csir annual performance plan

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CSIR Annual Performance Plan

Presentation to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee:

Science and Technology

Dr Sibusiso Sibisi, CSIR CEO

30 July 2014

Thank you

Contents

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1. What is the CSIR?

• Our mandate

• Our people

2. What are our organisational priorities?

• Respond to national priorities through research and technology transfer

• Build and transform human capital

• Maintain financial sustainability and good corporate governance

3. CSIR Annual Performance Plan and KPIs

The CSIR mandate

"The objects of the CSIR are, through directed and particularly multi-disciplinary

research and technological innovation, to foster, in the national interest and in fields

which in its opinion should receive preference, industrial and scientific

development, either by itself or in co-operation with principals from the private or

public sectors, and thereby to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of

the people of the Republic, and to perform any other functions that may be assigned to

the CSIR by or under this Act.”

(Scientific Research Council Act 46 of 1988,

amended by Act 71 of 1990)

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• The CSIR is a schedule 3b entity: National Government

Business Enterprise

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RD&I: Research, Development and Innovation

Impact on

economy and

society

RD&I outcomes

RD&I outputs

RD&I activities

Inputs

• Industrial and scientific development

• Improved quality of life of the people of the

Republic

• Scientific and technological support to strategic and

national initiatives and to industry

• Scientific and technological capabilities, e.g.

materials science, photonics, robotics, modelling,

ICT

• Publications

• Reports

• Patents

• Technologies

• Research

• Partnering

• RD&I management

• Technology transfer

• Human capital

• Research facilities

• Financial resources

• Governance

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The CSIR interacts with other public research institutions

Human Sciences Research Council

Human sciences

Agricultural

Research

Council

Agriculture

Medical

Research

Council

Health and medicine

Mintek

Mineral processing

Research funding agency

National

Research

Foundation

Council for Geosciences

Geosciences

Water

Research

Commission

Funding agency: water research

Technology

Innovation

Agency

Technology funding agency

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The CSIR interacts with other stakeholders in the

innovation system

State-owned

enterprises

Development

agencies

Tertiary education

institutions Government

departments

Industry

Private research

agencies

Cape Town

Stellenbosch

Port Elizabeth

Durban

Pretoria

Johannesburg

• The CSIR’s Executive Authority is the Minister

of the Department of Science and Technology

In numbers:

• 69 years in 2014

• 2 411 staff members

• 1 578 scientists, technologists and engineers

• 301 doctorates

• ~ R2.02 bn operating income

The CSIR

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The CSIR response to supporting national priorities

The CSIR responds to national priorities in line with its mandate and

in support of South Africa’s National Development Plan

To achieve this, the CSIR has:

• identified research impact areas to focus its research

and development

• implemented flagship programmes that address

significant challenges at national scale through

multidisciplinary RDI interventions

• introduced integrated responses to national

initiatives and strategic collaboration with government

departments, state-owned enterprises and the private

sector

CSIR response to national priorities

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Core

technologies Materials │ Sensors │ Photonics │ Robotics │ ICT │ Modelling

P17

Research impact areas and core technologies

Core


P18

Defence & security

• Information security

• Interoperability and standardisation across

state defence and security organisations

• Command, control and coordination

• Tactical and strategic situation awareness

Focus for national impact: Research impact areas

P18

Built environment

• Sustainable human settlements

• Water infrastructure

• Transport infrastructure

• Logistics and infrastructure operations

• Planning support systems


Core


P18

Natural environment

• Assessing and monitoring the state of the

natural environment

• Support for decision making and resource

planning

• Technologies for water, pollution and waste

solutions


Core


P18

Energy

• Battery technologies

• Energy storage

• Renewables e.g. solar, biofuels, wind


Core


P18

Health

• Support health care delivery through ICT and

infrastructure

• Reduce burden of disease through

development of diagnostic tools, drug

delivery mechanisms and disease models

Core



P18

Advanced manufacturing • Titanium industry

• Bio-manufacturing industry

• Additive manufacturing

• Microsystems and micro-manufacturing

• Advanced materials and composites

• Local production of nano-materials

Core



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CSIR priorities: Good Governance

• Maintain an unqualified audit

• Risk management plan in place

• Fraud prevention plan in place

• Corporate governance

• Improve operational excellence and quality

• Comply to relevant international quality standards

• Corporate citizenship

• Maintain B-BBEE level 2 status

• Focus on safety

• Continue the employee well-being programme

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Investigating the use of

aptamers to prevent HIV

infection – Dr Hazel Mufhando

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CSIR priorities: Building and transforming human capital

• Increase the size of our Science, Engineering and

Technology (SET) base

• Transforming our SET base – increasing the number

and percentage of black and female researchers

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Transferring genetic material

from one organism to another

– Dr Koni Rashamuse

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Targets for key performance indicators

