy, and in improved quality of life for all.

Strategic overview

The Programme is informed by the NRDS and the TYIP. In terms of the NRDS, Programme 2 provided substance to the Innovation

Pillar by establishing and funding the implementation of National Biotechnology Strategy. The Programme also implemented

various initiatives in terms of the Human Capital and Transformation in SET Pillar. The TYIP guides the work of the Programme by

identifying three “grand challenges” for which the Programme is responsible. These include the following:

• Strengthening the bioeconomy through the implementation of the Bio-economy Strategy, which replaces the original

“Farmer to Pharma” value chain grand challenge identified in the TYIP. While the initial grand challenge focused on the

development of technologies and associated products and services that would address science-based innovation needs

in the health, industrial and agricultural sectors of the economy, the Bio-economy Strategy developed and approved late

in 2013, was designed to leverage the initial experiences, expertise and competitive advantages gained to create a world-

class biotechnology system of innovation. This system would operate at a much higher level than mere project support,

and is more productive, responsive and relevant to the needs of South Africans.

• Space S&T, in which area South Africa intends to become a key global contributor, with SANSA, a growing satellite industry,

and a range of innovations in space sciences, earth observation, communications, navigation and engineering.

• Energy security, where South Africa needs to meet its medium-term energy supply requirements while innovating for the

long term in clean coal technologies, nuclear energy, renewable energy and the promise of the “hydrogen economy” to

ensure a safe, clean, affordable and reliable energy supply.

In the past five years Programme 2 has therefore embarked on various initiatives and programmes in the strategic areas of Space

S&T, Energy Security and Biotechnology. A review of the work of the Programme done over the current medium term (2009-2014)

identified the need to deepen and strengthen the implementation of these initiatives and the “grand challenges” to which they

are aligned, which will eventually result in the achievement of the MTSF outcomes for 2014-2019. The work undertaken by the

Programme is aligned to the cross-cutting areas of the NGP, NDP and IPAP2.

The review also showed the necessity of revising the strategic objectives of the Programme to ensure better alignment with the

goals of the Department and national priorities, and to enable the Programme to clarify its areas of priority along the entire R&D,

innovation and commercialisation value chain, especially in the strategic and emerging areas of Space S&T, Energy Security, Bio-

economy, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Photonics, IKS, IP management, technology transfer and technology commercialisation.

One of the Programme’s roles is to provide policy leadership to strengthen STI by initiating, developing and implementing various

policies, regulations, innovation instruments and institutional arrangements. It is also expected to inform and influence policy and

regulatory developments in other Departments owing to the cross-cutting nature and impact of its S&T interventions, especially

in the strategic and emerging areas indicated. Policy instruments and institutional arrangements developed and implemented by

the Programme and the Department to strengthen S&T innovation space need to be monitored and regulated through oversight

instruments that include the periodic review and approval of polices, business plans, budgets and performance reports. The


development of high-end skills also requires the coordination and support of various initiatives that seek to enhance the number

of postgraduates in the specified strategic and emerging areas.

Programme 2 also plays a key role in the development and translation of R&D outputs into commercialisable products, processes

and services, by supporting the development of new technology-based products, filing and registering patents, and encouraging

disclosures from publically financed R&D institutions.


• To lead, inform and influence policy development in areas of strategic science and technology innovation focus.

• To oversee, monitor and regulate key policy instruments, including institutional arrangements and support interventions

in the strategic and emerging Science and Technology areas of Space Science, Energy, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology,

Robotics, Photonics, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Intellectual Property Management, Technology Transfer and

Technology Commercialisation.

• To coordinate and support research and high-end skills development in the strategic and emerging Science and Technology

areas of Space Science, Energy, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Photonics, Indigenous Knowledge Systems,

Intellectual Property Management, Technology Transfer and Technology Commercialisation.

• To support, promote, and advocate for the development and translation of scientific research and development outputs

into commercial products, processes and services that will contribute towards economic growth and a better quality of life.

Subprogrammes

The programme is made up of four subprogrammes and one Specialised Service Delivery Unit (SSDU). They are the Space Science

and Technology (SST) subprogramme, the Hydrogen and Energy subprogramme, the Bioeconomy subprogramme, the Innovation

Priorities and Instruments (IPI) subprogramme and the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) SSDU. A brief

description of each subprogramme is provided below.

Bioeconomy subprogramme (including the Indigenous Knowledge-based Technology Innovation unit) was previously

known as the Biotechnology and Health Innovation subprogramme. The name change reflects the need to better reflect its core

mandate as well as to factor the recent incorporation of the Indigenous Knowledge (IK) based Technology Innovation unit under

this subprogramme.

The subprogramme leads the DST’s implementation of the National Bio-economy Strategy, which was approved by Cabinet

in 2013. The Bio-economy Strategy was developed in response to the challenges encountered during the implementation of

the 2001 National Biotechnology Strategy and differs from the National Biotechnology Strategy in that its prime focus is on the

socio-economic outcomes and the strengthening of research and innovation competencies that form the strategic base of the

bio-based NSI, rather than the mere development of technologies. It is a national strategy, incorporating the innovation needs of

other departments and industry.

The Bio-economy Strategy focuses on three components:

• Strengthening research and innovation competencies that form the strategic base for the bio-based NSI, and are specifically

designed to enable projects and product development to reach their desired end points.

• Strategic RDI programmes that provide for new knowledge and innovation outcomes related to the government’s priority

requirements.


• Coordination of role players across the bio-based NSI to ensure that appropriate skills, knowledge, and competencies

are made available to ultimately enable greater success in achieving the desired outcomes of the projects, and hence

improving socio-economic impacts.

Over the period 2014/15 to 2016/17, the subprogramme will endeavour to develop implementation plans for the Bio-economy

Strategy in the thematic areas of health, agriculture and industry, and have them approved by EXCO. The implementation plans

will be extended through the establishment of four coordinating committees that align with the thematic areas. In addition eight

strategic product development partnerships, three joint ventures and strategic alliances between local bio-innovation firms and

international partners, four new technology platforms and six new R&D initiatives will be supported in pursuit of the Bio-economy

Strategy. In addition to 310 bio-entrepreneurs trained over this period, 50 PhDs will be supported.

Hydrogen and Energy subprogramme provides policy leadership in RDI initiatives in the energy sector that are of a cross-cutting

nature and have long-term impacts. It plays a key role in developing a sustainable and globally competitive South African energy

knowledge base and industry, especially as it relates to the nascent global hydrogen economy by informing and co-shaping the

national energy policy in collaboration with the DoE and other key stakeholders. In particular, the Department plays an advisory

role in the broader energy landscape, specifically in the development of the Integrated Energy Plan and Integrated Resource

Plan, with special emphasis on the technologies to be used in addressing the country’s energy needs, their deployment and the

incentives required to facilitate the successful deployment of these technologies.

Over the period 2014/15 to 2016/17, the subprogramme will continue to support the three Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) CoCs

(on Infrastructure, Catalysis and Systems), two hubs (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency), one on Clean Coal Technology, and

two Biofuels research chairs. Over the same period two technology demonstration plants for lignocellulose-based biofuels and

algae-based biofuels will be supported. Three prototypes will be developed and three patents registered. Over the same period 1

056 postgraduate students and technicians will have been funded, producing at least 75 publications in the field of energy.

The Department’s position is that hydraulic fracturing be allowed in a phased manner once the regulatory framework has been

established, so that independent research can be linked to both the exploration and exploitation phases. This will enable the

development of know-how and collection of the required data to monitor the hydraulic fracturing activities. The Department will

also support and assist through the shaping of appropriate research agendas and programmes in partnership with other relevant

departments. Assuming that shale gas will contribute significantly to the future energy mix of South Africa, the Department

will establish multi disciplinary research programmes by the 2015/16 financial year. Depending on collaborations and further

investigations, the research programme may be executed through a research chair or a CoC.

Space Science and Technology is a cross-cutting, user-driven subprogramme that supports the creation of an environment

conducive for the implementation of the NSS and SAEOS under the overarching guidelines of the National Space Policy, an

instrument of the Department of Trade and Industry. The NSS was a response to the TYIP, which identified a few key outcomes that

must be realised over the long term in order for South Africa to leverage the opportunities that the space value chain presented.

Over the period 2014/15 to 2016/17, the subprogramme will develop five implementation plans, including the National Space

Programme (to be approved by Cabinet), and plans (to be approved by EXCO) for the upgrade of Houwteq, two CoCs and HCD.

Two technical reports (on liquid rocket engine testing and a launch capability technology demonstrator) will be developed. Two

CoCs (on satellite sensors and data processing), and one research chair (in satellite engineering) will be established. In terms of

technology innovation projects, there will be two CubeSat launches, and one liquid or hybrid rocket engine demonstrator project

will be undertaken. This is in addition to the completion of the ZA-ARMC-related satellite design, manufacturing model, and

assembly, integration and testing model, and the completion of the India, Brasil, South Africa (IBSA) mission technical specification

document and mission design. Other products and services developed over the period will include hyperspectral imaging for

forestry and climate change purposes, earth observation for rural and urban development, and spatial planning and airborne

lidar for agriculture and water resource management. Oversight instruments reviewed and approved will include six annual


reports from SANSA and NEOSS, 12 quarterly reports from SANSA, and three business and MTEF plans from SANSA. In addition, 40

postgraduate students will be supported (resulting in the graduation of 10 master’s students) and 240 trainees will be supported

through various space S&T-related initiatives.

Innovation Priorities and Instruments (including Emerging Research Areas) supports and strengthens the innovation

policy package (and related interventions) aimed at creating and sustaining an enabling environment for innovation, technology

development, and the commercialisation of publicly funded R&D initiatives. In performing this function, IPI supports the overall

objectives of Programme 2 through the identification, development, creation and support of policy and institutional structures

that facilitate technology development and its progression into national and international markets. With effect from the 2014/15

financial year, the Emerging Research Areas unit is to be incorporated into the IPI subprogramme. The emerging research areas

(ERAs) are multidisciplinary S&T research fields that are not covered by conventional disciplines, and offer the potential to affect

social and economic development positively. The ERA unit’s focus includes the development of nanotechnology, photonics,

synthetic biology and robotics through the roll-out of approved strategies and implementation plans.

Over the period 2014/15 to 2016/17, the subprogramme will develop two reports on national and international sources of RDI

and commercialisation information, one report on RDI commercialisation trends (with recommendations), one EXCO-approved

implementation plan for market and business intelligence collection in addition to eight technical visit/policy briefs developed

in response to participation at international forums. An EXCO-approved framework will also be developed for the identification,

development and maturation of ERAs, in addition to two frameworks and an implementation plan for nanotechnology innovation.

In terms of innovation support interventions, an information matchmaking beta portal will launched, tested and implemented;

two model CoCs will be established; two technology matchmaking initiatives will be hosted, and approval for the establishment

and implementation of a photonics competence enhancement initiative will be completed. In terms of oversight instruments,

6 APPs and 24 quarterly reports from TIA and NIPMO will be reviewed, as well as a report on the recommendations in respect of

legislative review and/or amendment. A total of 36 postgraduates will be supported, resulting in the publication of 23 journal

articles. In addition, 210 other trainees will be trained over this period.

National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) is the national implementation agency for the IPR-PFRD Act,

which was promulgated on 22 December 2008 and put into operation on 2 August 2010. The long title of the IPR-PFRD Act reads

“To provide for more effective utilisation of intellectual property emanating from publicly financed research and development; to

establish the National Intellectual Property Management Office and the Intellectual Property Fund; to provide for the establishment

of offices of technology transfer at institutions; and to provide for matters connected therewith.”

After the enactment of the IPR-PFRD Act, NIPMO was set up as an interim office in Programme 2 (in mid-2011). A notice in

Government Gazette No. 37123, promulgated on 13 December 2013, established NIPMO as an SSDU within the Department. The

SSDU, the first one ever to be established in South African government, provides NIPMO with an enhanced level of autonomy

to enable it to perform its facilitation and regulatory functions in terms of promoting the objects of the IPR-PFRD Act, which

include providing “that intellectual property emanating from publicly financed research and development is identified, protected,

utilised and commercialised for the benefit of the people of the Republic, whether it be for a social, economic, military or any

other benefit”. NIPMO is able to realise the objects of the legislation through at least four primary instruments, namely, offices of

technology transfer (OTTs), the Intellectual Property Fund, compliance with the legislation, and incentives for IP creators.

Over the period 2014/15 to 2016/17, the SSDU will ensure that six OTTs are supported for capacity development each year,

430 IP creators are rewarded through the NIPMO incentive scheme, and 27 institutions receive a rebate for IP prosecution and

maintenance costs from the IP Fund. In addition, 530 candidates will be trained in IP and technology transfer, and 850 new IP

status and commercialisation reports (IP7 Forms) will be attracted from the OTTs.


Tab

le 7

: Pro

gra

mm

e ri

sk m

anag

emen

t- T

echn

olog

y In

nova

tion

Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To le

ad, i

nfor

m a

nd in

fluen

ce p

olic

y de

velo

pmen

t in

area

s of

str

ateg

ic s

cien

ce a

nd te

chno

logy

inno

vatio

n fo

cus.

