AnnualPerformancePlan2021/2022
RP92/2021ISBN: 978-0-621-49249-8
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Authority Statement 3
Remarks by Deputy Minister 9
Accounting Officer Statement 11
Official Sign-Off 13
PART A: MANDATE 15
1. Legislative and other mandates 16
2. Updates to institutional policies and strategies 17
3. Updates to relevant court rulings 17
PART B: STRATEGIC FOCUS 19
4. Situational Analysis 20
5. The 2019-2024 Medium-Term Strategic Framework and STI 24
6. Overview Of 2019/20 Budget and MTEF Estimates and Expenditure Trends 26
PART C: MEASURING PERFORMANCE 31
Institutional Programme Performance Information 32
Programme 1: Administration 40
Chief Directorates 40
Explanation of planned performance over the medium term 46
Programme 2: Technology Innovation 48
Chief Directorates 49
Explanation of planned performance over the medium term 59
Programme 3: International Cooperation and Resources 62
Chief Directorates 62
Explanation of planned performance over the medium term 69
Programme 4: Research Development and Support 73
Chief Directorates 73
Explanation of planned performance over the medium term 82
Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships 86
Chief Directorates 86
Explanation of planned performance over the medium term 96
DSI Public Entities 100
Infrustructure Projects 103
PART D: TECHNICAL INDICATOR DESCRIPTIONS 105
Programme 1: Administration 106
Programme 2: Technology Innovation 112
Programme 3: International Cooperation and Resources 127
Programme 4: Research Development and Support 136
Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation and Partnerships 148
List of Abbreviations 161
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EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY STATEMENT
We come from a dark and painful past and in our efforts to create a new, just and equitable society, we recognise the need to align public institutions with the post-1994 democratic project, and have introduced policy interventions to achieve our vision of a democratic, non-racist and non-sexist society.
We are also alive to the reality that, because of its apartheid past, our country is characterised by the endemic and interconnected challenges of inequality, unemployment and poverty. Therefore, in addition to achieving institutional effectiveness in the new dispensation, our public institutions need to respond to our country’s most urgent social and economic challenges. For this, we will require high-end skills and expertise.
We need to continue building a robust national system of innovation that serves all South Africans, regardless of race, sex or creed. Since the 1996 White Paper on Science and Technology, we have been working towards a national system of innovation that will improve the lives of all South Africans through science, technology and innovation (STI).
This was to be achieved by using STI to progressively increase economic growth and enhance participation in the economy, and to ensure the innovative capacity of the country is fully exploited. The 2019 White Paper on
Science, Technology and Innovation aims to strengthen policy intent in areas where the Department has encoun-tered challenges in implementation. It gives the Depart-ment a greater opportunity for using STI in support of South Africa’s inclusive development.
Furthermore, the 2019 White Paper and the decadal plan for STI currently under development, provide the impetus for an organisational restructuring towards a leaner, more agile organisation with concentrated capability in critical areas. The adoption of the new White Paper was informed by the continued evolution of STI policy, and various reviews of the STI landscape.
The reviews assessed performance against the vision, high-level goals and various specific initiatives set out at the time, such as resource allocation, regulatory policy, performance level, human resource development, and research infrastructure. The reviews found that much improvement had been made, but that more needed to be done in some areas.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, we and our entities were well prepared to play our part in fighting it. For instance, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory provided systems engineering and project management support for the design and manufacture of ventilators. Other entities in the national system of innovation responded to the pandemic by developing continuous positive airway pressure solutions under the guidance of the National Ventilator Project, deploying DSI-funded infrastructure to expand testing facilities, and the manufacturing of molecular biology enzymes, reagents and testing kits, as well as assisting with data modelling and analysis to track the spread of the pandemic. The Human Sciences Research Council carried out surveys to measure the public response to COVID-19 and the effects of lockdown.
Looking ahead, efforts to stimulate employment as part of economic recovery include various platforms and programmes established or supported by the Department. We intend to employ about 1 000 health promotion agents, 300 Enviro Champs through the Duzi Umngeni Conservation Trust, a Water Graduate Employment Programme with 450 beneficiaries (to be implemented by the Water Research Commission) and an experiential learning programme with 150 beneficiaries to be implemented by the CSIR. We are also working to support the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative with funding from the Presidency.
The Department plays a critical role in the science diplomacy arena, and as a facilitator of the STI agenda across Africa
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South Africa participates in large international institutions and projects, including the Group on Earth Observations, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, and the Square Kilometre Array
As part of its expanded mandate, the DSI is championing several strategic initiatives on behalf of government. One example is the South African Affiliate of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which aims to address technology governance challenges that prevent innovation and the effective deployment of technologies for development.
In spite of the extraordinary challenges that have been occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department is proud to have maintained its reputation as a department that is responsive to national priorities. The Department has achieved over 80% of its predetermined objectives
Science in the past four years. In November 2020, the Auditor-General of South Africa gave the Department yet another award for a clean audit finding for the 2019/20 financial year, and the Director-General Phil Mjwara received an award for the best performing Accounting Officer.
I would like to thank him, Deputy Minister Manamela, and all the Department’s employees, for making these achievements possible.
Dr BE Nzimande, MPMINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCI-ENCE AND INNOVATION
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MATSENO KA TONA (MORERO WA MOŠOMO WA NGWAGA LE NGWAGA)
Re tšwa nakong ye thata gape ye bohloko gomme maitekong rena a go aga setšhaba se seswa, sa toka le tekatekano, re lemoga nyakego ya go bapiša diinstitšhušene tša setšhaba ka protšeke ya temokrasi ka morago ga 1994, gomme re tsebagaditše magato a pholisi a go fihlelela pono ya rena ya setšhaba sa temokrasi, sa go hloka semorafe le go se kgetholle ka bong.
Gape re phela ka nnete ya gore, ka lebaka la dinako tša yona tša kgatelelo, naga ya rena e na le ditlhohlo tše di atilego le tše di kopantšwego tša tlhokego ya tekatekano, tlhokego ya mešomo le tša bohloki. Efela, go tlaleletša go phihlelelo ya go šoma botse ga institšhušene mo peakanyong ye mpsha, diinstitšhušene tša rena tša setšhaba di swanela go šogana le ditlhohlo tša tšhoganetšo tša ikonomi le leago tša naga ya rena. Go se, re tla nyaka tsebo le mabokgoni a maemo a godimo.
Re swanela go tšwelapele go aga sestemo ya bosetšhaba ye maatla ya boithomelo yeo e lego ya Maafrika Borwa ka moka, go sa lebelelwe morafe, bong goba tumelo. Go tloga mola go bago le Pego ya go Tsebiša ya Saense le Theknolotši ya 1996, re be re šogana le go aga sestemo ya bosetšhaba ya boithomelo yeo e tlogo kaonafatša maphelo a Maafrika Borwa ka moka ka saense, theknolotši le boithomelo (STI).
Se se be se swanela go fihlelelwa ka go šomiša STI go oketša kgolo ya ikonomi kgato ka kgato le go godiša bokgathatema ka ikonoming, le go kgonthiša gore bokgoni bja boithomelo bja naga bo šomišitšwe ka botlalo. Pego ya go Tsebiša ya Saense, Theknolotši le Boithomelo ya 2019 maikemišetšo a yona ke go matlafatša maikemišetšo a pholisi mo makaleng ao Kgoro e itemogetšeng ditlhohlo phethagatšong. Go fa Kgoro monyetla wa go šomiša STI go thekga tlhabollo ya go akaretša ya Afrika Borwa.
Gape, Pego ya go Tsebiša ya 2019 le peakanyo ya ngwagasome ya STI ye gabjalo e lego ka fase ga tlhabollo, go fa tlhohleletšo ya peakanyoleswa ya mokgatlo go ba le mokgatlo wo o nago le bophelo go feta pele, go lekanela le go ba le bokgoni bjo bontši ka makaleng a bohlokwa. Kamogelo ya Pego ya go Tsebiša ye mpsha e bakilwe ke ebolušene ye e tšwetšego pele ya ya pholisi ya STI, le ditshekatsheko tša go fapana tša ponagalo ya STI.
Ditshekatsheko di lekotše tiro kgahlanong le pono, diphegello tša boemo bja godimo le maiteko a mangwe a o laeditšwego nako yeo, go swana le kabo ya methopo, pholisi ya taolo, boemo bja tiro, tlhabollo ya mothopo ya bomotho, le mananeokgoparara la dinyakišišo. Ditshekatsheko di hweditše gore kaonafatšo ye ntši e dirilwe, eupša tše dingwe gape di swanela go dirwa ka makaleng a mangwe.
Ge COVID-19 e thoma ka 2020, rena le dihlongwa tša rena re be re itokišitše gabotse go bapala karolo ya go e lwantšha. Mohlala, Setiši sa Astronomi ya Radio ya Afrika Borwa se fane ka thekgo ya mekgwa ya boentšenere le taolo ya protšeke ya popego le tšweletšo ya dibenthileita. Dihlongwa tše dingwe ka sestemong ya bosetšhaba ya boithomelo di ikarabetše go leuba ka go tšweletša ditharollo tša kgatelelo ya tsela ya moya ye botse ye e tšwelagopele ka fase ga tlhahlo ya Protšeke ya Bosetšhaba ya Dibenthileita, go phethagatša mananeokgoparara a go thekgwa ka ditšhelete ke DSI go oketša mafelo a go direla diteko, le go tšweletša diensime tša payolotši tša molekule, ditswaki le dikhiti tša diteko, gape le go thuša ka go dira mmotlolo wa datha le phetleko go lota mohlala wa phatlalalo ya leuba. Lekgotla la Dinyakišišo tša Disaense tša Bomotho le dirile dinyakišišwana go ela karabo ya setšhaba go COVID-19 le dikhuetšo tša tswalelo ya naga.
Ge go lebelelwa pele, maiteko a go hlohleletša mešomo bjalo ka karolo ya tsošološo ya ikonomi a akaretša dipolatefomo tša go fapana le mananeo ao a hlomilwego goba thekgilwego ke Kgoro. Re ikemišeditše go thwala dietšente tša kaonafatšo ya maphelo tše 1000, Dithwadi tša Tikologo tše 300 ka go šomiša Trasete ya Pabalelo ya Umngeni Duzi, Lenaneo la Meetse la Mešomo ya Dialoga la go ba le baholegi ba 450 (go tla go phethagatšwa ke Khomišene ya Dinyakišišo tša Meetse) le lenaneo la go ithuta boitemogelo la go ba le baholegi ba 150 leo le tlogo phethagatšwa ke CSIR. Gape re šogana le go thekga Protšeke ya Bopresidente ya Mešomo ya Baswa ya go thekgwa ka ditšhelete go tša Kantorong ya Bopresidente.
Kgoro e bapala karolo ye bohlokwa tikologong ya maano ya saense, gomme bjalo ka mosepediši wa lenaneo la STI go kgabaganya Afrika, Afrika Borwa e kgathatema ka diprotšekeng le diinstitšhušeneng tše kgolo tša boditšhabatšhaba, go akaretšwa Group on Earth Observations, Sentha ya Boditšhabatšhaba ya Boentšenere bja Leabela le Payotheknolotši, le Square Kilometre Array.
Bjalo ka taelo ye e katološitšwego, DSI e etile pele diprotšeke tše mmalwa tša maano legatong la mmušo. Mohlala wo motee ke Boleloko bja Afrika Borwa bja Sentha ya Rebolušene ya Intasteri ya Bone ya Foramo ya Ikonomi ya Lefase, yeo maikemišetšo a yona e lego go šogana le ditlhohlo tša pušo tša theknolotši tšeo di thibelago boithomelo le tšhomišo ye botse ya ditheknolotši tša tlhabollo.
Ka ntle ga ditlhohlo tša go makatša tšeo di hlotšwego ke leuba la COVID-19, Kgoro e ikgantšha ka go ba e bolokile seriti sa yona bjalo ka kgoro yeo e arabago dintlhakgolo
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tša bosetšhaba. Kgoro e fihleletše ka godimo ga 80% ya dinepo tša yona tšeo di beakantšwego peleng tša Saense mo mengwageng ye mene ya go feta. Ka Nofemere 2020, Molekodipharephare wa Dipuku wa Afrika Borwa o file Kgoro sefoka se sengwe gape sa kutullo ya tekolo ya dipuku ya go hlweka sa ngwaga wa ditšhelete wa 2019/20, gomme Molaodipharephare Phil Mjwara o amogetše sefoka sa Mohlankedi wa Matlotlo wa go šoma botse.
Ke rata go mo leboga, Motlatšatona Manamela, le bašomi ba Kgoro ka moka, go dira gore diphihlelelo tše di kgonagalo.
Ngaka BE Nzimande, MPTONA YA THUTO YA GODIMO, SAENSE LE BOITHOMELO
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ISANDULELO SIKANGQONGQOSHE (UHLELO LOKUSEBENZA KONYAKA)
Siqhamuka esikhathini esimnyama nesibuhlungu kakhulu. Emizamweni yethu yokusungula umphakathi omusha, siphawule isidingo sokuhlela ngokuqondile izikhungo zomphakathi kanye nephrojekthi yango-1994 yentando yeningi futhi sethule ukungenelela kwenqubomngomo ukuze sifinyelele umgomo wethu womphakathi ongacwasi ngokohlanga nangokobulili.
Kanti futhi siphila esikhathini lapho sizibonela khona ukuthi ngenxa yobandlululo olwabakhona esikhathi esedlule, izwe lethu linenkinga yokuxhumana ngenxa yokungalingani, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye nendlala. Ngakho, ngaphezu nje kokufinyelela ukusebenza ngendlela efanele kwezikhungo kule nkathi entsha, izikhungo zethu zomphakathi kufanele zisabele ngokushesha ezidingweni eziphuthumayo ezweni lethu, izinselele zezenhlalo nezomnotho. Ukuze sifinyelele lokho, silindele amakhono nobuchwepheshe okusezingeni eliphezulu.
Kudingeka siqhubeke sisungula uhlelo oluqinile oluhlanganisa zonke izikhungo oluzosebenzela bonke abantu baseNingizimu Afrika, kungakhathaliseki uhlanga, ubulili noma inkolo. Kusukela ephepheni Elimhlophe leSayensi, Ezobuchwepheshe lango-1996, besilokhu sisebenzela ekufinyeleleni uhlelo oluhlanganisa zonke izikhungo oluzothuthukisa izimpilo zabo bonke abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ngokusebenzisa isayensi, ezobuchwepheshe kanye nokusungula (i-STI). Lokhu bekufanele kufezwa ngokusebenzisa i-STI ukuthuthukisa kancane kancane ezomnotho, kukhulise ukuhlanganyela kwezomnotho futhi kuqinisekise ukuthi amandla amasha ezwe asetshenziswa ngokuphelele. IPhepha Elimhlophe leSayensi, Ezobuchwepheshe kanye Nokusungula lihloselwe ukuqinisa inqubomgomo egxile kakhulu ezindaweni lapho uMnyango obe nezinkinga khona ekwenzeni ngokoqobo okushiwo inqubomgomo. Kunikeza uMnyango ithuba elihle kakhulu lokusebenzisa i-STI ekusekeleni intuthuko ebandakanya wonke umuntu eNingizimu Afrika.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, iPhepha Elimhlophe lango-2019 kanye nohlelo oseluneminyaka engu-10 lwe-STI okwamanje okusasetshenzelwa kukho ukuhlinzekela ngomfutho wokwakhiwa kabusha kwenhlangano esheshayo ngokwengeziwa enekhono ekugxileni ezindaweni ezibucayi. Ukwamukelwa kwePhepha Elimhlophe elisha kwaziswa ngokuqhubeka kwenqubomngomo ye-STI kanye nokubuyekezwa okuhlukahlukene kwe-STI.
Ukubuyekezwa kuhlolwe ukusebenza kuqhathaniswa nomgomo, izinhloso ezisezingeni eliphakeme kanye nezinhlelo ezahlukahlukene ezibekiwe ngaleso sikhathi, ezinjengokwabiwa kwezinsizakusebenza, inqubomgomo
yokulawula, izinga lokusebenza, ukuthuthukiswa kwabasebenzi kanye nengqalasizinda yocwaningo. Ukubuyekezwa kutholakale ukuthi sekwenziwe ngcono kakhulu, kodwa kuningi okusamele kwenziwe kwezinye izindawo.
Lapho kuqala ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 ngo-2020, thina kanye nezinhlangano besikulungele kahle kakhulu ukudlala indima yethu ekulweni nayo. Ngokwesibonelo, i-South African Radio Astronomy Observatory yanikeza uhlelo lobunjiniyela kanye nokubhekela iphrojekthi ebisekela ukusungulwa kanye nokukhiqizwa kwemishini yokuphefumula. Ezinye izinhlangano ohlelweni lukazwelonke lokusungula izinto ezintsha zaphendula kulo bhubhane ngokwenza izixazululo eziqhubekayo zemishini yokusiza ukuphefumula ngaphansi kokuqondiswa yi-National Ventilator Project, zisebenzisa ingqalasizinda exhaswe yi-DSI ukukhulisa izindawo zokuhlola, kanye nokwenziwa kwama-enzyme ama-molecular biology, ama-reagents kanye namakhithi okuhlola kanye nokusiza ngokufaniswa kwemininingwane yabantu nokuhlaziywa ukulandelela ukusabalala kobhubhane. I-Human Sciences Research Council yenze ucwaningo ukukala lokho okushiwo umphakathi ku-COVID-19 kanye nemiphumela yokuvaleleka ezindlini.
Uma sibuka phambili, imizamo yokukhuthaza ukuqashwa njengengxenye yokuvuselelwa komnotho ifaka phakathi izinkundla nezinhlelo ezahlukahlukene ezisungulwe nezasekelwa nguMnyango. Sihlose ukuqasha ama-ejenti okukhuthaza ezempilo abalelwa ku-1 000, ama-Enviro Champs angu-300 ngokusebenzisa i-Duzi Umngeni Conservation Trust, i-Water Graduate Employment Programme enabangu-450 abazohlomula kuyo (ezosetshenziswa yiKhomishini Yezocwaningo Lamanzi) kanye nohlelo lokufunda ngamava oluzozuzisa abantu abangu-150 okufanele lusungulwe yi-CSIR. Okunye esisebenzela kukho ukuxhasa uHlelo lukaMongameli Lokuqashwa Kwentsha ngezimali ezivela eHhovisi likaMongameli.
UMnyango udlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu emkhakheni wezesayensi wezokuxhumana, njengomgqugquzeli we-ajenda ye-STI e-Afrika yonkana, iNingizimu Afrika ibamba iqhaza ezikhungweni ezinkulu nasemisebenzini yamazwe omhlaba, okubandakanya i-Group on Earth Observations, i-International Center for Genetic Engineering, i-Biotechnology kanye ne-Square Kilometre Array
Njengengxenye yegunya layo elandisiwe, i-DSI iqhuqhuzela imizamo eminingi yamasu egameni likahulumeni. Esinye sezibonelo, i-South African Affiliate of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, ehlose
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ukubhekana nezinkinga zokuphatha ezobuchwepheshe ezivimbela ukusungulwa kanye nokusatshalaliswa kahle kwentuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe.
Naphezu kwezinkinga ezinkulu ezibangelwe ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19, uMnyango uyaziqhenya ngokugcina isithunzi sawo njengomnyango ophendula izinto ezisemqoka kuzwelonke. Umnyango usuzuze ngaphezu kuka-80 wamaphesenti wezinhloso zawo ezinqunywe kusengaphambili iSayensi eminyakeni emine edlule. NgoNovemba 2020, uMcwaningimabhuku-Jikelele waseNingizimu Afrika wanikeza uMnyango omunye umklomelo wokutholwa kwamabhuku awo ezimali onyaka ka-2019/20 ungenacala, kwathi uMqondisi-Jikelele uPhil Mjwara wathola umklomelo wesiphathimandla esisebenza kahle kakhulu.
Ngithanda ukumbonga kakhulu, IPhini LikaNgqongqoshe uManamela kanye nabo bonke abasebenzi boMnyango ngokwenza lokhu esikufinyelele kube impumelelo.
UDr BE Nzimande, MPUNGQONGQOSHE WEZEMFUNDO EPHAKEME, ISAYENSI KANYE NEZOKUSUN-GULWA
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REMARKS BY DEPUTY MINISTER
(ii) transdisciplinary transformation; (iii) institutional transformation; (iv) transformation through the translation of science and innovation into societal benefit and fundamental economic transformation; (v) transformation through citizen science (public engagement); and (vi) the digital transformation of the NSI.
Further to this, in 2020/21, the Department approved a new postgraduate funding policy that provides for full-cost support for certain groups of students, namely, the financially disadvantaged, students with disabilities, and exceptional academic achievers. The implementation of the policy will commence in 2021/22, with the consequence that comparably fewer postgraduate students will receive funding, but more will receive comprehensive funding.
