2009/10 dst corporate strategy presented to the portfolio committee june 2009

2009/10 DST Corporate Strategy

Presented to the Portfolio Committee June 2009

Contents:

• Introduction: Strategic overview• Key strategic goals• Recent outputs• Ten year innovation Plan• Performance indicators• Resources: Human and financial• Public entities reporting to DST• Conclusion

Strategic Overview and Policy Developments

• Corporate Strategy aligned to the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF):

– MTSF emphasises the importance of technology innovation in speeding up economic growth and creation of decent work and poverty alleviation i.e. sustainable livelihoods


• The MTSF emphasises the need to build on the current range of strategies and support programmes already supporting

• innovation in firms and• Research and Development (R&D) in the

private and public sectors with emphasis on – biotechnology and pharmaceuticals,– space science and technology,


• Research and Development (R&D) in the private and public sectors with emphasis on:

– energy security and – other opportunities presented by climate

change. • In this regard, the appropriate, continuous and

effective implementation of the 2007 Cabinet endorsed ten-year innovation plan will be crucial.

S&T WhitePaper

R&D Strategy S&T missions

10Yr InnovationPlan

OECD Reviewof SA NSI

1996 2002 2004 2007

Creationof DST

New public S&T missionsBiotechnologyICTAdvanced manufacturingAstronomy

Knowledge-based economyGrand challengesHuman capital development

NSI SWOTBenchmarked

Developing the NSI

2009

PolicyImplementation

TIA NSA IPR

Strategic Overview and Policy Developments Cont.

The innovation chain

Basic Applied Tech Develop Transfer & Proliferation

Publications/new knowledgeHCD Outputs

Patents/new knowledge products

Higher Education Institutions

Science Councils (CSIR, HSRC, AISA, etc.)

Business

NRFTIA

Human Capital Development

Innovation Capacity

International Cooperation and Public sector support (R520m)

Strategic Overview and key Policy Developments

Emerging areas(DST Should..)

Sector specific(DST May…)

Mature areas(Should not…)

• Take the lead• E.g. biotech,

nanotech etc.

• Be involved but not be the leader e.g. health, agric, minerals

DST responsibility

• Sector Departments lead

• Not be involved, but know what goes on

• Standard technology-based

services

E.g. Weather services

• Strategic Management Framework sets specific areas of DST involvement across NSI

Science and Technology missions

• Based on geographic advantage– Astronomy– Human Palaeontology– Biodiversity– Antarctic research

• Key technology platforms– Advanced manufacturing– Biotechnology, ICT, poverty alleviation

• Leveraging resource-based industries– Developing new knowledge-based industries

Wealth Creation

Quality of Life

Human capital

Business performance

Technical progress

Future R&D capacity

Current R&D capacity

Imported Know-how

Technology achievement index

% growth generated by technological innovation

No of Researchers in workforce

Rate of patentingKey sector performance

Science and engineering PhDs Global share of

publications

Technology balance of payments

National Research and Development Strategy

DST Principal Goals

• To develop the innovation capacity of the science system and contribute to socio-economic development

• Develop South Africa’s knowledge-generation capacity

• To develop appropriate human capital for research, development and innovation (RDI)

• To build world-class RDI infrastructure• Position SA as a strategic international RDI

partner and destination

Some Recent Outputs Cont.

• Biotech Innovation Centres (BIC’s) led to: – the launch of the National Biosafety

Platform.– the successful completion of a second year

of the Cyclotron Mutagenesis project, (funded by PlantBio), by the African Centre for Crop Improvement (based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal) in collaboration with the RIKEN institute in Japan, to generate variants of maize, millet and sorghum.


• BICs led to:

– the launch of a biological control company XSit (Pty) Ltd in 2008. SunBio a company that conducts yeast and wine-related research, development and commercialisation was spun out as a result of this;


• The Innovation Honours Bursary programme supported 271 students in 2008

– 85 % were black and 55 % female students.• The Research Professional Development

Programme benefited 197 young professionals.

– 76% were black and 50% female.• Centres of Excellence (CoEs) attracted 395

postgraduate students and produced a total of 220 peer reviewed research articles.


• A total of 125 unemployed SET graduates were employed at 22 science centres.

• National Science Week (NSW) 2008 was conducted in more than 67 sites countrywide.