Ineff

ectiv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e In

telle

ctua

l Pr

oper

ty R

ight

s fro

m P

ublic

ly F

inan

ced

Rese

arch

and

D

evel

opm

ent (

IPR-

PFRD

) Act

Dev

elop

a th

ree

year

str

ateg

y fo

r NIP

MO

(inc

ludi

ng

finan

cial

sup

port

to in

stitu

tions

, inc

entiv

es re

quire

d,

skill

dev

elop

men

t and

aw

aren

ess

initi

ativ

es)

MTE

F su

bmis

sion

, eng

agem

ents

with

DST

HR,

Fin

ance

an

d IT

Fina

lisat

ion

of d

raft

pro

toco

l, dr

aft S

LA, H

R an

d fin

anci

al d

eleg

atio

ns a

nd th

e ne

cess

ary

gove

rnan

ce

arra

ngem

ent t

o fa

cilit

ate

the

arm

s le

ngth

rela

tions

hip

App

oint

ext

erna

l ser

vice

pro

vide

r to

impl

emen

t the

N

IPM

O B

usin

ess

Inte

llige

nce

Man

agem

ent I

nfor

mat

ion

Syst

em

Dev

elop

a w

orki

ng g

roup

NIP

MO

UN

ISA

IP C

hair

NIP

MO

form

alis

ed tr

aini

ng in

itiat

ives

To p

rovi

de o

vers

ight

, mon

itorin

g an

d re

gula

tion

of k

ey p

olic

y in

stru

men

ts, i

nclu

sive

of i

nstit

utio

nal

arra

ngem

ents

and

sup

port

inte

rven

tions

;

Dim

inis

hed/

impa

ired

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

DST

, its

es

tabl

ishe

d en

titie

s an

d/or

pro

gram

me

impl

emen

ters

(a

) ove

rsig

ht ro

les

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

not c

lear

ly

unde

rsto

od b

y ro

le p

laye

rs; (

b) in

effec

tive

revi

ew o

f en

tity

perf

orm

ance

(fina

ncia

l and

non

-fina

ncia

l) ; (

c)

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r ove

rsig

ht, m

onito

ring

and

regu

latio

n no

t for

mal

ly d

eleg

ated

and

agr

eed

and

(d) D

ST fa

ils to

pr

ovid

e st

rate

gic

lead

ersh

ip a

nd d

irect

ion

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a) D

ST, i

ts e

stab

lishe

d en

titie

s an

d pr

ogra

mm

e im

plem

ente

rs fa

iling

to d

eliv

er o

n th

e ag

reed

ou

tcom

es a

nd (b

) ent

ities

dev

iatin

g fro

m th

eir p

olic

y m

anda

te

Form

al d

eleg

atio

n of

aut

horit

y (in

writ

ing)

for

over

sigh

t mon

itorin

g an

d re

gula

tion

(incl

udin

g ro

les,

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

and

stan

dard

ope

ratin

g pr

oced

ures

)

Cust

omis

ed re

port

ing

tem

plat

e fo

r fina

ncia

l and

non

-fin

anci

al re

port

ing

Dev

elop

men

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

DST

Rin

ged

Fenc

ed fu

ndin

g (fi

nanc

es) p

roto

col

KPIs

incl

uded

in p

erfo

rman

ce a

gree

men

ts (D

ST

pers

onne

l)

Dev

elop

men

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

a re

latio

nshi

p m

anag

emen

t fra

mew

ork


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To c

oord

inat

e an

d su

ppor

t res

earc

h an

d hi

gh-e

nd

skill

s de

velo

pmen

t in

the

stra

tegi

c an

d em

ergi

ng

Scie

nce

and

Tech

nolo

gy a

reas

of S

pace

Sci

ence

, Ene

rgy,

Bi

otec

hnol

ogy,

Nan

otec

hnol

ogy,

Rob

otic

s, Ph

oton

ics,

Indi

geno

us K

now

ledg

e Sy

stem

s, In

telle

ctua

l Pro

pert

y M

anag

emen

t, Te

chno

logy

Tra

nsfe

r and

Tec

hnol

ogy

Com

mer

cial

isat

ion.

Non

-con

duci

ve e

nviro

nmen

t for

leve

ragi

ng s

pace

te

chno

logy

and

spa

ce re

late

d in

nova

tion

thro

ugh

rese

arch

and

ski

lls d

evel

opm

ent;

beca

use

(a) l

imite

d in

tern

al c

oord

inat

ion

with

in D

ST; (

b) p

ipel

ine

- lim

ited

pool

of s

tude

nts

into

the

NSI

sys

tem

; (c)

bla

nket

tran

sfer

of

fund

s; (d

) Lac

k of

sta

ndar

dise

d SO

Ps a

nd (e

) lim

ited

part

ners

hips

with

sta

keho

lder

s (g

over

nmen

t, in

dust

ry

and

acad

emia

)

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e (a

.) lo

w

num

bers

of r

esea

rche

rs (c

ritic

al m

ass)

; (b)

rese

arch

and

in

dust

ry n

ot b

eing

stim

ulat

ed a

nd (c

) pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es n

ot d

evel

oped

(rem

ain

stag

nant

)

Dra

ftin

g th

e in

tern

al s

take

hold

er ro

les

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

clar

ifica

tion

docu

men

t

Impl

emen

t the

Cen

tre

of C

ompe

tenc

e (C

oC) -

Incr

ease

the

num

ber o

f res

earc

h ch

airs

Sign

con

trac

t (SL

As)

to o

utlin

e/sp

ecify

del

iver

able

s

Dev

elop

Sta

ndar

d O

pera

ting

Proc

edur

es (S

OPs

) in

rela

tion

to e

valu

atin

g an

d m

onito

ring

cont

ract

s

To s

uppo

rt, p

rom

ote,

and

adv

ocat

e fo

r the

de

velo

pmen

t and

tran

slat

ion

of s

cien

tific

rese

arch

an

d de

velo

pmen

t out

puts

into

com

mer

cial

pro

duct

s, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

that

will

con

trib

ute

tow

ards

ec

onom

ic g

row

th a

nd a

bet

ter q

ualit

y of

life

.

Prod

uce

a pu

blic

par

ticip

atio

n pl

an

Coor

dina

te a

nd s

uppo

rt re

sear

ch a

nd s

kills

de

velo

pmen

t in

stra

tegi

c an

d em

ergi

ng S

&T a

reas

, in

clud

ing

Spac

e, E

nerg

y an

d th

e Bi

o-ec

onom

y

Sub-

optim

al u

ptak

e of

DST

fina

nced

rese

arch

initi

ativ

es

by o

ther

gov

ernm

ent d

epar

tmen

ts, a

genc

ies,

or p

rivat

e se

ctor

bec

ause

(a) m

ism

atch

bet

wee

n D

ST p

olic

ies

and

stak

ehol

der e

xpec

tatio

ns a

nd (b

) poo

rly m

arke

ted

stra

tegi

c an

d em

ergi

ng S

&T a

reas

dev

elop

men

t pr

ogra

mm

e

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e is

poo

rly

deve

lope

d st

rate

gic

and

emer

ging

S&T

are

as

Cond

uct a

nnua

l sta

keho

lder

nee

ds a

nd w

ants

ana

lysi

s

Cond

uct s

take

hold

er b

riefin

g se

ssio

ns a

s an

d w

hen

new

pro

gram

mes

are

intr

oduc

ed


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

Coor

dina

te a

nd s

uppo

rt re

sear

ch a

nd s

kills

de

velo

pmen

t in

stra

tegi

c an

d em

ergi

ng S

&T a

reas

, in

clud

ing

Spac

e, E

nerg

y an

d th

e Bi

o-ec

onom

y

Mis

mat

ch b

etw

een

wha

t DST

see

ks to

ach

ieve

and

the

finan

ce re

sour

ces

avai

labl

e be

caus

e (a

) Poo

r pla

nnin

g;

(b) C

hang

e in

fund

ing

prio

ritie

s at

Nat

iona

l and

/or

Dep

artm

ent l

evel

s; (c

) Gap

in th

e m

anag

emen

t/im

plem

enta

tion

of R

&D p

rogr

amm

es; (

d) In

abili

ty to

m

otiv

ate

for a

dditi

onal

fund

s fo

r new

and

exp

ande

d m

anda

tes;

(e) E

xter

nal e

cono

mic

and

mar

ket v

aria

tions

im

pact

ing

on fu

nder

s ab

ility

to m

eet c

omm

itmen

ts

to p

rovi

de fi

nanc

ial a

ssis

tanc

e; (f

) Lac

k of

prio

ritis

atio

n of

the

bio-

econ

omy

initi

ativ

es ;

(g) D

uplic

atio

n an

d m

is-a

lignm

ent o

f ini

tiativ

es w

ithin

gov

ernm

ent;

(h)

Inab

ility

to in

fluen

ce k

ey a

genc

ies

of D

ST(s

trat

egic

and

op

erat

iona

l infl

uenc

e); a

nd (i

) Ins

uffici

ent i

nflue

nce

on

Nat

iona

l pla

nnin

g pr

oces

ses

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a)

Inab

ility

to d

eliv

er o

n th

e m

anda

te; (

b) c

ance

llatio

n of

pro

ject

s; (c

) rep

riorit

isat

ion

of g

oals

to a

lign

with

re

sour

ce a

vaila

bilit

y (s

ome

proj

ects

are

left

out

or

defe

rred

); (d

) dam

age

to D

epar

tmen

t’s re

puta

tion

(lack

of

con

fiden

ce in

the

depa

rtm

ent’s

abi

lity

to d

eliv

er o

n its

man

date

); an

d (e

) lac

k of

buy

in fr

om s

take

hold

ers

(incl

udin

g ke

y pr

ojec

t del

iver

y pa

rtne

rs) a

nd p

oor

cont

ribut

ion

tow

ards

kno

wle

dge

gene

ratio

n (g

loba

l an

d na

tiona

l lev

el)

Repr

iorit

ise

proj

ects

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith a

vaila

ble

fund

ing

Dev

elop

men

t of t

he B

io-e

cono

my

stra

tegy

Im

plem

enta

tion

Plan

Dev

elop

ing

an im

plem

enta

tion

plan

that

impr

oves

co

ordi

natio

n &

alig

nmen

t


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

Supp

ort,

prom

ote,

and

adv

ocat

e fo

r, th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d tr

ansl

atio

n of

sci

entifi

c R&

D o

utpu

ts in

to

com

mer

cial

pro

duct

s, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

.

Sub

optim

al e

xplo

itatio

n an

d co

mm

erci

alis

atio

n of

R&

D o

utco

mes

, as

a re

sult

of (a

) tw

o se

ctor

s (in

dust

ry

and

gove

rnm

ent)

hav

e di

ffere

nt p

hilo

soph

ies

and

cultu

res

with

rega

rds

to th

e ou

tput

of r

esea

rch

and

inno

vatio

n eff

ort a

nd/o

r exp

endi

ture

; (b)

lack

of

inte

rest

in c

omm

erci

alis

atio

n fro

m a

cade

mia

du

e to

mor

e lu

crat

ive

ince

ntiv

es fr

om D

HET

; (c)

la

ck o

f und

erst

andi

ng b

y po

tent

ial p

artn

ers

of th

e co

mm

erci

alis

atio

n va

lue

chai

n; (d

) ina

dequ

ate

revi

ew

mec

hani

sm to

alig

n ex

istin

g st

rate

gy w

ith c

hang

es

to th

e re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent e

nviro

nmen

t; (e

) in

adeq

uate

hum

an re

sour

ce c

apac

ity a

nd c

apab

ility

(in

tern

al);

(f) L

imite

d fin

anci

al re

sour

ces;

(g) i

nade

quat

e ne

eds

and

wan

ts a

naly

sis

and

iden

tifica

tion

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a)

limite

d co

ntrib

utio

n to

soc

io-e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t an

d (b

) to

prod

ucts

and

ser

vice

s em

anat

ing

from

pu

blic

ly fu

nded

R&D

in th

e m

arke

t (na

tiona

l and

in

tern

atio

nal)

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elop

a 3

yea

r Com

mun

icat

ion

Stra

tegy

(int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al) a

nd a

n an

nual

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an to

ad

dres

s th

e co

mm

unic

atio

n ne

eds

of th

e Pr

ogra

mm

e

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elop

a M

emor

andu

m O

f Und

erst

andi

ng (M

OU

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twee

n D

ST a

nd D

HET

(for

DH

ET’s

ince

ntiv

es to

in

clud

e pa

tent

s)

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evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent t

he C

omm

erci

alis

atio

n Fr

amew

ork

(the

fram

ewor

k is

form

ulat

ed to

cre

ate

a fu

ndin

g m

odel

and

Sta

keho

lder

gov

erna

nce)

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ivat

ion

deve

lope

d an

d ap

prov

ed to

ena

ble

appo

intm

ent o

f add

ition

al re

sour

ces

for I

PI.

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ncia

l nee

ds a

rtic

ulat

ed a

s pa

rt o

f DST

SP

and

APP

pl

anni

ng p

roce

sses

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ds re

vise

d on

an

ongo

ing

basi

s as

par

t of E

NE

adju

stm

ents

pro

cess

ann

ually

.

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ort,

prom

ote,

and

adv

ocat

e fo

r, th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d tr

ansl

atio

n of

sci

entifi

c R&

D o

utpu

ts in

to

com

mer

cial

pro

duct

s, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

.

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alig

ned

stra

tegi

c di

rect

ion

amon

gst N

SI

stak

ehol

ders

; bec

ause

of (

a) d

ispa

rate

und

erst

andi

ng

of th

e pu

rpos

e an

d in

tent

of t

he N

SI a

s w

ell a

s th

e fu

nctio

ning

of t

he in

ter-

rela

tions

hips

that

gov

ern

its s

ucce

ss; (

b) li

mite

d ab

ility

to fo

rge

effec

tive

links

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latio

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ps, p

olic

y al

ignm

ent,

cultu

re a

nd m

ind

set)

be

twee

n in

dust

ry, G

over

nmen

t and

pub

lic re

sear

ch

envi

ronm

ent;

(c) i

nade

quat

e pe

rfor

man

ce a

sses

smen

t m

echa

nism

s fo

r col

labo

ratio

n be

twee

n de

part

men

ts

and

(d) i

nade

quat

e co

ordi

natio

n of

ince

ntiv

es th

at

coul

d co

llect

ivel

y im

prov

e re

sear

ch, d

evel

opm

ent a

nd

inno

vatio

n

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impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e is

the

over

lap

of

func

tions

with

in D

ST P

rogr

amm

es (i

.e. P

rogr

amm

e 2

and

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ram

me

5) a

nd e

ntiti

es

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ropr

iate

foru

ms

will

be

put i

n pl

ace

to e

nsur

e co

nver

genc

e of

sim

ilar i

nitia

tives

, a m

ultid

isci

plin

ary

and

inte

rdis

cipl

inar

y ap

proa

ch w

here

nec

essa

ry

(mee

ting

to b

e he

ld b

etw

een

DD

G P

rogr

amm

e 2,

4, 5

an

d th

e CO

O)