The Department will also finalise a tracer study on PhDs who graduated between 2001 and 2017/18. The South African Women in Science Awards, the South African Research Chairs Initiative, the centres of excellence, research grants, internships and special programmes such as Thuthuka have contributed to improving female representation, which has increased to 46% of the scientific workforce and, going beyond demographics, has seen a new type of knowledge generated.
Going forward, while maintaining gains achieved on gender transformation, more effort is required to promote participation of black researchers towards achieving a more inclusive NSI.
To enhance its work in increasing knowledge generation and innovation outputs, the Department will focus on investments that are geared towards supporting the translation of publicly financed intellectual property (IP) into social and economic value, using NIPMO’s database of disclosures of publicly financed IP as a basis for tracking the utilisation of IP via the conclusion of commercial agreements and the introduction of products and services to the public.
Under the HDI Development Grant, the DSI and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) will develop targeted programmes aimed at ensuring that a critical mass of publishing academics is established at HDIs, and at increasing research outputs per capita. DHET, through its Research Outputs Policy, rewards research outputs produced by researchers in public higher education institutions, while science councils, as public research institutions, do not benefit from the subsidy programme.
An interdepartmental task team has been established to look at a subsidy programme for researchers in the science
If the national system of innovation (NSI) is to grow its contribution to achieving South Africa’s national priorities, it is necessary to focus on enabling the modernisation of key sectors of the economy, such as manufacturing, agriculture and mining, to ensure that these sectors are competitive and can contribute to higher GDP growth.
The NSI has to exploit new industries based on new sources of growth, e.g. the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the circular economy, increase the NSI contribution to exports by putting in place measures to accelerate the conversion of research ideas and knowledge into products and services and supporting grassroots innovators.
It has to accelerate inclusivity and support new entrants into the economy, by among others, supporting SMMEs and co-operatives via targeted research, development and innovation (RDI) instruments and using technological advancement to contribute to an STI-enabled capable state for improved service delivery and decision making.
Building on existing work, the Department will enhance its contribution to the development of human capabilities and skills for the economy by continuing to expand the transformation agenda in all its strategic STI focus areas over the medium term. In this regard, transformation is viewed in six dimensions: (i) demographic transformation;
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councils and other recognised research institutions, and the inclusion of a subsidy for innovation and other creative outputs. The task team will consider the expansion of the Research Output Submission System to include research outputs produced outside the university system. This is in line with the development of regulations that enable the DSI to declare research institutions that are eligible for National Research Foundation funding.
The research chairs established through the South African Research Chairs Programme and the centre of excellence have been instrumental in increasing the country’s research outputs. During the MTEF the focus will be on ensuring alignment between the research outputs produced and the national priorities, to ensure that research conducted directly responds to the country’s developmental needs.
Using knowledge for inclusive development, the Department will advance its work towards an inclusive and responsive NSI, characterised by equitable access to the knowledge infrastructure. This is a vital part of reimagining the NSI within a broader concept of innovation, in line with the national development profile and social dynamics.
A multi-tiered package to support the commercialisation of grassroots innovations is being implemented. This will include technology development; compliance with industry standards (where applicable); the protection of IP; and mentorship. We will focus on strengthening partnerships with relevant government departments and research institutions, organisations responsible for compliance and setting standards, higher education and post-school institutions, the private sector and non-profit organisations.
The commercialisation of grassroots innovation and access to publicly available IP will be pursued in line with the DSI’s commitment to deploying locally developed technology solutions. The instruments used will include technology demonstrations, agroprocessing facilities, and support for entrepreneurs.
The Department recognises that, to build a coherent system addressing the Sustainable Development Goals and the effects of climate change, a digital economy is required. The DSI will contribute to this through focused programmes that enable innovation and build capacity in the post-school system in domains such as data science, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and cybersecurity. Capacity to use 5G and other wireless technologies optimally must also be developed, enabling the state and citizens to take advantage of digital economy opportunities.
For all of this to be possible, we will continue to rely on the capable management and staff of the Department and its entities.
Mr B Buti Manamela, MPDEPUTY MINISTER HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
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ACCOUNTING OFFICER STATEMENT
Over the next medium term, the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) will continue to fund, support and facilitate an STI-enabling ecosystem and set out performance indicators and medium-term targets in support of the six institutional outcomes and 22 outcome indicators.
To achieve a transformed, inclusive, responsive and coherent national system of innovation (NSI), the Department will strive to improve the alignment of the NSI’s contribution to the National Development Plan (NDP). This will be directed primarily through the decadal plan, though which the 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) will be implemented.
The decadal plan will define critical STI interventions and missions/priorities for the country between 2020 and 2030, taking into account the recommendations of various reviews, and will guide the establishment of new NSI institutions, make proposals for the geospatial location and distribution of the new institutions, and propose new institutional forms to expedite the implementation of missions and critical research areas such as astronomy.
We are of the view that, if the NSI is to grow its contribution to addressing national priorities, it is necessary to focus on, among others, modernising sectors of the economy such as manufacturing, agriculture and mining to ensure that
these sectors are competitive and can contribute to higher GDP growth; exploiting new industries based on new sources of growth, e.g. the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the circular economy; increasing the NSI contribution to exports by putting in place measures to accelerate the conversion of research ideas and knowledge into products and services; and supporting grassroots innovators.
Human capabilities and skills for the economy and for development
The 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation identifies the lack of transformation in the NSI as a challenge that needs to be addressed urgently. To develop the necessary human capabilities and skills for the economy and for development, the DSI will continue to expand the transformation agenda in all its strategic STI focus areas over the medium term. In our view, transformation is to be considered across six dimensions, namely, demographic transformation; transdisciplinary transformation; institutional transformation; transformation through the translation of science and innovation into societal benefit and fundamental economic transformation; transformation through citizen science (public engagement); and digital transformation of the national system of innovation. Increased knowledge generation and innovation outputs
To increase knowledge generation and innovation outputs, our interventions will seek to increase South Africa’s share of global publication outputs, increase the proportion of prototypes, technology demonstrators and pilot plants that advance industrialisation, and improve the percentage increase in patent and design applications filed from publicly financed research and development (R&D).
To achieve this, the Department will measure and track the number of outputs commercialised as a result of support provided in designated areas, e.g. licences; assignments; options of varying natures (such as directed research and joint ventures); start-ups, spinouts and new companies created; and distribution, manufacturing and sales agreements for products, processes and services.
The commercialisation of products, processes and services may involve other departments, entities and market players, and may therefore fall outside the Department’s control.
Knowledge utilisation for economic development
We recognise knowledge as a critical ingredient for economic development. To strengthen the nexus between knowledge production and economic development, the
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Department will focus on revitalising existing industries and stimulating R&D-led industrial development. This we will do by, among others, continuing to scale up our network of technology stations and platforms in order to provide cross-cutting, cross-sector technological support for SMMEs, entrepreneurs and co operatives.
We also recognise that access to technological support is essential in new product/process development (or improvement) and in developing prototypes and concept demonstrators. Therefore, the Department will also continue managing a portfolio of projects that have potential for creating new industries or rejuvenating existing industries.
The current projects in this portfolio are the Aeroswift additive manufacturing machine, the Mining Extraction Research, Development and Innovation Programme, the bioeconomy programme, the Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) programme, and the fourth phase of the Fluor Chemicals Expansion Initiative.
Knowledge utilisation for inclusive development
In order to realise the objective of knowledge utilisation for inclusive development, the Department will be advancing its commitment to an inclusive and responsive NSI, characterised by equitable access to knowledge infrastructure. These outcomes are premised on inclusion, and are key to reimagining the NSI as both inclusive and having a broader concept of innovation, in line with the national development profile and social dynamics.
A multi-tiered package will be used to support the commercialisation of grassroots innovations. The key aspects will include technology development, compliance with industry standards (where applicable), protection of intellectual property (IP), and mentorship. These aspects are key to enabling the participation of grassroots innovators, who are often marginalised in technology-based economic development opportunities.
As part of enhancing the use of IP generated from publicly funded research, the DSI will facilitate access to this IP, working with relevant partners. There will be a more deliberate focus on IP related to solutions that enable and improve access to basic services; strengthen the capacity of the state in service delivery; and promote the inclusion of women, young people, and people living with disabilities.
Innovation in support of a capable and developmental state
To achieve the strategic objective of fostering innovation that supports a capable and developmental state, the Department will seek to increase the number of use cases of decision-support systems, of demonstrators that have successfully introduced a new way of delivering a service,
and of district/metropolitan municipalities supported with technology-based applications as part of the District Development Model for Service Delivery Improvement, together providing evidence of informed integration of innovation in service delivery.
One of the implementation challenges facing the DSI is that it doesn’t have a provincial or local footprint, which can be a challenge in implementing national STI interventions. However, through the Regional Innovation Support Programme, the DSI is contributing to the development of innovation ecosystems and a capable and developmental state.
Furthermore, a concerted effort is being made to increase the spatial footprint of innovation support so that innovation can enable localised socio-economic development. Provincial growth and development and local economic development strategies will be studied to enable the Department to better align its innovation-support interventions with the District Development Model. In order to address South Africa’s climate and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) obligations, technologies for the circular economy must be included to enable the transition to a low-carbon economy. To build a coherent system to address both the SDGs and climate change effects, a digital economy is also required. The DSI will contribute to this through focused programmes that enable innovation and build capacity in the post-school system in ICT domains such as data science, artificial intelligence, the Internet of things and cybersecurity. South Africa’s capacity to use 5G and other wireless technologies optimally must also be developed, enabling the state and citizens to take advantage of digital economy opportunities.
All of these programmes and interventions are aimed at supporting our long-term strategic goal of a transformed, inclusive, responsive and coherent national system of innovation that is able to support a capable and developmental state.
Dr Phil MjwaraDIRECTOR-GENERAL
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OFFICIAL SIGN-OFF
Mr David Mmakola Acting DDG: Institutional Planning and Support
Ms Nombuyiselo MokoenaDDG: Corporate Services
Dr Mmboneni Muofhe DDG: Technology Innovation
Mr Daan du Toit DDG: International Cooperation Resources
Prof. Yonah SeletiActing DDG: Research Development and Support
Mr Imraan PatelDDG: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships
Mr Robert ShakuActing Chief Financial Officer
Dr Phil MjwaraAccounting Officer
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1. LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER MANDATES
Academy of Science of South Africa Act, 2001
Establishes the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) to promote common ground in scientific thinking across all disciplines, including the physical, mathematical and life sciences, as well as human, social and economic sciences; to encourage and promote innovative and independent scientific thinking; to promote the optimum intellectual development of all people; to advise and facilitate appropriate action in relation to the country’s needs, opportunities and challenges; and to link South Africa with high-level scientific communities within the Southern African Development Community, the rest of Africa and internationally.
Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, 2007
Provides for the preservation and protection of areas in South Africa uniquely suited to optical and radio astronomy, and for intergovernmental cooperation and public consultation on matters concerning such areas.
Human Sciences Research Council Act, 2008
Provides for the continued existence of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), which carries out research that generate critical and independent knowledge relative to all aspects of human and social development.
Income Tax Act, 1962
Section 11D of the Income Tax Act gives the Minister responsible for science and innovation authority to approve scientific and/or technological research and development (R&D) undertaken or funded in South Africa by the private sector for a 150% tax deduction on qualifying R&D expenditure.
Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act, 2008
Provides for the more effective use of intellectual property emanating from publicly financed R&D through the establishment of the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO), the Intellectual Property Fund, and offices of technology transfer at higher education institutions and science councils.
National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, 1997
Establishes the National Advisory Council on Innovation to advise the minister responsible for science and technology and, through the minister, the Cabinet, on the role and contribution of science, mathematics, innovation and technology in achieving national objectives.
National Research Foundation Act, 1998
Establishes the National Research Foundation (NRF) to promote basic and applied research and human capital development in the various fields of science and technology and to coordinate the implementation of the DSI-led science engagement programme.
Natural Scientific Professions Act, 2003
Establishes the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) and legislates the registration of professional natural scientists, scientists-in-training, technologists and technologists-in-training.
Protection, Promotion and Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Act, 2019
Provides for the protection, promotion, development and management of indigenous knowledge; the establishment and functions of the National Indigenous Knowledge Systems Office; the registration of indigenous knowledge and the management of rights of indigenous knowledge communities; the recognition of prior learning; and the facilitation and coordination of indigenous knowledge-based innovation.
Scientific Research Council Act, 1988
Refers to the activities of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which undertakes R&D for socio-economic growth.
South African National Space Agency Act, 2008
Establishes the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) to promote space science research, cooperation in space-related activities, and the creation of an environment conducive to industry’s development of space technologies.
Technology Innovation Act, 2008
Establishes the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) to promote the development and exploitation of discoveries, inventions, innovations and improvements in the public interest.
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2. UPDATES TO INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
National Development Plan and science, technology and innovation
The National Development Plan (NDP) is a long-term vision for the country that provides a broad strategic framework to guide key government choices and actions, focusing on the critical capabilities needed to transform the economy and society. The NDP highlights the centrality of science, technology and innovation (STI) in sustainable socio-economic development and addressing societal challenges such as education, health, food security, water shortages and climate change, and in accelerating economic transformation in South Africa. It also acknowledges that the difference between countries that are able to tackle poverty effectively by growing and developing their economies, and those that cannot, is the extent of their ability to grasp and apply insights from STI and use them creatively.
The NDP proposed a phased approach in entrenching the contribution of STI to economic growth. The first phase (2012-2017) focused on intensifying research and development spending, emphasising opportunities linked to existing industries and emerging ones. The second (2018-2023) is focused on laying the foundations for more intensive improvements in productivity, where innovation across state, business and social sectors starts to become pervasive and ultimately part of the third phase (2024-2030), which focuses on consolidating the gains of the second phase with greater emphasis on innovation, improved productivity, more intensive pursuit of a knowledge economy and better exploitation of comparative and competitive advantages in an integrated continent. The current DSI 2020-2025 Strategic Plan covers the end of the second phase and the beginning of the third.
2019 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) derives its mandate from the 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation, which emphasises inclusivity, transformation, partnerships to address policy coherence, the development of human capabilities, knowledge expansion, innovation performance and increased investment that will result in the economic, socio-political and intellectual benefits of STI being enjoyed by all South Africans.
The White Paper draws from what worked in the past and introduces a number of policy shifts, including the following:• Increasing the focus on inclusivity, transformation and
linkages in the national system of innovation (NSI).
• Enhancing the innovation culture in society and government.
• Improving policy coherence and budget coordination across government.
• Developing a more enabling environment for innovation.
• Increasing the spatial footprint of innovation.
• Innovation for inclusive development including a greater focus on social and grassroots innovation.
• Expanding the research system.
• Developing human capabilities.
• Accelerating the implementation of the pan-African STI agenda.
• Increasing investment in the NSI.
The Department is in the process of finalising a decadal plan for STI through which the 2019 White Paper will be implemented.
2019-2024 Medium-Term Strategic Framework
In his State of the Nation Address in June 2019, the President of the Republic of South Africa identified the following seven government apex priorities that will play a catalytic role in achieving the NDP targets:
• Priority 1: Building a capable, ethical and developmental state.
• Priority 2: Economic transformation and job creation.
• Priority 3: Education, skills and health.
• Priority 4: Consolidating the social wage through reliable and quality basic services.
• Priority 5: Spatial integration, human settlements and local government.
• Priority 6: Social cohesion and safe communities.
• Priority 7: A better Africa and world.
While the apex priorities are all interrelated, the Department’s focus and commitments are mainly on priorities 2 and 3.
3. RELEVANT COURT RULINGS
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4. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
Discussed below are the salient external and internal environmental shifts influencing the Department’s performance and 2021/22 performance plan, including the medium-term targets.
4.1 External environment analysisSouth Africa’s political transition is known as one of the most remarkable political feats of the past century. The new dispensation in 1994, the South African “negotiated democratic state”, inherited an ailing science and technology system, with challenges that included the financial consequences of the termination of apartheid technology missions (such as military dominance in the subcontinent and energy self-sufficiency) by the apartheid government between 1990 and 1994, as well as the strategic risks faced by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) from a human, economic and security perspective.
(a) Triple challenge of inequality, unemployment and poverty
In its systematic country diagnosis report on South Africa in April 20181, the World Bank asserts that, although South Africa has made significant progress since 1994, its economic transition from a system of exclusion under
segregation remains incomplete. In the period 1994-2018, poverty significantly declined but the extent of inequality remained extremely high. Using different measures, South Africa consistently emerges as one of the most unequal countries in the world. In fact, in the period 1994 to 2006, inequality increased. This is evidenced by findings of widening wealth inequality, the labour market being split into two extremes, with a small number of people in highly paid jobs mainly in the formal sector, but most people getting by through often informal and far lower paying jobs. Income polarisation is distinguishable through the high concentration of low-income earners, very few high-income earners and small number of middle-income earners. Inequality of opportunity is also high and can be measured by the influence of race, parental education and occupation, gender and locality of birth. It is arguable that certain policies introduced by the democratic government have exacerbated the extent of inequality. The World Bank further states that, in its view, lack of skills is one of the key constraints to reducing poverty and inequality in South Africa.
South Africa’s high unemployment rate remains its key challenge and the country’s economy struggles to create sufficient employment opportunities, the economy shared 2, 2 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020 according to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey Quarter two released by Statistics South Africa in September 2020.
1 An Incomplete Transition: Overcoming the Legacy of Exclusion in South Africa. Systematic Country Diagnostic. World Bank, 2018.
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The results indicate that the number of employed persons decreased by 2, 2 million to 14, 1 million in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the first quarter of 2020. This unprecedented change is the largest quarter one to quarter two decline since the survey began in 2008.
(b) Sustainable Development Goals
As a member of the United Nations, South Africa is committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agreed to by all members of the United Nations in 2015, which sets out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2030 Agenda recognises the role and contribution of STI in the implementation of all 17 SDGs, with dedicated programmes of support emerging from the STI community. In implementing the 2030 Agenda, the STI community’s contribution includes research to strengthen evidence-informed decision making, and providing innovative solutions to ensure that no one is left behind, e.g. equitable access to basic services (water, energy, education and health services). The DSI supports various engagements to help municipalities localise the SDGs.
South Africa has a national working group to develop an integrated and harmonised national approach to the implementation and monitoring of the SDGs. The working group, led by Statistics South Africa, published a self-assessment report, South Africa’s Voluntary National Review, in 2019. The report evaluated what has been done and determined the remaining obstacles to ridding South Africa of extreme poverty. The Department has supported the working group by coordinating the NSI to achieve maximum impact from efforts to achieve the SDGs, by identifying strategic partnerships and mobilising resources, assisting in the development of indicators at regional and national level, and crystallising the role of STI in the implementation of the SDGs. The Department hosts an annual STI multi-stakeholder forum and various dialogues to enable engagement and collective planning and implementation of STI activities in support of Agenda 2030. These dialogues engage on responses to the interrelated and complex SDGs, e.g. the food-water-energy nexus (SDGs 2, 6, and 7).
(c) COVID-19 pandemic
On 23 March 2020, the President declared a national disaster and announced measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus in South Africa, including a lockdown, and a R500 billion stimulus package to reignite the economy after the first two levels of lockdown. The social and economic relief package was intended to support various initiatives across the country, and a Special Adjustment Budget to allow for this was tabled by the Minister of Finance in June 2020.
Parts of the package are to be derived from the implementation of budget cuts across government and public entities. The cuts were focused on the compensation of employees, because of the general delay in filling vacant posts under the lockdown, and on spending categories related to activities restricted under the lockdown, such as foreign travel, venues and catering. This created savings that could be used for COVID-19 interventions. For example, the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI) was introduced as an employment stimulus based on the allocation of R100 billion for job creation and retention as part of the R500 billion stimulus package.
Initially, the economy was completely locked down, with South Africa’s borders closed and restrictions on movement for all citizens to reduce the rate of infections. A risk-based approach saw the initial lockdown adjusted from level 5 in March 2020 to level 1 in September 2020. In December 2020, the President reintroduced a lockdown adjusted to level 3 to mitigate the high rate of infections, averaging 20 000 new cases per day, and in response to the new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa in November 2020.
By the end of January 2021, the total number of COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa was 1 453 761, with 44 164 deaths reported. A new chapter in the country’s battle against COVID-19 will began with vaccines from several suppliers to vaccinate about 42 million (67%) of the South Africans population by the end of 2021.
4.2 Internal environmental analysis The 1996 White Paper on Science and Technology, which introduced the notion of a national system of innovation, was intended to improve the lives of all South Africans through STI. This was to be achieved “through progressively increasing economic growth and enhanced participation in the economy” and “through the innovative and pervasive personal and social development of the nation’s people”. In June 2019, the name of the Department was changed from the Department of Science and Technology to the Department of Science and Innovation, signifying a leadership role for the Department in advancing overall government policy on innovation (as articulated in the 2019 White Paper on STI).
