dst annual report – 2010/11 financial...

DST Annual Report – 2010/11 financial year

Dr Phil MjwaraDirector-General : Presentation to the Portfolio Committee

Contents

• Vision and mission• Key objectives of the Department• National System of Innovation (NSI)• DST Programmes: Service delivery highlights• Selected indicators and performance• Financial performance of the Department• Conclusion

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Vision and Mission

• Vision– To create a prosperous society that derives enduring

and equitable benefits from science and technology.

• Mission– To develop, coordinate and manage a National

System of Innovation (NSI) that will bring about maximum human capital, sustainable economic growth and improved quality of life for all.

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Key Objectives

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The DST’s five principal goals are to:

• Enhance South Africa’s knowledge-generation capacity in order to produce world-class research papers and turn some advanced findings into innovative products and processes.

• Develop appropriate STI human capital to meet the needs of the society.

• Build a world-class STI infrastructure.

Key Objectives (cont…)

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• Position SA 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.

• Develop the innovation capacity of the National System of Innovation (NSI) and contribute to socio-economic development.

National System of Innovation (NSI)

• Whilst a fully fledged NSI is not yet in place, important building blocks have been put in place and needs to be enhanced further

• Several new building blocks are currently being considered to enhance the country’s innovation capacity

Some building blocks for the NSI

• Institution-building

• Coordination

– Institutions– Industry– Within government

Institution Building and instruments to facilitate innovation

• Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) established• Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly

Financed Research Act (IPR Act)-protection of scientific research results through the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO).

• Centres of Competence (CoCs)• Research Development & Innovation to support

sector competitiveness and dynamism

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Increasing R&D intensity

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Gross Expenditure on R&D as a % of GDP

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DST programmes

Socio-Economic

Partnership

CorporateServices

& GovResearch

Development& Innovation

InternationalCooperation& ResourcesHuman

Capital &Knowledge

Systems

White Paper on S&T, National Research & Development

Strategy, Ten-Year Innovation Plan

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Corporate Services and Governance

• 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

& Gov

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Corporate Services and Governance – Achievements

• Key performance indicator (KPI) reports were completed, and a report on the performance of all SETIs was compiled.

• Unqualified audit opinion with Auditor-General reporting that there were no material findings on the annual performance report.

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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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Service Delivery outputs & highlights – RDI…

Space Science, Engineering & Technology:

• The National Space Strategy aimed at harnessing the benefits of space science and technology for socio- economic growth and sustainable development.

• The results of the National Space Strategy include:– launch of the South African Space Agency in December 2010.– launch of the Space Weather Centre at the Hermanus Magnetic Observatory.

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project updates

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Astronomy: The Square Kilometer Array project update

• The building blocks in the form of professionals and experts are stationed in the Radio Astronomy Advances (RAA) and South African SKA Project Office (SASPO) – a segment of the DST.

• The RAA and SASPO comprise 100 scientists and engineers responsible with the SKA project.


KAT-7 :The Square Kilometer Array project update

• The first seven dishes of the local precursor instrument (KAT-7) were completed in January 2010.

• It is the world's first radio telescope with dishes made of fibre glass.

• KAT-7 is an engineering prototype for the 64th dish- MeerKAT, which is a useful scientific instrument.

• KAT-7 has already delivered images of the Centaurus A, a galaxy 14-million light years away.

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Socio-Economic benefits of SKA - RDI…

SKA HCD Programme- 62 new bursaries awarded to students and

postdoctoral: 6 postdocs;6PhDs;12MScs;12 hons;3 Btechs; 10 undergrads;9 FET; 3 ND;2 SARChi

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Socio-Economic benefits of SKA - RDI…

SKA HCD Programme• Universities exchange programme-2 South African students supervised by

Oxford-1 Hertfordshire, UK-1 Berkeley, California Institute of

Technology

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SKA Benefits in African partner countries

Leapfrogging astronomy infrastructure benefits:

- Ghana- Botswana- Mozambique

SKA Business opportunities:

- ICT business opportunities- Africa’s energy situation- Solar energy- Geothermal power- Hydroelectricity- Energy business opportunities

Ghana 30 metre dish converted in a telescope through assistance of South Africa.