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lar e

ngag

emen

ts a

t Exe

cutiv

e le

vel b

etw

een

the

DST

and

its

Entit

ies

will

als

o be

form

alis

ed to

ens

ure

that

the

entit

ies

and

thei

r pro

gram

mes

rem

ain

alig

ned

to th

e D

ST o

bjec

tives

and

man

date

thus

pro

mot

ing

coor

dina

tion

and

optim

isat

ion

in th

e N

SI


Prog

ram

me

per

form

ance

ind

icat

ors

and

ann

ual t

arg

ets

for

2014

/15

Tab

le 8

: Pro

gra

mm

e p

erfo

rman

ce in

dic

ator

s an

d t

arg

ets

Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

To

lead

, inf

orm

and

influ

ence

pol

icy

deve

lopm

ent i

n ar

eas

of s

trat

egic

sci

ence

and

tech

nolo

gy in

nova

tion

focu

s

Polic

y in

stru

men

ts

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d in

te

rms

of le

adin

g,

info

rmin

g an

d in

fluen

cing

po

licy

deve

lopm

ent i

n ar

eas

of s

trat

egic

sc

ienc

e an

d te

chno

logy

in

nova

tion

focu

s

Num

ber o

f pol

icy

inst

rum

ents

2 de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

to

stre

ngth

en S

&T

inno

vatio

n

29 p

olic

y in

stru

men

ts

deve

lope

d/im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

4 po

licy

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

4 po

licy

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

6 po

licy

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

4 po

licy

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

by

31 M

arch

201

4

16 p

olic

y in

stru

men

ts

deve

lope

d/im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2015

7 po

licy

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

20

16

6 po

licy

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

20

17

Inst

itutio

nal

arra

ngem

ents

ov

erse

en,

mon

itore

d in

te

rms

of le

adin

g,

info

rmin

g an

d in

fluen

cing

po

licy

deve

lopm

ent i

n ar

eas

of s

trat

egic

sc

ienc

e an

d te

chno

logy

in

nova

tion

focu

s

Num

ber o

f in

stitu

tiona

l ar

rang

emen

ts3

over

seen

, m

onito

red

and

regu

late

d to

st

reng

then

S&T

in

nova

tion

15 in

stitu

tiona

l ar

rang

emen

ts

over

seen

, m

onito

red

and

regu

late

d to

st

reng

then

S&T

in

nova

tion

by 3

1 M

arch

201

7

No

base

line

No

base

line

No

base

line

2 in

stitu

tiona

l ar

rang

emen

ts

over

seen

, m

onito

red

and

regu

late

d to

st

reng

then

S&T

in

nova

tion

by 3

1 M

arch

201

4

7 in

stitu

tiona

l ar

rang

emen

ts

over

seen

, m

onito

red

and

regu

late

d to

st

reng

then

S&T

in

nova

tion

by

31 M

arch

201

5

4 in

stitu

tiona

l ar

rang

emen

ts

over

seen

, m

onito

red

and

regu

late

d to

st

reng

then

S&T

in

nova

tion

by

31 M

arch

201

6

4 in

stitu

tiona

l ar

rang

emen

ts

over

seen

, m

onito

red

and

regu

late

d to

st

reng

then

S&T

in

nova

tion

by

31 M

arch

201

7

2 Re

fers

to P

olic

ies,

Act

s, Re

gula

tions

, Str

ateg

ies,

Impl

emen

tatio

n Pl

ans,

Polic

y br

iefs

, Res

earc

h/Te

chni

cal R

epor

ts3

Refe

rs to

inst

itutio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

suc

h as

coo

rdin

atin

g co

mm

ittee

s, pa

rtne

rshi

ps, j

oint

ven

ture

s an

d ot

her s

trat

egic

arr

ange

men

ts u

nder

take

n to

driv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of n

atio

nal,

and

spec

ifica

lly, D

ST p

olic

ies

and

stra

tegi

es.


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Inno

vatio

n su

ppor

t in

terv

entio

ns

deve

lope

d an

d su

ppor

ted

in te

rms

of le

adin

g,

info

rmin

g an

d in

fluen

cing

po

licy

deve

lopm

ent

in a

reas

of

stra

tegi

c sc

ienc

e an

d te

chno

logy

in

nova

tion

focu

s

Num

ber o

f in

nova

tion

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

4 de

velo

ped/

supp

orte

d6 in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas5

574

inno

vatio

n su

ppor

t in

terv

entio

ns

deve

lope

d/su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

ea b

y

31 M

arch

201

7

20 in

nova

tion

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

de

velo

ped/

supp

orte

d in

ke

y st

rate

gic

area

s

14 in

nova

tion

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

de

velo

ped/

supp

orte

d in

ke

y st

rate

gic

area

s

37 in

nova

tion

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

de

velo

ped/

supp

orte

d in

key

st

rate

gic

area

s

50 in

nova

tion

supp

ort

inte

rven

tions

de

velo

ped/

supp

orte

d in

ke

y st

rate

gic

area

by

31

Mar

ch 2

014

285

inno

vatio

n su

ppor

t in

terv

entio

ns

deve

lope

d/su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

ea b

y 31

M

arch

201

5

140

inno

vatio

n su

ppor

t in

terv

entio

ns

deve

lope

d/su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

ea b

y 31

M

arch

201

6

149

inno

vatio

n su

ppor

t in

terv

entio

ns

deve

lope

d/su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

201

7

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

: To

over

see,

mon

itor

and

regu

late

key

pol

icy

inst

rum

ents

, inc

ludi

ng in

stit

utio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

and

sup

port

inte

rven

tion

s in

the

stra

tegi

c an

d em

ergi

ng S

cien

ce a

nd T

echn

olog

y ar

eas

of S

pace

Sci

ence

, Ene

rgy,

Bio

tech

nolo

gy, N

anot

echn

olog

y, R

obot

ics,

Pho

toni

cs, I

ndig

enou

s Kn

owle

dge

Syst

ems,

Inte

llect

ual P

rope

rty

Man

agem

ent,

Tech

nolo

gy T

rans

fer a

nd T

echn

olog

y Co

mm

erci

alis

atio

n.

Ove

rsig

ht

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

revi

ewed

in

term

s of

pr

ovid

ing

over

sigh

t, m

onito

ring

and

regu

latio

n of

key

pol

icy

inst

rum

ents

Num

ber o

f ov

ersi

ght

inst

rum

ents

7 de

velo

ped/

revi

ewed

to

stre

ngth

en S

&T

inno

vatio

n

55 o

vers

ight

in

stru

men

ts

deve

lope

d/re

view

ed to

st

reng

then

S&T

in

nova

tion

by

31 M

arch

201

7

New

indi

cato

r18

ove

rsig

ht

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

revi

ewed

to

stre

ngth

en

S&T

inno

vatio

n by

31

Mar

ch

2015

19 o

vers

ight

in

stru

men

ts

deve

lope

d/re

view

ed to

st

reng

then

S&

T in

nova

tion

by 3

1 M

arch

20

16

18 o

vers

ight

in

stru

men

ts

deve

lope

d/re

view

ed to

st

reng

then

S&

T in

nova

tion

by 3

1 M

arch

20

17

4 Re

fers

to

inte

rven

tions

tha

t su

ppor

t te

chno

logy

inno

vatio

n, s

uch

as C

entr

es o

f Com

pten

ce, C

entr

es o

f Exc

elle

nce,

res

earc

h ch

airs

, tec

hnol

ogy

plat

form

s, te

chno

logy

incu

bato

rs, O

TTs

and

tech

nolo

gy m

atch

mak

ing

prog

ram

mes

5 R

efer

s to

Spa

ce S

&T, E

nerg

y Se

curit

y, B

ioec

onom

y, N

anot

echn

olog

y, R

obot

ics,

Phot

onic

s, IK

S, IP

Man

agem

ent,

Tech

nolo

gy T

rans

fer a

nd T

echn

olog

y Co

mm

erci

alis

atio

n.6

Sup

port

refe

rs to

fund

ing

supp

ort,

whe

re a

pay

men

t has

bee

n tr

ansf

erre

d by

the

Dep

artm

ent t

o th

e en

tity

resp

onsi

ble

for i

mpl

emem

ntat

ion

7 R

efer

s to

qua

rter

ly a

nd a

nnua

l rep

orts

pro

duce

d an

d re

view

s un

dert

aken

for I

nstit

utio

nal e

ntiti

es to

driv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of n

atio

nal,

and

spec

ifica

lly, D

ST p

olic

ies

and

stra

tegi

es, s

uch

as th

e N

RF, C

SIR,

SA

NSA

, TIA

and

N

IPM

O.


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

Esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

To

coor

dina

te a

nd s

uppo

rt re

sear

ch a

nd h

igh-

end

skill

s de

velo

pmen

t in

the

stra

tegi

c an

d em

ergi

ng S

cien

ce a

nd T

echn

olog

y ar

eas

of S

pace

Sci

ence

, Ene

rgy,

Bio

tech

nolo

gy, N

anot

echn

olog

y, R

obot

ics,

Pho

toni

cs, I

ndig

enou

s Kn

owle

dge

Syst

ems,

Inte

llect

ual P

rope

rty

Man

agem

ent,

Tech

nolo

gy T

rans

fer a

nd T

echn

olog

y Co

mm

erci

alis

atio

n.

Post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts

finan

cial

ly

supp

orte

d in

or

der t

o bu

ild

capa

city

and

ca

pabi

lity

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

Num

ber o

f po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

(MSc

, Ph

D) fi

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ially

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ppor

ted

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stra

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c ar

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po

stgr

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te

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ents

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, Ph

D) fi

nanc

ially

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ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

201

7

251

new

and

ad

ditio

nal

stud

ents

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chni

cian

s fu

nded

220

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duat

e an

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stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

and

te

chni

cian

s fu

nded

274

unde

rgra

duat

e an

d po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

and

te

chni

cian

s fu

nded

296

unde

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duat

e an

d po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

and

te

chni

cian

s fu

nded

by

31

Mar

ch 2

014

352

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts

(MSc

, PhD

) fin

anci

ally

su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

201

5

382

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts

(MSc

, PhD

) fin

anci

ally

su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

201

6

412

post

grad

uate

st

uden

ts

(MSc

, PhD

) fin

anci

ally

su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

201

7

Post

grad

uate

s pr

oduc

ed

in o

rder

to

build

cap

acity

, ca

pabi

lity

and

spec

ialis

ed

skill

s an

d kn

owle

dge

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

Num

ber o

f po

stgr

adua

te

stud

ents

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, Ph

D) p

rodu

ced

in k

ey s

trat

egic

ar

eas

42

post

grad

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s (M

Sc, P

hDs)

pr

oduc

ed in

ke

y st

rate

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area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

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251

new

and

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nded

220

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stgr

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te

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ents

and

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chni

cian

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nded

274

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rgra

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stgr

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stgr

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ents

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chni

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nded

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31

Mar

ch 2

014

6 post

grad

uate

s (M

Sc, P

hDs)

pr

oduc

ed in

ke

y st

rate

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area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

9 post

grad

uate

s (M

Sc, P

hDs)

pr

oduc

ed in

ke

y st

rate

gic

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

016

27

post

grad

uate

s (M

Sc, P

hDs

prod

uced

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

by 3

1 M

arch

201

7

Peop

le tr

aine

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er to

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ild c

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ity,

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supp

orte

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key

stra

tegi

c ar

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1290

trai

nees

su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

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c ar

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by 3

1 M

arch

201

7

101

cand

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ned

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and

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chno

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ialis

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plet

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plet

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aine

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

014

340

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nees

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key

stra

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c ar

eas

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1 M

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201

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430

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ted

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key

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1 M

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201

6

520

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nees

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ted

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key

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tegi

c ar

eas

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1 M

arch

201

7

8 T

rain

ees

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r to

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ents

, int

erns

, tec

hnic

ians

, men

tors

, aca

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ics,

rese

arch

ers,

inno

vato

rs a

nd e

ntre

pren

eurs

9 T

rain

ee s

uppo

rt r

efer

s to

spe

cific

ally

ref

ers

to s

uppo

rt in

the

form

of

burs

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tern

ship

s, hi

gh-e

nd s

kills

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elop

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e pr

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ion

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urce

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d eq

uipm

ents

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fere

nces

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w

orks

hops

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t of t

he s

uppo

rt li

sted

abo

ve is

pro

vide

d by

ent

ities

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rtin

g to

the

Dep

artm

ent.


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

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ual p

erfo

rman

ce

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mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Publ

icat

ion

of n

ew

know

ledg

e ge

nera

ted

in

key

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c ar

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ber o

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blic

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ns10

in

key

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ateg

ic

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ublic

atio

ns

in k

ey s

trat

egic

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eas

by 3

1 M

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7

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blic

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ns

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resu

lt of

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ySA

rela

ted

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act

ivity

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nded

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ch 2

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28

publ

icat

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key

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rate

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area

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ch

2015

35

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icat

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ch

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icat

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key

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ch

2017

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tegi

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ive:

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r the

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elop

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t and

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slat

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cien

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chno

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tion

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ucts

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Num

ber o

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11

deve

lope

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in

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14 n

ew

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lope

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c ar

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ects

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31

Mar

ch

2017

24 n

ew

tech

nolo

gy

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vatio

n pr

oduc

ts

deve

lope

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ew

tech

nolo

gy

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vatio

n pr

oduc

ts

deve

lope

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37 n

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tech

nolo

gy

inno

vatio

n pr

oduc

ts

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lope

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ted

4 ne

w

tech

nolo

gy

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vatio

n pr

oduc

ts

deve

lope

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ted

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31 M

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201

4

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tech

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n pr

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ts

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d/su

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c ar

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ects

by

31

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ch

2015

3 ne

w

tech

nolo

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vatio

n pr

oduc

ts

deve

lope

d/su

ppor

ted

in

key

stra

tegi

c ar

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ects

by

31

Mar

ch

2016

5 ne

w

tech

nolo

gy

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vatio

n pr

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lope

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ects

by

31

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ch

2017

New

pat

ents

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term

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tific

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pmen

t ou

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s in

to

com

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pr

oduc

ts,

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esse

s an

d se

rvic

es

Num

ber o

f ne

w p

aten

ts

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e ke

y st

rate

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area

s re

gist

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/gr

ante

d

9 ne

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ted

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ey

stra

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c ar

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3 ne

w p

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ster

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ted

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ey

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

by 3

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arch

20

17

10

Pub

licat

ions

ref

er t

o ac

adem

ic/s

cien

tific

wor

k pu

blis

hed

in a

jour

nal,

book

s or

the

sis

form

, edi

ted

volu

mes

, whe

re e

ach

chap

ter

is t

he r

espo

nsib

ility

of a

diff

eren

t au

thor

or

set

of a

utho

rs, p

rese

ntat

ion

at a

cade

mic

co

nfer

ence

s, es

peci

ally

thos

e or

gani

sed

by le

arne

d so

ciet

ies,

and

tech

nica

l rep

orts

and

wor

king

pap

ers

issu

ed b

y in

divi

dual

rese

arch

ers

or re

sear

ch o

rgan

isat

ions

on

thei

r ow

n in

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ive.

11

T

echn

olog

y in

nova

tion

prod

ucts

refe

r to

prot

otyp

es, t

echn

olog

y de

mon

stra

tors

, tec

hnol

ogy

tran

sfer

pac

kage

s de

velo

ped

as a

resu

lt of

tech

nolo

gica

l inn

ovat

ion

12

New

tech

nolo

gy in

nova

tion

prod

ucts

are

dev

elop

ed/s

uppo

rted

in te

rms

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t and

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slat

ion

of s

cien

tific

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arch

and

dev

elop

men

t out

puts

into

com

mer

cial

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duct

s, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

.