– 89% of the 195 000 participants were learners.

– Over three million people were reached using electronic and print media.


R&D Survey Results• The 2006/7 R&D survey results show:

– GERD is 0.95% of GDP – on target for 1% by 2008

– business continues to be the major performer of in-house research (66,9 percent)

– 39 591researchers and support staff in the public and private sectors, with about 18 572 FTE researchers

Principles of the 10 Year Innovation Plan

Principles informing 10 Year Innovation Plan:• Articulates an innovation path to contribute

fundamentally towards the transformation of the economy to a knowledge economy;

• Informed by ‘triage’ in decision-making i.t.o:• Focus on SA’s areas of competence;• Global Objectives;• Societal transformation; and• Critical mass.

• Based on premise that government’s growth targets require a significant investment in innovation

Ten Year Innovation Plan

Enablers

Farmer to Pharma

Human & social science

Global change

EnergySpace science

Technology development and innovation

Knowledge infrastructure – Science councils, state-owned enterprises, global projects

Human capital - Centres of excellence, South African research chairs initiative, professional development

programme, etc.

Cross-

cutting

enablers

Grand

challenges

Medium Term Initiatives

• Establish and operationalise TIA and NIPMO in order to:

– Address innovation chasm and facilitate the exploration of basic research outputs for socio-economic development.

– Address the fragmentation of funding instruments that are currently evident in the NSI.

– Establish partnerships between government, academia and industry in respect of the translation of a greater proportion of R&D into technology-based products and services with the potential for commercialisation.

Innovation instruments

• Intellectual Property (IP) for Publicly Financed Institutions – Bill signed – National Intellectual Property management Office

(NIPMO)– Offices of Technology Transfer (OTT’s)– Course for managers on Innovation Management– Technology Nursery

• Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)– Centres of Competence

Innovation instruments (cont.)

• Sectoral R,D&I

• Regional innovation Systems

Innovation instruments

TIA

Medium Term Initiatives Cont.

• Develop appropriate space technology platforms and promote the use of space applications for socio-economic benefits.

• Provide strategic direction towards the construction of the SKA demonstrator telescope and other activities to ensure that South Africa is well positioned to host the SKA.

• Drive strategic interventions to stimulate innovation towards sustainable energy security for South Africa and the Region.

• Provide strategic direction in building the bioeconomy in South Africa through the National Biotechnology Strategy and CoCs.

CompetenceCompetence

Capabilities (in various partners, incl HEIs, Science councils, etc)

Potential Products/Services

Production methods & Integration

CoC model - Known outcomes

TechnologyPlatforms


• DST will continue to participate in international engagements:

– Continue to play a role in the Group Earth Observation (GEO)

– Deepen regional integration in STI to support the implementation of the Consolidated Science and Technology Plan of Action (CPA) and SADC Protocol on Science, Technology and Innovation.

– Continuing support to the SADC Desk



– will continue to participate in the African Ministers’ Council on Science and Technology to influence S&T policy in Africa

– Will promote the leveraging of :• Foreign Direct Investment,• functional bilateral relationships, • an increased number of large-scale

research projects, and



– Will promote the leveraging of :• access to international skills and big

science facilities,• leveraging international support for human

capital development, knowledge generation,

• knowledge infrastructure and research excellence using instruments such as the Science and Technology Agreements Fund.


• Finalisation of the SET human capital development strategy:

• Development of the Innovation Enabling Skills Strategy as a subset of SET human capital development strategy

• Establishment of the 9th centre of Excellence• Further implementation of the South African

Research Chairs Initiative (SARChi)• Continuing implementation of the Youth into

Science Strategy (such as National Science Week etc).

Medium Term Initiatives (Cont.)

• The Global Change Science Plan will be launched:

– Indicates the key science and research work to be undertaken to take forward the global change grand challenge

– Development of a Risk and Vulnerability atlas

• The implementation of number of sector development programmes in the areas of agriculture, mineral processing, forestry, fisheries, agro-processing and mining as well as cross cutting area of water.

Medium Term Initiatives (Cont.)

• DST will continue introduce and promote innovative technology and management systems to support the creation of sustainable jobs and wealth opportunities in areas of deprivation and, with a focus on sustainability, to contribute to issues of human settlement.