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Hydrogen and Energy Outputs and Highlights

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies RDI Strategy (HySA):

• The centre of competence made a breakthrough in metal hydride technology that will find applications for hydrogen storage in mobile public transport and mine locomotives.

• A public-private partnership was established with Anglo Platinum and a US company to leapfrog the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies industry for South Africa.

Hydrogen and Energy Outputs

HCD : Alternative and Energy• 24 students completed their studies- 13 students completed fourth year- 5 students completed honours- 4 students completed master’s- 2 students completed PhDs

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Bio-Economy Strategy

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Health(human)

Agriculture(plant & Animal) IndustrialAquatic Mining Environmental

BIOTECHNOLOGYResearch, Development & Innovation

1%Tenofovir Gel to prevent HIV transmission in women

• The Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), UKZN, found that women using 1% tenofovir gel have an overall 39% lower risk of being infected with HIV than women who used a placebo gel.

• The findings needs to be confirmed before the gel can be licensed. The Follow-on African Consortium for Tenofovir Studies (FACTS) consisting of Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Peri-natal HIV Research Unit, Sechaba Research, UCT, Medunsa and Aurum Institute, will conduct the confirmation study (FACTS001) at 9 sites in South Africa

Studies to register 1% tenofovir gel at MCC and FDA

STUDY PURPOSE PROGRESS UP TO END MARCH 2011

CAPRISA 004 The completion of the CAPRISA 004 clinical trial - including the audit of the trial results, the finalisation of the research reports and the follow-up of the sero-converters.

DST provided fundingData auditor appointed Sero-converters being followedResearch Reports being finalised

FACTS 001 The confirmation of the results of the CAPRISA 004 study though a Phase III clinical trial, also known as the FACTS 001 study (Follow-on African Consortium for Tenofovir Studies) will conduct the phase III clinical trial in 9 sites in South Africa.

Research protocol submitted to MCC for approvalFunding secured from DST and USAIDFurther funding needed and requested from DOH and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

CAPRISA 008 The development and assessment of the effectiveness of an implementation model which integrates tenofovir gel provision into existing family planning services

Research protocol submitted to MCCFunding secured from DST and USAID

CAPRISA 009 To determine the effects of the long-term use of tenofovir gel and whether it causes the development of viral resistance mutations that will affect the future ARV treatment options available.

Research protocol submitted to DST for funding

Local manufacturing of 1% Tenofovir gel: TIA, IDC and Cipla-Medpro, in the process of establishing a plant in Durban. The necessary licences from Gilead and CONRAD are being pursued

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Innovation Platform

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

-TIA was listed as a Scheduled 3A company and a CEO was appointed in September 2010;

-Seven entities were migrated to TIA by 31 October 2010 and 4 regional offices were established.

Innovation Platform

The National Intellectual Property Office (NIPMO)

-The interim administration office of NIPMO moved into their own offices.

- 4 new offices of technology transfer (OTTs) were established (Gauteng ,KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Eastern Cape).

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Innovation Platform

South African National Space Agency (SANSA).

- SANSA was launched on 9 December 2010.

- The CEO and the Board have been appointed.

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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 neighboring countries.

• Sub-programmes– Multilaterals and Africa– International Resources – Bilateral Co-operations

International Cooperation and Resources (ICR)

InternationalCooperation& Resources

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Service Delivery outputs & highlights– ICR…

• Both regional and international partnerships are an integral part of the DST’S strategy in leveraging resources.

• The collaborations leveraged R184 million funding from Canada, EU, Finland, Germany, Japan and USA partners.

• The EU and South Africa established dialogues on space science, energy, social sciences and humanities.

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Service Delivery outputs & highlights– ICR…

• The dialogues resulted in EU Framework Programmes (FP) aimed at addressing joint South African-EU and African-EU S&T challenges.

• The leadership role of the DST in the South-South cooperation was recognized in hosting:

-SADC High-Performance Computing Workshop.

-The second SADC Climate Change Workshop in Botswana leading to the STI Climate Change Framework.

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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- HCKS

HumanCapital &

KnowledgeSystems

Service Delivery outputs & highlights-(HC&KS)

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Human Capital Development

• The number South African Research Chairs (SARChi) increased from 82 in 2009/10 to 92 in 2010/11.