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

Stra

tegi

c ta

rget

Aud

ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

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mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

New

tr

adem

arks

, de

sign

s, co

pyrig

hts,

plan

t bre

eder

s rig

hts

regi

ster

ed in

te

rms

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d tr

ansl

atio

n of

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entifi

c re

sear

ch a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

outp

uts

into

co

mm

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al

prod

ucts

, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

Num

ber o

f tr

adem

arks

, de

sign

s, co

pyrig

hts,

plan

t bre

eder

s rig

hts

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ster

ed

in th

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y st

rate

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s

3 tr

adem

ark,

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sign

, co

pyrig

ht, p

lant

br

eede

rs ri

ghts

re

gist

ered

in

the

key

stra

tegi

c ar

eas

31 M

arch

201

7

New

indi

cato

r1

trad

emar

k,

desi

gn,

copy

right

, pl

ant b

reed

ers

right

s re

gist

ered

in

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key

stra

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c ar

eas

31 M

arch

20

15

1 tr

adem

ark,

de

sign

, co

pyrig

ht,

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t bre

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s rig

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ster

ed

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e ke

y st

rate

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s 31

Mar

ch

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1 tr

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ark,

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, co

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ht,

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t bre

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ster

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e ke

y st

rate

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area

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Mar

ch

2017

New

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sclo

sure

s re

port

ed

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ublic

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fund

ed

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itutio

ns in

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rms

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d tr

ansl

atio

n of

sci

entifi

c re

sear

ch a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

outp

uts

into

co

mm

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al

prod

ucts

, pr

oces

ses

and

serv

ices

Num

ber o

f di

sclo

sure

s re

port

ed b

y pu

blic

ly-fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

850

disc

losu

res

repo

rted

by

publ

icly

-fund

ed

inst

itutio

ns b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

017

No

base

line

No

base

line

197

new

di

sclo

sure

s re

ceiv

ed fr

om

office

s of

te

chno

logy

tr

ansf

er a

t in

stitu

tions

by

31 M

arch

201

3

250

new

di

sclo

sure

s re

ceiv

ed fr

om

office

s of

te

chno

logy

tr

ansf

er a

t in

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tions

by

31 M

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201

4

250

disc

losu

res

repo

rted

by

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licly

-fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch

2015

300

disc

losu

res

repo

rted

by

pub

licly

-fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

Mar

ch

2016

300

disc

losu

res

repo

rted

by

pub

licly

-fu

nded

in

stitu

tions

by

31

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ch

2017


Out

put

Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

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tegi

c ta

rget

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ited

/Act

ual p

erfo

rman

ce

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mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

Med

ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

New

te

chno

logi

es

com

mer

cial

ised

in

term

s of

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deve

lopm

ent

and

tran

slat

ion

of s

cien

tific

rese

arch

and

de

velo

pmen

t ou

tput

s in

to

com

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cial

pr

oduc

ts,

proc

esse

s an

d se

rvic

es

Num

ber o

f new

te

chno

logi

es13

co

mm

erci

alis

ed

in k

ey s

trat

egic

ar

eas

3 ne

w

tech

nolo

gies

co

mm

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alis

ed

in k

ey s

trat

egic

ar

eas

by 3

1 M

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7

No

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line

10 n

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tech

nolo

gy

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ucts

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serv

ices

co

mm

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alis

ed

58 n

ew

tech

nolo

gy

prod

ucts

/pr

oces

ses/

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rvic

es

deve

lope

d fo

r co

mm

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alis

atio

n an

d 3

com

mer

cial

ised

an

d 2

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sed

15 te

chno

logy

so

lutio

ns

com

mer

cial

ised

th

roug

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A

1 ne

w

tech

nolo

gy

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cial

ised

in

key

str

ateg

ic

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

015

1 ne

w

tech

nolo

gy

com

mer

cial

ised

in

key

str

ateg

ic

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

016

1 ne

w

tech

nolo

gy

com

mer

cial

ised

in

key

str

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ic

area

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

Dis

sem

inat

ion

outp

uts

prod

uced

in

term

s of

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voca

ting,

pr

omot

ing

and

supp

ort t

he

grow

th a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

of k

ey s

trat

egic

ar

eas

Num

ber o

f di

ssem

inat

ion

outp

uts14

30 d

isse

min

atio

n ou

tput

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

New

indi

cato

r10

di

ssem

inat

ion

outp

uts

by

31 M

arch

201

5

10

diss

emin

atio

n ou

tput

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

016

10

diss

emin

atio

n ou

tput

s by

31

Mar

ch 2

017

13

Ref

ers

to te

chno

logy

bas

ed p

rodu

cts,

serv

ices

and

pro

cess

es tr

ansf

erre

d, li

cens

ed, o

r sol

d to

non

-pro

fit o

rgan

isat

ions

, gov

ernm

ent d

epar

tmen

ts o

r priv

ate

sect

or o

rgan

isat

ions

.14

R

efer

s to

dis

sem

inat

ion

mat

eria

ls (b

roch

ures

, pam

phle

ts) p

eer-

revi

ewed

art

icle

s, co

nfer

ence

s, w

orks

hops

, sem

inar

s pu

blic

atio

ns in

pop

ular

med

ia, p

ublic

ann

ounc

emen

ts, s

peec

hes,

radi

o an

d te

levi

sion

app

eara

nces

, w

ebsi

tes,

new

slet

ters

, blo

gs, s

ucce

ss s

torie

s, so

cial

med

ia c

ampa

ign

(Tw

itter

, Fac

eboo

k, L

inke

dIn,

MXi

t).


Tab

le 9

: Qua

rter

ly t

arg

ets

for

2014

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finan

cial

yea

r

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rfO

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ter

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ter

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Num

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f pol

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ents

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velo

ped/

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emen

ted

to

stre

ngth

en S

&T

inno

vatio

n

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rter

ly16

pol

icy

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rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

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4 po

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ted

by 3

0 Ju

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014

3 po

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inst

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de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

by 3

0 Se

ptem

ber 2

014

4 po

licy

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 D

ecem

ber 2

014

5 po

licy

inst

rum

ents

de

velo

ped/

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

201

5

Num

ber o

f in

stitu

tiona

l ar

rang

emen

ts

over

seen

, mon

itore

d an

d re

gula

ted

to

stre

ngth

en S

&T

inno

vatio

n

Ann

ually

7 in

stitu

tiona

l ar

rang

emen

ts

over

seen

, mon

itore

d an

d re

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to

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en S

&T

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PrOgrAMMe 3: internAtiOnAl cOOPerAtiOn And reSOUrceS

Purpose: International Cooperation and Resources (ICR) aims to strategically develop, promote and manage international

relationships, opportunities and S&T agreements that strengthen the NSI and enable an exchange of knowledge, capacity and

resources between South Africa and its regional and international partners. ICR also supports South African foreign policy through

science diplomacy.

Strategic overview

International cooperation in STI is increasing in intensity among both developing and developed countries, stimulated by global

challenges such as the environment, food and energy security, and health, among other factors. To date, most agreements –

whether economic, trade, security or environmental - have provisions on STI, making science diplomacy an essential tool. Since

its readmission to the global community, South Africa has established formal relations with many countries in both the North and

the South. STI is now an active part of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) cooperation.

The Programme’s mandate is derived from and responds to government’s foreign policy as led by the Department of International

Relations and Cooperation. In order to support the Department’s role in building an NSI that will bring about sustainable

economic growth and improved quality of life for all, the Programme will identify human capital development opportunities for

STI personnel exchange, data and information sharing, workshops, joint research programmes, STI funding, and access to global

research facilities as well as supporting the construction of world-class research facilities in South Africa and the African continent.

ICR will support South Africa’s foreign policy to create a better South Africa and contribute to a better and safer Africa in a better

world. This will be done by consolidating STI cooperation in Africa; strengthening our North-South partnerships, and by engaging

on STI matters with our South-South partners.

ICR will, in line with the NDP use STI to deepen South Africa’s integration into the global community by promoting regional STI

collaboration at SADC level, continentally and globally. Where possible, opportunities will be sought to support the strengthening

of the system of innovation on the continent. However, the relationships established with the North have over the years contributed

significantly to the strengthening of the South African NSI and will continue to be managed carefully going forward.

To be effective, national systems of innovation need the private sector, government, academia and society to work together.

Programme 3 will therefore identify opportunities for private sector partnerships, in particular with multinational corporations,

and private sector investment in RDI activities in South Africa, including partnerships in human capital development.


• To secure STI funds to stimulate knowledge production, technology transfer, enhanced innovation and STI human capital

development in pursuit of STI-based socio-economic development in South Africa.

• To increase South Africa’s international exposure to regional, continental and global knowledge and STI networks that will

result in knowledge production, technology transfer and enhanced innovation in support of the NSI.

• To contribute towards the shaping of regional, continental and global STI discourse, decision making and policy formulation

using science diplomacy to ensure representation of the interests of South Africa.

• To support STI capacity in the African continent to create conditions for the development of a knowledge-based economy

in Africa.


• To increase participation by South Africans in international human capital development opportunities to strengthen the

South African NSI.

Subprogrammes

International Resources works to increase the flow of international resources into the country by creating conditions for access

to international STI skills and global projects.

Multilateral Cooperation and Africa advances and facilitates South Africa’s participation in strategic African bilateral agreements

and multilateral organisations on STI, so as to strengthen the NSI and to achieve shared economic and social development in the

region and the continent.

Overseas Bilateral Cooperation promotes and facilitates collaborative activities and leverages resources in support of the NSI

from countries outside Africa, with a specific focus on developing a knowledge-driven economy.


Tab

le 1

1: P

rog

ram

me

risk

man

agem

ent:

Inte

rnat

iona

l Coo

per

atio

n an

d R

esou

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Str

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er

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tiO

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ecur

e ST

I fun

ds to

stim

ulat

e kn

owle

dge

prod

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n,

tech

nolo

gy tr

ansf

er, e

nhan

ced

inno

vatio

n an

d ST

I hu

man

cap

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evel

opm

ent i

n pu

rsui

t of S

TI-b

ased

so

cio-

econ

omic

dev

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men

t in

Sout

h A

frica

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Poss

ible

cut

-bac

ks in

the

budg

et fo

r int

erna

tiona

l co

oper

atio

n an

d/or

dev

elop

men

t ass

ista

nce

of

inte

rnat

iona

l par

tner

s, as

a re

sult

of: (

a) th

e D

ST h

as n

o co

ntro

l ove

r the

bud

getin

g pr

oces

s of

inte

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iona

l pa

rtne

rs, (

b) p

oliti

cal,

econ

omic

and

nat

ural

ups

ets,

(c) D

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udge

t cut

s, an

d (d

) ina

bilit

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taki

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p of

in

tern

atio

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undi

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y th

e D

ST.

The

impa

ct s

houl

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e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be:

(a)

inab

ility

to a

chie

ve o

bjec

tives

, (b.

) ina

bilit

y to

mee

t ta

rget

s w

ith re

gard

s to

leve

ragi

ng, (

c) D

ST u

nder

sp

endi

ng, (

d) re

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ctin

g of

prio

ritie

s w

ithin

the

Prog

ram

me,

and

(e) d

amag

e to

the

DST

’s re

puta

tion.

Revi

se m

easu

res

to e

nsur

e co

vera

ge o

f str

ateg

ic

part

ners

.

Cond

uct s

cena

rio p

lann

ing.

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aini

ng p

oliti

cal a

nd e

xecu

tive

supp

ort/

buy-

in.

To in

crea

se in

tern

atio

nal e

xpos

ure

to re

gion

al,

cont

inen

tal a

nd g

loba

l kno

wle

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of S

TI n

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orks

that

w

ill re

sult

in k

now

ledg

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oduc

tion,

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

enha

nced

inno

vatio

n in

sup

port

of t

he N

SI.

To in

crea

se p

artic

ipat

ion

by S

outh

Afri

ca in

in

tern

atio

nal h

uman

cap

ital d

evel

opm

ent

oppo

rtun

ities

to s

tren

gthe

n th

e So

uth

Afri

ca N

SI.

Lim

ited

upta

ke o

f int

erna

tiona

l opp

ortu

nitie

s;

Upt

ake

by:

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uth

Afri

can

NSI

Par

tner

s;

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tern

atio

nal P

artn

ers;

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uden

ts;

As

a re

sult

of (a

) no

mea

sure

men

t sys

tem

to u

nder

stan

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stor

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upt

ake

of fo

reig

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unde

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futu

re re

quire

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ts a

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bilit

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for u

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ship

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and

cul

tura

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ffere

nces

, (d)

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syst

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s) fo

r de

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ppor

tuni

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requ

ired

and

wha

t re

sour

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are

avai

labl

e, a

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-pes

sim

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on

the

qual

ity o

f Sou

th A

frica

n Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

(S&T

) ca

pabi

litie

s.

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impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

) red

uced

fo

llow

up

on p

roje

cts

and

dam

age

to re

latio

nshi

ps

with

par

tner

s, an

d (b

) red

uced

abi

lity

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eliv

er o

n G

over

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t’s m

anda

te.

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emen

t sys

tem

for m

easu

rem

ent o

f upt

ake.

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naly

se th

e ne

eds

of s

tude

nts

and

rese

arch

ers.

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nduc

t aw

aren

ess

cam

paig

ns o

f wha

t pro

ject

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aila

ble

and

wha

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requ

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by S

outh

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can

stud

ents

.

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posu

re o

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frica

n re

sear

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stud

ents

thro

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iona

l pro

ject

s.


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nce

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ens

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repr

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tatio

n of

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inte

rest

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Sou

th A

frica

.

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alig

nmen

t of I

nter

natio

nal p

olic

y ag

enda

to

natio

nal,

regi

onal

and

con

tinen

tal p

olic

ies,

as a

resu

lt of

lim

ited

cont

ribut

ions

to in

fluen

ce p

olic

y de

cisi

ons

by

Sout

h A

frica

.

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impa

ct s

houl

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e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

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sed

oppo

rtun

ities

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educ

ed a

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y to

del

iver

on

natio

nal a

nd re

gion

al m

anda

te.

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riorit

isin

g of

mul

tilat

eral

org

anis

atio

ns.

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riorit

isin

g of

mul

tilat

eral

initi

ativ

es.

To s

uppo

rt S

TI c

apac

ity in

the

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can

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inen

t to

crea

te c

ondi

tions

for t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f a k

now

ledg

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sed

econ

omy

in A

frica

.

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ility

to m

eet t

he d

eman

d fo

r cap

acity

bui

ldin

g re

ques

t by

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can

part

ners

lead

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to u

nsta

ble

rela

tions

, as

a re

sult

of c

omm

itmen

ts n

ot h

onou

red

by

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can

part

ners

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impa

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houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

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e ar

e: li

mite

d fin

anci

al a

nd n

on-fi

nanc

ial s

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rt fr

om in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

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emen

t the

co

inve

stm

ent m

odel

bet

wee

n A

frica

n pa

rtne

rs a

nd S

outh

Afri

ca.