The 2019 White Paper is intended to strengthen policy intent in areas where the DSI has encountered challenges in implementation. It gives the DSI a greater opportunity for using STI in support of South Africa’s inclusive development. The 2019 White Paper and the decadal plan for STI currently under development, also provide the impetus for an organisational restructuring towards a leaner, more agile organisation with concentrated capability in critical areas.
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The Department is associated with excellence and high levels of performance, attaining over 80% of its predetermined objectives and spending 99% of its budget in the past four years. In November 2020, the Auditor-General of South Africa gave the Department yet another award for a clean audit finding for the 2019/20 financial year, and an award for the best performing Accounting Officer. While the DSI does not have provincial and local government, and relies on staff at national level to identify and build the relations necessary to integrate STI into provincial and local government agendas, this poses a risk to the execution of the Department’s mandate, as does the high vacancy rate of 23,08%, with 22,40% at Senior Management Service level.
(a) Reviews of the existing STI policy mix
The adoption of the new White Paper was part of the continued evolution of STI policy, and was informed by
ministerial reviews of the STI landscape in 2010 and 2012, and a 2017 National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) review of the 1996 White Paper. The reviews assessed performance against the vision, high-level goals and various specific initiatives set out at the time, such as policy formulation and resource allocation; regulatory policy; financing at performance level; human resource development and capacity building; and science and technology infrastructure. The reviews found that much improvement had been made, but that more needed to be done in some areas.
In 2016, the National Research Foundation commissioned the Centre for Research, on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the state of the South African research enterprise. The insights of the CREST study, published in 2019, are summarised below.
Figure 1: Summary of CREST study findings on the state of the South African research enterprise
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The review of the 1996 White Paper and 2019 CREST publication both indicate that the national system of innovation is yet to realise its full potential. The NSI needs to be better coordinated to respond to national imperatives and increase its contribution to socio-economic transformation.
The Department is currently developing an implementation plan for the 2019 White Paper on STI, the decadal plan for STI. This is informed by various reviews, including the 2020 NACI reviews on the 2002 National Research and Development Strategy, the Ten-Year Innovation Plan (2008-2018) and the Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Institutional Landscape Review, which analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the NSI and the efficacy of the existing policy mix. The decadal plan is also informed by the South Africa Foresight Exercise for Science, Technology and Innovation 2030, which identified nine STI domains for particular focus, namely, (i) the circular economy, (ii) education for the future, (iii) sustainable energy, (iv) the future of society, (v) health innovation, (vi) high-tech industrialisation, (vii) ICTs and smart systems (viii) nutrition security, and (ix) water security.
The new era of STI policy is targeted at increasing the responsiveness of the NSI and its contribution to socio-economic imperatives and national priorities. It places greater emphasis on technology and innovation deployment and the use of innovation in support of a capable state and service delivery improvement.
(b) The NSI and DSI response to the COVID-19 pandemic
On 7 April 2020, Intel announced that it was pledging an additional $50 million globally for a technology initiative in response to the pandemic. The initiative is accelerating access to technology at the point of patient care, speeding up scientific research and ensuring access to online learning for students. The continued reality in managing the pandemic and the post COVID-19 recovery show that accelerating access to digital infrastructure is not only helping to combat the pandemic, but also enabling new technology and scientific discovery to prepare South Africa for future crises, and supporting the rebuilding of the South African economy in the short and long-term.
Intel South Africa Corporation, in collaboration with Dell Technologies, intends to support the upgrade of the CSIR’s Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) to the value of more than R10 million, to establish a dedicated COVID-19 response platform. The platform will enable the government and scientists to speed up research considerably, as well as tracking outbreaks, using advanced analytics to facilitate lockdown levels, reducing time to treatment and the isolation of people that have come into contact with infected individuals, and ultimately getting the outbreak under control more quickly. This platform will also be able to support other African countries, specifically
those that do not have the scientific and health care facilities or the finances and technical skills to respond in such a way. The selection of the CHPC was motivated by South Africa’s response when the pandemic hit the country, when the CHPC’s OpenStack Cloud initiative provided computational and data support to the national Department of Health for its dashboards, including much-needed data analysis for decision-making processes. For example, it provided detailed information through geospatial mapping to enable an understanding of students’ locations, network coverage and relevant resources in the country, so that online learning preparedness could be assessed.
The Department’s budget allocation for 2020/21 has been revised downwards from R8 797 393 to R7 362 088. An amount of R324 175 million was redirected to COVID-19-related responses. The pandemic has been an opportune time for the South African science system to demonstrate its relevance and support of national priorities and South Africa’s socio-economic imperatives. Entities such as the CSIR and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), as well as other platforms and programmes established or supported by the Department, have responded to the situation in a variety of ways, including the development of continuous positive airway pressure solutions under the guidance of the National Ventilator Project, the deploy-ment of DSI-funded infrastructure to expand testing facilities, and the manufacturing of molecular biology enzymes, reagents and testing kits. The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) provided systems engineering and project management support for the design and manufacture of ventilators.
In managing the budget cuts, the Department attempted to absorb them internally as far as possible, in areas least likely to affect delivery on its mandate. The budget cuts have impacted the Department’s plans in the following broad areas:
• Infrastructure (the Square Kilometre Array, the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System and the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap).
• Human capital development programmes that support established researchers (the South African Research Chairs Initiative, the centres of excellence and research grants).
• Human capital in designated areas of advanced manufacturing, aerospace, chemicals, mining, ICTs and the Industry Innovation Programme, including the Sector Innovation Fund and the green economy.
• Scaling back and/ or delaying a number of long-term R&D initiatives.
• Science awareness initiatives.
• The generation of knowledge and innovation products.
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The following interventions across the NSI are part of the employment stimulus:
• Health promotion agents (1 000 beneficiaries) to be implemented by the HSRC.
• Enviro Champs (300 beneficiaries) to be implemented by the Duzi Umngeni Conservation Trust.
• Water Graduate Employment Programme (400 beneficiaries) to be implemented by the Water Research Commission (WRC).
• Experiential learning programme (189 beneficiaries) to be implemented by the CSIR in partnership with the Southern African Society for Cooperative Education (SASCE).
• The Department introduced a new output performance indicator, “number of Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI) beneficiaries” with a target of 1,700 beneficiaries, and secured ringfenced funding of R44 999 000 from the employment stimulus fund. This was supplemented by savings to facilitate effective implementation of the programme and to exceed the target of 1,700.
(c) International cooperation
The Department has achieved significant success in the development of STI partnerships with a pan-African focus, including many bilateral STI cooperation initiatives co-funded with African partner governments. At a multilateral level, the five-year Science Granting Councils Initiative, led in South Africa by the National Research Foundation (NRF), strengthened the capacities of science granting councils in sub-Saharan Africa to support research and evidence-based policies that will contribute to economic and social development. A three-year pilot of the African Open Science Platform was completed in 2019. Engagements undertaken at multilateral level, in both the African Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), proved to be especially successful, for example, the creation of a post dedicated to the role
of STI in advancing regional integration by the SADC Secretariat on its personnel establishment (for which the Department provided seed funding over many years). The Department also continued to actively champion a focus on STI in various bi-regional AU partnership initiatives, mostly related to China, the European Union and Japan.
The Department enjoys respect among its peers in the science diplomacy arena, with South Africa known for producing world-class research outputs (with quality in many disciplines above the world average, participation in large/global research institutions and projects like CERN (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the Square Kilometre Array, the Southern African Large Telescope, the Group on Earth Observations and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, and as a facilitator of the STI agenda across Africa.
As part of its expanded mandate, the DSI has been appointed to champion several strategic initiatives on behalf of government, such as the South African Affiliate of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is focused on understanding and dealing with technology governance challenges that prevent innovation and the effective deployment of technologies.
5. THE 2019-2024 MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AND STI
The NDP, as the overarching government framework for the socio-economic transformation of South Africa, has been divided into five-year implementation plans, the second of which is the 2019-2024 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF). The 2019-2024 MTSF is premised on three pillars with seven associated apex priorities. Over the medium-term period, the DSI will contribute to and report on the following apex priorities:
Figure 2: Summary of pillars and priorities
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6.
OV
ER
VIE
W O
F 2
019/
20 B
UD
GE
T A
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MT
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ES
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prop
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MT
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est
imat
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gram
me
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Adm
inist
ratio
n 35
7 90
437
9 52
235
2 07
6 30
4 10
732
8 19
633
2 55
033
3 29
3
Tech
nolo
gy In
nova
tion
1 12
0 55
41
148
962
1
236
673
1 37
8 32
11
780
222
1 78
3 28
31
793
320
Inte
rnat
iona
l Coo
pera
tion
and
Reso
urce
s13
6 67
914
5 17
213
6 02
7 11
6 80
214
6 62
514
9 09
014
9 46
6
Rese
arch
Dev
elop
men
t an
d Su
ppor
t 4
296
468
4 52
0 44
64
578
431
3 74
5 24
84
949
244
5 09
3 25
95
192
081
Soci
o-ec
onom
ic In
nova
tion
Part
ners
hips
1 61
7 00
01
755
218
1 77
8 19
6 1
733
809
1 72
9 02
81
769
794
1 77
6 42
1
Tot
al7
528
605
7 94
9 32
08
081
403
7 27
8 28
78
933
315
9 12
7 97
69
244
581
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
345
135
358
819
336
658
361
993
358
003
358
364
358
376
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
207
056
243
223
222
049
144
981
208
465
213
906
214
717
Tran
sfer
s an
d su
bsid
ies
6 95
5 11
07
336
872
7 51
4 81
2 6
767
909
8 36
3 99
48
552
691
8 66
8 34
0
Paym
ents
for
capi
tal a
sset
s21
085
10 2
637
775
3 40
42
853
3 01
53
148
Paym
ents
for
finan
cial
ass
ets
219
143
109
--
--
Tot
al7
528
605
7 94
9 32
0
8 08
1 40
3 7
278
287
8 93
3 31
59
127
976
9 24
4 58
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nds
of t
he D
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tion
of T
able
30.
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the
Est
imat
es o
f Nat
iona
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endi
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Tab
le 3
0.2
Vot
e ex
pend
itur
e tr
ends
by
Pro
gram
me
and
econ
omic
cla
ssifi
cati
on
Pro
gram
mes
1.
Adm
inist
ratio
n
2.
Tech
nolo
gy In
nova
tion
3.
Inte
rnat
iona
l Coo
pera
tion
and
Reso
urce
s
4.
Rese
arch
Dev
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men
t an
d Su
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t
5.
Soci
o-ec
onom
ic In
nova
tion
Part
ners
hips
Pro
gram
me
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Revised estimate
Outcome/annual budget average
(%)
Outcome/adjusted appropriation average (%)
R m
illio
n20
17/1
820
18/1
920
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ogra
mm
e 1
422,
841
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357,
943
8,9
404,
237
9,5
424,
039
1,3
352,
136
0,3
304,
130
4,1
84.7
%92
.0%
Prog
ram
me
21,
073,
61,
075,
11,
120,
61,
131,
71,
136,
71,
149,
01,
224,
31,
224,
31,
236,
71,
504,
51,
378,
31,
378,
399
.0%
101.
5%
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ram
me
312
8,7
132,
413
6,7
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414
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214
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013
6,0
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6,8
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.7%
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%
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ram
me
44,
348,
84,
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54,
360,
34,
538,
14,
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44,
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94,
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94,
578,
44,
882,
53,
745,
23,
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294
.4%
99.6
%
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ram
me
51,
622,
31,
623,
61,
617,
01,
778,
31,
785,
61,
755,
21,
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41,
834,
71,
778,
21,
893,
71,
733,
81,
733,
896
.7%
98.7
%
Tot
al
7,59
6,3
7,59
6,3
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8,6
7,84
5,6
8,01
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9,3
8,19
4,6
8,17
2,3
8,08
1,4
8,79
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7,27
8,3
7,27
8,3
95.1
%99
.3%
Cha
nge
to 2
019
Budg
et e
stim
ate
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Pro
gram
me
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Revised estimate
Outcome/annual budget average
(%)
Outcome/adjusted appropriation average (%)
Eco
nom
ic c
lass
ifica
tion
Cur
rent
pa
ymen
ts61
3,8
608,
855
2,2
656,
565
5,8
602,
067
8,9
645,
755
8,7
632,
550
6,9
506,
986
.0%
91.8
%
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
336,
934
8,2
345,
138
2,7
382,
735
8,8
410,
338
9,1
336,
742
1,9
361,
936
1,9
90.4
%94
.6%
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
277,
026
0,6
207,
127
3,8
273,
124
3,2
268,
625
6,6
222,
121
0,5
144,
914
4,9
79.4
%87
.4%
of w
hich
:
Adve
rtisi
ng20
,39,
09,
310
,411
,625
,011
,311
,214
,113
,213
,413
,411
0.1%
134.
9%
Cons
ulta
nts:
Busin
ess
and
advis
ory
serv
ices
20,6
19,1
6,4
21,5
27,4
16,4
21,4
21,4
12,4
21,9
13,6
13,6
57.0
%59
.8%
Agen
cy a
nd s
uppo
rt/ou
tsou
rced
ser
vices
16,7
16,7
7,3
17,6
11,9
12,0
16,1
16,1
9,1
16,1
11,9
11,9
60.7
%71
.3%
Trav
el a
nd
subs
isten
ce70
,973
,367
,281
,582
,265
,962
,859
,461
,961
,219
,219
,277
.5%
91.6
%
Venu
es a
nd fa
ciliti
es32
,933
,322
,125
,524
,426
,613
,116
,517
,516
,210
,610
,687
.5%
90.6
%
Inte
rest
and
ren
t on
land
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Tra
nsfe
rs a
nd
subs
idie
s6,
961,
16,
965,
16,
955,
17,
175,
27,
343,
77,
336,
97,
513,
07,
523,
97,
514,
88,
162,
26,
767,
96,
767,
995
.9%
99.9
%
Dep
artm
enta
l ag
enci
es a
nd
acco
unts
5,20
4,3
5,20
4,3
4,80
7,3
5,31
2,3
5,49
6,5
5,04
4,7
5,59
5,0
5,60
5,3
5,16
5,3
6,17
9,9
5,13
1,8
5,13
1,8
90.0
%93
.7%
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Pro
gram
me
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Audited outcome
Annual budget
Adjusted appropriation
Revised estimate
Outcome/annual budget average
(%)
Outcome/adjusted appropriation average (%)
Hig
her
educ
atio
n in
stitu
tions
, for
eign
go
vern
men
ts
and
inte
rnat
iona
l or
gani
satio
ns
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Publ
ic c
orpo
ratio
ns
and
priv
ate
ente
rpris
es1,
420,
11,
447,
11,
683,
51,
519,
91,
504,
81,
809,
31,
541,
91,
541,
91,
811,
71,
593,
21,
256,
61,
256,
610
9.3%
115.
1%
Non
-pro
fit
inst
itutio
ns33
6,1
313,
146
2,5
342,
834
1,6
481,
437
6,1
376,
153
3,6
388,
937
9,4
379,
412
8.6%
131.
7%
Hou
seho
lds
0,6
0,6
1,8
-0,
91,
5-
0,5
4,2
--
-97
9.7%
382.
5%
Pay
men
ts fo
r ca
pita
l ass
ets
21,4
22,5
21,1
13,9
13,9
10,2
2,8
2,8
7,8
2,8
3,4
3,4
104.
0%99
.9%
Mac
hine
ry a
nd
equi
pmen
t21
,422
,521
,113
,913
,910
,22,
82,
87,
82,
83,
43,
410
4.0%
99.9
%
Pay
men
ts fo
r fin
anci
al a
sset
s-
-0,
2-
-0,
1-
-0,
1-
--
0%0%
Tot
al
7,59
6,3
7,59
6,3
7,52
8,6
7,84
5,6
8,01
3,5
7,94
9,3
8,19
4,6
8,17
2,3
8,08
1,4
8,79
7,4
7,27
8,3
7,27
8,3
95.1
%99
.3%
C
PA
RT
CMEASURING
PERFORMANCE
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INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Internally, the Department is organised into five budget programmes to deliver on its mandate and contribute to the 2019-2024 MTSF Apex Priorities, as well as the recently launched South African Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, through six institutional outcomes with the associated 22 outcome indicators as indicated below. The budget programmes are as follows:
• Programme 1: Administration.
• Programme 2: Technology Innovation.
• Programme 3: International Cooperation and Resources.
• Programme 4: Research Development and Support.
• Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships.
The DSI is supported in the execution of its mandate by the following agencies/science councils and entities:
• The National Research Foundation (NRF).
• The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA).
• The South African National Space Agency (SANSA).
• The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
• The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
• The National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI).
• The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).
• The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP).
Over the next medium term, the DSI will continue to fund, support and facilitate an STI-enabling ecosystem and set out performance indicators and medium-term targets in support of the six institutional outcomes and 22 outcome indicators.
Outcome 1: A transformed, inclusive, responsive and coherent NSIIn support of Outcome 1, the Department has identified and adopted the following four outcome indicators to measure over the Strategic Plan period:
1.1 Number of formalised partnerships between different categories of actor in the NSI that advance decadal plan priorities.
1.2 Number of missions introduced and adopted by Cabinet over the next five years that crowd in resources and capabilities across the NSI.
1.3 Percentage increase in investment support by government that advances GERD towards 1,1% of GDP.
1.4 Number of signed strategies that give effect to the agreed dimensions of transformation to be effected in the NSI.
Through these outcomes, the Department will strive to improve the alignment of the NSI’s contribution to the NDP. This will be directed primarily through the decadal plan, though which the 2019 White Paper on STI will be implemented. The decadal plan will define critical STI interventions and missions/priorities for the country between 2020 and 2030, taking into account the recommendations of various reviews, and will guide the establishment of new NSI institutions, make proposals for the geospatial location and distribution of the new institutions, and propose new institutional forms to expedite the implementation of missions and critical research areas such as astronomy.
If the NSI is to grow its contribution to addressing national priorities, it is necessary to focus on the following:
• Enabling the modernisation of sectors of the economy such as manufacturing, agriculture and mining to ensure that these sectors are competitive and can contribute to higher GDP growth.
• Exploiting new industries based on new sources of growth, e.g. the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the circular economy.
• Increasing the NSI contribution to exports by putting in place measures to accelerate the conversion of research ideas and knowledge into products and services.
• Supporting grassroots innovators.
• Accelerating inclusivity and supporting new entrants into the economy, by supporting SMMEs and co-operatives via targeted research, development and innovation (RDI) instruments.
• Use technological advancement to contribute to an STI-enabled capable state for improved service delivery and decision making.
The 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation proposes that a “whole-of-society” approach be the cornerstone of the NSI’s contribution to national priorities. The NSI is made up of actors from government, the private sector, higher education institutions (HEIs), research organisations and civil society. Traditionally, partnerships between NSI players have been between HEIs or research councils and government or the private sector.
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Over the Strategic Plan term, more effort will be directed towards the formalisation of partnerships aligned to the mission approach of the decadal plan, with a particular emphasis on non-traditional NSI players such as NGOs and civil society youth organisations.
In increasing the number of formalised partnerships between different categories of NSI actors, interdepartmental teams have been established to propose areas of synergy and the efficient use of budgets towards the goals of the NDP, such as increased PhD production, increased knowledge and innovation outputs, and increased PhD qualifications specifically among staff across both the higher education and the science council and research facilities system. Bearing in mind that some subsets of the system are already operating optimally (80% of all PhDs and knowledge outputs are produced by five universities), the parts of the system that are not operating optimally, or that are under-represented and underserved, should receive particular attention. Historically disadvantaged institutions and individuals will receive targeted development support and funding to ensure that they contribute as much as possible to the research and knowledge enterprise.
On the international front, the DSI’s intention is to ensure a far greater focus on innovation partnerships involving South Africa, moving away from relatively small-scale, collaborative academic projects towards market-oriented research projects. There is a prominent role for STI in the achievement of the SDGs, and the DSI will continue using the SDGs to guide its multilateral policy framework for international engagement and cooperation with a view to facilitating a range of partnerships. These will be with development cooperation agencies, philanthropic organisations and multilateral bodies that make resources available to assist efforts to put STI at the service of South African society, or to leverage South African STI expertise to contribute to global development and advance South Africa’s foreign policy. Foreign policy includes the country’s international trade and investment agenda, especially the involvement of SMMEs in international cooperation activities and public-private partnerships.
The DSI will continue with its active leadership role in implementing the AU’s Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024), maximising benefits for the NSI and improving coordination so that strategic synergies can be exploited, especially in African STI partnerships, such as between the SADC and the AU. The Department will pursue initiatives supporting the AU’s Agenda 2063 and the SADC’s Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan. Bilateral cooperation through plans of action agreed to with other African partners will be prioritised.
