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DST Annual Report 2006/07

Presented to Portfolio Committee by Dr P Mjwara DST Director General

Outline

• Background
• Expenditure growth
• Budget utilisation rate
• Programme spending
• Gross exp on R&D
• Highlights of achievements

– DST programmes – Entities reporting to DST

• Conclusion

Background

S&T White Paper S&T White Paper R&D Strategy S&T missions R&D Strategy S&T missions 10Yr Innovation Plan 10Yr Innovation Plan OECD Review

• f SA NSI

OECD Review

• f SA NSI

1996 2002 2004 2007 Creation

• f DST

Creation

• f DST

New public S&T missions Biotechnology ICT Advanced manufacturing Astronomy Knowledge-based economy Grand challenges Human capital development NSI SWOT Benchmarked Developing the NSI concept

2006 Governance Framework Governance Framework

Clearly set DST role

OECD Review : Key Findings

• Human Capital for SET is sub-optimal
• A long term planning Framework is needed
• The governance framework needs more vertical

and horizontal integration

• There is an innovation chasm with an insufficient

number of research products directly influencing the real economy

• Science, Technology and Innovation for the 2nd

economy should be more pronounced and visible

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
• Based on premise that government’s growth

targets require a significant investment in innovation (NT has asked the DST to quantify this investment)

Budget and expenditure grow th

• 500,000

1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,500,000 4,000,000 4,500,000 Amount (R'000) 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 Time Amount voted Actual expenditure

Budget utilisation rate

• Unqualified audit
• Exp of 99.84% of

DST budget

• Six pieces of

legislation developed

Spending per programme 2006/07

Programme

R’000

Final Budget Actual Expenditure Variance % Spent

Progr 1: Administration

219,355 217,244 2,111 99.04%

Progr 2: Science and Technology Expert Services

49,157 48,953 204 99.59%

Progr 3: International Cooperation and Resources

124,446 124,304 142 99.89%

Progr 4: Frontier Science and Technology

1,662,736 1,662,636 100 99.99%

Progr 5: Government Sectoral Programmes & Coodination

561,399 559,862 1,537 99.73%

Total

2,617,093 2,612,999 4,094 99.84%

Gross exp on R& D

Highlights – Corporate Services…

• Strengthened governance - Shareholder

compacts signed with all institutions reporting to the DST

• M&E - Synthesis review of SETIs

completed

• Enhanced integration through

establishment of stakeholder forums (chairpersons, CEOs, CFOs)

Highlights – Corporate Services

• Increased Coverage of S&T Related

Activities

• Increased online Media Coverage,

including; Engineering news, SA Good News, Mining

Weekly

• Content driven Media Discourse on S&T

issues e.g. INSITE, ICGEB

• Jointly Implemented Internship Programme

with NRF (168 interns)

Highlights – SciTES…

• Development and approval by cabinet of the

hydrogen and fuel cell technologies strategy

• Launched the Biotechnology Advisory

Committee

• Establishment of the National Indigenous

knowledge System Office

• Establishment of an IKS laboratory on

traditional medicines at the MRC

• Public consultation on Intellectual Property

Rights from publicly funded research initiative

Highlights - SciTES

• NACI provided evidence based advice to the

Minister on: –Race and Gender Equity Policy –Development of a profile of best practices in the NSI –Required infrastructure to attain goals of the NSI physical

Highlights – ICR…

• Won the Bid to host the ICGEB Africa

component

• Hosted the G77 and China S&T Ministerial in

Brazil

• Participated in the Africa Union (AU) Heads of

State Summit in Ethiopia

• Successfully hosted INSITE 2006
• Organised the Conference on Knowledge for

Africa Development in Partnership with world Bank and Government of Finland

Highlights - ICR

• Launched the Cooperation Framework on

Innovation between SA and Finland (COFISA)

• Hosted experts from OECD Committee on

S&T policies pertaining to our NSI

• Improved participation in FP6

– Notably in ICT, Aeronautics & Social Sciences

• R138m leveraged from EU since launch of

ESASTAP two years ago

Highlights – Frontier S& T…

• Licensing of internationally competitive

technologies by Cape-Bio & BioPad

• Successfully hosted the 2nd Bio2Biz Conference

in Durban to:

– Attract Private Sector Investment & Participation

• Completion of SumbandilaSat
• Approval by Cabinet of the establishment of a

Space Agency

• Commissioning of the CHPC
• Cabinet approval of the Youth into Science

Strategy

• Launch of the SARChI (21 chairs)

Highlights – Frontier S& T

• Cabinet approved PBMR Human Capital &

Innovation Frontier Programme:

– Expand Local Knowledge of Entire PBMR Technology Value Chain

• Innovation Fund

– Red Fine Labs – Breakthrough Software Applications – Robotics Product Concept for Global Markets – Centre for Quantum Cryptography – Cutting Edge Computer Science – Improvement of Indigenous Abundance through Genetics

• Development of Strategy for supporting African

Origins Platform was completed

Achievements – Govt Sectoral Prog & Co-ord…

• R&D tax incentives established - 150% of

expenditure allowed as a deduction

• DST signed an R&D cooperation agreement with

Airbus – bio-composite materials technologies

• Strengthened AMTS, AMI
• Strengthened tooling capacity – expansion of IAT
• Strengthened S&T for social impact projects

– Abalone grow-out project proven successful – Phase I of Aquaculture Trout Initiative completed – Study on Cold-chain and Post-harvesting Technology – R&D of the Marula Industry in Limpopo

Achievements – Govt Sectoral Prog & Co-ord…

• Research Information Management

System (RIMS) initiated

– Key Performance Indicators for S&T Management

• Knowledge Economy Forum Launched

– S&T managers from various government departments – Platform to discuss policy priorities – Discuss performance of NSI as a whole

Achievements – Govt Sectoral Prog & Co-ord

• Coordination of Technical Planning for

Flourochemicals Expansion Initiative

• Improvement of Biofuels Testing Capability

at the SABS

• Support a Research Programme on

beneficiation of by-products and co- products from Biofuels Production

Achievements (CSIR)…

• Nanoscience centre of innovation

established

• Advanced materials for improved

aerospace and automotive systems

• Sensor technology success – multispectral

imaging system (MultiCAM)

• Innovative radar technology for persistent

surveillance

Achievements (CSIR)

• Geospatial technologies for disaster

management

• Top award for portable landing light system
• Cyber-infrastructure implementation

– High performance computing

• Designed a long –range day and might

camera (Cyclone)

Achievements (NRF)…

• Provided state of the art research

equipment and infrastructure

– SAAO, HMO, HartRAO, SAIAB, SAEON, NZG, iThembaLABS

• R&D human capital in prioritised areas

– 4,678 total number of students supported through core grant; 2,148 masters; 1,197 doctoral students supported – THRIP supported total of 3,014 students; 1,427 masters

Achievements (NRF)

• Knowledge generation (R&D) in prioritised areas

– 3,117 peer-reviewed publications, 298 books, 254 chapters, 842 published conference proceedings – RISA through THRIP funded 1,067 publications, 6 patents and 167 products and artifacts

• Innovation Funding

– 371 firms participated in THRIP,

• f which 210 were SMME’s

Current PhD production rates

Achievements (HSRC)

• HSRC research unit won NSTF award for

‘making outstanding contribution to SET’

• 3 books published on the critical areas of land,

economy, women and democracy

• Results of HSRC research reports used

extensively to finalise the National Strategic Plan

• n HIV / AIDS & STI’s
• Tourism and development initiative established
• Completed the 2004/05 National R&D survey

and fieldwork for 2002/03 Innovation Survey and the 2005/06 R&D survey

Achievements (AISA)

• Conducted studies that took cognisance of socio-

economic & political issues within the region

• Focused on research areas of peace and

security, democracy and sustainable development

• Provided material on arduous and complex road

to SA’s peaceful political settlement

– The Road to Democracy vol 2 launched

• Ran a successful internship programme,

including 5 women

Conclusion

• High DST budget & expenditure growth
• Good budget utilisation rate & programme

spending

• Growing Gross Exp on R&D as % of GDP
• Good performance by DST programmes
• Good performance by entities reporting to the

department

• Still a lot of work to be done though

– Human capital and knowledge generation; R,D & Innovation; Conventional sectors; Knowledge infrastructure