Science, Technology and Innovation

Case study of the SA Policy Environment

Dhesigen Naidoo

Key Elements

Poverty eradication vs sustainable consumption and production patternsRole of regionalismIncreased conditionality potential for AID Capital mobilisation thro the marketA divided agenda on global public goodsCall to Action

Where we come from?

Apartheid legacy - a S&T system with the primary mission of self-sufficiency, e.g. in energy, defence, food1st democratic govt in 1994 resolved to:# activate a stagnating economy# improve the quality of life of all# broaden capacity base # play a significant role in global development

The RDS Challenges

Sustainable developmentAddressing the poverty alleviation as well as the competitiveness agendaDeveloping the S&T baseSpearheading the modernisation of the SA economyVanguarding the AU S&T platform

Technology dependency or knowledge economy?

Research Development Manufacturing

LocalKnowledge

Local Industry &Industrial Products

OVERSEAS TECHNOLOGY SOURCESResearch Development Production

Technology

Transfer$

Innovation “Chasm”

Number of publications by gender

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Female Male

Source: Mouton, 2001

Number of publicationsby race (%)

1 0.5 23 1 4

96.592

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

White Black Coloured Indian

1990 1998

Source: Mouton, 2001

Looking

Outward

SA Response Strategy

Looking

Inward

The Inward Response

Inno

vatio

n

Alig

nmen

t

HC

D &

Tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

Dev

elop

men

t

Research and Development

Strategy

Key Elements of the RDS Rollout

Advanced Manufacturing Technology StrategyTechnology Transfer StrategyIndigenous Knowledge Strategy

Microeconomic Reform

IMSAMTS

TTS

IKS

Future R&D capacity

Technical progress(Improvement and

Innovation)SET Human Capital

Business performance

Current R&D Capacity

Wealth Creation

Imported know-how

Quality of life

Measuring Ourselves

SA R&D Landscape

DSTScienceCouncils

HEIsPvtLabs

Private

Public

PvtLabs

PvtLabs

PvtLabs

PublicLabs

GlobalSD

Agenda

WSSD

OutcomesSouth –South

Initiatives

Nepad/AU

S&T Platform

The OutwardGameplan

Joburg Outcomes

JPOI and the Ubuntu DeclarationThe Type II InitiativesOECD Declarationat the S&T Ministerial Jan 2004S&T 2005 in South AfricaReview of global S&T response to WSSD

South-South

G77 follow upACP and the CT DeclarationIORBandung RevivalIBSA

NEPAD and AU

Inaugural S&T Ministerial 2003AMCOSTDeclarationNepad/AU Plan of Action

Centres ofExcellence

Network ofExcellence

Policy

Incubators

Sys of Innovation

Human Resource Capacity Development

Early Action

IDRC, FinnAid and Canada Africa FundWB Nelson Mandela S&T FundAIMS and AMI-NetALCBiosciences CoE

Summary

Its a long road with many mountainsWe have the ropes, the boots, the energy, the will, the enthusiasm, the need, the responsibility

Imported know-how

•Technology balance of paymentsCurrent R&D

Capacity•Share of publications •R&D intensity (investment)

Future R&D capacity

•University enrolments•S&T post-graduate degrees•University Exemptions in Maths and Science

SET Human Capital

•Researchers in workforce•Demographics of SET workforce

Technical progress(Improvement and

Innovation)•Patents•Business R&D intensity•ICT uptake indicators

Business performance

•Technology/ trade mix•Key sector performance•New sectors (e.g. biotech)

Quality of life

•Technology Achievement Index

Wealth Creation

•Technology based growth

Indicators