Outcome 2: Human capabilities and skills for the economy and for developmentIn support of Outcome 2, the Department has identified the following five outcome indicators to measure over the strategic plan period:
2.1 Number of DSI-funded PhDs graduating annually as a contribution to the NDP target of 100 PhDs per million population by 2030.
2.2 Artisans and technicians absorbed into the economy in sectors where the DSI has active programmes.
2.3 Percentage increase of women and black researchers in the South African research workforce.
2.4 Percentage increase of PhD-qualified teaching and research staff.
2.5 Improved knowledge of science among citizens.
The 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation identifies the lack of transformation in the NSI as a challenge that needs to be addressed urgently. The DSI will continue to expand the transformation agenda in all its strategic STI focus areas over the medium term. Transformation is to be considered in six dimensions: (i) demographic transformation; (ii) transdisciplinary transformation; (iii) institutional transformation; (iv) transformation through the translation of science and innovation into societal benefit and fundamental economic transformation; (v) transformation through citizen science (public engagement); and (vi) digital transformation of the national system of innovation.
In 2020/21, the Department approved a new postgraduate funding policy that provides for full-cost support for certain groups of students, namely, the financially disadvantaged, students with disabilities, and exceptional academic achievers. The implementation of the policy will commence in 2021/22, with the consequence that comparably fewer postgraduate students will receive funding, but more will receive comprehensive funding. The Department will also finalise a tracer study on PhDs who graduated between 2001 and 2017/18. The South African Women in Science Awards, the South African Research Chairs Initiative, the centres of excellence, research grants, internships and special programmes such as Thuthuka have contributed to improving female representation, which has increased to 46% of the scientific workforce and, going beyond demographics, has seen a new type of knowledge generated. Going forward, while maintaining gains achieved on gender transformation, more effort is required to promote participation of black researchers towards achieving a more inclusive NSI.
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The science engagement campaign, guided by the Science Engagement Strategy, advances the intentions of the White Paper on STI to build a science-aware and science-literate society.
At transdisciplinary transformation level, the Department has mainstreamed the themes in research grants covering all knowledge fields using four unique instruments, namely the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Biennial Interface Conference, which brings research grant holders, knowledge holders and students together under specific themes; the annual Indigenous Knowledge Systems Conference and Expo, which showcases innovation across the fields of IKS; the Global Change Biennial Conference, which brings together researchers in Earth Systems Science, cutting across multiple disciplines; and the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap, a strategic instrument that earmarks multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary access to research infrastructure. Marine and polar science, and the palaeosciences, are research areas that use research instruments that promote transdisciplinary transformation, including the Habitable Planet programme under the Applied Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS), which introduces black students to the concept of Earth systems science.
Formal collaboration between the DSI and the Department of Basic Education dates back to 2004 and continues to encourage learners to participate in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and innovation (STEMI) subjects. The DSI has signed direct collaboration agreements with seven provincial departments of education, which has led to selected schools in these provinces participating in initiatives that contribute to the building of a STEMI human capital pipeline. In 2021/22, attention will be given to the remaining two provinces, while learners’ STEMI activities will be expanded in the provinces already collaborating with the DSI.
The DSI, with its entities, will continue supporting high-level human capital development (HCD) for the NSI through bursary support for postgraduate training in science, engineering and technology (SET). This is also intended to transform the NSI’s human resource base through postgraduate studies, particularly at PhD level, in terms of gender and race. Postgraduate funding in engineering will be a specific focus, in line with the recommendations of the Academy of Science of South Africa’s 2019 Status of Postgraduate Research Training in Engineering in South Africa report.
This DSI-commissioned study recommends the production of more master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering in line with the innovation and economic development priorities of the country, as identified in different sector master plans and the decadal plan for STI currently under development. Liaison between various DSI and Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) budget programmes will
contribute to the development of other upstream skills required for the country’s economic sectors.
The DSI and its entities, particularly the National Research Foundation, have enjoyed strong collaboration with the DHET in research development and support. The DSI, NRF and DHET will continue supporting the collaborations fostered with industry through the Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme to extend the initiative to postgraduate support. Between 2017/18 and 2019/20, the DHET provided R621 million in funding to the NRF for awarding postgraduate bursaries.
To address the high unemployment rate, especially among the youth, the Department, through the NRF, has been implementing the DSI-NRF Internship Programme. The Statistics SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the second quarter of 2020 has estimated youth (ages 15 to 34 years) unemployment to be at 44,7%. This is exacerbated by lack of workplace skills and formal work experience among graduates. The Internship Programme places unemployed SET and human and social sciences graduates at various research performing and research policy institutions throughout the country, allowing them to gain work experience under the supervision of mentors who are experts in their fields. In 2019/20, 1 091 interns were hosted by over 100 institutions.
The emerging researcher segment of the HCD pipeline continues to receive less funding than other parts of the pipeline, such as the next generation of researchers and established researchers’ segments. Financial resources need to be reprioritised in this area, as recommended in the CREST Study on Building a Cadre of Emerging Scholars for Higher Education in South Africa, to help increase the percentage of senior lecturers and lecturers who are PhD-qualified and publishing.
On the international front, the DSI will continue pursuing international HCD opportunities for South Africans, including access to global research infrastructure, specifically initiatives targeted at historically disadvantaged institutions and individuals as part of the DSI transformation framework.
In 2020/21, key science engagement stakeholders such as HEIs, science councils, government departments and relevant non-governmental organisations were consulted on the set of impact indicators on which to base a survey to measure South Africans’ relationships with science. The survey sample framework and technical report format has been approved by Exco. The focus in 2021/22 will be on developing data collection instruments, taking the DSI closer to the first survey, planned for 2023/24, dedicated to assessing the progress being made towards a society that is science-aware and scientifically literate as envisaged in the White Paper on STI. In sustaining the science awareness and engagement campaign to achieve this,
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key initiatives such as the annual National Science Week, science centres-based activities and school-level science engagement, which were placed on hold in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume in 2021/22, using a hybrid approach comprising virtual and physical participation by the target publics. The Cofimvaba Science Centre in the Eastern Cape will be launched to mark the piloting of an intergovernmental model for developing and managing science centres, which will be instrumental in informing a future policy approach to the development and support framework in South Africa.
The Department will also support the development of critical high-end skills in selected technology areas such as the bioeconomy, space science and technology, energy, intellectual property management, nanotechnology, robotics, photonics and areas of technology convergence that are important in building a knowledge society. This will be done in the form of specialised training interventions, and graduate and postgraduate student support in these areas. Support will also be directed towards the development of technical and artisan skills that will contribute to the deployment of newly developed innovations.
Outcome 3: Increased knowledge generation and innovation outputsIn support of Outcome 3, the Department has identified the following three outcome indicators to measure over the strategic plan period:
3.1 Increase South Africa’s share (percentage) of global publication outputs.
3.2 Percentage increase in prototypes, technology demonstrators and pilot plants that advance industrialisation.
3.3 Percentage increase in patent applications and design applications filed from publicly financed R&D.
South Africa’s research productivity compares favourably with countries such as Mexico, Chile, Greece, Malaysia, Turkey and Poland when it comes to world share and world rank. South Africa’s research outputs trebled between 1996 and 2014, and its world share of publications doubled from 0,4% to 0,88%. This contribution is higher than the ratio of the country’s population size relative to the global population. The target over the strategic plan term is to improve research productivity to 1% of global output.
South African universities account for 80% of research outputs, with science councils, national facilities and other public research institutions making up the rest. Measured against comparator countries, South African universities have lower ratios of PhD-qualified staff and the recently completed CREST Study on Building a Cadre of Emerging Scholars for Higher Education in South Africa shows that even PhD-qualified staff do not publish as a norm. Research productivity will be increased by fast-tracking
interventions aimed at PhD qualification attainment in the first place, and capacity-building interventions aimed at inculcating a research publication scholarship among the PhD-qualified staff. Underperforming research institutions such as historically disadvantaged institutions (HDIs) and universities of technology are to be targeted with customised programmes in line with their missions. This will include ring-fenced budget support for HCD and infrastructure grants.
The DSI will focus on investments that are geared towards supporting the translation of publicly financed intellectual property (IP) into social and economic value, using NIPMO’s database of disclosures of publicly financed IP as a basis for tracking the utilisation of IP via the conclusion of commercial agreements and the introduction of products and services to the public.
The DSI, with DHET, under the HDI Development Grant, will develop targeted programmes aimed at ensuring that a critical mass of publishing academics is established at HDIs, and at increasing research outputs per capita. DHET, through its Research Outputs Policy, rewards research outputs produced by researchers in public higher education institutions, while science councils, as public research institutions, do not benefit from the subsidy programme. An interdepartmental task team has been established to look at a subsidy programme for researchers in the science councils and other recognised research institutions, and the inclusion of a subsidy for innovation and other creative outputs. The task team will consider the expansion of the Research Output Submission System to include research outputs produced outside the university system. This is in line with the development of regulations that enable the Department to declare research institutions that are eligible for NRF funding.
The research chairs established through the South African Research Chairs Programme and the centre of excellence have been instrumental in increasing the country’s research outputs. During the MTEF the focus will be on ensuring alignment between the research outputs produced and the national priorities, to ensure that research conducted directly responds to the country’s developmental needs. Therefore, this requires a joint research agenda setting to improve utility of research outputs produced, including the involvement of relevant government departments to promote a transparent and seamless value chain from the formulation of research questions to the translation of research outputs into policies and innovations. Some progress has been made through the establishment of communities of practice, but more effort is required to maintain and expand this progress. Collaboration among researchers is key in achieving this. The promotion of multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary and intra-disciplinary research through local and international partnerships becomes even more critical.
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Over the strategic plan term, the Department will measure and track the number of outputs commercialised as a result of support provided in designated areas, e.g. licences; assignments; options of varying natures (such as directed research and joint ventures); start-ups, spinouts and new companies created; and distribution, manufacturing and sales agreements for products, processes and services. The commercialisation of products, processes and services may involve other departments, entities and market players, and therefore may fall outside the Department’s control.
The Department provides funding support in the form of research infrastructure grants to researchers and institutions across the innovation value chain. The grants include support for innovation infrastructure in the form of pilot plants, incubators, technology demonstrators and specialised facilities. The implementation of the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR) will continue over the MTSF period, with all 13 research infrastructures approved in the first edition of the roadmap being established or rolled out.
The implementation of the following projects of the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS) will continue: (i) the National e-Science Postgraduate Teaching and Training Platform, which offers a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary structured e-science master’s degree (postgraduate teaching and training programme), which is to be expanded in terms of the disciplines covered and institutions being added; (ii) increasing the number of awards offered through the National e-Research Support Programme; (iii) additional regional Tier 2 data nodes being established; and (iv) the National Big Data Strategy for Research, Development and Innovation being implemented.
An NDP target, under the theme “expanding access to communication technology”, is 100% broadband penetration by 2020. The DSI is contributing to this target through the roll-out of the South African National Research Network (SANReN) project. It is estimated that SANReN’s projected total available broadband capacity by the 2024/25 financial year will be 7 100 Gbps, which will be achieved through the addition of several new network links and sites, the upgrading of existing links and transmission equipment, and the activation of additional international West Africa Cable System (WACS) capacity. This translates into giving more than a million users access to broadband connectivity.
The Multiwavelength Astronomy Strategy seeks to position South African as a vibrant hub for astronomy facilities and sciences – harnessing South Africa’s geographical advantage of clear, dark skies and radio silence in the Northern Cape. For South Africa to become one of the leading nations in the discipline of astronomy, it has to develop world-class infrastructure and the requisite skills, allowing for notable scientific discoveries – this is already being made possible
by the completed MeerKAT telescope. The focus in the 2020-2025 period is on enhancing the scientific capabilities of the MeerKAT through the installation of S-band and L-band receivers, and expanding the MeerKAT by an additional 20 dishes. The DSI will also be working closely with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) and the Northern Cape government to ensure socio-economic benefits to the surrounding communities and to enhance public awareness of the project and the opportunities it presents.
The SKA Organisation is progressing well with preparations for SKA Phase 1, and South Africa continues to play an active role in the project. It was one of seven countries (with Australia, China, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom) to sign a treaty establishing the SKA Observatory on 12 March 2019. Other countries are expected to join later as the project progresses. South Africa is also working on getting the SKA Observatory treaty ratified by Parliament. The SKA Observatory is an intergovernmental organisation tasked with the construction and operations of the SKA radio telescope. The quality of astronomy infrastructure will allow world-class research.
The implementation of the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Act, 2019, will lead to the development of new policy initiatives. Regulations will have to be facilitated to enable the DSI to lead the implementation of the Act. A special services delivery unit (SSDU) will be established to serve as the authority regulating the IKS sector. The registration of indigenous knowledge through the National Recordal System will run on the SSDU platform. The setting up of institutional units for the recognition of prior learning in IKS disciplines will be a novel contribution by the DSI to developing human capabilities in ways currently outside the mainstream.
In the coming medium-term period, the Department aims to create capability for knowledge brokerage. The Earth Systems Science Research Programme, introduced under the Global Change Research Plan, has been a driver of several programmes under the NRF, the South African National Biodiversity Institute, the CSIR and the Agricultural Research Council. The intention is for the knowledge generated through these programmes to be entered into databases for analytics so that the outputs of knowledge products and services can be deployed in science services to solve problems arising from the climate change crisis, environmental degradation, desertification, loss of biodiversity, etc.
The establishment of an IK-based Bioinnovation Institute will be essential for interfacing and mainstreaming the wealth timeless African wisdoms for applied integral research, inclusive innovation, local technology transfer, holistic enterprise development and conscious commercialisation.
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The institute will be a precursor for the establishment of world-class natural products industries on the African continent.
Outcome 4: Knowledge utilisation for economic development – (a) revitalising existing traditional industries and (b) stimulating R&D-led industrial development
In support of Outcome 4, which involves (a) revitalising existing (traditional) industries and (b) stimulating R&D-led industrial development, the Department has identified the following four outcome indicators to measure progress over the strategic plan period:
4.1 Rand value of RDI investment attracted to support RDI needs identified through the sector master plan process.
4.2 Number of SMMEs/co-operatives whose performance has improved or who have secured new opportunities through support provided by the DSI and its entities.
4.3 Percentage increase in the commercialisation of granted intellectual property rights from publicly funded research and development (R&D).
4.4 Number of new R&D-led industrial development opportunities initiated by the DSI.
The Department is participating in the development of a number of sectoral master plans that will be implemented over the strategic planning period, including agriculture, the oceans economy, energy, mining and health. In partnership with other national, provincial and local government departments, the DSI will implement common flagship programmes in support of priority sectors as reflected in the national reimagined/revitalised industrial strategy.
Energy security remains a serious challenge for South Africa, with rolling blackouts caused by a lack of generating capacity at the country’s utility, leading to constrained economic growth, and crippling not only SMMEs but also production in the industrial sector. Progress in the electrification of rural households is hindered by difficult terrain which impedes the deployment of bulk infrastructure, while the growth of informal households in urban areas continues to be exacerbated by the steady influx of residents from rural areas of the country, leading to a decline in the percentage of households electrified in the economic hubs of Gauteng and the Western Cape. Partnering with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, the DSI will continue deploying fuel cells at government buildings and critical infrastructure such as airports, as well as rural formal and urban informal settlements, to assess whether alternative technologies such as fuel cells can reduce the impact of rolling blackouts on service delivery, as well as speed up the rate of electrification. Using industrial ports as the nerve centres for scaling up the use of clean hydrogen is a
critical step in the process of building a hydrogen economy in South Africa.
The recently released Integrated Resource Plan gives a clear indication that, while solar and wind technologies have an important role in the country’s electricity mix, a just transition requires STI to speed up the penetration of abatement technologies to minimise greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from existing and future fossil-based power-generation installations. A carbon capture and use flagship programme will therefore be introduced through a public-private partnership to find solutions that will protect the sustainable development of the country while revitalising existing sectors of the economy.
The role of energy storage in both the mobility and utility sector has been emphasised by the Green Transport Strategy recently released by the Department of Transport, as well as the announcement of Eskom on the roll-out of utility scale batteries in support of the country’s power system. Building on the successful launch of the pilot plant for the manufacturing of lithium-ion battery precursor materials, the Energy Storage Research, Development and Innovation Programme is putting in place strategic international partnerships (with Argonne National Laboratory) to speed up the commercialisation of technologies in the portfolio while strengthening relationships with local private-sector partners. The focus will be on producing precursor materials based on manganese in the early part of the value chain, and using South Africa’s abundant mineral resources of fluorspar as a source of electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries.
The introduction of new R&D-led/based products, processes and/or services into the market requires government to create the necessary enabling frameworks, to develop appropriate skills (including expert knowledge in the discipline and relevant to the technology, but also translational and technology commercialisation skills) and infrastructure to enable innovation, to support the demonstration and piloting of new technologies and upscale these where and when appropriate, and to ensure that suitable IP protection and support mechanisms are in place.
The indigenous knowledge-based bioinnovation sector will focus on interfacing and mainstreaming, through organised institutionalisation, the creation of high-end products (traditional medicines, cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals, including herbal beverages), enterprise development (SMME support) and the commercialisation of natural products.
The IK-Based Bioinnovation Institute framework is being finalised. The aim is to ensure the alignment of various players in the innovation system in order to create a seamless process from concept generation and applied research, to product development and commercialisation.
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Priority will be given to the development of COVID-19 solutions in terms of antiviral therapies, immune modulators, nutraceuticals and health supplements. This will be done under guidelines produced by the World Health Organization’s African Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19, which is chaired by a South African. The committee has endorsed a protocol for phase III clinical trials of herbal medicine for COVID-19.
Building on the partnership with WHO, the development of a proprietary African medicines policy, and establishment of the African medicines clinical trials working group and registration committees have also become areas of focus for South Africa. There is collaboration with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). This initiative facilitates the advanced development of IK-based products and the upscaling of SMMEs, and the manufacturing and commercialisation of natural products in a properly regulated environment. Both the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the Industrial Development Corporation have created a value-chain that will close existing commercialisation chasms and promote the flow of knowledge, research, innovation and commercialisation.
The DSI leads the RDI aspect of the national master plan programme on medicinal cannabis and hemp. The focus is on developing medicines, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals from cannabis. This work is being done together with other government departments in collaboration with civil society, academia and business, and is grounded on the principles of socio-economic transformation, especially the inclusion of for women and youth.
The National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO), which is the implementing office for the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act (IPR Act), stimulates greater economic and social returns (from IP generated through R&D activities conducted using public funds), through a number of interventions, including financial support for the offices of technology transfer (OTTs) at various research institutions, and the Intellectual Property Fund. By the end of 2018/19, NIPMO had provided financial support in excess of R176 million for, among other things, the creation of 132 posts for highly skilled individuals through the OTT Support Fund. Furthermore, financial support for the statutory protection and maintenance of IP rights has exceeded R160 million since the inception of the IP Fund. Both areas will continue receiving support in the 2021/22 financial year. These interventions are all aimed at equipping institutions to increase knowledge utilisation to advance economic and social development, through the recognition and protection of IP.
The Department will continue to scale-up its network of technology stations/platforms in order to provide cross-cutting/cross-sector technological support for SMMEs, potential entrepreneurs and co-operatives. Access to
technological support is essential in new product/process development (or improvement) and in developing prototypes and concept demonstrators.
The Department will also continue managing a portfolio of projects with the potential of creating new industries or rejuvenating existing industries. The current projects in this portfolio are the Aeroswift additive manufacturing machine, the mining extraction RDI programme, the bioeconomy, hydrogen fuel cells, and the fourth phase of the Fluorochemicals Expansion Initiative.
Outcome 5: Knowledge utilisation for inclusive developmentIn support of Outcome 5, the Department has identified the following outcome indicators to measure over the strategic plan period:
5.1 Grassroots innovations whose commercialisation has been facilitated by the support/access of the multi-tiered support package provided by the DSI.
5.2 Publicly financed IP made available in support of grassroots innovators.
In focusing on these two outcomes, the DSI will be advancing its commitment to an inclusive and responsive NSI, characterised by equitable access to the knowledge infrastructure. These outcomes premised on inclusion are key for reimagining the NSI as inclusive with a broader concept of innovation in line with the national development profile and social dynamics. In using the multi-tiered package to support the commercialisation of grassroots innovations, the key aspects will include technology development; compliance with industry standards (where applicable); and protection of IP and mentorship. These aspects are key in enabling the participation of grassroots innovators, who are often marginalised in technology-based economic development opportunities. As part of enhancing the use of IP generated from publicly funded research, the DSI will facilitate access to this IP, working with relevant partners. There will be a more deliberate focus on IP related to solutions that enable and improve access to basic services; strengthen the capacity of the state in service delivery; and promote the inclusion of women, young people, and people living with disabilities.
