DST Annual report – 2009/10 financial year

Dr Phil MjwaraDirector-General : Presentation to the Portfolio Committee

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Presentation outline

• Key objectives of the Department

• DST Programmes

• Service delivery highlights

• Financial performance of the Department

• Human Resources information

• Conclusion

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Key objectives

• 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

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DST programmes

Socio-Economic

Partnership

CorporateServices

& Gov

ResearchDevelopment& Innovation

InternationalCooperation& ResourcesHuman

Capital &Knowledge

Systems

White Paper on S&T, National Research & Development

Strategy, Ten-Year Innovation Plan

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Research, Development and Innovation (RDI)

Provide policy leadership in long term and cross cutting research and innovation

• Sub-programmes– Space science

– Hydrogen and energy

– Innovation Instruments and Planning

– Biotechnology and health

ResearchDevelopment& Innovation

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

Space Science, Engineering & Technology:• The launch of SumbandilaSat

– The 81kg earth orbit SumbandilaSat was launched in September 2009 in Baikanor, Kazakhstan

– The project was funded by the DST; and designed and built in South Africa by SunSpace

– SumbandilaSat comprises earth orbit satellite cameras located about 500km to 600km above the earth

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

• The satellite data is useful for agriculture and mapping infrastructure, land use control and demographic research exercise

• Data yield helps the country to plan and manage natural disasters such as:- Floods and fires- Food security (crop- yield estimation)- Health risks (prediction of disease outbreaks)- Water resources- Energy security

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

Space Science, Engineering & Technology

• The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project

• South Africa is binding to host the SKA, the world’s largest powerful radio telescope;

• This is a €1.5 billion project, and currently 19 countries and 55 scientific institutions have joined the project;

• Completed the KAT-7, a precursor array for the MeerKAT in early 2010;

• Local companies benefited from procurement during construction of the MeerKAT first phase and 600 local jobs were generated.

Arial view of KAT-7

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

African SKA economic opportunities• ICT in Africa – internet usage;• ICT business opportunities;• Africa’s energy situation;• Solar energy;• Geothermal power;• Hydroelectricity;• Energy business opportunities.

World’s first ‘plastic’ radio astronomy dish, developed by SA contractor.

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

• Space Science, Engineering & Technology

• The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project – Outreach Programmes

• Communities, farmers and schools close to the SKA infrastructure have access to broadband network;

• Cyberlab established at Carnarvon High School;

• The project promote the development of mathematics and science education in the surrounding towns;

• Maths/Science teacher training in Information Communication Technologies and astronomy.

Developing skills for future generations in the Cyberlab facility at Carnarvon High School

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

• Hydrogen and Energy

– Implementation of the DST’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies RDI Strategy (HySA):

• Anglo Platinum launched a R100 million Fund to promote commercialisation of Platinum Group Metal technologies;

• Number of students enrolled with HySA has doubled;

• A hydrogen-powered bicycle designed and built in South Africa is planned to be unveiled in August 2010;

• Stationary fuel cell exhibition units were installed for public awareness and demonstration at three science centres;

• The South African Nuclear Human Asset and Research Programme was funded to the amount of R15 million.

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Health(human)

Agriculture(plant & Animal)

IndustrialAquatic Mining Environmental

BIO-ECONOMYResearch, Development & Innovation

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

South African HIV/AIDS and Innovation Platform

• The South African HIV and Aids Research and Innovation Platform (SHARP) was launched to enhance, consolidate and direct basic, applied research in HIV treatment in South Africa.

• SHARP will:– provide funding for novel, innovative and pioneering research in the prevention and

treatment of HIV/AIDS;

– Facilitate and encourage the commercialization of products arising from research;

– Facilitate management of intellectual property and technology transfer.

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RDI - Service delivery highlights

• Innovation Planning and Instruments – The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Board of Directors and

interim CEO has been appointed;

– Advanced Manufacturing Technology Strategy (AMTS), Innovation Fund and Tshumisano migrated to TIA;

– The Biotechnology Regional Innovation Centres (BRICS) will be incorporated into TIA during the 2010/11 financial year);

– National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO)• The draft regulations of the Intellectual Property Act were

published for public comment .