• The number of bursaries awarded to postgraduate students is 2 359 (462 Honours, 268 Master’s, 234 PhDs, 476 through CoEs, 67 through PAST and 852 through SARChi).

• Out of 476 postgraduate students supported in 2010, 230 were females.

DST/NRF Centres of Excellence (CoEs) Achievements

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Out of 2 359 postgraduate students supported, 476 masters and doctoral supported through CoEs. The postgraduate students support increased from 126 in 2004 to 476 in 2010.

DST/NRF Centres of Excellence (CoEs) Achievements

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There is a steady increase in the number of female postgraduate students supported. The number increased by 16% in 2009 to 2010 financial year.


Science awareness SET-based careers

• 23 science centres were awarded development grants.

• 2700 learners were supported with supplementary tuition in Mathematics, Physical Science and English in the 18 Dinaledi Schools.

• 252 776 learners participated in the DST youth into science initiative (National Science Week).

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Zwelibanzi High School – NSW 2010

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RDI infrastructure

• The DST through the Meraka Institute (SANReN project) increased internet connectivity.

• 50 research institutions were connected to SANReN.

• Enabled the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory to participate in an international electronic Very Long Baseline Interferometry experiment.

• Allows researchers from SumbandilaSat project to send and receive data from a satellite much faster than through conventional networks.

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SANReN connectivity

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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.

• Sub-programmes– S&T for Economic Impact– S&T for Social Impact– S&T Investments

Socio-Economic Partnerships (SEP)

Socio-Economic

Partnership

Service Delivery outputs & highlights– SEP…

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Technology-based interventions

• 1640 households benefited from the introduction of communal water stations in the Eastern Cape.

• DST/CSIR project: Accelerating Sustainable Water Service Delivery (ASWSD) reticulation provided safe drinking water in Amathole region through technology innovation.


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Targeted research networks

• Research Networks is the DST initiative in collaborating with universities, science councils and private sector companies to provide technological competencies, build innovation capabilities and resources to take the research to new levels.

• The initiatives supported 11 NSI research networks e.g.

- Advanced Metals Initiatives in titanium, zirconium and precious metal industries.


Technology Localisation Strategy- 26 companies (foundry sector) provided with Technology Assistance Package -TAP

Policy Dialogues and engagements• Active engagement with local government and

business on understanding environmental risks and vulnerabilities,

• Series of policy dialogues within the social cluster

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New knowledge generated on IP portfolios

13 patents-demonstrators were filed under:

• 3 patents for titanium• 2 patents zirconium• 1 patent for tantalum and niobium separation• 1 patent under the FEI • 2 demonstrators (Inkaba ye Africa) initiative• 4 demonstrators through ICT

DST sustainable livelihood projects

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Kleinmond- Over-strand Housing Development Project- Western Cape

The DST developed and Implemented a range of technologies for low- cost housesinfrastructure. 410 designedhouses will be equipped withsolar water heaters,rain water harvest tanks and photovoltaic lightingsystem operating with a battery technology.

DST sustainable livelihood projects

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Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable Livelihoods

• Under the theme “Demonstration Agronomy Science”: the DST embarked on medicinal plants, essential oils, food crops and aquaculture job creation projects.

• 467 job opportunities for community beneficiaries in projects around the country were sustained.

Aquaculture: Abalone Hatcheries

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Contribute to economic development through creating job opportunities.

Medicinal plants

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Eastern Cape, 10 hectors of Pelargonium sidoides- indigenous plants with proven efficiency in treating upper-throat infections . The project created much needed jobs for the local rural women.

Food crops nursery

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Eleven species of medicinal plants have been identified through CSIR-DST research initiative for a variety of demonstrations for nutritional food supplements and medication.

Essential oil distillation

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In partnership with CSIR, the DST is searching for essential oils herbs for colder climate. Rosa damascena rose oil fetching approximately R 80 000-to- R100 000 a kilogram was identified.

DST selected ENE indicators for 2010/11 financial year

Indicator ENE target

Revised ENE target

Actual progress Status

Size of the portfolio intellectual property(IP).

9 2 13 patents/demonstr ators filed.