In pursuing the two outcomes, the DSI will focus on strengthening partnerships with relevant government departments and research institutions, organisations responsible for compliance and setting standards, higher education and post-school institutions, the private sector and non-profit organisations. These partners are all key in providing a systemic and approach comprehensive support to grassroots innovation, ensuring that its potential role in economic development is realised and enhanced. The focus on facilitating the commercialisation of grassroots innovation and its access to publicly available
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IP will be pursued in line with the commitment for the deployment of locally developed technology solutions. The instruments used will include technology demonstrations, agroprocessing facilities, and support for entrepreneurs.
While focused on technology development and commercialisation, the aim of knowledge for inclusive development is innovation deployment, i.e. ensuring that creative ideas find expression in the market. The following are some ways of promoting inclusive development:
• Encouraging science-based risk-taking to enable innovations to be tested for market readiness and transforming the use or application of conventional products or services.
• Full value chain assessment and development (e.g. in the creation of technology platforms and preclinical capabilities).
• Coordinating stakeholders and role players to maximise transmission to market opportunity (e.g. using stakeholder committees to steer programmes).
• Co-funding to ensure that the limited resources of the DSI are extended (e.g. through partnerships with other government departments or the private sector).
• Adopting an NSI approach, which recognises that skills, resources and opportunities are highly dynamic, and that networking and facilitating partnerships beyond public support is essential.
Outcome 6: Innovation in support of a capable and developmental stateIn support of Outcome 6, the Department has identified the following four outcome indicators to measure over the strategic plan period:
6.1 Increase in the number of use cases of decision-support systems.
6.2 Number of demonstrators that have successfully introduced a new way of delivering a service.
6.3 Number of district/metropolitan municipalities supported with technology-based applications as part of the District Development Model for Service Delivery Improvement.
6.4 Evidence of informed integration of innovation in service delivery.
The DSI is a national department that does not have a provincial or local footprint, which can be a challenge in implementing national STI interventions. However, through the Regional Innovation Support Programme, the DSI is contributing to the development of innovation ecosystems and a capable and developmental state. A concerted effort is being made to increase the spatial footprint of innovation support so that innovation can enable localised socio-economic development. Provincial growth and development and local economic development strategies will be studied to enable the Department to better align its innovation-support interventions with the District Development Model.
Since service delivery is implemented at local government level, this is where technology deployment in support of a capable state is needed. It is necessary to pilot technologies that facilitate service delivery to ensure appropriate technology deployment – for waste management, water and wastewater management, housing, sanitation and energy provision, among others. In order to address South Africa’s climate and SDG obligations, technologies for the circular economy must be included to enable the transition to a low-carbon economy.
To build a coherent system to address both SDGs and climate change effects, a digital economy is required. The DSI will contribute to this through focused programmes that enable innovation and build capacity in the post-school system in ICT domains such as data science, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and cybersecurity. Capacity to use 5G and other wireless technologies optimally must also be developed, enabling the state and citizens to take advantage of digital economy opportunities.
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Purpose
To provide strategic policy and planning alignment, ensure effective governance, risk management, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) within DSI and among entities, and provide strategic science communication and branding of the activities of the DSI, its entities and the national system of innovation (NSI).
PROGRAMME 1: Administration
Chief directoratesProgramme 1 is organised around two focus areas, namely, administration, policy, budgeting and planning. The Programme consists of the following components:
The Ministry and the Office of the Director-General
Supports the Minister, Deputy Minister and Director-General by providing professional and executive support. This component is responsible for the systems and
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mechanisms for handling Parliamentary questions and replies, Cabinet matters, correspondence, submissions and memoranda. It also coordinates activities within the Department to assist in steering the NSI towards the development of a knowledge-intensive economy with higher productivity levels.
Enterprise Risk Management
Provides and drives an enabling environment in support of the identification, management and oversight of risks across strategic, tactical and operational levels in the Department. This role includes ensuring that countering fraud and/or corruption is made an integral part of strategy, operations and administration within the Department.
Policy, Planning, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation
Supports the DSI leadership in steering the NSI by facilitating the coordination of selected cross-cutting issues in the Department, strategic and operational planning, monitoring and evaluation for the Department and its public entities, and governance of the public entities, in order to assist the Department and its entities to contribute to the realisation of departmental and national priorities.
Internal Audit
Serves as the primary assurance tool for improving the Department’s governance, risk management and management controls by providing insight and recommendations based on the analysis and assessment of data and business processes, including annual performance information.
Human Resources Management
Ensures that the Department is able to (a) provide a professional service through accurate, consistent and best employment practices in all its activities; (b) attract, retain and motivate employees who share the organisational vision; (c) champion organisational transition, with a view to ensuring that change is embraced; (d) set performance standards and manage performance against them; (e) promote an environment that supports the personal and career development of all employees so that they can reach their full potential and contribute better to the achievement of the Department’s strategic objectives; (f) instil a culture of service excellence; and (g) provide an environment that promotes health, wellness and safety, and embraces the value of diversity.
Finance
Ensures the effective, efficient and economical use of financial resources in line with financial prescripts, through the development and implementation of financial systems, policies, frameworks and procedures. This includes budget planning and expenditure monitoring, and the management
of procurement, acquisition, logistics, assets and financial transactions.
Information Systems and Knowledge Management
Is responsible for the delivery of services that support the Department’s strategic plan and individual units’ objectives through the effective use of information technology, the institutionalisation of knowledge management, and the preservation of the Department’s institutional memory. Its purpose is to align the Information Systems and Knowledge Management Strategy with the business strategy to ensure that the Department achieves optimum use of its resources. In addition, the chief directorate is tasked with the responsibility of providing cutting-edge technologies that will optimise the use of information in a reliable and secure manner. This includes the implementation of effective and efficient business systems that meet users’ needs, the provision of reliable IT infrastructure, and creating capacity for proper information management and business intelligence.
Science Communication
Provides strategic communication support to raise local and international awareness of the objectives and activities of the Department, its entities and the NSI, as well as to ensure effective communication among DSI, entity and NSI stakeholders. It seeks to provide the public with timely, accurate and clear information that is widely accessible to all South Africans about government policies, programmes, plans, services and initiatives in a non-partisan way, thus making it accountable to the public it serves. Its overall focus is to create public awareness and brand the Department as a custodian of developments, benefits and opportunities in publicly funded STI initiatives across the country’s science system. Through the branding of the Department and its entities, it will demonstrate how the Department is “Making sure it’s possible”, and how, through the DSI’s various initiatives, STI can transform and empower society. It promotes dialogue between citizens and government, including on policy, and establishes partnerships with a range of stakeholders, including the private sector, higher and post-school education institutions, and research institutions.
Legal Services
Responsible for ensuring that the interests of the Department are protected against any legal risk. The component ensures that the Department complies with all relevant legislation and takes a proactive approach to dealing with matters that have the potential to give rise to conflict or legal challenges.
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024
Dec
adal
pla
n fo
r th
e na
tiona
l sy
stem
of
inno
vatio
n
App
rove
d de
cada
l pla
n to
im
plem
ent
the
2019
Whi
te
Pape
r on
Sci
ence
Te
chno
logy
and
In
nova
tion
--
-Fi
nalis
atio
n of
th
e de
cada
l pla
n an
d ap
prov
al b
y C
abin
et b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
021
Fina
lisat
ion
of
the
deca
dal p
lan
and
appr
oval
by
Cab
inet
by
30 Ju
ne 2
021
Impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
dec
adal
pl
an p
riorit
ies
by
31 M
arch
202
3
Impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
dec
adal
pl
an p
riorit
ies
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Redu
ce v
acan
cy
rate
Pe
rcen
tage
of
appr
oved
fund
ed
posit
ions
fille
d an
nual
ly
--
-75
% o
f all
appr
oved
fund
ed
posit
ions
fille
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
85%
of a
ll ap
prov
ed fu
nded
po
sitio
ns fi
lled
by
31 M
arch
202
2
90%
of a
ll ap
prov
ed fu
nded
po
sitio
ns fi
lled
by
31 M
arch
202
3
94%
of a
ll ap
prov
ed fu
nded
po
sitio
ns fi
lled
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Goo
d fin
anci
al
gove
rnan
ceU
nqua
lified
aud
it op
inio
n w
ith n
o fin
anci
al m
atte
rs
in t
he a
udit
repo
rt fr
om t
he
Aud
itor-G
ener
al
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
aud
it re
port
from
the
A
udito
r-Gen
eral
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
aud
it re
port
from
the
A
udito
r-Gen
eral
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
aud
it re
port
from
the
A
udito
r-Gen
eral
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
aud
it re
port
from
the
A
udito
r-Gen
eral
by
30
Sept
embe
r 20
20
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
aud
it re
port
from
the
A
udito
r-Gen
eral
by
30
Sept
embe
r 20
21
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
aud
it re
port
from
the
A
udito
r-Gen
eral
by
30
Sept
embe
r 20
22
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
aud
it re
port
from
the
A
udito
r-Gen
eral
by
30
Sept
embe
r 20
23
PROG
RAMM
E 1
43DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
PROG
RAMM
E 1
Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
A t
rans
form
ed,
incl
usiv
e,
resp
onsiv
e an
d co
here
nt N
SI
Med
ia a
nd
mar
ketin
g in
itiat
ives
to
profi
le t
he D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es
Num
ber
of
med
ia p
latfo
rms
used
to
prom
ote
the
DSI
and
its
entit
ies
--
-Si
x pl
atfo
rms
(prin
t, br
oadc
ast,
onlin
e,
med
ia li
aiso
n,
stak
ehol
der
enga
gem
ent
and
soci
al m
edia
) to
pr
ofile
the
DSI
an
d its
ent
ities
by
31 M
arch
202
1
Six
plat
form
s (p
rint,
broa
dcas
t, on
line,
m
edia
liai
son,
st
akeh
olde
r en
gage
men
t an
d so
cial
med
ia)
to
profi
le t
he D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
022
Six
plat
form
s (p
rint,
broa
dcas
t, on
line,
m
edia
liai
son,
st
akeh
olde
r en
gage
men
t an
d so
cial
med
ia)
to
profi
le t
he D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
023
Six
plat
form
s (p
rint,
broa
dcas
t, on
line,
m
edia
liai
son,
st
akeh
olde
r en
gage
men
t an
d so
cial
med
ia)
to
profi
le t
he D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es
by
31
Mar
ch
2024
Num
ber
of
bran
ding
in
itiat
ives
de
velo
ped
and
impl
emen
ted
--
-Tw
o na
tiona
l th
emat
ic
cam
paig
n re
port
s on
the
br
andi
ng r
oll-o
ut
initi
ativ
es b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
021
Two
natio
nal
them
atic
ca
mpa
ign
repo
rts
on t
he
bran
ding
rol
l-out
in
itiat
ives
by
31 M
arch
202
2
Two
natio
nal
them
atic
ca
mpa
ign
repo
rts
on t
he
bran
ding
rol
l-out
in
itiat
ives
by
31 M
arch
202
3
Two
natio
nal
them
atic
ca
mpa
ign
repo
rts
on t
he
bran
ding
rol
l-out
in
itiat
ives
by
31 M
arch
202
4
44 DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
Tab
le 3
: Ind
icat
ors,
ann
ual a
nd q
uart
erly
tar
gets
for
the
2021
/22
finan
cial
yea
r
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor3
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
1.D
SI p
ublic
ent
ities
’ ann
ual
perfo
rman
ce p
lans
an
d C
SIR
shar
ehol
der
com
pact
app
rove
d by
the
M
inist
er a
nd s
igne
d by
the
ch
airp
erso
ns o
f the
boa
rds
DSI
pub
lic e
ntiti
es’ 2
022/
23
annu
al p
erfo
rman
ce p
lans
(N
RF, H
SRC
, TIA
, SA
NSA
, N
AC
I and
ASS
Af)
and
CSI
R sh
areh
olde
r co
mpa
ct
appr
oved
by
the
Min
ister
an
d sig
ned
chai
rper
sons
of
the
boar
ds b
y 31
Mar
ch
2022
(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
Firs
t dr
aft A
PPs
and
shar
ehol
der
com
pact
s fo
r D
SI p
ublic
ent
ities
sub
mitt
ed
to N
T an
d th
e D
PME
by 3
0 O
ctob
er 2
021
for
conc
urre
nce
Seco
nd a
nd fi
nal d
raft
APP
s an
d sh
areh
olde
r co
mpa
cts
for
DSI
pub
lic
entit
ies
appr
oved
by
the
Min
ister
and
sig
ned
by t
he
chai
rper
son
of t
he b
oard
s by
Fe
brua
ry 2
022
2.A
ppro
ved
deca
dal p
lan
to
impl
emen
t th
e 20
19 W
hite
Pa
per
on S
cien
ce T
echn
olog
y an
d In
nova
tion
Fina
lisat
ion
of t
he d
ecad
al
plan
and
app
rova
l by
Cab
inet
by
30 Ju
ne 2
021
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
Cab
inet
app
rova
l of t
he
deca
dal p
lan
Con
sulta
tion
with
NSI
st
akeh
olde
rsA
lignm
ent
of s
trat
egic
pla
ns
and
APP
s of
the
DSI
and
its
ent
ities
and
the
CSI
R sh
areh
olde
r co
mpa
ct t
o th
e de
cada
l pla
n pr
iorit
ies
Alig
nmen
t of
SP
and
APP
s of
the
DSI
and
its
entit
ies
and
the
CSI
R sh
areh
olde
r co
mpa
ct t
o th
e de
cada
l pla
n pr
iorit
ies
3.Pe
rcen
tage
of a
ppro
ved
fund
ed p
ositi
ons
fille
d an
nual
ly
85%
of a
ll ap
prov
ed fu
nded
po
sitio
ns fi
lled
by 3
1 M
arch
20
22(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et85
% o
f all
appr
oved
fund
ed
posit
ions
fille
d by
31
Mar
ch
2022
4.U
nqua
lified
aud
it op
inio
n w
ith n
o fin
anci
al m
atte
rs in
th
e au
dit
repo
rt fr
om t
he
Aud
itor-G
ener
al
Unq
ualifi
ed a
udit
opin
ion
with
no
finan
cial
mat
ters
in
the
aud
it re
port
from
th
e A
udito
r-Gen
eral
by
30
Sept
embe
r 20
21(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etU
nqua
lified
aud
it op
inio
n w
ith n
o fin
anci
al m
atte
rs in
th
e au
dit
repo
rt fr
om t
he
Aud
itor-G
ener
al
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
PROG
RAMM
E 1
3 Th
e te
chni
cal i
ndic
ator
des
crip
tion
for
each
out
put
perfo
rman
ce in
dica
tor
deta
iling
sour
ce d
ata,
met
hod
of c
alcu
latio
n, m
eans
of v
erifi
catio
n, e
tc., i
s se
t ou
t in
Par
t D
.
45DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor3
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
5.N
umbe
r of
med
ia p
latfo
rms
used
to
prom
ote
the
DSI
an
d its
ent
ities
Six
plat
form
s (p
rint,
broa
dcas
t, on
line,
med
ia
liaiso
n, s
take
hold
er
enga
gem
ent
and
soci
al
med
ia)
to p
rofil
e th
e D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es b
y 31
Mar
ch
2022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
Six
plat
form
s (p
rint,
broa
dcas
t, on
line,
med
ia
liaiso
n, s
take
hold
er
enga
gem
ent
and
soci
al
med
ia)
to p
rofil
e th
e D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es
Six
plat
form
s (p
rint,
broa
dcas
t, on
line,
med
ia
liaiso
n, s
take
hold
er
enga
gem
ent
and
soci
al
med
ia)
to p
rofil
e th
e D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es
Six
plat
form
s (p
rint,
broa
dcas
t, on
line,
med
ia
liaiso
n, s
take
hold
er
enga
gem
ent
and
soci
al
med
ia)
to p
rofil
e th
e D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es
Six
plat
form
s (p
rint,
broa
dcas
t, on
line,
med
ia
liaiso
n, s
take
hold
er
enga
gem
ent
and
soci
al
med
ia)
to p
rofil
e th
e D
SI
and
its e
ntiti
es
6.N
umbe
r of
bra
ndin
g in
itiat
ives
dev
elop
ed a
nd
impl
emen
ted.
Two
natio
nal t
hem
atic
ca
mpa
ign
repo
rts
on t
he
bran
ding
rol
l-out
initi
ativ
es
by 3
1 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etO
ne r
oll-o
ut b
rand
ing
initi
ativ
es (
them
atic
bi
llboa
rds
and
soci
al m
edia
) ac
ross
pro
vinc
es a
nd
met
ropo
litan
mun
icip
aliti
es
No
targ
etTw
o ro
ll-ou
t br
andi
ng
initi
ativ
es (
them
atic
bi
llboa
rds
and
soci
al m
edia
) ac
ross
pro
vinc
es a
nd
met
ropo
litan
mun
icip
aliti
es
3 Th
e te
chni
cal i
ndic
ator
des
crip
tion
for
each
out
put
perfo
rman
ce in
dica
tor
deta
iling
sour
ce d
ata,
met
hod
of c
alcu
latio
n, m
eans
of v
erifi
catio
n, e
tc., i
s se
t ou
t in
Par
t D
.
PROG
RAMM
E 1
46 DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
Exp
lana
tion
of p
lann
ed p
erfo
rman
ce o
ver
the
med
ium
ter
m
Ove
r the
med
ium
-ter
m, t
he b
udge
t pro
gram
me
aim
s to
pro
vide
cen
tral
ised
stra
tegi
c ad
min
istra
tive
supp
ort;
stra
tegi
c po
licy
and
plan
ning
alig
nmen
t; ef
fect
ive
corp
orat
e go
vern
ance
, ris
k m
anag
emen
t an
d m
onito
ring
and
eval
uatio
n; s
trat
egic
sci
ence
com
mun
icat
ion
with
sta
keho
lder
s on
the
act
iviti
es o
f th
e D
SI a
nd t
he N
SI; a
nd e
ffect
ive
hum
an r
esou
rce
man
agem
ent
with
in t
he D
epar
tmen
t, in
clud
ing
staf
fing,
hum
an r
esou
rce
deve
lopm
ent,
perfo
rman
ce m
anag
emen
t, la
bour
rel
atio
ns a
nd h
uman
res
ourc
e ad
min
istra
tive
syst
ems.
Effe
ctiv
e fin
anci
al m
anag
emen
t pra
ctic
es, in
clud
ing
man
agem
ent a
ccou
ntin
g, fin
anci
al a
ccou
ntin
g an
d su
pply
cha
in m
anag
emen
t and
ass
et m
anag
emen
t, w
ill be
impl
emen
ted,
in li
ne
with
the
req
uire
men
ts o
f the
Pub
lic F
inan
ce M
anag
emen
t Act
(PF
MA
).
Part
icul
ar a
tten
tion
will
be g
iven
to
effe
ctiv
e ca
sh fl
ow m
anag
emen
t w
ithin
the
org
anisa
tion
to e
nsur
e th
at t
he D
epar
tmen
t re
mai
ns w
ithin
its
bud
geta
ry a
lloca
tions
, tak
ing
cogn
isanc
e of
the
curr
ent e
cono
mic
env
ironm
ent a
nd fi
scal
con
stra
ints
. The
mon
itorin
g an
d ev
alua
tion
of th
e fin
anci
al m
anag
emen
t of p
ublic
ent
ities
rep
ortin
g to
the
Dep
artm
ent
will
be s
tren
gthe
ned.
The
bud
get
prog
ram
me
supp
orts
tw
o of
the
six
dep
artm
enta
l out
com
es t
hat
have
bee
n ad
opte
d, n
amel
y, a
tran
sfor
med
, incl
usiv
e, r
espo
nsiv
e an
d co
here
nt
NSI
; and
inno
vatio
n in
sup
port
of a
cap
able
and
dev
elop
men
tal s
tate
.
The
tabl
e be
low
set
s ou
t ho
w t
he m
ediu
m-t
erm
bud
get
allo
catio
n (2
021/
22 –
R32
8 19
6; 2
022/
23 –
R32
2 55
0; a
nd 2
023/
24 –
R33
3 29
3) w
ill be
use
d to
rea
lise
the
budg
et
prog
ram
me
outp
uts
iden
tified
in b
oth
the
2021
/22
Ann
ual P
erfo
rman
ce P
lan
and
the
2021
/22
Ann
ual O
pera
tiona
l Pla
n.