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• To develop and monitor bilateral and multilateral relationships and agreements in S&T

• Strengthen the NSI and enable the flow of knowledge, capacity and resources into South Africa and neighbouring countries

• Sub-programmes– Multilaterals and Africa

– International Resources

– Bilateral Cooperations

International Cooperation and Resources (ICR)

InternationalCooperation& Resources

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ICR Selected Indicators

Indicators Actual Performance 09/10

Target

Amount leveraged from international sources

R338m R230m

Number of new bilateral projects

100 100

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ICR - Service delivery highlights

• Acquired R100 million funding for the implementation of the Africa ,Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) S&T Programme – Fund acquired from the European Development Fund – The programme is targeted at S&T capacity-building in ACP

countries, universities and other S&T organisations;

• Secured R150 from EU Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) in South Africa– More than 100 South African S&T SMMEs projects benefited

from FP7 funding;

• Concluded a R30 million joint innovation research initiatives deal between Flanders and the DST.

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ICR - Service delivery highlights

• SADC STI leadership - at the 2009 SADC Summit, the DST secured SADC support for the SKA bid;

• The Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Programme provided financial and technical expertise to assist SA and Lesotho expand the pool of future science centres;

• USAID approved regional S&T capacity development initiatives to the value of R1,2 million – projects include potato culture project in Malawi, and capacity

development for SADC Risk and vulnerability Atlas;

• Hitachi agreed to a scholarship programme for South Africa engineers working in the areas of electric power generation and transmission.

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• Development and implementation of national programmes to produce knowledge, human capital and associated infrastructure, equipment and public research services to sustain the NSI

• Sub-programmes– Human Capital and Science

Platforms

– Indigenous Knowledge Systems

– Emerging Research Areas and Infrastructure

Human Capital and Knowledge systems (HC&KS)

HumanCapital &

KnowledgeSystems

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HC&KS Selected Indicators

Indicators Actual performance

Target

Number of students supported by research chair grants

514 392 (baseline)

Number of interns supported 160 225

Total number of Centre of Excellence established

9 8

Total number of Research Chairs established

82 82

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HC&KS - Service delivery highlights

• The postdoctoral Programme supported a total of 43 postdoctoral fellows ( 63% white,37% black,63%female and 37 % male) at Higher Education Institutions;

• 287 honours students in science, engineering and technology were supported– 87% were black students – 58% were females;

• 204 950 learners participated in the DST Youth into Science initiatives (exceeding the anticipated target of 200 000).

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HC&KS - Service delivery highlights

• The DST supported a total of 94 postgraduate students through international HCD

- 33 students supported through F’SATI (French South African Institute for Electronic Engineering);

- 7 students at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences;

- 52 postgraduates students in the Ikaba ye Africa project( a German and South Africa earth science project);

- 2 South African postdoctoral fellows placed at Emory University.

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HC&KS - Service delivery highlights

• The discovery of a previously unknown hominid species, Australopithecus sediba was a scientific breakthrough of the DST funded African Origins Platform– A. sediba is almost two million year old– The discoveries attracted local and international

researchers– It is expected to yield up to 40 science publications;

• Successful implementation of National Nanotechnology Strategy which includes:– Nanotechnology Public Engagement Plan– Nanotechnology Research Plan;

• The DST with the NRF successfully established the High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) Centre at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

SANReN Connectivity Roll-out

• A high bandwidth research network• High speed data transmission• Human Capital Development• Connectivity to HEIs, councils, etc.• Facilitate remote operation of

instruments• Facilitate data sharing and

collaboration

Connected

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CHPC: Host for Blue Gene for Africa Initiative

InfrastructureScience

Collaboration

Human & Regional Capacity Development

Flagship Projects:• Climate Change

• HIV/AIDS

• Food Security

• Grid Computing

Fellowship and Mobility

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• To provide policy, strategy and direction-setting support for R&D-led growth of value-adding industries;

• to enable government, industry, and the general public to understand and deal with the challenges of global change better;

• To develop evidence-based research on the human and social dynamics of development;

• to enhance government decisions making on S&T (including R&D) as productive investments.