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ram

me

per

form

ance

ind

icat

ors

and

ann

ual t

arg

ets

for

2014

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le 1

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rog

ram

me

per

form

ance

ind

icat

ors

and

tar

get

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put

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orm

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in

dica

tor

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tegi

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ited

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erfo

rman

ce

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mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

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ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

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tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

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secu

re S

TI fu

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tim

ulat

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put

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tegi

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rget

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erfo

rman

ce

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mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

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ium

term

targ

ets

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/11

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/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

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incr

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fric

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rman

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mat

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orm

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2013

/14

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ium

term

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ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

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cont

ribu

te to

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ds th

e sh

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regi

onal

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ntal

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bal S

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31

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d by

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31 M

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6

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d by

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put

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orm

ance

in

dica

tor

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tegi

c ta

rget

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ited

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ual p

erfo

rman

ce

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mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

2013

/14

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ium

term

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ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

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tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

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supp

ort S

TI c

apac

ity

in th

e A

fric

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nent

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ndit

ions

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PrOgrAMMe 4: reSeArch develOPMent And SUPPOrt

Purpose: To provide an enabling environment for research and knowledge production that promotes strategic development

of basic sciences and priority science areas, through science promotion, human capital development, the provision of research

infrastructure and relevant research support, in pursuit of South Africa’s transition to a knowledge economy.

Strategic overview

As its name implies, this Programme focuses on ensuring that South Africa’s research base is maintained, strengthened and grown

in order that it may contribute to the modernisation of South Africa’s economy and its move toward being more knowledge-

based. Specifically, this implies responsibilities to ensure the provision of the required high-level human capital and research

infrastructure necessary for advanced research able to produce new knowledge, as well as ensuring ongoing support for research

activities, and the development of specific support measures for basic sciences and priority science areas, especially those in

which South Africa enjoys a geographic advantage.

At the level of the NSI, the impact of this Programme’s work will be monitored through indicators such as –

• the contribution of South Africa’s research output to global research output;

• the global impact of South Africa’s research output;

• the percentage of postgraduate research students enrolling in SET programmes; and

• the annual number of doctoral graduates.

The NDP identifies education, training and innovation as being at the centre of South Africa’s long-term development, and it

specifically states that “inadequate capacity will constrain knowledge production and innovation unless effectively addressed”.

The strategic purposes of Programme 4 directly address this imperative through support for HCD, the provision of research and

innovation infrastructure, and the promotion of knowledge generation. With respect to HCD, for example, the NDP recommends

that South Africa should produce more than 100 doctoral graduates per million population per year by 2030 (while we currently

produce only 33), produce double the number of postgraduate and first-rate scientists, increase the number of African and

women postgraduates (especially PhDs), and improve the qualifications of academic staff by increasing the percentage of PhD-

qualified staff in the higher education sector from the current 43% to over 75% by 2030. Furthermore, in conjunction with the

NRF, Programme 4 is the key source of research funding for universities, without which no knowledge generation or postgraduate

training could take place. Lastly, this Programme manages the DST research and innovation infrastructure initiatives, a vital source

of financial support to public research institutions and universities for research equipment and facilities.


• To contribute to the development of representative, high-level human capital able to pursue locally relevant, globally

competitive research and innovation activities.

• To ensure availability of and access to internationally comparable research and innovation infrastructure in order to

generate new knowledge and train new researchers.

• To support and promote research that develops basic sciences through production of new knowledge and relevant

training opportunities.

• To strategically develop priority science areas in which South Africa enjoys a competitive advantage, by promoting

internationally competitive research and training activities and outputs.



Subprogrammes

Human Capital and Science Promotion formulates and implements policies and strategies that address the availability of

human capital for science, technology, and innovation, and that provide fundamental support for research activities. The sub-

programme provides strategic direction and support to institutions mandated with HCD and increased knowledge production, as

well as interfacing with relevant stakeholders in this regard. In addition, the sub-programme is responsible for science awareness

and promotion, including science and youth activities.

The Human Capital Development Strategy for Research Innovation and Scholarship (HCD RIS Strategy) was approved for

consultation by the Minister at the close of the 2012/13 financial year. It is envisaged that the Department will finalise the HCD

RIS Strategy in 2013/14. In 2014/15 an implementation framework will be developed for the strategy, which will be updated every

year as funding and other conditions change. Relationships with key stake-holders such as the Department of Higher Education

and Training will be promoted and managed to maximise delivery on this strategy.

The Department has a number of instruments that are designed to strengthen research capacity at universities, including the

research chairs and centres of excellence programmes, both managed by the National Research Foundation. Special attention will

be paid to monitoring and promoting these HCD programmes.

The DST-NRF Internship Programme (implemented through the NRF) gives recently qualified graduates and postgraduate students

an opportunity to improve their employability by placing them at various institutions within the NSI, thus greatly improving their

chances of being retained within the science system in the longer term. The internship programme also addresses government

imperatives of reducing unemployment and skills development. The equity targets for the programme have been exceeded,

with more than 90% of the interns placed at NSI institutions being black, and 60% being women. The DST supports a number of

other work preparation programmes and the intention is to grow, streamline and systematise the implementation model of these

programmes, and improve the DST’s consolidated reporting on them.

In order to promote public engagement with science the DST undertakes initiatives like as the annual National Science Week. It

is anticipated that the Department will have developed the South African science engagement framework aimed at promoting

science awareness and engagement by 2013/14. An implementation plan for the framework will be developed during the

period 2014/15 to 2015/16. The DST will grow support for the science centres which are the key infrastructure for driving science

awareness and engagement, while carefully monitoring their outputs. A rural science centre is planned for development in the

Cofimvaba district in the next two to three year. The Youth into Science Strategy will be reviewed between 2014/15 and 2015/16,

and the relations with the Department of Basic Education will be maintained to ensure delivery on all the Department’s learner-

related activities.

Basic Sciences and Infrastructure facilitates the strategic implementation of research and innovation equipment and

infrastructure to promote knowledge production in areas of national priority and to sustain R&D-led innovation. The subprogramme

also promotes the development and strengthening of basic or foundational sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biological and

life sciences, geographic and geological sciences, and the human and social sciences.

Over the period 2014/15 to 2016/17, the subprogramme will continue to support the provision of and access to RDI infrastructure

across the entire NSI. The Department’s ring-fenced infrastructure budget will be used to award 190 research infrastructure grants

(2014/15 to 2016/17) to the research community across the country. Most of the funding will be allocated to universities, national

facilities, science councils and museums through the National Equipment Programme (NEP) and the National Nanotechnology

Equipment Programme (NNEP) implemented by the NRF. The infrastructure funds will also be used for the development of various

initiatives such as the development of pilot plants, technology demonstrators and specialised facilities. Continued support will


also be provided to students and researchers to access global infrastructures such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the

European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia and the European

Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in France.

For the period 2014/15 to 2016/17 the subprogramme will continue to support the roll-out of a gigabit per second (Gbps)

capacity broadband network through the South African National Research Network (SANReN) in providing transmission of data

to all research and academic institutions. For this period the average amount of bandwidth per SANReN site per annum will be

increased from 2 800 Mbps in 2014/15 to 3 500 Mbps in 2016/17.

With regard to the Basic Sciences component of the subprogramme, continued support will be for about 24 research chairs in the

human and social sciences, the National Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. For

the period 2014/15 to 2016/17 a basic sciences (natural sciences) development framework will be developed to ensure targeted

support for this component of the science system.

Science Missions promotes the development of research, the production of scientific knowledge, and human capital development

within science areas in which South Africa enjoys a geographic advantage. These areas include the dynamics of climate change

and its impact on earth systems, Antarctic and marine research, palaeosciences, and indigenous knowledge systems.

The tabling of a Bill for the protection, promotion, development and management of IKS before Parliament by 31 March 2015 is a

key deliverable in the field of IKS. The key highlight in the 2014/15 financial year for Earth Systems Science will be the joint hosting

with the NRF of the 2nd National Conference on Global Change. During the coming year, the Marine and Antarctic research plans

will be consolidated into one Marine and Antarctic Research Strategy, this initiative being undertaken jointly with the Department

of Environment Affairs. Support to research in these regions is critical.

Astronomy supports the development of astronomical sciences around a multi-wavelength research strategy, and provides

strategic guidance and support to relevant astronomy institutions in the implementation of DST astronomy programmes. Of

particular relevance are the Southern African Large Telescope, the MeerKAT, the High Energy Stereoscopic System, the African Very

Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) projects.

The construction of phase 1 of the SKA is expected to start in 2016/17. In the period leading up to the SKA construction, South

Africa will build a 64-dish antennae demonstrator telescope, called the MeerKAT. The first of the 64-dish antennae of the MeerKAT

will have been installed during the 2013/14 financial year, while the MeerKAT telescope and associated infrastructure, classified

as a mega project, are due for completion in the 2016/17 financial year. The roll-out of the MeerKAT over the next five years is

planned as follows:

• Antennae 1 and 2 qualified and acceptance test completed by June 2014.

• Array release 1 (antennae 1 to 4) completed by June 2015.

• Array release 1 science commissioning completed by September 2015.

• Array release 2 (antennae 5 to 32) completed by March 2016.

• Array release 2 science commissioning completed by June 2016.

• Array release 3 (antennae 33 to 64) completed by December 2016.

• Full array available for science by April 2017.


The African VLBI Network initiative will be enhanced by South Africa’s partnership with Ghana to set up a radio telescope/

observatory in Ghana. A similar initiative is being pursued with Kenya, to convert an existing 32m dish at a site in Longonot, and

with Mozambique, through transferring a converted 7.6m dish donated by Telkom SA at a site in Maluana. Similar initiatives will

be pursued with other SKA African partner countries, as defunct telecommunications dishes become available for conversion.

The subprogramme will also focus on finalising a multi-wavelength strategy that will begin to consolidate optical, radio and

gamma ray astronomy facilities under a single astronomy programme. This strategy will be completed in the 2014/15 financial

year, and rolled out over the course of the next five years. All astronomy-related human capital development initiatives will also be

consolidated and contextualised within the strategic framework for multi-wavelength astronomy.

The key challenge that the subprogramme will need to address is the protection of the astronomy reserves against radio, dust

and light pollution, but more specifically monitoring possible impacts on astronomy activities from fracking in the Northern Cape.

The relevant stakeholders and experts will be consulted with regard to preserving the central astronomy advantage areas as new

regulations and standards are proposed.


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e an

d tr

ain

new

re

sear

cher

s.

Mis

mat

ch o

f the

ava

ilabl

e fu

ndin

g w

ith in

frast

ruct

ure

need

s (w

ith in

frast

ruct

ure

need

s re

ferr

ing

to th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f exi

stin

g in

frast

ruct

ure

and

the

expa

nsio

n of

new

infra

stru

ctur

e), a

s a

resu

lt of

: (a)

in

suffi

cien

t lev

els

of p

lann

ing

for r

esea

rch

infra

stru

ctur

e in

vest

men

t by

the

SET

com

mun

ity, (

b) lo

w le

vels

of

priv

ate

sect

or R

&D fu

ndin

g in

SA

, (c)

low

leve

ls o

f ow

n in

vest

men

t by

univ

ersi

ties,

(d) h

isto

rical

und

er-

inve

stm

ent i

n re

sear

ch in

frast

ruct

ure

lead

ing

to h

igh

curr

ent d

eman

d in

the

cont

ext o

f com

petin

g na

tiona

l pr

iorit

ies,

and

(e) a

n in

crea

se in

the

appl

icat

ions

for

infra

stru

ctur

e ex

ceed

ing

the

supp

ly o

f the

fund

ing

avai

labl

e

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

) the

in

abili

ty to

att

ract

rese

arch

ers

from

aro

und

the

wor

ld,

(b) t

he in

abili

ty to

col

labo

rate

with

oth

er a

genc

ies,

(c) t

he in

abili

ty to

gen

erat

e ne

w k

now

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion,

(d) t

he in

abili

ty to

pro

vide

ade

quat

e tr

aini

ng (h

uman

cap

ital d

evel

opm

ent)

, (e)

the

inab

ility

to

upg

rade

age

ing

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d (f

) dam

age

to

the

depa

rtm

ent’s

repu

tatio

n bo

th in

tern

atio

nally

and

lo

cally

.

To u

se th

e fin

al S

outh

Afri

can

Rese

arch

Infra

stru

ctur

e Ro

adm

ap (S

ARI

R) re

port

, whi

ch a

rtic

ulat

es a

co

mpr

ehen

sive

fram

ewor

k an

d fo

unda

tion

for t

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f a n

atio

nal r

esea

rch

infra

stru

ctur

e ro

adm

ap to

gui

de th

e st

rate

gic

deve

lopm

ent,

acqu

isiti

on a

nd d

eplo

ymen

t of r

esea

rch

infra

stru

ctur

e as

a n

eces

sary

and

requ

ired

enab

ler f

or re

sear

ch,

deve

lopm

ent a

nd in

nova

tion.

To in

volv

e th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

the

natio

nal i

nfra

stru

ctur

e ro

adm

ap. T

he p

roce

ss o

f in

volv

ing

the

priv

ate

sect

or is

inte

nded

to re

sult

in th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f a p

ublic

priv

ate

part

ners

hip

for t

he

acqu

isiti

on a

nd im

plem

enta

tion

of R

DI I

nfra

stru

ctur

e.

Prep

are

annu

al in

frast

ruct

ure

bids

acc

ordi

ng to

the

DST

in

frast

ruct

ure

fram

ewor

k in

July

/Aug

ust f

or th

e N

atio

nal

Trea

sury

MTE

F pr

oces

s.

To s

uppo

rt a

nd p

rom

ote

rese

arch

that

dev

elop

s ba

sic

scie

nces

in S

outh

Afri

ca th

roug

h pr

oduc

tion

of n

ew

know

ledg

e an

d re

leva

nt tr

aini

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties.

Insu

ffici

ent r

esea

rch

in a

nd/o

r out

put f

rom

bas

ic

scie

nces

, as

a re

sult

of (a

) an

unin

tent

iona

l foc

us o

n pr

iorit

y ar

eas

as p

resc

ribed

by

the

DST

’s st

rate

gic

docu

men

ts a

t the

exp

ense

of b

asic

sci

ence

s an

d (b

) the

in

equi

tabl

e al

loca

tion

of h

uman

and

fina

ncia

l res

ourc

es

with

in th

e de

part

men

t to

addr

ess

shor

tage

s.

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

) ne

glec

t of t

he b

asic

sci

ence

s, (b

) dec

line

in S

outh

A

frica

’s co

ntrib

utio

n to

glo

bal k

now

ledg

e ou

tput

s in

ba

sic

scie

nces

, (c)

dec

line

in n

ew k

now

ledg

e, n

ew

know

ledg

e ar

eas

and

rele

vant

trai

ning

opp

ortu

nitie

s, (d

) per

cept

ion

that

the

DST

is s

uppo

rtin

g st

rate

gic

scie

nces

at t

he e

xpen

se o

f the

bas

ic s

cien

ces,

(e) m

isse

d ac

cess

to e

xter

nal (

non-

DST

) fun

ding

op

port

uniti

es a

nd (f

) the

inab

ility

to a

ttra

ct s

cien

tists

gl

obal

ly.

