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D E V E L O P M E N T PA R T N E R S H I P Theme heading insert O P P O R T U N I T I E S ( O D A & F O U N D AT I O N S / P H I L A N T H R O P I E S ) HSRC 13 April 2016 CONTENTS Theme heading insert 1. Defining Official Development

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D E V E L O P M E N T PA R T N E R S H I P O P P O R T U N I T I E S ( O D A & F O U N D AT I O N S / P H I L A N T H R O P I E S )

HSRC 13 April 2016

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CONTENTS

  • 1. Defining Official Development Assistance (ODA)
  • 2. Mandate of DST’s Development Partnerships Directorate
  • 3. Types of relationships and opportunities
  • 4. Reflections on Engagement
  • 5. Collaboration framework and DST funding standards
  • 6. Examples of co-funded projects
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ODA & DP Mandate

 ODA : government aid to promote economic development and welfare of developing countries  DP mandate:  Facilitate and service development partnerships and

  • pportunities for the benefit of SA National System of

Innovation  Leverage international development resources  Provide overall coordination of ODA within the DST

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Types of partners and opportunities

  • Traditional ODA partners
  • Foundations and Philanthropic Organisations
  • Blended Financing
  • Opportunities: global research funding,

innovation, regional programme support, and national programme support

  • Main themes: global issues, health innovation,

biotechnology, human capital development, human & social dynamics

  • Common method for engagement:

 Request For Proposals  if SA government funds are required, DST will ensure alignment to national and DST priorities

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Global Research Funding

  • pportunities

 US (regional cooperation, research, HCD)  Trilateral cooperation (discussions on Agreement renewal)  Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Programme (science & health focus, last Call in October 2015)  Canada: National Institutes of Health Research int collaboration  Japan (research & technical cooperation)  Science & Technology Research Partnership on Sustainable Development (SATREPS, research consortium)  Earth Observation technical expert  JICA science volunteers  African Business Education (ABE Initiative)  Calls out between July & August 2016  Foundations (human & social dynamics, biotecnhology)  Wellcome Trust (Wits/HSRC Birth to Twenty Study)  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

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Innovation Funding opportunities

 Canada (agriculture, environment, social & economic policy, science innovation)  International Development Research Centre (IDRC)- Doctoral Research Call for people studying in country  Focused on Agriculture and Environment; Inclusive Economies and Technology and Innovation  Grand Challenge Canada  Grand Challenge BMGF (water & sanitation)  US Grand Challenge Securing Water for Food (water, food security)  Last Call launched in May 2013  Global Innovation Fund (innovation for development)  200 million EURO pledged  Innovation to better lives of poor people  Call open: www.globalinnovation.fund  Partnership with DST  Finland: Southern Africa Innovation Support (SAIS) Programme

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National Project/Programme support

  • Rural Innovation
  • ICT for Development
  • Health
  • S&T for Poverty Alleviation
  • Seismology, health & climate Early Warning

Systems

  • Sanitation
  • HCD
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Reflections on engagement

  • ODA partners and Foundations play a key role in the

formulation of social policy

  • Various combinations of collaboration have developed

between Foundations and government and ODA agencies

  • The role of international foundations in global science and

technology has assumed increased importance – government must respond appropriately, ODA partners are also increasing interest.

  • Aim of engaging ODA partners and Foundations - improved

harmonisation and increased value addition through development of initiatives and investments made by different partners

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Collaboration framework

  • Need for consolidation amongst development partners

and philanthropies, long-term strategic partnerships are being forged between governments, development partners and Foundations

  • For DST, such partnerships must be guided by:

– the department’s mandate and strategic priorities; – broader government socio-economic development policies and strategies – Undertaking research exercise to expand portfolio of Foundations and areas of collaboration

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Rules of engagement and DST’s response

  • DST to consider co-investment once international funds

are leveraged

  • Specific focus areas & objectives

– DST to consider each opportunity strategically to ensure alignment to national priorities – DP assistance with concept notes and proposals – DST funding should therefore typically be allocated towards overhead cost (excluding salaries & bursaries – DST funding can only be utilised for SA participation – Institution commitment (ownership and sustainability)

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Examples of co- funded/partnership projects

FPO/ODA Partner Project NSI partner DST priority area Grand Challenges Canada Point of care diagnostics UCT Health Innovation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Training of the next generation of researchers in legume science for food security TUT Biotechnology Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Follow-on African Consortium for Tenofovir Studies (FACTS) Wits Health Innovation Wellcome Trust Genetics of Rheumatic Heart Disease Network (RHDGen Network) study UCT Health Innovation/ Human Capital Development Wellcome Trust Birth to twenty plus birth cohort study Wits/HSRC Human and Social Dynamics/ Human Capital Development Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships in Tuberculosis and HIV Research Support MRC Health Innovation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation T cell correlates of risk of TB diseases in

  • M. Tuberculosis infected adolescents

UCT Health Innovation Wellcome Trust Africa Wits-Indepth Partnership for Genome Studies (AWI-Gen) project Wits Health Innovation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partnership in the demonstration of sanitation solutions in rural and peri-urban South Africa WRC Rural Innovation

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Examples of co- funded/partnership projects

FPO / ODA Partner Project NSI partner DST priority area Japan Climate Variation ACCESS + 7 other Global Change Canada HIV Epidemiological Modeling SACEMA Health Innovation Japan Science Centre Volunteers EC/ KZN/NW Science Centres HCD/Youth into Science USAID RIF Programme 60 host opportunities/ 22 matched HCD USAID Potato Cultures in Malawi TIA/DST Biotechnology/HCD

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Gcino Mlaba Deputy Director Development Partnerships: DST 012-843 6391 gcino.mlaba@dst.gov.za