P59 Key performance indicator 2013/14 2014/15

Targets

Total size of SET base (number) 1 691 ≥1 753

SET base who are black 51.7% ≥52%

SET base who are female 32.8% ≥32%

Number of staff with doctorates 310 ≥320

Journal articles 275 ≥275

Conference papers 260 ≥280

New technology demonstrators 48 ≥25

New patents granted 15 ≥15

Contract R&D income R1 510.6 m ≥R1 630 m

Royalty and license income R13.7 m ≥R5.8 m

Investment in property, plant, equipment R134.7m ≥R95 m

Total income R2.15 bn ≥R2.36 bn

Net profit R52.3 m ≥R49.1 m

BBBEE rating Level 2 Level 2

Disabling injury frequency rate 0.16 <0.3

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CSIR Priorities: Building and transforming human capital

Co-inventor of the world’s first

digital laser – Sandile Ngcobo

Trend in SET staff numbers

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Trend in number of doctorates

Target: ≥320

Improving our ability to track

objects in difficult weather

conditions – Asheer Bachoo


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Trend in journal articles

Target ≥275


Trend in journal articles

Ground-breaking discovery on

function of genes published in Cell –

Stephanie Fanucci, Dr Musa Mhlanga,

Dr Youtaro Shibayama

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The decline in journal articles in 2011/12 to 2013/14

arises from greater focus on technology transfer and

impact

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Trend in CSIR income streams

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Trend in income streams

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Royalty income

Contract R&Dincome

ParliamentaryGrant income

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Biomanufacturing Industry

Development Centre for start-

ups to produce biologicals,

funded by DST and DBSA –

Busisiwe Mtsweni

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Cumulative patents


Trend of cumulative patents awarded

The target for new patents for 2014/15 is 15.

Target: ≥201

Patent on a method to rapidly

determine which molecules enhance

or suppress HIV infection using

microscopy and cluster computing –

Jerolen Naidoo

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Target: ≥ R5.8 m


Royalty and licence income

Supplying miners with oxygen in

emergency escapes – patented

mouthpiece and noseclip,

continued innovation to optimise

the device

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Trend in investment in property, plant and equipment

Investment in property, plant and equipment (PPE) over the past

five financial years amounted to R720 million

Cellular and genetic engineering

tools to understand disease –

Janine Chantson

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Target: ≥ R95 m

Investment in PPE (Rm)

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The CSIR in context: International benchmarking by A D Little, 2013

• Compared 10 RTOs with CSIR South Africa

• The CSIR is mostly on par with

benchmarked RTOs

• Strong: Human capital development,

diversity measures, financial performance

• Lagging: Patents and publications output;

size of SET base with PhDs

• Focus consistent with other RTOs, including

human capital development and training

• Flagships as a means of guiding cross-

cutting, multidisciplinary research

• The CSIR has the highest percentage of

staff in the SET base who are female

Accomplished woman scientists

Dr Mary-Jane

Bopape

Meteorologist

Predicts

climate

change

Dr Angela

Dudley

Laser

physicist

Designs new

lasers

Dr Hazel

Mufhandu

Virologist

Researches

virus-related

diseases

Natasha

Govender

Computer

scientist

Programming

robots to look

for useful info

Dr Karen

Eatwell

Geneticist

Breeding

better trees

Thank you

The CSIR and indigenous knowledge systems

• Developed a system to document and record indigenous knowledge for DST

• Scientifically validates plant-based remedies from traditional health practitioners

• Shares benefits in line with SA and international law when indigenous knowledge is

used in IP

• Successful product: mosquito repellent candle

• CSIR medicinal plant processing facility for pharmaceutical grade herbal products

• Assists rural communities to grow indigenous plants (e.g. Kougoed, Devil's claw)

The health flagship

• Supporting the re-engineering of primary healthcare in

South Africa

• Mobile health for primary healthcare at household-level

Open-standard platform for data collection,

management, and analysis

Deployed in City of Tshwane in partnership with

University of Pretoria

• Point-of-care diagnosis of disease

Umbiflow foetal health monitor: Positive field

study in Western Cape; City of Tshwane field

implementation

Cellnostics blood count analysis: Clinical

assessment in progress with National Health

Laboratory Services. Components of technology

implemented in their workflows

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The safety and security flagship

• Assisting agencies mandated to prevent crime with better

real-time situational awareness; interoperability; cyber

security skills; technology management skills

South African Police Services: Improved situational

awareness and communications capabilities

SANParks: Improved anti-poaching situational

awareness

HAWKS: Improved situational awareness for

commercial and cyber crime

All: Effective use of systems and technologies; smart

user/buyer decision support; training

• Integrating CSIR technologies and competences e.g. sensor

and platform technology; geographical information systems;

information and communications technology; biometrics;

optronics

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The water sustainability flagship

• Assisting SA’s water sector by contributing to the equitable,

efficient and sustainable use of water to ensure that the country

attains its national social and economic growth and development

aspirations

• Mitigate the impact of wastewater treatment works on

ecosystems and human health through technology

• Memorandum of Understanding signed with SA water sector

regulator to address additional strategic water related issues:

• Water infrastructure

• Integrated panning and demand management

• Monitoring, evaluation and compliance

• International water cooperation

• Human capital development

• Water policy, regulation and governance

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The Transnet flagship: support to state-owned companies

• Transnet is a state-owned company responsible for

largest part of freight logistics chain that delivers

goods in South Africa

• Assisting Transnet with improving port, rail and

production operations through R&D

• Supporting the improvement of the Transnet

engineering supply chain through targeted R&D

interventions

• 14 feasibility study projects approved and initiated

The Transnet flagship: support to state-owned companies

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Joint CSIR Transnet research facilities

Power Electronics Lab Control Systems Lab

Joint CSIR/Transnet research facilities

Initiative by the Presidential Infrastructure

Coordinating Committee to expand access to

communications technology and support

infrastructure development in higher education.

• Communications infrastructure: Provide

broadband coverage to all households by 2020 by

establishing core points of interconnect in district

municipalities, extending fibre networks, and

reach deep rural.

• Higher education infrastructure: Support

infrastructure development in higher education in

the pursuit of high-quality education through

interventions in the infrastructure value chain.

Infrastructure development flagship

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An ultrasonic system that detects

railway breaks to prevent derail-

ments: A single freight train

derailment is estimated at

R50m per incident

Examples of economic and social impact

Technology to produce titanium

powder directly in a continuous

manner. SA earns ~$0.29/kg

when it exports ilmenite, but

pays $30/kg when it imports it

back as titanium metal

A leak-sealing method to repair

water cooler tanks at Koeberg

while in use. Cost of replacement

of one tank ~R1 billion. Repair

extends the lifetime of present

tanks by up to 10 years.

Avoidance of power cuts

immeasurable

A camera to visually display the

discharge around high voltage

installations. Improved grid

performance and efficiency of

electricity distribution.

Creation of a new hi-tech

company with export potential.

Examples of economic and social impact

A satellite-based fire information

tool that reports active fires in

near-real time and assists fire

fighting. Savings of lives and

property (e.g. an Eskom

transformer ranges in cost from

R20m to R75m)

The National Cleaner Production

Centre identified R91m worth of

potential savings in industry

through resource efficiency and

energy savings of R17.5m in

2012/13

Working for Water Programme

established owing to CSIR

catchment research. WfW

employs 25 000 to 30 000

mainly rural people. Economic

impact of the programme to date

over R42 billion, mainly water

resources

Empowering people through

access to the internet. A

wireless mesh network for

rural access to broadband

Policy level contributions

Inform and contribute to the development

of strategies and policy

e.g. ICT for Rural Education Roadmap

project. Learning from the eTextbook

initiative in the Cofimvaba district to inform

future e-Education policies

(Partners: Department of Science and

Technology, Department of Basic

Education, Department of Rural

Development and Land Reform)

The CSIR in basic education

Service delivery Transfer R&D in support of service delivery


Improve learning environment in

rural communities

Combine innovative interventions in ICT;

teacher development; water and sanitation;

energy; health; nutrition; agriculture e.g.

Cofimvaba project


Technology, Department of Basic Education,

Department of Rural Development and Land

Reform, E-Cape Department of Education)

Service delivery Transfer R&D to support service delivery


ICT infrastructure and connectivity

Develop innovative solutions for rural

access to broadband e.g. wireless mesh

(Broadband for All)

(Partner: Department of Science and

Technology)



e-Education and a mobile learning

environment

Innovatively combine existing technologies

for the development of a mobile tutoring

service e.g.

Dr Math


Technology, Department of Basic

Education, Department of Rural

Development and Land Reform,

Technology Innovation Agency, MXit)



Develop indicators to measure

school infrastructure performance;

design schools that are inclusive

(Typical partners: Department of Science

and Technology, provincial departments of

education, Department of Public Works)


• CSIR: a schedule 3b entity – National Government

• Business Enterprise

Schedule 1 Schedule 3a Schedule 3b Schedule 2

Constitutional

Institutions

National Public Entities National Government

Business Enterprises

Major Public Entities

HRC

IEC

NRF

TIA

HSRC

SANRAL / FSB

CSIR

Mintek

SABS

Rand Water

Eskom

Denel

Transnet

IDC / DBSA

- A 3b entity can budget for a surplus or deficit (S53 (3) of the PFMA). Certain Treasury Regulations are

not applicable to a 3b entity. VAT Act and Income Tax Act have specific provisions pertaining to 3b

entities

NRF, TIA, HSRC and CSIR report to the Minister of Science and Technology

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Trend in total income (Rm)

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Trend in total income

Biomanufacturing Industry

Development Centre for start-

ups to produce biologicals,

funded by DST and DBSA –

Busisiwe Mtsweni

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Trend in contract R&D income (Rm)

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Targets for key performance indicators:

Trend in contract R&D income

Calibrating instruments used to

test experimental design of

aircraft – Sarah Dikgale

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