Dev

elop

a B

asic

Sci

ence

s (N

atur

al S

cien

ces)

de

velo

pmen

t and

sup

port

fram

ewor

k, to

ens

ure

targ

eted

sup

port

for t

his

com

pone

nt o

f the

sci

ence

sy

stem

.

Esta

blis

h le

vera

ge b

etw

een

the

DST

and

the

DH

ET

prog

ram

mes

.


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To s

uppo

rt a

nd p

rom

ote

rese

arch

that

dev

elop

s ba

sic

scie

nces

in S

outh

Afri

ca th

roug

h pr

oduc

tion

of n

ew

know

ledg

e an

d re

leva

nt tr

aini

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties.

Insu

ffici

ent p

rodu

ctio

n of

est

ablis

hed

rese

arch

ers,

as a

resu

lt of

: (a)

a li

mite

d ca

paci

ty to

und

erta

ke

rese

arch

(sub

optim

al fu

ndin

g sp

ecifi

cally

for e

mer

ging

re

sear

cher

s), (

b) in

adeq

uate

sup

ervi

sory

sup

port

and

m

ento

rshi

p w

ithin

the

scie

nce

syst

em a

nd (c

) the

po

or s

chol

arsh

ip c

ultu

re (r

esea

rch

not p

erce

ived

to b

e su

ffici

ently

impo

rtan

t by

acad

emic

s).

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

) an

unre

pres

enta

tive

and

agei

ng re

sear

cher

coh

ort,

(b)

low

rese

arch

out

puts

in th

e fo

rm o

f pub

licat

ions

and

st

uden

ts a

nd (c

) the

dec

line

in s

uper

viso

ry s

uppo

rt a

nd

men

tors

hip

with

in th

e sc

ienc

e sy

stem

.

Ram

ping

up

the

emer

ging

rese

arch

er s

uppo

rt

prog

ram

mes

incl

udin

g th

e po

stdo

ctor

al p

rogr

amm

e.

Stre

ngth

en le

vera

ge b

etw

een

the

DST

and

the

DH

ET

prog

ram

mes

.

Cond

uct r

ealig

nmen

t of t

he p

rogr

amm

e an

d de

part

men

t to

ensu

re a

lignm

ent o

f res

ourc

es a

nd th

e ne

ed to

dev

elop

the

prio

rity

area

s.

To s

trat

egic

ally

dev

elop

prio

rity

scie

nce

area

s in

whi

ch

Sout

h A

frica

enj

oys

a co

mpe

titiv

e ad

vant

age,

by

prom

otin

g in

tern

atio

nally

-com

petit

ive

rese

arch

and

tr

aini

ng a

ctiv

ities

and

out

puts

.

Insu

ffici

ent s

cien

tific

expl

oita

tion

of g

eogr

aphi

c ad

vant

age

and

know

ledg

e ar

eas,

as a

resu

lt of

(a) t

he

abse

nce

of a

com

preh

ensi

ve e

nabl

ing

envi

ronm

ent

(fram

ewor

k, p

olic

ies,

legi

slat

ion

and

fund

ing)

to

deve

lop

the

prio

rity

area

s su

ch a

s IK

S, a

stro

nom

y,

mar

ine

scie

nces

, (b)

insu

ffici

ent d

eliv

ery

on m

anda

te

by re

leva

nt g

over

nmen

t dep

artm

ents

, (c)

inte

rsec

ting

man

date

s ac

ross

gov

ernm

ent d

epar

tmen

ts a

nd (d

) the

in

adeq

uate

pro

visi

on o

f hum

an re

sour

ces

with

in th

e de

part

men

t.

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

) a d

eclin

e in

Sou

th A

frica

’s co

ntrib

utio

n to

glo

bal k

now

ledg

e ou

tput

s, (b

) dec

linin

g SA

rese

arch

repu

tatio

n an

d co

mpe

titiv

e ad

vant

age,

(c) a

n in

adeq

uate

rese

arch

in

frast

ruct

ure,

(d) i

neffe

ctiv

e in

fluen

ce o

n re

leva

nt

polic

y de

velo

pmen

ts a

nd (e

) the

inad

equa

te

expl

oita

tion

of in

tern

atio

nal r

esea

rch

colla

bora

tion

oppo

rtun

ities

.

Dev

elop

men

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

requ

ired

fram

ewor

ks, p

olic

ies,

legi

slat

ion.

Cond

uct r

ealig

nmen

t of t

he p

rogr

amm

e an

d de

part

men

t to

ensu

re a

lignm

ent o

f res

ourc

es a

nd th

e ne

ed to

dev

elop

the

prio

rity

area

s.

Dev

elop

men

t of a

n ac

cred

itatio

n an

d ce

rtifi

catio

n fra

mew

ork

for t

he re

cogn

ition

of k

now

ledg

e ho

lder

s.


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To p

rom

ote

publ

ic e

ngag

emen

t on

scie

nce,

te

chno

logy

and

inno

vatio

n.In

effec

tive

man

agem

ent o

f pub

lic e

ngag

emen

t, as

a

resu

lt of

: (a)

an

ineff

ectiv

e lia

ison

with

sta

keho

lder

s, (b

) abs

ence

of a

defi

ned

stra

tegi

c di

rect

ion

for p

ublic

en

gage

men

t, (c

) ina

ppro

pria

te a

war

enes

s m

ater

ial,

dist

ribut

ion

and

com

mun

icat

ion

chan

nels

, (d)

poo

r lo

gist

ical

sup

port

, (e)

lim

ited

scie

nce

cont

ent a

nd

skill

s am

ongs

t the

ava

ilabl

e sc

ienc

e co

mm

unic

ator

s an

d re

late

d st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd (f

) the

lack

of s

cien

ce

com

mun

icat

ion

skill

s am

ong

scie

ntis

ts.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

) re

puta

tiona

l har

m to

DST

, (b)

frui

tless

exp

endi

ture

, (c)

in

effec

tive

exec

utio

n of

the

awar

enes

s pr

ogra

mm

e,

(d) u

nder

-val

uatio

n of

sci

ence

and

(e) t

he in

adeq

uate

pu

blic

em

pow

erm

ent.

Stre

ngth

enin

g co

llabo

ratio

n w

ith N

GO

s, un

iver

sitie

s, Pr

ovin

cial

dep

artm

ents

of e

duca

tion,

and

m

unic

ipal

ities

.

Fina

lisat

ion

of th

e sc

ienc

e en

gage

men

t str

ateg

y de

velo

ped

in th

e 20

13/1

4 fin

anci

al y

ear.

Exer

cise

car

e an

d co

ntro

l in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

aw

aren

ess

mat

eria

ls.

Offe

r tra

inin

g to

sci

ence

cen

tre

staff

and

fest

ival

or

gani

sers

.

Faci

litat

e tr

aini

ng o

f res

earc

hers

thro

ugh

the

NRF

/SA

AST

A.

To s

trat

egic

ally

dev

elop

prio

rity

scie

nce

area

s in

whi

ch

Sout

h A

frica

enj

oys

a co

mpe

titiv

e ad

vant

age,

by

prom

otin

g in

tern

atio

nally

-com

petit

ive

rese

arch

and

tr

aini

ng a

ctiv

ities

and

out

puts

.

Subo

ptim

al d

eliv

ery

of M

eerK

AT/S

KA fa

cilit

ies/

infra

stru

ctur

e, a

s a

resu

lt of

(a) i

nsuffi

cien

t fun

ds

to c

ompl

ete

the

Mee

rKAT

, (b)

inad

equa

te fu

nds

to

oper

ate

the

Mee

rKAT

, (c)

insu

ffici

ent a

lloca

tion

of

hum

an re

sour

ces

to th

e A

stro

nom

y su

bpro

gram

me.

, (d

) ins

uffici

ent R

&D in

itiat

ives

for t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f su

ppor

ting

tech

nolo

gies

, (e)

unr

ealis

tic e

xpec

tatio

ns o

f co

rpor

ate

soci

al in

vest

men

ts in

loca

l com

mun

ities

and

(f

) the

insu

ffici

ent p

artic

ipat

ion/

slow

resp

onse

of S

KA

Afri

can

part

ner c

ount

ries.

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

) a

repu

tatio

nal d

amag

e to

the

DST

, (b)

lim

ited

scie

ntifi

c va

lue,

(c) l

imite

d te

chno

logi

cal d

evel

opm

ent a

nd s

pin

off, (

d) s

ocia

l unr

est a

nd (e

) fru

itles

s ex

pend

iture

.

Impl

emen

t Mee

rKAT

Fun

ding

Pla

n.

Impl

emen

t Mee

rKAT

Ope

ratio

nal P

lan.

Impl

emen

t Ast

rono

my

subp

rogr

amm

e re

sour

cing

pla

n.

Impl

emen

t Mee

rKAT

Tec

hnol

ogy

Road

map

.

Cond

uct p

ublic

eng

agem

ent p

lan

for C

orpo

rate

Soc

ial

Inve

stm

ent.

Impl

emen

t SKA

Rea

dine

ss S

trat

egy.

Dra

ft M

emor

andu

m o

f Und

erst

andi

ng (M

oU) w

ith S

KA

Afri

can

part

ner c

ount

ries.

Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To s

uppo

rt a

nd p

rom

ote

rese

arch

that

dev

elop

s ba

sic

scie

nces

in S

outh

Afri

ca th

roug

h pr

oduc

tion

of n

ew

know

ledg

e an

d re

leva

nt tr

aini

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties.

Insu

ffici

ent p

rodu

ctio

n of

est

ablis

hed

rese

arch

ers,

as a

resu

lt of

: (a)

a li

mite

d ca

paci

ty to

und

erta

ke

rese

arch

(sub

optim

al fu

ndin

g sp

ecifi

cally

for e

mer

ging

re

sear

cher

s), (

b) in

adeq

uate

sup

ervi

sory

sup

port

and

m

ento

rshi

p w

ithin

the

scie

nce

syst

em a

nd (c

) the

po

or s

chol

arsh

ip c

ultu

re (r

esea

rch

not p

erce

ived

to b

e su

ffici

ently

impo

rtan

t by

acad

emic

s).

The

impa

cts

shou

ld th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e ar

e: (a

) an

unre

pres

enta

tive

and

agei

ng re

sear

cher

coh

ort,

(b)

low

rese

arch

out

puts

in th

e fo

rm o

f pub

licat

ions

and

st

uden

ts a

nd (c

) the

dec

line

in s

uper

viso

ry s

uppo

rt a

nd

men

tors

hip

with

in th

e sc

ienc

e sy

stem

.

Ram

ping

up

the

emer

ging

rese

arch

er s

uppo

rt

prog

ram

mes

incl

udin

g th

e po

stdo

ctor

al p

rogr

amm

e.

Stre

ngth

en le

vera

ge b

etw

een

the

DST

and

the

DH

ET

prog

ram

mes

.

Cond

uct r

ealig

nmen

t of t

he p

rogr

amm

e an

d de

part

men

t to

ensu

re a

lignm

ent o

f res

ourc

es a

nd th

e ne

ed to

dev

elop

the

prio

rity

area

s.

To s

trat

egic

ally

dev

elop

prio

rity

scie

nce

area

s in

whi

ch

Sout

h A

frica

enj

oys

a co

mpe

titiv

e ad

vant

age,

by

prom

otin

g in

tern

atio

nally

-com

petit

ive

rese

arch

and

tr

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part

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cred

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ium

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2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

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tegi

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ject

ive:

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cont

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deve

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31

Mar

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2014

1000

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fund

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prep

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prog

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mes

in

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inst

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ns

by 3

1 M

arch

201

5

800

grad

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s an

d st

uden

ts p

lace

d in

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31

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by

31

Mar

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2017


Out

put

Perf

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dica

tor

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tegi

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rget

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ual p

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rman

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mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

20

13/1

4

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ium

term

targ

ets

2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ive:

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ensu

re a

vaila

bilit

y of

and

acc

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to in

tern

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para

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arch

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kn

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per

aw

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lett

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190

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arch

in

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ts a

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by

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7

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per

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1 M

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201

4

60 re

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lett

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201

6

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per

aw

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lett

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by 3

1 M

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base

line

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base

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line

2 20

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site

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31 M

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7

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scie

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ts th

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12 9

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ts th

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31 M

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2 60

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ts th

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31 M

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31 M

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4 53

9 re

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put

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ual p

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perf

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20

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4

Med

ium

term

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2010

/11

2011

/12

2012

/13

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Inte

rnat

iona

lly

accr

edite

d re

sear

ch a

rtic

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from

rese

arch

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19 7

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the

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s by

31

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5 IS

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c sc

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4

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5

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mew

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4

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fra

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PrOgrAMMe 5: SOciO-ecOnOMic innOvAtiOn PArtnerShiPS

Purpose: This Programme enhances the growth and development priorities of government through targeted S&T-based

innovation interventions and the development of strategic partnerships with other government departments, industry, research

institutions and communities.

Interventions include high potential R&D-led industrial development programmes, technology support programmes for industry,

introducing new approaches to government service delivery and planning, strengthening science-based policy development

and decision-making, demonstrating technology-led opportunities for creating sustainable jobs and wealth creation, and

strengthening the contribution of technology in sustainable human settlements. Current interventions supported by the

Programme are aligned to the priorities of the NDP and the twelve priority outcomes of government. .


• Through knowledge, evidence and learning, to inform and influence17 how science and technology can be used to achieve

inclusive development.

• To identify, grow and sustain niche high-potential STI capabilities for sustainable development and the greening of society

and the economy.

• To identify, grow and sustain niche high-potential STI capabilities that improves the competitiveness of existing and

emerging economic sectors and that facilitates the development of new targeted industries with growth potential in

aerospace, advanced manufacturing, chemicals, mining, advanced metals and ICTs.

• To enhance understanding and analysis that support improvements in the functioning and performance of the NSI.

Subprogrammes

Technology Localisation Beneficiation and Advanced Manufacturing advances strategic medium and long-term

sustainable economic growth and sector development priorities as well as government service delivery through the following

value-adding functions:

• Investing in the long-term knowledge-generation capabilities of the NSI in targeted innovation areas.

• In partnership with other government departments and economic actors, spearheading focused efforts that exploit

knowledge capabilities for economic benefit. (Economic benefit includes the development of advanced industries,

improved government service delivery, improve productivity and competitiveness, and technology transfer and support

to small and medium enterprises as well as manufacturing firms in the supply chains of large-scale public infrastructure

development programmes.)