Aquaculture (Marine)

• Demonstrate and Pilot technical, environmental & commercial viability– The W. Cape Small-Scale Trout farmer Project harvested over

140tonnes Grade A trout, sold to the market• 2009/10 DST supporting the establishment of a Primary-

Processing factory (slaughter house) for the 35 small-scale operations in W. Cape

– The DST-I&J Marine Finfish Grow-Out Pilot in Nelson Mandela Bay, harvested 10tonnes in May 2009, and pilot ends in Dec 2009.

• DST to engage in advocacy and promote investment in the project to grow pilot into a viable yellowtail grow-out SMME.

“controlled cultivation” of a variety of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and aquatic plants in marine and freshwater mainly for human consumption, industrial use, and recreational purposes. . . “implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, and protection from predators etc. [It] also implies ownership of the stock being cultivated…”- FAO

Aquaculture (Marine)

– The Hondeklip Bay Abalone Grow-Out Pilot has been completed, and results indicates abalone can be commercially grown in the N. Cape.

• This pilot is now being expanded into a commercial investment opportunity of R43million in partnership with N. Cape Economic Development to establish a 120tonnes p/a production facility.

• The DST is equipping and strengthening the women-owned and run abalone basket manufacturing SMME it established in 2008/9.

– The DST-DoA-DWAF Provincial Fresh Water Grow-Out Pilots are progressing slow owing to uncertainty in Provinces on Legislation. Stakeholder engagement in progress.

“controlled cultivation” of a variety of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and aquatic plants in marine and freshwater mainly for human consumption, industrial use, and recreational purposes. . . “implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, and protection from predators etc. [It] also implies ownership of the stock being cultivated…”- FAO

Aquaculture (Fresh Water)

• The project aims to ascertain the commercial, technical, and environmental feasibility potential of cage culture for indigenous species; – Aims to develop a basis for commercial aquaculture

development directed at Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), PDI participation and community beneficiation and

– Build local capacity through tech transfer, training and skills development

• In 2008/9 the KZN (Pongolapoort Dam) pilot finally got started, as all legislative requirements have been met.

• Mpumalanga and Free State legislative compliance almost complete

– In 2009/10 project is being fast tracked and a mid-term review planned in June 2009

– In 2009/10 the DST, DoA, CSIR plan to start an alternate feed life cycle grow-out trial of indigenous fresh water fish. Feed is based on prototype developed by CSIR as part of a DST-funded seed-cake (soya) beneficiation project by CSIR and ARC.

provide an opportunity for socio-economic development and beneficiation of rural resources and communities through the sustainable non-consumptive utilization of water resources. Utilizes State-Owned water infrastructure, as well as provide access to open water systems in a manner that minimizes operational risks, reduce operational cost, exclude advance skills & technologies as entry barriers to participation..

Essential Oils

– 12 Essential Oils SMME are being incubated.• Each has 30Ha under propagation, and equipped

with industry standard distillation technology.

– In 2009/10 these continue to be supported and some will be exited end of 2009/10.

• DST-DTI working on a FRIDGE study through NEDLAC to develop learning on govt funded EO initiative, as well as develop a model for expansion.

• In 2009/20 the DST and SASOL ChemCity are to establish Provincial Demonstration facilities for plant oils and extracts as replacements for synthetic oils, waxes and moisturizers in cosmetics

Transfer technologies to propagate and extract high-value, low-volume volatile aromatic constituents from plants. These are distinguishable by their distinct aroma & volatile nature which causes them to evaporate when exposed to air. Sold to SA market with international links.

Indigenous Medicinal Plants

• Support Community BIO-PROSPECTING of Scientifically-proven plants.– Pilot Grow-Out Protocols (with technology partner institutions)

• Validate whether cultivated exhibit target molecules (chemo-type)• Develop Grow-Out Models for Roll-Out

– Lippia Javanica, African ginger, Pelargonium Sidoides, Sutherlandia plantations

• 2009/10 these sites are being expanded – Grow-Outs (Demonstration) in support of F2Ph

• Support grow-out trials of “Early Leads” and provide feed-stock (input/supply) for R&D & manufacturing.