Rec
onci
ling
perf
orm
ance
tar
gets
wit
h th
e bu
dget
and
MT
EF
Tab
le 4
: Adm
inis
trat
ion
expe
ndit
ure
esti
mat
es
R’0
00P
rogr
amm
eE
xpen
ditu
re o
utco
me
Adj
uste
dap
prop
riat
ion
Med
ium
-ter
m e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Min
istry
8 25
08
949
2 89
6 5
886
5 51
55
559
5 55
9
Inst
itutio
nal p
lann
ing
and
supp
ort
196
466
201
424
170
099
141
180
169
004
171
181
171
504
Cor
pora
te s
ervi
ces
145
640
166
993
144
235
151
434
148
119
150
107
150
506
Offi
ce a
ccom
mod
atio
n7
548
2 15
634
846
5
607
5 55
85
703
5 72
4
TO
TA
L35
7 90
437
9 52
235
2 07
6 30
4 10
732
8 19
633
2 55
033
3 29
3C
ompe
nsat
ion
of e
mpl
oyee
s16
7 50
717
9 73
416
1 36
917
1 90
117
0 01
017
0 18
417
0 18
3
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
151
683
174
834
160
103
113
208
140
069
143
686
144
236
Tran
sfer
s an
d su
bsid
ies
17 5
2614
595
22 7
2315
594
15 2
6415
665
15 7
26
Paym
ents
for
capi
tal a
sset
s21
085
10 2
417
774
3 40
42
853
3 01
53
148
Paym
ents
for
finan
cial
ass
ets
103
118
107
--
--
TO
TA
L35
7 90
437
9 52
235
2 07
630
4 10
732
8 19
633
2 55
033
3 29
3
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Tab
le 5
: Upd
ated
key
ris
ks a
nd m
itig
atio
n –
Adm
inis
trat
ion
Out
com
eK
ey r
isks
Mit
igat
ion
acti
on
Out
com
e 1:
A t
rans
form
ed, in
clus
ive,
re
spon
sive
and
cohe
rent
NSI
Sub-
optim
al im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he 2
019
Whi
te P
aper
.Es
tabl
ishm
ent
of M
inist
ers’
Scie
nce,
Tec
hnol
ogy
and
inno
vatio
n st
ruct
ure
(Min
ister
ial l
evel
com
mitt
ee
for
scie
nce
tech
nolo
gy a
nd in
nova
tion)
Esta
blish
men
t of
the
Pre
siden
cy-le
vel S
TI P
lena
ry.
Pres
enta
tion
of t
he fi
nalis
ed D
ecal
Pla
n to
Clu
ster
s an
d in
corp
orat
e in
put
rece
ived
.
Insu
ffici
ent
dem
onst
ratio
n of
soc
io-
econ
omic
impa
ct o
f STI
.M
&E
deve
lopm
ent
of s
ocio
-eco
nom
ic a
nd e
nviro
nmen
tal o
utco
me
and
impa
ct in
dica
tors
.V
irtu
al B
row
n ba
g se
ssio
ns w
ith D
SI t
o ra
ise a
war
enes
s on
pla
nnin
g an
d M
&E
linka
ges
(to
inte
rnal
ise
the
Whi
te P
aper
). (D
ue t
o lo
ckdo
wn
mea
sure
s im
pose
d)
Misa
lignm
ent
of E
ntity
obj
ectiv
es w
ith D
SI’s
obje
ctiv
es.
No
actio
n pl
ans
requ
ired
as a
ll co
ntro
ls ar
e ef
fect
ive
and
the
resid
ual r
isk e
xpos
ure
is eq
ual t
o re
quire
d re
sidua
l risk
exp
osur
e. T
his
a lo
w r
isk, m
anag
emen
t w
ill co
ntin
ue t
o m
onito
r an
y ch
ange
s
Stak
ehol
ders
(pu
blic
) un
info
rmed
and
/or
unaw
are
of t
he w
ork/
offe
rings
of t
he D
SI/
NSI
.
Impl
emen
tatio
n an
d ro
ll-ou
t of
the
Com
mun
icat
ion
cam
paig
ns a
imed
at
exte
rnal
aud
ienc
es, a
nd
repo
rts
will
be g
ener
ated
at
end
of e
ach
cam
paig
n (b
i-ann
ual).
Hos
ting
virt
ual e
vent
s (t
he c
halle
nge
rem
ains
the
poo
r in
tern
al a
nd e
xter
nal B
road
band
cov
erag
e).
Enga
gem
ents
with
com
mun
ities
thr
ough
the
use
of c
omm
unity
rad
ios
to r
each
the
rur
al, m
argi
naliz
ed
or g
rass
root
com
mun
ities
.Br
andi
ng in
itiat
ives
dev
elop
ed a
nd im
plem
ente
d.
Out
com
e 6:
Inno
vatio
n in
sup
port
of a
ca
pabl
e an
d de
velo
pmen
tal s
tate
Inac
cura
te, u
nrel
iabl
e an
d in
com
plet
e re
port
ing
of a
ctua
l ach
ieve
men
ts a
gain
st
pred
eter
min
ed o
bjec
tives
as
indi
cate
d in
th
e A
PP (
Qua
lified
Aud
it O
pini
on o
n no
n-fin
anci
al p
erfo
rman
ce).
Impl
emen
tatio
n an
d m
onito
ring
of t
he D
epar
tmen
t of
Sci
ence
and
Inno
vatio
n Pe
rform
ance
In
form
atio
n Re
port
ing
Gui
delin
es. (
The
purp
ose
of t
his
docu
men
t is
to c
larif
y th
e ro
les
of P
rogr
amm
e M
anag
emen
t, M
onito
ring
and
Eval
uatio
n (M
&E)
and
Inte
rnal
Aud
it A
ctiv
ity (
IAA
) in
ens
urin
g th
at
Perfo
rman
ce In
form
atio
n (P
I) re
port
ed is
acc
urat
e, c
ompl
ete,
rel
iabl
e an
d va
lid).
Del
ay in
the
fillin
g of
prio
ritise
d po
sts.
Faci
litat
e th
e an
nual
rev
iew
and
app
rova
l of a
ll Jo
b D
escr
iptio
nsFa
cilit
ate
dedi
cate
d re
crui
tmen
t pr
oces
ses
for
scar
ce s
kills
Stre
amlin
e pr
oces
ses
and
alig
n th
e de
part
men
t`s
recr
uitm
ent
plan
with
the
DPS
A a
dver
tisem
ent
sche
dule
Benc
hmar
k Jo
b D
escr
iptio
ns w
ith s
imila
r po
sitio
ns in
oth
er d
epar
tmen
ts
Ove
r an
d m
ater
ial u
nder
spe
ndin
g of
the
D
SI b
udge
t.Im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he b
udge
t re
stru
ctur
ing
proc
ess
Enha
nce
the
qual
ity o
f the
bud
get
bids
by
star
ting
the
proc
ess
earli
er.
Inef
fect
ive
Proc
urem
ent
syst
emEn
gage
with
HR
to c
ondu
ct s
kills
aud
it fo
r SC
M.
Eval
uate
the
pos
sibilit
y to
acq
uire
a p
rocu
rem
ent
syst
em t
o pa
y.
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Purpose
To promote technology development and the protection and utilisation of publicly funded intellectual property for innovation with socio-economic impact.
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Chief directoratesThe Programme is made up of four chief directorates and one specialised service delivery unit.
Bioinnovation
Bioinnovation leads the implementation of the national Bio-economy Strategy, which was approved by Cabinet in 2013 and is intended to ensure that the bioeconomy makes a significant contribution to the South African economy. The strategy focuses on the following:
• Strengthening the research and innovation competencies that form the strategic foundation for the bio-based NSI.
• Developing and/or supporting strategic RDI programmes that provide for new knowledge and innovation outcomes related to the government’s priority requirements.
• Coordinating role players across the NSI to ensure that appropriate skills, knowledge and competencies are made available to maximise socio-economic impact.
• Mainstreaming applied IKS-based R&D, inclusive innovation and local manufacturing to support commercialisation models for sustainable livelihoods and improved quality of life.
The chief directorate has four directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Agriculture, Indigenous Knowledge-Based Technology Innovation, Industry and Environment, and Health Innovation.
Hydrogen and Energy
The chief directorate supports the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, contributing to a more diverse and sustainable energy mix by enabling the widespread commercialisation of battery, fuel cell, renewable and low-carbon technologies based on publicly funded intellectual property rights. It supports the competitiveness and penetration of clean and alternative energy technologies through research, development and validation efforts with current technologies in terms of cost and performance while fostering strategic partnerships with the public and private sectors to reduce the institutional and market barriers to their commercialisation.
The chief directorate has three directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Hydrogen and Energy, Transport Fuels and Renewable Energy, and Power.
Space Science and Technology
The government recognises the potential role of space science and technology to contribute to a wide spectrum of South Africa national priorities, creating jobs and
reducing poverty and inequality through natural resource management, urban and rural development planning, and infrastructure monitoring and evaluation.
The chief directorate supports the creation of an environment conducive to the implementation of the National Space Strategy and the South African Earth Observation Strategy, as well as addressing the development of space technologies, innovative solutions and human capital to respond to national priorities and boost socio-economic growth. The chief directorate also plays a critical oversight function over the South African National Space Agency (SANSA).
The chief directorate has two directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Earth Observation and Space Science.
Innovation Priorities and Instruments
The chief directorate supports and strengthens the innovation policy package (and related interventions) with the aim of creating and sustaining an enabling environment for innovation, technology development, and the utilisation, including commercialisation, of publicly funded R&D initiatives. It does this by identifying, developing, creating and supporting policy and institutional structures that facilitate technology development and its progression into national and international markets.
The chief directorate also supports the development and implementation of emerging technologies, in areas such as synthetic biology, structural biology, systems biology and functional genomics (collectively comprising the South African BioDesign Initiative), nanotechnology, photonics and robotics, and converging technologies that have the potential to influence and affect social and economic development positively. These emerging technologies are being brought together under the Converging Technologies Platform, which seeks to emphasise their role in providing solutions to complex social and economic challenges in their integrated form.
The chief directorate supports the building of innovation and entrepreneurship culture through industry internships in partnership with the Technology Top 100 companies. It has oversight of the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and also augments seed, technology development and commercialisation funding. The chief directorate implements the Innovation Fund, which seeks to promote the commercialisation of publicly funded R&D.
The chief directorate has two directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Emerging Research Areas and Innovation Instruments.
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National Intellectual Property Management Office
NIPMO, established as the implementing agency for the IPR Act, is currently located in the Department as a specialised service delivery unit. NIPMO’s mandate is to ensure that intellectual property from publicly financed research and development is identified, protected, utilised and commercialised for the benefit (social, economic, military or any other) of the people of South Africa.
NIPMO ensures this mandate through numerous enabling mechanisms and the enforcement of compliance provisions, as set out in the IPR Act. NIPMO supports offices of technology transfer (OTTs) at institutions (27 higher education institutions and 11 institutions listed in Schedule 1 of the IPR Act, which are mostly science councils) by providing funding assistance for the salaries of technology transfer professions in the OTT, associated capacity development, operational costs as well as technology
transfer-related costs for business case development, intellectual property audits, and techno-economic feasibility analyses, among other things. Funding support is also provided as a rebate through the Intellectual Property Fund for intellectual property prosecution and maintenance costs in line with the NIPMO guideline. In order to drive the use of research for socio-economic impact, NIPMO provides incentives to IP creators to encourage them to disclose, protect and utilise their creations. NIPMO also oversees the Innovation Bridge Portal and the commercialisation project management system as an effective means to strategically fund technology development and provide a platform for technologies to find partners and reach the market. Lastly, NIPMO develops guidelines, practice notes and interpretation notes, including on approvals and mandatory reporting requirements, which provide clarity on how to interpret and apply the IPR Act.
By providing this mix of enabling and compliance services, NIPMO contributes towards increasing the rate of
knowledge utilisation from publicly funded R&D, thereby contributing to economic development in South Africa.
Planned policy initiatives over the medium termPlanned policy initiatives Key actions
Innovation Fund (previously called the Sovereign Innovation Fund) to support the commercialisation of locally developed IP
• Present progress to ESIEID Cluster• Ultimately present implementation update to Cabinet
The amendment of the IPR Act • Review, adapt (where appropriate) and implement recommendations of the Ministerial Review Panel
Institutional review of TIA and SANSA • Review, adapt (where appropriate) and implement the recommendations of the Ministerial Review Panel
• Appointed SANSA Review Panel
Business case for commercial space launch capability in South Africa
• Cabinet
Hydrogen Society Roadmap • Present to Economic Sectors, Investment, Employment and Infrastructure Development Cluster
• Ultimately present to Cabinet
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Tab
le 7
: Out
com
es, o
utpu
ts, p
erfo
rman
ce in
dica
tors
and
tar
gets
for
2021
/22
Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Inno
vatio
n in
su
ppor
t of
a
capa
ble
and
deve
lopm
enta
l st
ate
Dec
ision
-sup
port
to
ols
Num
ber
of
deci
sion-
supp
ort
tool
s ut
ilised
in
all s
pher
es o
f go
vern
men
t
3 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t in
terv
entio
ns
mai
ntai
ned
by 3
1 M
arch
201
8
2 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t in
terv
entio
ns
mai
ntai
ned
by 3
1 M
arch
201
9
3 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t in
terv
entio
ns
mai
ntai
ned
by 3
1 M
arch
202
0
3 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t to
ols
deve
lope
d an
d/or
mai
ntai
ned
by
31 M
arch
202
1
2 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t to
ols
deve
lope
d an
d/or
mai
ntai
ned
by
31 M
arch
202
2
2 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t to
ols
deve
lope
d an
d/or
mai
ntai
ned
by
31 M
arch
202
3
2 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t to
ols
deve
lope
d an
d/or
mai
ntai
ned
by
31 M
arch
202
4
SAN
SA a
nd
TIA
ove
rsig
ht t
o en
sure
alig
nmen
t w
ith g
over
nmen
t pr
iorit
ies
Num
ber
of
stra
tegi
c an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
w
ith S
AN
SA a
nd
TIA
to
ensu
re
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
--
-8
stra
tegi
c an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
w
ith S
AN
SA a
nd
TIA
to
ensu
re
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
1 M
arch
20
21
8 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts
with
SA
NSA
and
TI
A t
o en
sure
al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s by
31
Mar
ch
2022
8 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts
with
SA
NSA
and
TI
A t
o en
sure
al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s by
31
Mar
ch
2023
8 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts
with
SA
NSA
and
TI
A t
o en
sure
al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s by
31
Mar
ch
2024
SAN
SA
Regi
onal
Spa
ce
Wea
ther
Cen
tre
deve
lopm
ent
and
upgr
ades
co
mpl
eted
Prov
ision
of
spac
e w
eath
er
info
rmat
ion
for
the
avia
tion
indu
stry
in S
outh
A
fric
a an
d th
e A
fric
an c
ontin
ent
--
-SA
NSA
Reg
iona
l Sp
ace
Wea
ther
C
entr
e up
grad
es
initi
ated
by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
3 ne
w P
rodu
cts
and
/ or
Serv
ices
de
velo
ped
(link
ed t
o H
igh
Freq
uenc
y Pr
opag
atio
n an
d / o
r G
loba
l N
avig
atio
n Sa
tellit
e Sy
stem
ap
plic
atio
ns)
by
31 M
arch
202
2
New
SA
NSA
Re
gion
al S
pace
W
eath
er C
entr
e up
grad
es
com
miss
ione
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
023
Fully
ope
ratio
nal
spac
e w
eath
er
cent
re is
suin
g bu
lletin
s an
d w
arni
ngs
to a
t le
ast
two
sect
ors
in S
outh
Afr
ica
and
Afr
ica
by
31 M
ar 2
024
Cub
eSat
la
unch
edN
umbe
r of
m
ariti
me
dom
ain
awar
enes
s (M
DA
) m
issio
ns
com
plet
ed
in s
uppo
rt o
f th
e O
cean
s Ec
onom
y Ph
akisa
--
-Fl
ight
mod
el
deliv
ered
an
d re
ady
for
laun
chin
g by
31
Dec
embe
r 20
20
Laun
ch o
f 3
Cub
eSat
s fo
r M
DA
Sat
cons
tella
tion
Man
ufac
turin
g of
3 m
ore
Cub
eSat
s fo
r M
DA
Sat
cons
tella
tion
initi
ated
by
31 M
arch
202
3
Man
ufac
turin
g of
3
mor
e C
ubeS
ats
for
MD
ASa
t co
nste
llatio
n in
itiat
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
024
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Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Hum
an
capa
bilit
ies
and
skills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent
Supp
ort
prov
ided
to
mas
ter’s
an
d do
ctor
al
stud
ents
4
Num
ber
of
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts
(mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
supp
orte
d in
de
signa
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, In
nova
tion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts a
nd
bioe
cono
my
area
s
266
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts
(mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
fund
ed
in d
esig
nate
d ar
eas
by
31 M
arch
201
8
354
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts
(mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
fund
ed
in d
esig
nate
d ar
eas
by
31 M
arch
201
9
297
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts
(mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
fund
ed
in d
esig
nate
d ar
eas
by
31 M
arch
202
0
200
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts
(mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
supp
orte
d in
de
signa
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, In
nova
tion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts a
nd
bioe
cono
my
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
190
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts
(mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
supp
orte
d in
de
signa
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, In
nova
tion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts, a
nd
bioe
cono
my
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
180
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts
(mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
supp
orte
d in
de
signa
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, In
nova
tion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts, a
nd
bioe
cono
my
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
023
180
post
grad
uate
st
uden
ts
(mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
supp
orte
d in
de
signa
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, In
nova
tion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts, a
nd
bioe
cono
my
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
024
Art
isans
and
/or
tec
hnic
ians
tr
aine
d fo
r th
e en
ergy
, spa
ce a
nd
bio-
econ
omy
Num
ber
of
artis
ans
and/
or
tec
hnic
ians
tr
aine
d in
spa
ce,
ener
gy a
nd
bio-
econ
omy
--
-20
art
isans
and
/or
tec
hnic
ians
tr
aine
d in
the
en
ergy
and
ag
ricul
ture
se
ctor
s of
the
ec
onom
y by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
20 a
rtisa
ns a
nd/
or t
echn
icia
ns
trai
ned
in s
pace
, en
ergy
and
bi
o-ec
onom
y by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
20 a
rtisa
ns a
nd/
or t
echn
icia
ns
trai
ned
in s
pace
, en
ergy
and
bi
o-ec
onom
y by
31
Mar
ch 2
023
20 a
rtisa
ns a
nd/
or t
echn
icia
ns
trai
ned
in s
pace
, en
ergy
and
bi
o-ec
onom
y by
31 M
arch
202
4
Peop
le t
rain
ed
in in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty
man
agem
ent
and
tech
nolo
gy
tran
sfer
Num
ber
of
trai
nees
ups
kille
d in
inte
llect
ual
prop
erty
m
anag
emen
t an
d te
chno
logy
tr
ansf
er
256
trai
nees
at
tend
ing
trai
ning
in
itiat
ives
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
18
336
trai
nees
at
tend
ing
trai
ning
in
itiat
ives
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
19
242
trai
nees
at
tend
ing
trai
ning
in
itiat
ives
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
20
225
trai
nees
up
skille
d in
in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty
man
agem
ent
and
tech
nolo
gy
tran
sfer
ski
lls b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
021
250
trai
nees
up
skille
d in
in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty
man
agem
ent
and
tech
nolo
gy
tran
sfer
ski
lls b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
022
250
trai
nees
up
skille
d in
in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty
man
agem
ent
and
tech
nolo
gy
tran
sfer
ski
lls b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
023
250
trai
nees
up
skille
d in
in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty
man
agem
ent
and
tech
nolo
gy
tran
sfer
ski
lls b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
024
4 Se
vera
l chi
ef d
irect
orat
es c
ontr
ibut
e to
war
ds th
e su
ppor
t for
mas
ter’s
and
doc
tora
l stu
dent
s. C
ontr
ibut
ions
may
com
e fro
m m
ajor
pro
ject
s su
ch a
s th
e St
rate
gic
Hea
lth In
nova
tion
Part
ners
hips
(SH
IP),
Hyd
roge
n So
uth
Afr
ica
(HyS
A)
and
the
Agr
icul
tura
l Bio
econ
omy
Inno
vatio
n Pa
rtne
rshi
p Pr
ogra
mm
e (A
BIPP
).