17 Inform and influence’ – one of the responsibilities of the DST is to facilitate the use of new approaches to address a range of social challenges by using good science or deploying promising technologies that are available but may not be used for a range of reasons. However, the DST does not have the mandate or responsibility for supporting adoption of promising technology (for example, alternative building technologies). This is normally done by government departments with service delivery responsibilities (for example, providing water and energy services or building houses in a new way). The approach used by a service delivery departments, whether through direct procurement or through some policy instrument (such as a subsidy, a regulation, or by issuing standards), have a significant impact on what technologies are used. The role of the DST is to invest in projects and processes that can generate the kind of appropriate knowledge and evidence and to package the knowledge and evidence in ways that support decision making by government, communities, and other role-players. In many instances, knowledge and evidence will need to be shared through structured learning opportunities such as conferences, workshops and decision-support systems.


Sector Innovation and Green Economy provides policy, strategy and direction-setting support for R&D-led growth of strategic

sectors of the economy and to enhance science and technology capacity to support a transition to a green economy through

the following:

• Facilitating the implementation of high-impact S&T interventions.

• Identifying and initiating science and technology programmes that support the growth of the environmental technologies

and services sector in South Africa.

• Facilitating policy and strategy development on R&D interventions that support the growth of the ICT sector (excluding

the ICT retail sector).

• Providing innovation policy and planning support to economic actors in priority economic sectors and provincial and local

governments.

Innovation for Inclusive Development supports the experimentation of S&T-based innovations for tackling poverty including

the creation of sustainable job and wealth opportunities, building sustainable human settlements, and enhancing the delivery of

basic services. The subprogramme focuses on mature technologies that do not yet have widespread application, but are seen as

having the potential to achieve government’s broad development objectives. The focus is on supporting the widespread adoption

and use of promising S&T-based innovation by supporting the generation of practical knowledge and insights, producing suitable

policy evidence, introducing decision-support tools, and building capacity.

Science and Technology Investment leads and supports the development of indicators and instruments for measuring and

monitoring investments in S&T and the performance of the NSI, and ways of strengthening the NSI and innovation policy. This

includes an annual R&D survey, innovation measurement, the development of S&T indicators, the development of databases and

information systems such as the Research Information Management System (RIMS) and national S&T expenditure tables, and the

implementation of section 11D of the Income Tax Act, 1962, to promote private sector R&D investment.


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nova

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sus

tain

a p

ortfo

lio o

f nic

he

high

-pot

entia

l sci

ence

, tec

hnol

ogy

and

inno

vatio

n ca

pabi

litie

s fo

r sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t and

the

gree

ning

of s

ocie

ty a

nd th

e ec

onom

y.

Failu

re to

bui

ld a

n ad

equa

te p

ortfo

lio o

f pro

ject

s th

at

supp

orts

and

pro

mot

es s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent a

nd

the

gree

ning

of s

ocie

ty a

nd th

e ec

onom

y, a

s a

resu

lt of

(a

) evo

lvin

g ar

ea w

ithin

pub

lic p

olic

y, (b

) ina

dequ

ate

inte

rnal

DST

coo

rdin

atio

n, (c

) no

road

map

for t

he D

ST

inte

rven

tions

, (d)

lack

of m

utua

l und

erst

andi

ng o

f w

hat n

eeds

to b

e do

ne d

urin

g th

e sc

opin

g st

age

of a

pr

ogra

mm

e, a

nd (e

) poo

rly d

esig

ned

cont

ract

s w

ith

impl

emen

ting

agen

cies

.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a) t

he D

ST b

eing

exc

lude

d fro

m th

e su

stai

nabi

lity

and

gree

n ec

onom

y sp

ace,

(b) f

ailu

re to

alig

n D

ST

inve

stm

ents

with

nat

iona

l str

ateg

y, le

adin

g to

poo

r re

turn

on

inve

stm

ent,

(c) m

isse

d op

port

uniti

es fo

r op

timis

ed a

nd m

eani

ngfu

l con

trib

utio

n, (d

) lac

k of

ad

equa

te c

apab

ilitie

s to

pla

y a

sign

ifica

nt ro

le, a

nd

(e) m

isun

ders

tand

ing

of th

e D

ST re

quire

men

ts a

nd

expe

ctat

ions

by

impl

emen

ting

agen

cies

.

Ensu

re p

artic

ipat

ion

at in

ter-

gove

rnm

enta

l tas

k te

ams,

proj

ect s

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ees,

etc.

•Po

pula

rise

wha

t is

bein

g ac

hiev

ed in

the

rese

arch

pr

ogra

mm

e ca

lled

Glo

bal C

hang

e, S

ocie

ty a

nd

Sust

aina

bilit

y (G

CSS

).

•Li

nk G

loba

l Cha

nge

Rese

arch

Pla

n to

the

Was

te a

nd

Wat

er R

DI r

oadm

aps.

Join

t pla

nnin

g an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of p

roje

cts

betw

een

prog

ram

mes

.

Faci

litat

e st

ruct

ured

mee

tings

bet

wee

n th

e pa

rtie

s.

Impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f con

trac

ts w

ith im

plem

entin

g ag

enci

es.


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To e

nhan

ce u

nder

stan

ding

and

ana

lysi

s th

at s

uppo

rt

impr

ovem

ents

in th

e fu

nctio

ning

and

per

form

ance

of

the

Nat

iona

l Sys

tem

of I

nnov

atio

n.

Stat

istic

s an

d in

dica

tors

pro

duce

d by

the

Prog

ram

me

do n

ot a

dequ

atel

y m

eet p

olic

y re

quire

men

ts, a

s a

resu

lt of

(a) g

loba

l mea

sure

men

t pra

ctic

es a

nd in

stru

men

ts

not a

dequ

atel

y cu

stom

ised

for S

outh

Afri

can

polic

y co

nditi

ons,

(b) i

nade

quat

e an

alys

is o

f nee

ds o

f pol

icy

mak

ers

for i

ndic

ator

s, (c

) ina

dequ

ate

anal

ysis

of

need

s of

use

rs, a

nd (d

) pol

icy

requ

irem

ents

are

not

m

easu

rabl

e or

abl

e to

be

tran

slat

ed in

to in

dica

tors

.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a)

gaps

in u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he s

tren

gths

, wea

knes

ses

and

func

tioni

ng o

f the

NSI

, (b)

inap

prop

riate

pol

icy

reco

mm

enda

tions

, and

(c) r

educ

ed D

ST a

bilit

y to

ste

er

NSI

.

•A

dapt

atio

n of

inte

rnat

iona

l ins

trum

ents

to th

e lo

cal

envi

ronm

ent (

Fras

cati

Man

ual).

• C

ondu

ct e

valu

atio

n to

alig

n in

dica

tors

and

sys

tem

s of

dat

a ge

nera

tion

with

pol

icy

requ

irem

ents

.

•Co

nduc

t pol

icy

dial

ogue

with

use

r com

mun

ity

RIM

S an

nual

Use

r Gro

up M

eetin

g; fa

cilit

ate

R&D

and

In

nova

tion

surv

ey re

view

wor

ksho

ps.

Men

torin

g an

d co

achi

ng to

be

form

alis

ed a

nd

impl

emen

ted

at m

ore

seni

or le

vels

.

Faci

litat

e us

er w

orks

hops

and

regu

lar m

eetin

gs w

ith

user

s (D

ST, o

ther

gov

ernm

ent d

epar

tmen

ts, S

cien

ce

Coun

cils

, Pol

icy

rese

arch

ers

and

Uni

vers

ities

) to

refin

e m

easu

rem

ent i

nstr

umen

ts.

Extr

act m

ore

valu

e fro

m in

tern

atio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

.

Extr

act m

ore

valu

e fro

m e

xper

t adv

ice.

To e

nhan

ce u

nder

stan

ding

and

ana

lysi

s th

at s

uppo

rt

impr

ovem

ents

in th

e fu

nctio

ning

and

per

form

ance

of

the

Nat

iona

l Sys

tem

of I

nnov

atio

n.

Prod

uctio

n of

poo

r qua

lity

(e.g

. del

ayed

or i

nacc

urat

e)

stat

istic

s, as

a re

sult

of (a

) no

timel

ines

s (fr

eque

ncy

and

punc

tual

ity o

f del

iver

y) o

f new

dat

a an

d st

atis

tics

and

anal

ytic

al in

form

atio

n, (b

) no

budg

et o

f pro

perly

m

easu

ring

all i

ndic

ator

s, (c

) low

acc

urac

y le

vel o

f pr

oduc

ed s

tatis

tics,

(d) i

napp

ropr

iate

ness

of m

easu

ring

tool

s, an

d (e

) ina

dequ

ate

inst

itutio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

to

supp

ort s

tatis

tical

pro

duct

ion,

ana

lysi

s an

d ev

alua

tion.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a)

gaps

in th

e un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e st

reng

ths,

wea

knes

ses

and

func

tioni

ng o

f the

NSI

, (b)

lack

of c

redi

bilit

y, a

nd (c

) in

appr

opria

te p

olic

y re

com

men

datio

ns a

nd d

ecis

ions

.

Regu

larly

mon

itor a

dher

ence

to ti

mel

ines

by

Scie

nce

and

Tech

nolo

gy (S

&T) i

ndic

ator

s un

it an

d Re

sear

ch a

nd

Dev

elop

men

t (R&

D p

lann

ing

unit)

.

Eval

uate

ade

quac

y of

the

budg

et a

gain

st m

easu

rem

ent

requ

irem

ents

.

Esta

blis

hing

the

benc

hmar

ks/s

tand

ards

for a

sses

sing

qu

ality

of e

ach

stat

istic

al q

ualit

y.

Und

erta

ke n

eeds

ana

lysi

s of

the

mea

sure

men

t too

ls

and

impl

emen

t the

tool

s.

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Rese

arch

and

inno

vatio

n vo

te.


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To id

entif

y, g

row

and

sus

tain

a p

ortfo

lio o

f nic

he

high

-pot

entia

l R&D

cap

abili

ties

that

impr

oves

the

com

petit

iven

ess

of e

xist

ing

and

emer

ging

eco

nom

ic

sect

ors

and

that

faci

litat

es th

e de

velo

pmen

t of n

ew

targ

eted

indu

strie

s w

ith g

row

th p

oten

tial i

n ae

rosp

ace,

ad

vanc

ed m

anuf

actu

ring,

che

mic

als,

min

ing

and

adva

nced

met

als

and

ICTs

.

Hav

ing

a po

rtfo

lio o

f pro

ject

s th

at d

oes

not h

ave

the

pote

ntia

l to

impa

ct o

n in

dust

rial d

evel

opm

ent,

as a

re

sult

of (a

) unc

erta

inty

abo

ut th

e re

quire

d lo

ng-t

erm

ris

k an

d re

turn

s as

soci

ated

with

the

on in

vest

men

t an

d co

mm

itmen

t req

uire

d, (b

) ina

dequ

ate

proj

ectio

ns

and

estim

atio

ns o

f pro

ject

dur

atio

n, ri

sk a

nd c

ost,

and

(c) l

imite

d un

ders

tand

ing

or m

isin

terp

reta

tion

of th

e en

viro

nmen

t and

nee

ds o

f sta

keho

lder

s, le

adin

g to

a

rand

om/s

ubje

ctiv

e ap

prov

al o

f pro

ject

s.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a)

the

role

of t

he D

ST in

driv

ing

the

R&D

led

indu

stria

l de

velo

pmen

t pro

gram

me

is m

argi

nalis

ed, w

hich

cou

ld

crea

te a

spa

ce fo

r ent

ities

to s

tep

into

and

ther

eby

conf

usin

g th

e ro

les

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

in th

e N

SI, (

b)

impa

ct o

n bu

dget

allo

catio

n, (c

) mis

sed

oppo

rtun

ities

, an

d (d

) con

trib

utio

n to

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent i

s m

argi

nalis

ed a

nd v

alue

of R

&D c

ontr

ibut

ion

rem

ains

un

prov

en.

Reta

in c

lose

inte

ract

ion

with

indu

stry

mem

ber s

ocie

ties

and

follo

w in

tern

atio

nal R

&D d

evel

opm

ents

and

ac

hiev

emen

ts in

depe

nden

tly. T

his

will

hel

p in

form

ing

an in

depe

nden

t, bu

t stil

l rel

evan

t opi

nion

rega

rdin

g th

e pr

ojec

ts.

All

proj

ects

mus

t hav

e ap

prop

riate

long

term

pla

ns, o

r be

incl

uded

in a

str

ateg

ic p

ortfo

lio o

f pro

ject

s.

To id

entif

y, g

row

and

sus

tain

a p

ortfo

lio o

f nic

he

high

-pot

entia

l R&D

cap

abili

ties

that

impr

oves

the

com

petit

iven

ess

of e

xist

ing

and

emer

ging

eco

nom

ic

sect

ors

and

that

faci

litat

es th

e de

velo

pmen

t of n

ew

targ

eted

indu

strie

s w

ith g

row

th p

oten

tial i

n ae

rosp

ace,

ad

vanc

ed m

anuf

actu

ring,

che

mic

als,

min

ing

and

adva

nced

met

als

and

ICTs

.

Inve

stm

ent i

n pr

ojec

ts b

y D

ST th

at d

o no

t sup

port

the

crea

tion

of n

ew in

dust

ry d

evel

opm

ent o

r im

prov

e th

e co

mpe

tiven

ess

of e

xist

ing

and

emer

ging

eco

nom

ic

sect

ors,

as a

resu

lt of

(a) c

hang

es in

indu

stria

l pol

icy

prio

ritie

s, (b

) lim

ited

rigou

r in

proj

ect s

elec

tion

due

to n

o or

poo

r eva

luat

ion

fram

ewor

ks, (

c) la

ck o

f co

ntin

ued

proj

ect f

ocus

, (d)

und

efine

d or

unc

lear

exi

t m

echa

nism

s/m

ilest

ones

for p

roje

cts,

whi

ch c

ould

be

exa

cerb

ated

by

the

proj

ect m

anag

er’s

loss

of

obje

ctiv

ity, o

r the

hig

h le

vel o

f mom

entu

m g

aine

d by

his

toric

ally

hig

h pr

ofile

pro

ject

s th

at w

ere

initi

ated

w

ithou

t cle

ar o

bjec

tives

(and

ther

efor

e de

fined

end

co

nditi

ons)

, (e.

) no

prop

er s

take

hold

er m

appi

ng o

r m

arke

t ana

lysi

s, an

d (f.

) litt

le c

ontr

ol o

ver t

he fu

ll va

lue/

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

chai

n as

soci

ated

with

the

R&D

pr

ogra

mm

e.

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a)

focu

sed

oppo

rtun

ity c

ost o

f inv

estm

ent i

n pr

ojec

ts

with

low

er re

turn

s in

stea

d of

oth

ers

with

hig

her

retu

rns,

(b) p

ortfo

lio m

akes

lim

ited

impa

ct o

n in

dust

rial

deve

lopm

ent a

nd re

duce

s fu

ndin

g re

ceiv

ed, (

c) th

e ro

le

of th

e D

ST in

driv

ing

R&D

-led

indu

stria

l dev

elop

men

t pr

ogra

mm

e is

mar

gina

lised

, and

(d) m

isse

d op

port

uniti

es.

