Five years of SANCOOP Reflections from the Secretariat Presentation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Five years of SANCOOP Reflections from the Secretariat Presentation made at the SANCOOP concluding conference Pretoria 4 – 5 December by Jan Monteverde Haakonsen & Teuns Phahlamohlaka Programme Coordinators

SANCOOP: 2013 -2017  NOK 40 mill. and ZAR 10 mill.  More policy-oriented: The goal of the Programme is enhanced knowledge – based policies and decisions for sustainable development in the area of environment, climate change and clean energy in South Africa and Norway.  More targeted outcomes: • A more competent and gender balanced research workforce; • High quality knowledge relevant for the selected thematic areas; • Knowledge-based public awareness and debate.  But same beneficiaries as in previous programmes: Researchers, postdoctoral candidates and postgraduate (Masters and • PhD) students in NO and SA; Young researchers from historically disadvantaged backgrounds in SA; • Female researchers in both countries. • The research institutions where the researchers are attached. •

Governing structure  Annual Meeting – Highest decision-making body, composed by reps. of funders (MFA & DST)  Joint Committee (JC) – meets in Annual Meeting & in Special Consultation Meetings according to need  International Committee (IC - new ): Four researchers from each country plus one from management of NRF & DST. Personal appointments  IC responsible for scientific recommendations on proposals received and on progress & final reports  Secretariat: Composed by two coordinators from NRF & RCN and support staff.

Rigorous assessment process for proposals  Call made jointly end of May 2013  Deadline for submission 4 September 2014  Used RCN electronic application system but with the crucial requirement of attaching SA form  59 applications received, 7 rejected, 52 processed  First assessment by at least two independent referees identified by NRF & RCN, respectively  Scientific assessment and ranking by IC  Relevance assessment by Secretariat - special emphasis: inclusion of hist. disadv. groups & gender

Allocations  Final decision on allocation of grants made by JC  19 projects finally selected for funding  All projects completed (though some final reports yet to be submitted)  As a result, no impact analysis made yet – we hope to gather additional information from your presentations over the next two days  We may also solicit you assistance in the next few weeks  We are in any case very happy that all 19 projects are represented at the conference today

A word on the result chain Increasingly a requirement of research funders  Expect a clearly stated goal hierarchy  Want to be to see impact on society  Not very well reflected in the final reports  South Africa – Norway Research Cooperation on Climate Change, the Environment and Clean Energy (SANCOOP) Duration: 2013- 2017 Purpose: Enhanced knowledge-based policies for sustainable development in the area of environment, climate change and Budget: clean energy in South Africa and Norway NOK 40 mill. + ZAR 10 mill. Outputs or short – term results Activities: Outcomes or medium-term results Impact or long-term results     Joint research activities Working papers and presentations in A more competent and balanced Increased policy-relevant  international meetings research workforce in the knowledge about climate, the Exchange of project staff and  post-graduate students Articles published in referee-based participating research units environment and clean energy in   Exchange of scientific and journals, other journals, Incorporation of collaborative South Africa and Norway  technological information projects into regular research Utilisation of project outputs by textbooks, anthologies  Popular scientific articles, fact programmes of the participating government institutions, private and documentation  Joint laboratory and field institutions sector and/or civil society sheets, media exposure   work Joint participation in Contribution towards decreased  Redress and equity promotion  international research CO 2 emissions and a more Purchase of research  Degrees awarded to students programmes sustainable environment equipment (only for attached to the project   disbursement to South Increased longer-term research Adaption strategies to climate and African institutions) relationship between researchers environmental change  in the two countries Supervision and training of  students attached to the New patents (if applicable)  research projects Increased public debate about  Promotion of redress and climate, the environment and equity clean energy in South Africa and Norway  Policy recommendations for a cleaner and more sustainable environment & adaptation plans    Indicators Number of scientific publications Increased share of global Degree of reduction of CO 2  Extent of exchanges scientific publication emissions in the two countries    Increased citations in scientific Reduced vulnerability as a result Number & categories of researchers publications of global environmental and & students involved in projects   Citations in the media Increased demand for research climate change  results by public & private sector Dialogue with policy-makers    Beneficiaries Researchers & students, particularly Research institutions in both Public and private sector  women & historically disadvantaged countries Society at large  groups Governments of both countries

To conclude: SANCOOP conference part of SA – NO Science Week Monday 4 December Tuesday 5 December Wednesday 6 December Thursday 7 December Friday 8 December SANCOOP Concluding Conference Green Maritime Science Forum South Africa 2017 (at NRF in Pretoria) Sustainable Use of the (at CSIR in Pretoria) Matchmaking Workshop Ocean Team Norway exhbition: (at CSIR in Pretroia) (at NRF in Pretoria) Antarctica Seminar Combating Marine Waste Women in Science (in Cape Town) (at CSIR in Pretroia) Still possible to be part of ‘Green Maritime’  Still possible to register for SFSA  Anyone not participating at tonight’s dinner? 

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