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com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Incr
ease
d kn
owle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
uts
Disc
losu
res
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
Num
ber
of
disc
losu
res
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
by
NIP
MO
239
new
di
sclo
sure
s re
port
ed b
y pu
blic
ly fu
nded
in
stitu
tions
by
31
Mar
ch 2
018
311
new
di
sclo
sure
s re
port
ed b
y pu
blic
ly fu
nded
in
stitu
tions
by
31
Mar
ch 2
019
258
new
di
sclo
sure
s re
port
ed b
y pu
blic
ly fu
nded
in
stitu
tions
by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
225
disc
losu
res
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
by
NIP
MO
by
31 M
arch
202
1
235
disc
losu
res
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
by
NIP
MO
by
31 M
arch
202
2
250
disc
losu
res
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
by
NIP
MO
by
31 M
arch
202
3
250
disc
losu
res
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
by
NIP
MO
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Disc
losu
res
licen
sed
annu
ally
N
umbe
r of
di
sclo
sure
s lic
ense
d fo
r th
e fir
st t
ime
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
and
re
cipi
ents
as
repo
rted
by
NIP
MO
New
New
New
New
15 d
isclo
sure
s lic
ense
d fo
r th
e fir
st t
ime
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
and
re
cipi
ents
as
repo
rted
by
NIP
MO
by
31 M
arch
202
2
18 d
isclo
sure
s lic
ense
d fo
r th
e fir
st t
ime
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
and
re
cipi
ents
as
repo
rted
by
NIP
MO
by
31 M
arch
202
3
20 d
isclo
sure
s lic
ense
d fo
r th
e fir
st t
ime
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
and
re
cipi
ents
as
repo
rted
by
NIP
MO
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Impr
ove
the
filin
g of
pu
blic
ly fu
nded
in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty r
ight
s5
Num
ber
of
inte
llect
ual
prop
erty
rig
hts
filed
bas
ed o
n RD
I con
duct
ed
in d
esig
nate
d ar
eas
--
-4
inte
llect
ual
prop
erty
rig
hts
filed
bas
ed o
n RD
I con
duct
ed
in d
esig
nate
d ar
eas
by
31 M
arch
202
1
4 in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty r
ight
s fil
ed b
ased
on
RDI c
ondu
cted
in
des
igna
ted
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
4 in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty r
ight
s fil
ed b
ased
on
RDI c
ondu
cted
in
des
igna
ted
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
023
4 in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty r
ight
s fil
ed b
ased
on
RDI c
ondu
cted
in
des
igna
ted
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
024
5 Se
vera
l chi
ef d
irect
orat
es c
ontr
ibut
e to
war
ds t
he s
uppo
rt fo
r m
aste
r’s a
nd d
octo
ral s
tude
nts.
Con
trib
utio
ns m
ay c
ome
from
maj
or p
roje
cts
such
SH
IP, H
ySA
and
ABI
PP.
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com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Tech
nolo
gy
dem
onst
ratio
ns,
prot
otyp
es,
prod
ucts
an
d se
rvic
es
deve
lope
d6
Num
ber
of
tech
nolo
gy
dem
onst
ratio
ns,
prot
otyp
es,
prod
ucts
an
d se
rvic
es
deve
lope
d
--
-10
tec
hnol
ogy
dem
onst
ratio
ns,
prot
otyp
es,
prod
ucts
an
d se
rvic
es
deve
lope
d in
de
signa
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, In
nova
tion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts, a
nd
bioe
cono
my
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
10 t
echn
olog
y de
mon
stra
tions
, pr
otot
ypes
, pr
oduc
ts
and
serv
ices
de
velo
ped
in
desig
nate
d en
ergy
, spa
ce,
Inno
vatio
n Pr
iorit
ies
and
Inst
rum
ents
, and
bi
oeco
nom
y ar
eas
by
31 M
arch
202
2
7 te
chno
logy
de
mon
stra
tion,
pr
otot
ypes
, pr
oduc
ts
and
serv
ices
de
velo
ped
in
desig
nate
d en
ergy
, spa
ce,
Inno
vatio
n Pr
iorit
ies
and
Inst
rum
ents
, and
bi
oeco
nom
y ar
eas
by
31 M
arch
202
3
5 te
chno
logy
de
mon
stra
tion,
pr
otot
ypes
, pr
oduc
ts
and
serv
ices
de
velo
ped
in
desig
nate
d en
ergy
, spa
ce,
Inno
vatio
n Pr
iorit
ies
and
Inst
rum
ents
, and
bi
oeco
nom
y ar
eas
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
econ
omic
de
velo
pmen
t –
(a)
revit
alisi
ng
exist
ing
(tra
ditio
nal)
indu
strie
s an
d (b
) st
imul
atin
g R&
D-
led
deve
lopm
ent
Dep
loye
d st
atio
nary
fu
el c
ells
and/
or o
ther
cl
ean
ener
gy
tech
nolo
gies
.
Num
ber
of
stat
iona
ry fu
el
cell
syst
ems/
cl
ean
ener
gy
tech
nolo
gies
de
ploy
ed in
pa
rtne
rshi
p w
ith
loca
l and
dist
rict
mun
icip
aliti
es
in r
ural
and
in
form
al
sett
lem
ents
--
-2
stat
iona
ry fu
el
cell
syst
ems/
clea
n en
ergy
te
chno
logi
es
depl
oyed
in
part
ners
hip
with
lo
cal a
nd d
istric
t m
unic
ipal
ities
in
rur
al a
nd
info
rmal
se
ttle
men
ts b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
021
2 st
atio
nary
fuel
ce
ll sy
stem
s/cl
ean
ener
gy
tech
nolo
gies
de
ploy
ed in
pa
rtne
rshi
p w
ith
loca
l and
dist
rict
mun
icip
aliti
es
in r
ural
and
in
form
al
sett
lem
ents
by
31 M
arch
202
2
2 st
atio
nary
fuel
ce
ll sy
stem
s/cl
ean
ener
gy
tech
nolo
gies
de
ploy
ed in
pa
rtne
rshi
p w
ith
loca
l and
dist
rict
mun
icip
aliti
es
in r
ural
and
in
form
al
sett
lem
ents
by
31 M
arch
202
3
2 st
atio
nary
fuel
ce
ll sy
stem
s/cl
ean
ener
gy
tech
nolo
gies
de
ploy
ed in
pa
rtne
rshi
p w
ith
loca
l and
dist
rict
mun
icip
aliti
es
in r
ural
and
in
form
al
sett
lem
ents
by
31 M
arch
202
4
SMM
Es a
ssist
-ed
/ sup
port
ed
with
bus
ines
s de
velo
pmen
t an
d co
mm
erci
al-
isatio
n
Num
ber
of S
M-
MEs
con
trac
ted
and/
or a
ssist
ed
for
busin
ess
deve
lopm
ent
and
com
mer
cial
-isa
tion
--
-10
SM
MEs
ass
ist-
ed w
ith b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent
and
com
mer
cial
i-sa
tion
by
31 M
arch
202
1
9 SM
MEs
ass
ist-
ed w
ith b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent
and
com
mer
cial
i-sa
tion
by
31 M
arch
202
2
25 S
MM
Es a
ssist
-ed
with
bus
ines
s de
velo
pmen
t an
d co
mm
erci
ali-
satio
n by
31
Mar
ch 2
023
35 S
MM
Es a
ssist
-ed
with
bus
ines
s de
velo
pmen
t an
d co
mm
erci
alisa
-tio
n by
31
Mar
ch 2
024
56
Seve
ral c
hief
dire
ctor
ates
con
trib
ute
tow
ards
the
sup
port
for
mas
ter’s
and
doc
tora
l stu
dent
s. C
ontr
ibut
ions
may
com
e fro
m m
ajor
pro
ject
s su
ch S
HIP,
HyS
A a
nd A
BIPP
.
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RAMM
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RAMM
E 2
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com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Com
mer
cial
ou
tput
s in
de
signa
ted
area
s7
Num
ber
of
com
mer
cial
ou
tput
s in
de
signa
ted
area
s
5 co
mm
erci
al
outp
uts
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
18
7 co
mm
erci
al
outp
uts
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
19
11 c
omm
erci
al
outp
uts
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
20
4 co
mm
erci
al
outp
uts
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
21
4 co
mm
erci
al
outp
uts
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
22
5 co
mm
erci
al
outp
uts
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
23
5 co
mm
erci
al
outp
uts
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
20
24
Blac
k em
ergi
ng
farm
ers
bene
fitin
g fro
m
tech
nolo
gy/
inno
vatio
n su
ppor
t pr
ogra
mm
es
Num
ber
of
blac
k em
ergi
ng
farm
ers
(sub
siste
nce,
sm
all-s
cale
, an
d po
tent
ial
com
mer
cial
fa
rmer
s)
bene
fitin
g fro
m
tech
nolo
gy/
inno
vatio
n su
ppor
t pr
ogra
mm
es
--
-20
0 bl
ack
emer
ging
fa
rmer
s (s
ubsis
tenc
e,
smal
l-sca
le,
and
pote
ntia
l co
mm
erci
al
farm
ers)
be
nefit
ing
from
te
chno
logy
/ in
nova
tion
supp
ort
prog
ram
mes
by
31 M
arch
202
1
200
blac
k em
ergi
ng
farm
ers
(sub
siste
nce,
sm
all-s
cale
, an
d po
tent
ial
com
mer
cial
fa
rmer
s)
bene
fitin
g fro
m
tech
nolo
gy/
inno
vatio
n su
ppor
t pr
ogra
mm
es b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
022
300
blac
k em
ergi
ng
farm
ers
(sub
siste
nce,
sm
all-s
cale
, an
d po
tent
ial
com
mer
cial
fa
rmer
s)
bene
fitin
g fro
m
tech
nolo
gy/
inno
vatio
n su
ppor
t pr
ogra
mm
es b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
023
300
blac
k em
ergi
ng fa
rmer
s (s
ubsis
tenc
e,
smal
l-sca
le,
and
pote
ntia
l co
mm
erci
al
farm
ers)
be
nefit
ing
from
te
chno
logy
/ in
nova
tion
supp
ort
prog
ram
mes
by
31 M
arch
202
4
7 Se
vera
l chi
ef d
irect
orat
es c
ontr
ibut
e to
war
ds t
he s
uppo
rt fo
r m
aste
r’s a
nd d
octo
ral s
tude
nts.
Con
trib
utio
ns m
ay c
ome
from
maj
or p
roje
cts
such
SH
IP, H
ySA
and
ABI
PP.
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Tab
le 8
: Ind
icat
ors,
ann
ual a
nd q
uart
erly
tar
gets
for
the
2021
/22
finan
cial
yea
r
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor8
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
1.N
umbe
r of
dec
ision
-sup
port
to
ols
utilis
ed in
all
sphe
res
of
gove
rnm
ent
2 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t to
ols
deve
lope
d an
d/or
m
aint
aine
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et2
deci
sion-
supp
ort
tool
s de
velo
ped
and/
or
mai
ntai
ned
by 3
1 M
arch
20
22
2.N
umbe
r of
str
ateg
ic a
nd
tech
nica
l eng
agem
ents
with
SA
NSA
and
TIA
to
ensu
re
alig
nmen
t w
ith n
atio
nal
prio
ritie
s
8 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts w
ith S
AN
SA
and
TIA
to
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
2 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts w
ith S
AN
SA
and
TIA
to
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
0 Ju
ne
2021
2 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts w
ith S
AN
SA
and
TIA
to
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
0 Se
ptem
ber
2021
2 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts w
ith S
AN
SA
and
TIA
to
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
1 D
ecem
ber
2021
2 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts w
ith S
AN
SA
and
TIA
to
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
1 M
arch
202
2
3.Pr
ovisi
on o
f spa
ce w
eath
er
info
rmat
ion
for
the
avia
tion
indu
stry
in S
outh
Afr
ica
and
the
Afr
ican
con
tinen
t
3 ne
w P
rodu
cts
and
/ or
Ser
vice
s de
velo
ped
(link
ed t
o H
igh
Freq
uenc
y Pr
opag
atio
n an
d / o
r G
loba
l N
avig
atio
n Sa
tellit
e Sy
stem
ap
plic
atio
ns)
by 3
1 M
arch
20
22(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
et
1 P
rodu
ct a
nd/ o
r Se
rvic
es
deve
lope
d N
o ta
rget
3 ne
w P
rodu
cts
and/
or
serv
ices
dev
elop
ed b
y 3
1 M
arch
202
2
4.N
umbe
r of
mar
itim
e do
mai
n aw
aren
ess
(MD
A)
miss
ions
co
mpl
eted
in s
uppo
rt o
f the
O
cean
s Ec
onom
y Ph
akisa
Laun
ch o
f 3 C
ubeS
ats
for
MD
ASa
t co
nste
llatio
n by
30
Dec
embe
r 20
21(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
Flig
ht A
ccep
tanc
e Re
view
co
mpl
eted
No
targ
etLa
unch
of 3
Cub
eSat
s fo
r M
DA
Sat
cons
tella
tion
Com
miss
ioni
ng a
nd
oper
atio
n of
the
3 s
atel
lites
5.N
umbe
r of
pos
tgra
duat
e st
uden
ts (
mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al)
supp
orte
d in
de
signa
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, In
nova
tion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts a
nd
bioe
cono
my
area
s
190
post
grad
uate
stu
dent
s (m
aste
r’s a
nd d
octo
ral)
supp
orte
d in
des
igna
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, Inn
ovat
ion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts
and
bioe
cono
my
sect
ors
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et19
0 po
stgr
adua
te s
tude
nts
(mas
ter’s
and
doc
tora
l) su
ppor
ted
in d
esig
nate
d en
ergy
, spa
ce, I
nnov
atio
n Pr
iorit
ies
and
Inst
rum
ents
an
d bi
oeco
nom
y se
ctor
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
8 Th
e te
chni
cal i
ndic
ator
des
crip
tion
for
each
out
put
perfo
rman
ce in
dica
tor
deta
iling
sour
ce d
ata,
met
hod
of c
alcu
latio
n, m
eans
of v
erifi
catio
n, e
tc., i
s se
t ou
t in
Par
t D
.
PROG
RAMM
E 2
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RAMM
E 2
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor8
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
6.N
umbe
r of
art
isans
and
/or
tech
nici
ans
trai
ned
in s
pace
, en
ergy
and
bio
-eco
nom
y
20 a
rtisa
ns a
nd/o
r te
chni
cian
s tr
aine
d in
spa
ce,
ener
gy a
nd b
io-e
cono
my
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et20
art
isans
and
/or
tech
nici
ans
trai
ned
in s
pace
, en
ergy
and
bio
-eco
nom
y by
31 M
arch
202
2
7.N
umbe
r of
tra
inee
s up
skille
d in
inte
llect
ual p
rope
rty
man
agem
ent
and
tech
nolo
gy
tran
sfer
250
trai
nees
ups
kille
d in
inte
llect
ual p
rope
rty
man
agem
ent
and
tech
nolo
gy
tran
sfer
ski
lls b
y 31
Mar
ch
2022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
150
trai
nees
ups
kille
dN
o ta
rget
100
trai
nees
ups
kille
dN
o ta
rget
8.N
umbe
r of
disc
losu
res,
rece
ived
from
pub
licly
fin
ance
d re
sear
ch a
nd
deve
lopm
ent
inst
itutio
ns b
y N
IPM
O
235
disc
losu
res
rece
ived
fro
m p
ublic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
dev
elop
men
t in
stitu
tions
by
NIP
MO
by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
130
disc
losu
res
rece
ived
fro
m p
ublic
ly fi
nanc
ed
rese
arch
and
dev
elop
men
t in
stitu
tions
by
NIP
MO
No
targ
et10
5 di
sclo
sure
s re
ceiv
ed
from
pub
licly
fina
nced
re
sear
ch a
nd d
evel
opm
ent
inst
itutio
ns b
y N
IPM
O
No
targ
et
9.N
umbe
r of
disc
losu
res
licen
sed
for
the
first
tim
e re
ceiv
ed fr
om p
ublic
ly
finan
ced
rese
arch
and
de
velo
pmen
t in
stitu
tions
and
re
cipi
ents
as
repo
rted
to
NIP
MO
15 d
isclo
sure
s lic
ense
d fo
r th
e fir
st t
ime
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed r
esea
rch
and
deve
lopm
ent
inst
itutio
ns
and
reci
pien
ts a
s re
port
ed
to N
IPM
O b
y 31
Mar
ch
2022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
8 di
sclo
sure
s lic
ense
d fo
r th
e fir
st t
ime
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed r
esea
rch
and
deve
lopm
ent
inst
itutio
ns
and
reci
pien
ts a
s re
port
ed
by N
IPM
O
No
targ
et
7 di
sclo
sure
s lic
ense
d fo
r th
e fir
st t
ime
rece
ived
from
pu
blic
ly fi
nanc
ed r
esea
rch
and
deve
lopm
ent
inst
itutio
ns
and
reci
pien
ts a
s re
port
ed
by N
IPM
O
No
targ
et
10.
Num
ber
of in
telle
ctua
l pr
oper
ty r
ight
s fil
ed b
ased
on
RD
I con
duct
ed in
de
signa
ted
area
s
4 in
telle
ctua
l pro
pert
y rig
hts
filed
bas
ed o
n RD
I co
nduc
ted
in d
esig
nate
d ar
eas
by 3
1 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et4
inte
llect
ual p
rope
rty
right
s fil
ed b
ased
on
RDI
cond
ucte
d in
des
igna
ted
area
s
11.
Num
ber
of t
echn
olog
y de
mon
stra
tions
, pro
toty
pes,
prod
ucts
and
ser
vice
s de
velo
ped.
10 t
echn
olog
y de
mon
stra
tions
, pro
toty
pes,
prod
ucts
and
ser
vice
s de
velo
ped
in d
esig
nate
d en
ergy
, spa
ce, a
nd
bioe
cono
my
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et10
tec
hnol
ogy
dem
onst
ratio
ns, p
roto
type
s, pr
oduc
ts a
nd s
ervi
ces
deve
lope
d in
des
igna
ted
ener
gy, s
pace
, and
bi
oeco
nom
y ar
eas
58 DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor8
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
12.
Num
ber
of s
tatio
nary
fuel
ce
ll sy
stem
s/cl
ean
ener
gy
tech
nolo
gies
dep
loye
d in
pa
rtne
rshi
p w
ith lo
cal a
nd
dist
rict
mun
icip
aliti
es in
rur
al
and
info
rmal
set
tlem
ents
2 st
atio
nary
fuel
cel
l sys
tem
s/cl
ean
ener
gy t
echn
olog
ies
depl
oyed
in p
artn
ersh
ip
with
loca
l and
dist
rict
mun
icip
aliti
es in
rur
al a
nd
info
rmal
set
tlem
ents
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et2
stat
iona
ry fu
el c
ell s
yste
ms/
clea
n en
ergy
tec
hnol
ogie
s de
ploy
ed in
par
tner
ship
w
ith lo
cal a
nd d
istric
t m
unic
ipal
ities
in r
ural
and
in
form
al s
ettle
men
ts
13.
Num
ber
of S
MM
Es
cont
ract
ed a
nd/o
r as
siste
d w
ith b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent
and
com
mer
cial
isatio
n
9 SM
MEs
ass
isted
with
bu
sines
s de
velo
pmen
t an
d co
mm
erci
alisa
tion
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et9
SMM
Es c
ontr
acte
d an
d/or
ass
isted
with
bu
sines
s de
velo
pmen
t an
d co
mm
erci
alisa
tion
14.
Num
ber
of c
omm
erci
al
outp
uts
in d
esig
nate
d ar
eas
4 co
mm
erci
al o
utpu
ts in
de
signa
ted
area
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et4
com
mer
cial
out
puts
in
desig
nate
d ar
eas
15.
Num
ber
of b
lack
em
ergi
ng
farm
ers
(sub
siste
nce,
sm
all-s
cale
and
pot
entia
l co
mm
erci
al fa
rmer
s)
bene
fitin
g fro
m t
echn
olog
y/in
nova
tion
supp
ort
prog
ram
mes
200
blac
k em
ergi
ng fa
rmer
s be
nefit
ing
from
tec
hnol
ogy/
in
nova
tion
supp
ort
prog
ram
mes
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et20
0 bl
ack
emer
ging
farm
ers
bene
fitin
g fro
m t
echn
olog
y/in
nova
tion
supp
ort
prog
ram
mes
PROG
RAMM
E 2
59DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
PROG
RAMM
E 2
Exp
lana
tion
of p
lann
ed p
erfo
rman
ce o
ver
the
med
ium
ter
m
Ove
r th
e m
ediu
m-t
erm
, the
bud
get
prog
ram
me
will
supp
ort
five
of t
he o
utco
mes
iden
tified
in t
he D
epar
tmen
t’s 2
020-
2025
Str
ateg
ic P
lan,
nam
ely,
(i) A
tra
nsfo
rmed
, inc
lusiv
e,
resp
onsiv
e an
d co
here
nt N
SI; (
ii) H
uman
cap
abilit
ies
and
skills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent;
(iii)
Incr
ease
d kn
owle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
ut; (
iv)
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for e
cono
mic
dev
elop
men
t in
(a) r
evita
lisin
g ex
istin
g in
dust
ries a
nd (b
) stim
ulat
ing
R&D
-led
indu
stria
l dev
elop
men
t; an
d (v
) Kno
wle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r inc
lusiv
e de
velo
pmen
t.