•D

evel

op P

olic

y or

fram

ewor

ks fo

r eco

nom

ic

deve

lopm

ent a

ppro

ach.

•M

ake

prov

isio

n of

sou

nd in

nova

tion

Polic

y ad

vice

th

roug

h Po

licy

deve

lopm

ent f

orum

s/gr

oups

.

Dev

elop

a m

ore

rigor

ous

proj

ect s

elec

tion

Fram

ewor

k w

ith lo

ng te

rm p

roje

ctio

ns.

Dev

elop

a m

ore

evid

ence

bas

ed m

etho

d fo

r de

term

inin

g po

tent

ial i

mpa

ct o

f pro

ject

s.

To id

entif

y, g

row

and

sus

tain

a p

ortfo

lio o

f nic

he

high

-pot

entia

l sci

ence

, tec

hnol

ogy

and

inno

vatio

n ca

pabi

litie

s fo

r sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t and

the

gree

ning

of s

ocie

ty a

nd th

e ec

onom

y.


Str

Ate

gic

Ob

jec

tiv

er

iSk

de

Scr

iPti

On

Mit

igA

tiO

n A

cti

On

To id

entif

y, g

row

and

sus

tain

a p

ortfo

lio o

f nic

he

high

-pot

entia

l R&D

cap

abili

ties

that

impr

oves

the

com

petit

iven

ess

of e

xist

ing

and

emer

ging

eco

nom

ic

sect

ors

and

that

faci

litat

es th

e de

velo

pmen

t of n

ew

targ

eted

indu

strie

s w

ith g

row

th p

oten

tial i

n ae

rosp

ace,

ad

vanc

ed m

anuf

actu

ring,

che

mic

als,

min

ing

and

adva

nced

met

als

and

ICTs

.

Proj

ects

not

del

iver

ed a

s pl

anne

d by

impl

emen

tatio

n en

titie

s, as

a re

sult

of (a

) ins

uffici

ent c

omm

unic

atio

n of

indi

cato

rs &

targ

ets,

(b) c

ontr

act i

s ge

nera

ted

with

out c

lear

ly s

tatin

g ex

pect

ed o

utpu

ts (i

ndic

ator

&

targ

et) e

xpec

ted

from

the

proj

ect,

or w

ithou

t sta

ting

the

repo

rtin

g co

nten

t and

freq

uenc

y, (c

) ins

uffici

ent

mon

itorin

g an

d la

te p

rogr

ess

repo

rts

from

ent

ities

, and

(d

) pro

ject

s no

t vie

wed

as

core

to e

ntiti

es’ p

ortfo

lio/

man

date

. (en

titie

s no

t giv

ing

appr

opria

te p

riorit

y to

pr

ojec

ts).

The

impa

ct s

houl

d th

e ris

k m

ater

ialis

e w

ould

be

(a) m

issi

ng th

e D

ST K

ey P

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

an

d ta

rget

s, (b

.) qu

erie

s fro

m N

atio

nal T

reas

ury

and

Dep

artm

ent o

f Per

form

ance

Mon

itorin

g an

d Ev

alua

tion

(DPM

E), (

c) A

udito

r-G

ener

al a

udit

findi

ng a

nd (d

) re

duce

d fu

ndin

g.

•A

genc

y de

liver

y ta

rget

s ne

eds

to b

e cl

early

defi

ned

in th

e O

pera

tiona

l pla

n.

•A

form

al le

tter

to th

e ag

ency

(whe

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2015

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31

Mar

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rman

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mat

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perf

orm

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term

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2010

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2011

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2012

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2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

Lear

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in

terv

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2011

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2012

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2014

/15

2015

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2016

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Know

ledg

e an

d in

nova

tion

prod

ucts

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pate

nts,

tech

nolo

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14 p

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func

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on

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Mar

ch 2

017

27

Kno

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dge

gene

ratio

n in

the

SET

dom

ain

is n

orm

ally

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

perf

orm

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of R

esea

rch

and

Dev

elop

men

t (R&

D).

A n

umbe

r of t

he p

rogr

amm

es a

nd a

ctiv

ities

with

in th

e D

ST a

re a

imed

at b

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capa

city

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wle

dge,

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lls, a

nd S

cien

ce

infra

stru

ctur

e) in

the

gene

ral s

ense

, or a

t the

scie

nce

leve

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re th

e ai

m is

prim

arily

tow

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new

kno

wle

dge

gene

ratio

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than

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indu

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mm

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with

in S

trat

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Obj

ectiv

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led

indu

stry

dev

elop

men

t) a

re a

imed

at

perf

orm

ing

spec

ific

R&D

act

iviti

es, j

oint

ly id

entifi

ed a

nd b

ased

on

indu

stry

nee

ds, t

o un

lock

new

mar

kets

, pro

duct

s or

ser

vice

s. Th

e ou

tcom

es o

f the

se R

&D a

ctiv

ities

are

aim

ed a

t in

nova

tions

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in

crea

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com

petit

iven

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artic

ipat

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firm

s an

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ts o

f the

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&D a

ctiv

ities

are

ther

efor

e ai

med

at m

atur

ing

(with

the

aim

to a

pply

) exi

stin

g kn

owle

dge.

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e A

PP th

ese

outp

uts

are

desc

ribed

as

indu

stria

lly re

leva

nt

inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty,

and

dep

endi

ng o

n th

e na

ture

of t

he te

chno

logy

dev

elop

men

t, ca

n co

nsis

t of t

echn

olog

y pa

ckag

es, t

echn

olog

y de

mon

stra

tors

, pro

toty

pes,

pilo

t pla

nts,

etc

28

An

inst

rum

ent r

efer

s to

a fo

rmal

ly e

stab

lishe

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y co

ntra

ct) e

ntity

(als

o vi

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at is

use

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sup

port

of R

&D-le

d in

dust

ry d

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opm

ent

29

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y br

iefin

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this

con

text

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an

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t for

act

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by a

defi

ned

polic

y au

dien

ce s

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as

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tfolio

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mitt

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ter o

f Sci

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ano

ther

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over

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brie

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port

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adv

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targ

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wid

e bu

t kno

wle

dgea

ble

audi

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nom

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stru

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rter

ly t

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for

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5. PUblic PrivAte PArtnerShiPS

Table 23: Public Private Partnerships

nAMe Of PPPPUrPOSe/

deScriPtiOn Of PPP

OUtPUt (S)

cUrrent vAlUe Of

AgreeMentr’000

dAte when AgreeMent

exPireS

Industry Innovation Partnership Initiative (IIP) - Sector Innovation Fund (SIF)

To stimulate private investment in industry/sectoral R&D through co-funding.

Contract with Forestry SA (FSA) for 2013/14 – 2016/17

R25 Million 2016/17

Contract with Marine Industry Association of South Africa (MIASA), 2013/14 – 2016/17

R15 Million 2016/17

Continuation of existing Post Harvest Innovation (PHI)contract with Fresh Produce Exporters’ Forum (FPEF) for 2013/14 – 2016/17

R30 Million 2016/17

Post Harvest Innovation Initiative

Conduct Post harvest and cold chain research

Contract with FPEF R30 million over six years, ending March 2014. (6yrs x R5 million)

To be extended above until 2016/17

DST and Microsoft Cooperation on ICT R&D and Innovation (RDI)

The purpose is aimed at fostering cooperation between DST and ICT multi-national companies in order to strengthen the ICT RDI Strategy objectives and the ten year ICT RDI Roadmap implementation.

• Human capital development

• ICT enterprise development

• Technology development

Total budget: R 2 201 800, split as

R951 800 (Microsoft) and R R1 250 000 (DST/CSIR Meraka)

Funding agreement gets renewed every year.


nAMe Of PPPPUrPOSe/

deScriPtiOn Of PPP

OUtPUt (S)

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AgreeMentr’000

dAte when AgreeMent

exPireS

DST and SAP cooperation on Advanced ICT Human Capital Development (AHCD) programme

The AHCD programme facilitates scholarships targeted especially at HDIs. It is aimed at growing a pipe line of advanced human capital skills in ICT by providing the students with practical industry experience while they are still pursuing their academic work.

The DST/CSIR and SAP are currently working towards a collaborative initiative on the establishment of a South African “Public Cloud”

• Human Capital Development

• Technology and Services Development – mainly aimed at supporting local small enterprises.

In 2013/14 DST will provided R 4.3 million with SAP matching it and providing in kind support such as hosting the AHCD programme.

On the “Public Cloud” collaboration, the DST has provided R 877 192 with the expectation that this will be matched or exceeded by SAP.

The AHCD funding contract between SAP and CSIR will terminate at the end of the calendar year 2014. The DST and two parties will have workshop in March 2014 to discuss future collaboration and extending the current collaboration.

Nokia Corporation The DST and Nokia have collaborated in establishing the mLab Southern Africa (SA), which is a mobile solutions laboratory and startup accelerator that provides entrepreneurs and mobile developers with the support they need to develop innovative mobile applications and services.

SMMEs and entrepreneurs who are properly skilled to develop and provide mobile solutions in the consumer, design, enterprise, public and gaming sectors.

In 2013/14 the DST provided R2 096 545 and Nokia provided R 997 488 towards funding the mLab activities.

DST/CSIR Meraka and Cisco collaboration

The DST/Meraka and Cisco collaboration is on establishing the Centre of Competence for Broadband Communication at Nelson Mandela Metro University (NMMU)

• Established CoC at NNMU that is closely aligned with DST’s CoC framework.

• Advanced Human Capital

• Broadband Technology Development to support and leverage on SA Broadband Strategy as well as flagship projects such as the SKA.

Indicative funding amounts: Cisco is to sponsor the CoC with equipment to the value of USD 4 million. The NNMU have requested the funding of the CoC to the amount of R2.2 million per year over four years. IIP funds could be considered for this.

The MoU is still being developed by the three concerned parties.


7. PUblic entitieS

Table 24: Public entities reporting to the DST

nAMe Of PUblic entity

MAndAte

cUrrent AnnUAl bUdget

r’000

dAte Of the next

evAlUAtiOn

Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf )

To promote common ground in scientific thinking across all disciplines, including the physical, mathematical and life sciences, as well as human. social and economic sciences; to encourage and promote innovative and independent scientific thinking; to promote the optimum development of the intellectual capacity of all people; to provide effective advice and facilitate appropriate action in relation to the collective needs, opportunities and challenges of all South Africans; and to link South Africa with scientific communities of the highest levels, in particular within the Southern African Development Community, the rest of 30 Africa and internationally.

21 577 2016

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

To foster, in the national interest and in the fields which in its opinion should receive preference, industrial and scientific development, either by itself or in cooperation with principals from the public or private sector, and thereby contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the people of South Africa, and to perform any other functions that may be assigned to it by or under the Scientific Research Council Act.

1 029 873 2014

Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

To stimulate and intensify technological innovation in order to improve economic growth and the quality of life of all South Africans by developing and exploiting technological innovations.

380 718 2017

South African National Space Agency (SANSA)

To provide for the promotion and use of space and cooperation in space-related activities, foster research in space science, advance scientific engineering through human capital, support the creation of an environment conducive to industrial development in space technologies within the framework of national government policy, and for that purpose to establish the South African National Space Agency; to provide for the object, and functions of the South African National Space Agency and for the manner in which it must be managed and governed; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

118 298 2014


nAMe Of PUblic entity

MAndAte

cUrrent AnnUAl bUdget

r’000

dAte Of the next

evAlUAtiOn

National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI)

NAC I derives its mandate from the National Advisory Council on Innovation Act (Act No. 55 of 1997). Its core mandate is to advise the Minister of Science and Technology (S&T), and through her, the government of South Africa, on the role and contribution of Innovation in promoting and achieving national objectives.

18 287 2017

National Research Foundation (NRF)

To promote and support research through funding, human resource development and the provision of the necessary facilities in order to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of research including indigenous knowledge, and thereby contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of all the people of the Republic

2 223 782 2014

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

To provide for the promotion of research in the field of human sciences in order to improve understanding of social conditions and the process of social change; to provide for the continued existence of the Human Sciences Research Council; and to provide for matters connected therewith

276 010 2017

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS



liSt Of AbbreviAtiOnS

AISA : Africa Institute of South Africa

ASSAf : Academy of Science of South Africa

AU : African Union

BRICS : Brazil Russia India China and South Africa

CoC : Centre of Competence

CoE : Centre of Excellence

DHET : Department of Higher Education and Training

DIRCO : Department of International Relations and Cooperation

DST : Department of Science and Technology

EMI : Electronic Magnetic Interference

EO : Earth Observation

ERA : Emerging Research Areas

EU : European Union

GEOSS : Group on Earth Observation System of Systems

HCD : Human Capital Development

ICT : Information Communication Technology

IKS : Indigenous Knowledge System

IKSDCS : Indigenous Knowledge Systems Documentation Centre

IP : Intellectual Property

IPAP : Industrial Policy Action Plan

ISI : Institute for Scientific Information

M&E : Monitoring and Evaluation

Mbps : Mega bytes per second

MTSF : Medium Term Strategic Framework

NDP : National Development Plan

NEOSS : National Earth Observation and Space Secretariat

NEP : National Equipment Programme

NERDIS : Nuclear Energy Research Development and Innovation Strategy


NGP : New Growth Path

NIPMO : National Intellectual Property Management Office

NNEP : National Nanotechnology Equipment Programme

NRDS : National Research and Development Strategy

NRF : National Research Foundation

NRS : National Recordal System

NSS : National Space Strategy

OECD : Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OTT : Office of Technology Transfer

PPPs : Public Private Partnerships

R&D : Research and Development

RDI : Research Development and Innovation

RIMS : Research Information Management System

SADC : Southern African Development Community

SAEOS : South African Earth Observation Strategy

SANEDI : South African National Energy Development Institute

SANSA : South African National Space Agency

SANReN : South African National Research Network

SET : Science Engineering and Technology

SETI : Science Engineering Technology and Innovation

SKA : Square Kilometre Array

SSDU : Specialised Service Delivery Unit

STEMI : Science Technology Engineering Mathematics and Innovation

STI : Science Technology and Innovation

TAPs : Technology Assistance Packages

TB : Tuberculosis

TIA : Technology Innovation Agency

TYIP : Ten Year Innovation Plan

WIPO : World Intellectual Property Organisation

DST Building (Building No. 53)

CSIR South Gate Entrance

Meiring Naude Road

Brummeria

0001

Postal Address:

Department of Science and Technology

Private Bag X894

Pretoria

0001

Tel: +27 (12) 843 6300

Fax: +27 (12) 349 1030

www.dst.gov.za

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