Achieved

Number of companies provided with technology assistance packages.

24 24 26 Achieved

Total number of peer- reviewed scientific and technical papers published.

70 70 109 Achieved

DST selected ENE indicators - 2010/11 financial year

Indicator ENE target Revised ENE target

Actual progress

Status

Number of students registered for master’s and PhDs per year and supported by targeted human capital development (HCD) instruments

1 400 1 413 2 359 students supported

Achieved

60 66 99 students funded for master’s and PhDs

Achieved

Number of new technologies under development

1 1 A geospatial information platform completed

Achieved

DST Selected ENE indicators and actual performance

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Actual progress Status

Total number of internships awarded.

121 19 121 interns placed in industry and technology stations

Achieved

Amount of foreign funds leveraged in support of STI cooperation.

R 196.3m R 196.3m R231.1m Achieved

Total number of functional centres of excellence (CoEs) and research initiatives.

1 1 Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA).

Achieved

DST Selected ENE indicators and actual performance

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Actual progress

Status

No. of learners benefiting from targeted Maths, Science, English, Engineering and Technology capacity-building programmes.

2 700 2 700 2 700 were supported by the end of the 2010 academic year

Achieved

Number of joint STI initiatives with African partners

8 8 15 joint STI initiatives with African partners

Achieved

Financial Performance

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Financial performance

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Budget utilisation rate

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Expenditure98.2%

Unqualified audit

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Demographic Representation of total Employment

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Conclusion

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

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

– Establishment of TIA and centres of competence– Establishment of Space Agency– Establishment of NIPMO

• Strong financial performance• Performance by entities reporting to DST

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Thank you

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Performance - CSIR

• CSIR released a special report on South Africa's water problems: A CSIR Perspective on Water in South Africa- 2010.

• In partnership with Neotel/ Broadband Infraco the CSIR installed a 10 Gigabit per second network to the SALT and SKA sites.

• The state- of- the- art- HIV and TB laboratory facility was established at the CSIR in Pretoria.

• CSIR researchers trained road inspection and maintenance teams to ensure effective fixing of pot- holes.

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Performance – NRF…

• 2 285 grant holders have an NRF rating (433 are black and 634 are women).

• 9 992 PhDs registered in South Africa.

• NRF invested R 115.6 m of the RISA grant budget on research equipment to the national research facilities and other research institutions.

• Researchers at the national research facility produced 220 journal articles, 109 research reports, 61 full- length conference proceedings and16 chapters in books.

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Performance - HSRC

• HSRC conducted the first national survey measuring diversity in diets and food security in South Africa.

• Released a comprehensive study on the South African educators and abroad leave trends.

• The Country We Want to Live in : Hate Crimes and Homophobia in the Lives of Black Lesbian South Africans provides the state of affairs concerning lesbians lives in South Africa.

• Two projects investigated factors by the HSRC, that affect the children’s well-being in collaboration with the WHO’ Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability.

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Performance - ASSAf

• ASSAF launched a consensus study report titled “ PhD Study: Enhancing the Production of Postgraduates in South Africa” in October 2010.

• 16 journals were published on the national platform for open access publishing of high- quality South African scholarly journals.

• In collaboration with DST and NRF, ASSAF held the first annual South African Young Scientist Conference in October 2010.

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Performance - AISA

• On 7 April 2010, AISA turned 50.

• The milestone coincided with the institute’s re-branding.

• A new logo was adopted and registered.

• The Publications Division brought out a number of publications including Africa Insight.

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Performance - TIA

• In 2010, the Innovation Fund, Tshumisano Trust, Cape Biotech Trust, Plantbio Trust, LIFElab, BioPAD Trust and the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Strategy implementation unit were merged into TIA.

• Four TIA regional offices were established: - KwaZulu Natal; - Western Cape; - Gauteng; and- Eastern Cape.

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Performance – SANSA…

• SANSA was launched on 9 December 2010.

• The SANSA board was appointed by the Minister in Science & Technology on 01 June 2010.

• SANSA resulted in a major amalgamation of the CSIR Satellite Applications Centre (SAC) and the NRF’s Hermanus Magnetic Observatory.

THANK YOU, ONCE MORE.

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