• More than 10 herbs under trials, with uptake agreements (CSIR, UP)• In 2009/10 the number of early leads trial grow-out are being expanded

– Establish Community-Based Manufacturing SMME’s• Light manufacture (primary processing) – extraction, chipping & drying• Small-scale commercial (post-harvest beneficiation) – e.g. supplements

commercially production of indigenous herbs scientifically-proven to possess medicinal properties & to upscale to post-harvest primary processing to manufacture supplementary medicines, nutritional supplements, and provide raw materials (inputs) for R&D, leading to further products (extractions, drugs, and molecules) development, and ultimately industry.

Technology Description

• (WMN) is a communications network made up of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology

• Redundancy and Self-Healing • Based on the Wi-Fi (IEEE

802.11a/b/g) standard• Allows buildings to be linked

that are in line of sight of each other (with distances more than 7 km)

• Broadband connectivity (>5 megabits/sec), at very low cost, and no need for centralised infrastructure such as high masts and “base stations”

• Large areas can be covered• To aggregate the SENTECH

WiMax backhaul network that is a link to the Internet

Cantena

Mpumalanga Radio Network

• Meraka in collaboration with Motorola have developed a radio corridor with total distance of over 400 km

• 10 Dinaledi schools connected in Mpumalanga• NEPAD e-Schools connected to this corridor include:

- Hendrik Makapan School in the east, ~70km north of Soshanguvhe, Tshwane - To Lomahasha School in the west, at the border with Swaziland and Mozambique• Mesh network extend backbone in to towns, local areas

and communities• Intention is to leverage on this radio corridor to connect

more Dinaledi schools as part of the Apex 3 Project using WMN.

COMMUNITY

ASSESSMENTS

• In 2009/10 DST will launch 5 pilot community based assessment centres at rural-based universities, each of which will run for three years. The key objectives of the community assessment centres initiative are to:

– Combine the knowledge, wisdom and experience in communities and in academic institutions to solve major social and economic challenges.

– Build the capacity of communities and higher educational institutions to engage each other in authentic partnerships.

– Support communities in their relationships and work with academic partners.

– Recognise and rewarding faculty for community engagement and community-engaged scholarship.

– Ensure that community-driven social change is central to service-learning and community-based participatory research

Performance Indicators

Indicator Projected

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

Amount obtained from foreign sources for research and development each year

R230m R280m R330m

Total number of centres of excellence 8 8 9

Number of interns supported at science councils and higher education institutions

300 320 340

Total number of flagship projects supporting strategic areas of R&D

13 14 14

Selected Output Targets

Output Measure/Indicator Target

Youth into Science Strategy implemented

Increased participation of youth and general public in National Science Week (NSW)

200 000 learners to visit NSW Week sites countrywide

Astronomy and space engineering human capital developed in bidding process

The number of students graduated 600

Realigned and expanded functional relationships

Existing bilateral instruments realigned or expanded

10 existing bilateral agreements realigned or expanded



TIA established

TIA Board and CEO in place. All entities migrated and agency fully operational

Fully operational agency

NIPMO established

NIPMO corporate form finalised and approved. NIPMO Advisory Board and CEO appointed and fully operational

Fully operational NIPMO

Establishment of collaborative venture capital fund

Venture capital pilot business case finalised and approved. Amount of funding leveraged from external sources.

R500 m in 2011/12



Increased support for AU/NEPAD and SADC STI initiatives located in South Africa

The number of SADC or African countries participating in AU/NEPAD flagships

8 SADC or African

countries

The National Synthetic Biology Strategy

the National Synthetic Biology Strategy finalised and implemented

Finalization of the SyntheticBiology Strategy in August 2009Establishment of Research Centres to be completed by November 2009

10-year infrastructure plan

Developed a 10-year strategic infrastructure plan to guide the meeting of infrastructure needs across the NSI in a strategic manner

Draft Plan finalised and approved by EXCO in November in 2009



An alternative legal system for protection of IKS

A draft Bill on alternative legal system for protection of IKS

A draft Bill approved by

Cabinet in December 2010

Directed programmes that support the development of new cutting-edge industries in selected

technology mission areas

Effective institutionalisation of Centres of Competence (CoCs)

2 fully institutionalised CoCs by March 20102 institutionalised CoCs by December 20092 institutionalised CoCs by March 2011



Enhanced integration in development planning and

decision making

New IT-based tools for integrating planning across service delivery

sectors

Institutionalisation of the geospatial observatory IT-based toolkit in partnership with the Development Bank of South Africa and other stakeholders during 2009/10 for a 10-year period

Directed, large-scale scientific research programmes set up to address the challenges of human and social dynamics in development.