• Sub-programmes– S&T for Economic Impact

– S&T for Social Impact

– S&T Investments

Socio-Economic Partnerships (SEP)

Socio-Economic

Partnership

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SEP Selected indicators

Indicators Actual Performance 09/10

Target

Number of joint science and technology project activities between the DST and other departments

8 15

Number of flagship projects supporting strategic areas of R&D

7 17

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Service Delivery Achievements – SEP…

• Wireless mesh networks connectivity of broadband were successfully rolled out in the rural areas of Mpumalanga

- 150 schools in the Nkangala District Municipality benefited from the mesh network equipment installed;

• 19 local entrepreneurs (village operators ) completed the first phase of the business and technical training programme for operating, supporting and maintaining the network;

• In response to the Global Change Grand Challenge the 10 year Global Change Research Plan was finalised.

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Service Delivery Achievements – SEP…

• In an effort to strengthening the local fluorochemicals industry a funding support model was finalised during the reporting period

– 4 postdoctoral fellows supported by the Fluorochemicals Expansion Initiative

– 31 science and engineering students (seven doctoral, 12 masters and 12 undergraduate);

• Under the umbrella of the Nature Fibre Reinforced Biocomposites project the DST has a strategic technology partnership with Airbus

– The partnership will yield the manufacture of natural fibre composites for the interior panels of aircraft.

FEI: INSTITUTIONS

Pelchem (Pty) Ltd

University of Pretoria

Fluorochemical ChairApplied Chemistry Division

Fluorochemical Chair

Fluoropolymers & elastomers

Fluoro-materials science

High temperature technologies

Fluorochemical patents

Separation technologyOrganic chemistry

General fluorochemical R&D

Hydrogen fluoride and fluorine technology

Inorganic fluorides

Fluorochemical Expansion Initiative

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Local & export

markets

South Africa possesses the 2nd largest reserves of unbeneficiated Titanium dioxide

Titanium value-chain analysis

Final Products/Components

: ~100 USD/kg

Ilmenite0.29 US c/kg

Ti

TiO2 Slag0.79 US c/kg

Ti

Ti Sponge10 USD/kg

TiTiCl4

3 USD/kg Ti

Ti Ingot20 USD/kg

Ti

Ti Mill Products

50 USD/kg Ti

TiO2 Pigment

3 USD/kg Ti

Ti Powder40 USD/kg

Ti

Highlights for 2009/10

•Formalisation of the Titanium CoC is in progress.

•5 potential patents in the pipeline.

•A total of 60 students have been involved in the programme to date.

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conclusion

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SEP-delivery highlights: Technology Localisation Strategy

The Foundry Industry• Key in the supply chain and localisation of components

related to infrastructure build programmes of ESKOM and TRANSNET

• Key highlights for 2009/10 include:

• Technology benchmarking for 117 foundry companies (in partnership with UN Industrial Development Organisation and the National Foundry Technology Network);

• Of the 117,28 companies selected to receive technology assistance package from the DST;

• R28 million provide for technology upgrade support to the selected companies.

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Corporate Services and Governance (CS&G)

• Responsible for overall management of DST;• Provide central support to funded organisations to comply with

good governance practices and alignment to strategic focus of NSI;

• Monitoring and evaluation of science councils.

CorporateServices

& Governance

Financial performance

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Budget utilisation rate

Unqualified audit

Unused1.8%

Expenditure98.2%

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Spending per programme (R’000)

Human Capital and Knowledge Systems

1,591,356 38%

Socio-Economic Partnerships 1,174,555

28%

International Cooperation and

Resources 117,474

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Research, Development and Innovation

1,141,349 27%

Administration 159,123

4%

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Financial performance cont.

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2009/10 Expenditure vs Budget per programme

Budget Expenture

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Increasing R&D intensity

Gross Expenditure on R&D as a % of GDP

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• OECD average 2.3% in 2005

• 2006 GERD as %of R&D at 0.95%

• Intermediate target 1%

• Long term target2%

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Demographic Representation of total employment

African, 79.18%

Indian, 4.38%

Coloured, 5.75%

White, 10.68%

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Conclusion

• Overall the Department achieved and met most of its performance targets;

• Human Capital Development being given priority;• Innovation instruments being put in place;

– Establishment of TIA and centres of competence– Establishment of Space Agency– IPR Act; TIA Act; SANSA Act;

• Strong financial performance;• Performance by entities reporting to DST.

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Thank you