Increased number of research chairs in humanities and social sciences University community platforms

Seven more research chairs in humanities and social sciences in 2009/10.

Financial Resources

Programmes

Medium-term expenditure estimates

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

R million R million R million

Administration 171.3 177.1 186.6

Research, Development and Innovation 1,142.9 1,315.5 1,383.2

International Cooperation and Resources 131.3 137.8 146.6

Human Capital and Knowledge Systems 1,598.0 1,795.8 2,018.1

Socio – Economic Partnership 1,190.7 1,281.9 1,363.3

Total 4,234.2 4,708.1 5,097.8

Change to 2008 Budget estimates 37.1 158.8 275.6

2009/10 Economic classification (R million)

Comp of Empl1935%

Transfers & Subs3,89592%

Payment for Cap Asst

50%

Goods & Serv1423%

2009/10 Distr per programme (R

million)

SEP1,19128%

Admin 171 4%

RDI 1,143 27%

ICR 1313%

HC & KS 1,59838%

Spending trend over 5 years

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Years

Amount Voted Actual Expenditure

Organogram

The Director-General

DDG: Corporate

Serviceand Governance

DDG:Research,

Development and Innovation

DDG:International Cooperation

and Resources

DDG:Human CapitalAnd Knowledge

Systems

DDG:Socio-Economic

Partnerships

Chief Operating

Officer

Public Entities

• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

• National Research Foundation (NRF)• Human Sciences Research Council

(HSRC)• Africa institute of South Africa (AISA)• Tshumisano• Academy of Science of South Africa

Conclusions

• Medium term outputs driven by– National R&D strategy– Ten year innovation plan

• Performance satisfactory• Steady growth in resources • Establishment of innovation instruments• Continued focus on HCD and innovation skills• Public entities aligned to implement innovation

plan

Conclusions

Dankie

EnkosiHa khensa

Re a lebogaRo livhuwa Siyabonga

Siyathokoza

Thank you

“Intermediate VC” “Classic VC”

Private Equity

“Early Stage”

Bridging the “Chasm”

PPP’s

Basic Research Applied Research Tech Development Manufacturing

Innovation Chain

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Science CouncilsUniversities

Industry

Per

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TIA Support

Key Deliverables Linked to Goals

• Development of strong innovation chains in biotech, nanotech, the H2 economy, space science, ICT and advanced manufacturing;

• Application of technologies to address poverty and improve the quality of life of South Africans;

• Development of a healthy and diverse flux of young people seeking and finding careers in science and engineering;

• Accomplishment of notable successes in turning trends in global science to the national advantage, for example, in astronomy and space science.

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CHAIRS

• In 2009 DST established seven Research Chairs in the Social Sciences.

• Each Chair will supervise 3 PhD and 5 Masters students per year.

• The thematic areas for which chairs were awarded were defined by DST taking into consideration government priorities and DST’s 10 Year Innovation Plan, in particular the policy and strategic focus of the Human and Social Dynamics Grand Challenge.

• This approach to building university research capacity in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and international research linkages seeks to enhance the impact, training and knowledge mobilisation objectives of DST.

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CHAIRS

• The SSH Chairs will play a catalytic role in addressing key development challenges through collaborative research, and mentoring the next generation of scholars and practitioners.

• This investment will increase SA’s capacity to address key public policy issues of social importance and economic prosperity.

TOOLKIT FOR INTEGRATED PLANNING (TIP)

• The Toolkit for Integrated Planning (TIP) is an electronic information platform, developed to provide enhanced information and better evidence as input into spatial analysis and integrated development planning processes, and to support the evaluation of alternative planning decisions.

• The first phase of the Integrated Planning and Development Modelling (IPDM) project (Phase 1A) focused on the development of a geospatial information platform for a specific study area.

• The objective of the current Phase 1B of the project is to: – Extend the spatial scope of the profiling information to cover the entire

country; – Make this information accessible to spatial / development planners in all

spheres of government via a web-based portal that has been customised to directly address the requirements of users; and

– Ensure the uptake, use and application of the information and modelling platform through a range of dissemination, technology transfer and capacity building initiatives.

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