In 2
021/
22, t
he b
udge
t pr
ogra
mm
e w
ill do
the
follo
win
g to
ens
ure
that
15
outp
uts
are
real
ised:
• En
sure
tha
t fla
gshi
ps t
hat
profi
le S
outh
Afr
ica’s
NSI
cap
abilit
ies
will
incl
ude
non-
trad
ition
al N
SI p
artic
ipan
ts a
nd e
xten
d to
are
as t
hat
have
bee
n pr
evio
usly
mar
gina
lised
.
• Su
ppor
t th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
crit
ical
hig
h-en
d sk
ills in
the
bio
econ
omy,
spac
e sc
ienc
e an
d te
chno
logy
, ene
rgy,
inte
llect
ual p
rope
rty,
nano
tech
nolo
gy, r
obot
ics,
phot
onic
s an
d ar
eas
of te
chno
logy
con
verg
ence
that
are
impo
rtan
t in
build
ing
a kn
owle
dge
soci
ety. T
his
will
be d
one
in th
e fo
rm o
f spe
cial
ised
trai
ning
inte
rven
tions
(fo
rmal
or
info
rmal
), an
d gr
adua
te a
nd p
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ent
supp
ort.
• Su
ppor
t th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
tec
hnic
al a
nd a
rtisa
n sk
ills t
o su
ppor
t th
e de
ploy
men
t of
new
ly d
evel
oped
inno
vatio
ns, a
s w
ell a
s te
chno
logy
diss
emin
atio
n.
• M
ake
inve
stm
ents
gea
red
tow
ards
sup
port
ing
the
tran
slatio
n of
pub
licly
fina
nced
IP in
to s
ocia
l and
eco
nom
ic v
alue
. Thr
ough
NIP
MO
, a d
atab
ase
of d
isclo
sure
s of
pub
licly
fin
ance
d IP
will
be u
sed
as a
bas
is fo
r tra
ckin
g th
e ut
ilisat
ion
of IP
thro
ugh
the
conc
lusio
n of
com
mer
cial
agr
eem
ents
and
the
intr
oduc
tion
of p
rodu
cts
and
serv
ices
to th
e pu
blic
.
• Pa
rtic
ipat
e in
the
deve
lopm
ent o
f a n
umbe
r of
sec
tor
mas
ter
plan
s (O
cean
s Ec
onom
y, Re
new
able
Ene
rgy,
Hea
lth a
nd A
gric
ultu
re)
that
will
be im
plem
ente
d ov
er th
e st
rate
gic
plan
ning
per
iod,
in p
artn
ersh
ip w
ith o
ther
gov
ernm
ent
depa
rtm
ents
, at
natio
nal, p
rovi
ncia
l and
loca
l lev
el.
• Im
plem
ent
com
mon
flag
ship
s in
sup
port
of
prio
rity
sect
ors.
In im
plem
entin
g th
e In
nova
tion
Fund
, sup
port
new
and
impr
oved
inno
vatio
ns a
imed
at
prov
idin
g so
ciet
al a
nd
econ
omic
sol
utio
ns.
• Su
ppor
t the
dep
loym
ent o
f IP
from
pub
licly
fina
nced
res
earc
h an
d de
velo
pmen
t in
way
s th
at w
ill be
nefit
the
mar
gina
lised
. The
em
phas
is w
ill be
on
enha
ncin
g se
rvic
e de
liver
y im
prov
emen
ts a
nd t
he e
cono
mic
upl
iftm
ent
of r
ural
com
mun
ities
, the
urb
an p
oor,
wom
en, y
oung
peo
ple
and
peop
le w
ith d
isabi
litie
s. Th
ese
inst
rum
ents
use
d w
ill in
clud
e te
chno
logy
dem
onst
ratio
ns, a
grop
roce
ssin
g fa
cilit
ies,
and
supp
ort
for
entr
epre
neur
s.
The
tabl
e be
low
set
s ou
t how
the
med
ium
-ter
m b
udge
t allo
catio
n (2
021/
22 –
R1
780
222;
202
2/23
– R
1 78
3 28
3; a
nd 2
023/
24 –
R1
793
320)
will
be u
sed
to r
ealis
e th
e bu
dget
pr
ogra
mm
e ou
tput
s id
entifi
ed o
ver
the
med
ium
-ter
m.
60 DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
Rec
onci
ling
perf
orm
ance
tar
gets
wit
h th
e bu
dget
and
MT
EF
Tab
le 9
: Tec
hnol
ogy
Inno
vati
on e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
R’0
00P
rogr
amm
eE
xpen
ditu
re o
utco
me
Adj
uste
dap
prop
riat
ion
Med
ium
-ter
m e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Offi
ce o
f the
Dep
uty
Dire
ctor
-Gen
eral
4 37
45
247
6 39
23
979
4 70
64
757
4 76
7
Spac
e Sc
ienc
e 19
1 82
317
0 13
222
5 24
422
5 93
424
9 16
221
0 35
921
1 12
4
Hyd
roge
n an
d En
ergy
147
467
164
828
176
850
183
350
188
159
193
595
197
487
Bioe
cono
my
161
933
215
302
194
877
204
663
203
875
209
117
209
871
Inno
vatio
n Pr
iorit
ies
and
Inst
rum
ents
52
6 79
353
1 36
057
8 06
470
6 15
91
079
649
1 10
9 63
51
113
874
NIP
MO
88
164
62 0
9355
246
54 2
3654
671
55 8
2055
997
TO
TA
L1
120
554
1 14
8 96
21
236
673
1 37
8 32
11
780
222
1 78
3 28
31
793
320
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
44 9
8045
440
43 8
2452
212
51 6
2351
685
51 6
91
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
13 8
1520
133
23 6
0912
359
23 1
5223
763
23 8
48
Tran
sfer
s an
d su
bsid
ies
1 06
1 70
21
083
375
1 16
9 23
91
313
750
1 70
5 44
71
707
835
1 71
7 78
1
Paym
ents
for
capi
tal a
sset
s-
--
--
--
Paym
ents
for
finan
cial
ass
ets
5714
1-
--
-
TO
TA
L1
120
554
1 14
8 96
21
236
673
1 37
8 32
11
780
222
1 78
3 28
31
793
320
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RAMM
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Tab
le 1
0: U
pdat
ed k
ey r
isks
and
mit
igat
ion
– T
echn
olog
y In
nova
tion
Out
com
eK
ey r
isks
Mit
igat
ion
acti
on
Out
com
e 2:
Hum
an c
apab
ilitie
s an
d sk
ills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent
Dec
line
in p
ublic
and
priv
atel
y fu
nded
re
sear
ch, d
evel
opm
ent
and
inno
vatio
n ac
tiviti
es
Incr
ease
the
num
ber
of p
artn
ersh
ips
with
the
priv
ate
sect
or, N
GO
s, ph
ilant
hrop
ic fo
unda
tions
and
no
n-pr
ofit
orga
nisa
tions
and
gov
ernm
ents
(lo
cal a
nd in
tern
atio
nal).
Solic
it st
rate
gic
infr
astr
uctu
re p
ropo
sals
and
subm
it th
em t
o Pr
ogra
mm
e 4
to e
valu
ate
and
fund
su
cces
sful
pro
posa
ls.
Out
com
e 3:
Incr
ease
kno
wle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
uts
Redu
ctio
n in
the
wor
k ou
tput
for
the
sub
–pro
gram
mes
, Inn
ovat
ion
Prio
ritie
s an
d In
stru
men
ts, S
pace
Sci
ence
and
NIP
MO
.
Ensu
re t
he P
rogr
amm
es p
artic
ipat
ion
in t
he IT
ent
erpr
ise a
rchi
tect
ure
proc
ess.
Requ
est
and
agre
e on
a 1
2 m
onth
mai
nten
ance
agr
eem
ent
with
the
cur
rent
ser
vice
pro
vide
r fo
r th
e N
IPM
O K
now
ledg
e In
form
atio
n M
anag
emen
t Sy
stem
.
Out
com
e 4:
Kno
wle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r ec
onom
ic d
evel
opm
ent
in (
a) re
vital
ising
ex
istin
g in
dust
ries
and
(b)
stim
ulat
ing
R&D
-le
d in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent
Dec
line
in p
ublic
and
priv
atel
y fu
nded
re
sear
ch, d
evel
opm
ent
and
inno
vatio
n ac
tiviti
es
Incr
ease
the
num
ber
of p
artn
ersh
ips
with
the
priv
ate
sect
or, N
GO
s, ph
ilant
hrop
ic fo
unda
tions
and
no
n-pr
ofit
orga
nisa
tions
and
gov
ernm
ents
(lo
cal a
nd in
tern
atio
nal).
Solic
it st
rate
gic
infr
astr
uctu
re p
ropo
sals
and
subm
it th
em t
o Pr
ogra
mm
e 4
to e
valu
ate
and
fund
su
cces
sful
pro
posa
ls.
Redu
ctio
n in
the
wor
k ou
tput
for
the
subp
rogr
amm
es, I
nnov
atio
n Pr
iorit
ies
and
Inst
rum
ents
, Spa
ce S
cien
ce a
nd N
IPM
O.
Part
icip
ate
in H
uman
Res
ourc
e pr
oces
ses
to c
arry
out
the
fillin
g of
vac
ant
post
s w
hich
hav
e be
en
prio
ritise
d.
Ensu
re t
he P
rogr
amm
es p
artic
ipat
ion
in t
he IT
ent
erpr
ise a
rchi
tect
ure
proc
ess.
Requ
est
and
agre
e on
a 1
2 m
onth
mai
nten
ance
agr
eem
ent
with
the
cur
rent
ser
vice
pro
vide
r fo
r th
e N
IPM
O K
now
ledg
e In
form
atio
n M
anag
emen
t Sy
stem
.
Out
com
e 6:
Inno
vatio
n in
sup
port
of a
ca
pabl
e an
d de
velo
pmen
tal s
tate
.M
isalig
nmen
t in
pla
nnin
g in
stru
men
ts a
nd
activ
ities
bet
wee
n th
e D
SI a
nd it
s en
titie
s.Im
plem
ent
the
reco
mm
enda
tions
set
out
the
in t
he in
depe
nden
t re
view
of t
he E
ntiti
es
Part
icip
ate
in H
uman
Res
ourc
e pr
oces
ses
to c
arry
out
the
fillin
g of
vac
ant
post
s w
hich
hav
e be
en
prio
ritise
d.
PROG
RAMM
E 2
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Purpose
To develop, promote and manage international partnerships that strengthen the national system of innovation (NSI) and enable the exchange of knowledge, capacity, innovation and resources between South Africa and its international partners, particularly in Africa, in support of South African foreign policy through science, knowledge and innovation diplomacy.
PROGRAMME 3:International Cooperation and Resources
Chief directorates
International Resources
Works to increase the flow of international funding into South African STI initiatives, as well as African regional and continental programmes, through foreign investment promotion efforts, and fostering strategic partnerships with partners such as the European Union, as well as foundations and philanthropic organisations and the multinational private sector.
Multilateral Cooperation and Africa
Advances and facilitates South Africa’s participation in bilateral STI cooperation initiatives with other African
partners, in African multilateral programmes, especially SADC and AU programmes, and in broader multilateral STI partnerships, with a strategic focus on South-South cooperation and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Overseas Bilateral Cooperation Promotes and facilitates South Africa’s bilateral STI cooperation with partners in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australasia, especially for STI HCD, for collaborative research and innovation, and to secure partners’ support for joint cooperation with other African partners.
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PROG
RAMM
E 3
Planned policy initiatives over the medium term
Planned policy initiatives Key actionsAfrican Strategy • Consult with NSI role players
• Implement plans of action with bilateral partners• Support SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan
initiatives• Support AU Agenda 2063 initiatives
EU engagements • The future of the European South African Science and Technology Advancement Programme
• Framework Programme participation• Sector Budget Support funding• European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
participation• Africa-EU Policy Dialogue• SA-EU Strategic Partnerships Dialogue Facility
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Tab
le 1
1: O
utco
mes
, out
puts
, per
form
ance
indi
cato
rs a
nd t
arge
ts fo
r 20
21/2
2
Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
A t
rans
form
ed,
incl
usiv
e,
resp
onsiv
e an
d co
here
nt N
SI
Inte
rnat
iona
l re
sour
ce-
leve
ragi
ng
enga
gem
ents
un
dert
aken
by
the
Dep
artm
ent
Num
ber
of
inte
rnat
iona
l re
sour
ce-
leve
ragi
ng
enga
gem
ents
un
dert
aken
by
the
Dep
artm
ent
--
-43
ded
icat
ed
inte
rnat
iona
l re
sour
ce-
leve
ragi
ng
enga
gem
ents
un
dert
aken
31
Mar
ch 2
021
43 d
edic
ated
in
tern
atio
nal
reso
urce
-le
vera
ging
en
gage
men
ts
unde
rtak
en
31 M
arch
202
2
43 d
edic
ated
in
tern
atio
nal
reso
urce
-le
vera
ging
en
gage
men
ts
unde
rtak
en b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
023
43 d
edic
ated
in
tern
atio
nal
reso
urce
-le
vera
ging
en
gage
men
ts
unde
rtak
en b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
024
Hum
an
capa
bilit
ies
and
skills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent
Sout
h A
fric
an
stud
ents
pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
mes
as
par
t of
co
oper
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
DSI
Num
ber
of
Sout
h A
fric
an
stud
ents
pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
mes
241
Sout
h A
fric
an s
tude
nts
part
icip
atin
g in
in
tern
atio
nal
trai
ning
pr
ogra
mm
es
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
te
qual
ifica
tion
as p
art
of
coop
erat
ion
initi
ativ
es
faci
litat
ed b
y th
e D
ST
1 47
0 So
uth
Afr
ican
stu
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
mes
of
ferin
g a
post
grad
uate
qu
alifi
catio
n as
par
t of
co
oper
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
642
Sout
h A
fric
an s
tude
nts
part
icip
atin
g in
in
tern
atio
nal
trai
ning
pr
ogra
mm
es
offe
ring
a po
stgr
adua
te
qual
ifica
tion
as p
art
of
coop
erat
ion
initi
ativ
es
faci
litat
ed
326
new
Sou
th
Afr
ican
stu
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
mes
as
par
t of
co
oper
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
DSI
by
31
Mar
ch
2021
326
new
Sou
th
Afr
ican
stu
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
mes
as
par
t of
co
oper
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
DSI
by
31
Mar
ch
2022
326
new
Sou
th
Afr
ican
stu
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
mes
as
par
t of
co
oper
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
DSI
by
31
Mar
ch
2023
326
new
Sou
th
Afr
ican
stu
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
mes
as
par
t of
co
oper
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
DSI
by
31
Mar
ch
2024
Cap
acity
-bui
ldin
g in
itiat
ives
for
inte
rnat
iona
l co
oper
atio
n sp
ecifi
cally
ta
rget
ing
hist
oric
ally
di
sadv
anta
ged
inst
itutio
ns a
nd
indi
vidu
als
Num
ber
of
capa
city
-bui
ldin
g in
itiat
ives
for
inte
rnat
iona
l co
oper
atio
n sp
ecifi
cally
ta
rget
ing
hist
oric
ally
di
sadv
anta
ged
inst
itutio
ns a
nd
indi
vidu
als
--
-32
cap
acity
-bu
ildin
g in
itiat
ives
fo
r in
tern
atio
nal
coop
erat
ion
spec
ifica
lly
targ
etin
g hi
stor
ical
ly
disa
dvan
tage
d in
stitu
tions
and
in
divi
dual
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
32 c
apac
ity-
build
ing
initi
ativ
es
for
inte
rnat
iona
l co
oper
atio
n sp
ecifi
cally
ta
rget
ing
hist
oric
ally
di
sadv
anta
ged
inst
itutio
ns a
nd
indi
vidu
als
by
31 M
arch
202
2
32 c
apac
ity-
build
ing
initi
ativ
es
for
inte
rnat
iona
l co
oper
atio
n sp
ecifi
cally
ta
rget
ing
hist
oric
ally
di
sadv
anta
ged
inst
itutio
ns a
nd
indi
vidu
als
by
31 M
arch
202
3
32 c
apac
ity-
build
ing
initi
ativ
es
for
inte
rnat
iona
l co
oper
atio
n sp
ecifi
cally
ta
rget
ing
hist
oric
ally
di
sadv
anta
ged
inst
itutio
ns a
nd
indi
vidu
als
by
31 M
arch
202
4
PROG
RAMM
E 3
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Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Inte
rnat
iona
l po
licy
dial
ogue
s an
d te
chni
cal
exch
ange
s to
su
ppor
t th
e po
licy
inte
nts
of
the
Whi
te P
aper
on
STI
Num
ber
of
inte
rnat
iona
l po
licy
dial
ogue
s an
d te
chni
cal
exch
ange
s to
su
ppor
t th
e po
licy
inte
nts
of
the
Whi
te P
aper
on
STI
--
-34
inte
rnat
iona
l po
licy
dial
ogue
s an
d te
chni
cal
exch
ange
s to
su
ppor
t th
e po
licy
inte
nts
of
the
Whi
te P
aper
on
STI
by
31 M
arch
202
1
34 in
tern
atio
nal
polic
y di
alog
ues
and
tech
nica
l ex
chan
ges
to
supp
ort
the
2020
dec
adal
pl
an p
riorit
ies
by
31 M
arch
202
2
34 in
tern
atio
nal
polic
y di
alog
ues
and
tech
nica
l ex
chan
ges
to
supp
ort
the
2020
dec
adal
pl
an p
riorit
ies
by
31 M
arch
202
3
34 in
tern
atio
nal
polic
y di
alog
ues
and
tech
nica
l ex
chan
ges
to
supp
ort
the
2020
dec
adal
pl
an p
riorit
ies
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
econ
omic
de
velo
pmen
t –
(a)
revit
alisi
ng
exist
ing
(tra
ditio
nal)
indu
strie
s an
d (b
) st
imul
atin
g R&
D-le
d in
dust
rial
deve
lopm
ent
STI i
nitia
tives
ta
rget
ing
obje
ctiv
es o
f the
A
gend
a 20
63
supp
orte
d
Num
ber
of
STI i
nitia
tives
ta
rget
ing
the
obje
ctiv
es o
f A
gend
a 20
63
supp
orte
d
--
-15
new
STI
in
itiat
ives
ta
rget
ing
obje
ctiv
es o
f A
gend
a 20
63
supp
orte
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
15 n
ew S
TI
initi
ativ
es
targ
etin
g th
e ob
ject
ives
of
Age
nda
2063
su
ppor
ted
by
31 M
arch
202
2
15 n
ew S
TI
initi
ativ
es
targ
etin
g th
e ob
ject
ives
of
Age
nda
2063
su
ppor
ted
by
31 M
arch
202
3
15 n
ew S
TI
initi
ativ
es
targ
etin
g th
e ob
ject
ives
of
Age
nda
2063
su
ppor
ted
by
31 M
arch
202
4
STI i
nitia
tives
ta
rget
ing
the
obje
ctiv
es o
f the
SA
DC
Reg
iona
l In
dica
tive
Stra
tegi
c D
evel
opm
ent
Plan
(RI
SDP)
su
ppor
ted
Num
ber
of
STI i
nitia
tives
ta
rget
ing
the
obje
ctiv
es o
f the
SA
DC
RIS
DP
supp
orte
d
--
-17
new
STI
in
itiat
ives
ta
rget
ing
the
obje
ctiv
es o
f the
SA
DC
RIS
DP
supp
orte
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
17 n
ew S
TI
initi
ativ
es
targ
etin
g th
e ob
ject
ives
of t
he
SAD
C R
ISD
P su
ppor
ted
by
31 M
arch
202
2
17 n
ew S
TI
initi
ativ
es
targ
etin
g th
e ob
ject
ives
of t
he
SAD
C R
ISD
P su
ppor
ted
by
31 M
arch
202
3
17 n
ew S
TI
initi
ativ
es
targ
etin
g th
e ob
ject
ives
of t
he
SAD
C R
ISD
P su
ppor
ted
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Num
ber
of S
TI
plan
s of
act
ion
impl
emen
ted
with
bila
tera
l A
fric
an p
artn
ers
Num
ber
of
bila
tera
l STI
pl
ans
of a
ctio
n im
plem
ente
d w
ith A
fric
an
part
ners
--
-6
new
bila
tera
l ST
I pla
ns
of a
ctio
n im
plem
ente
d w
ith A
fric
an
part
ners
by
31 M
arch
202
1
6 ne
w b
ilate
ral
STI p
lans
of
act
ion
impl
emen
ted
with
Afr
ican
pa
rtne
rs b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
022
6 ne
w b
ilate
ral
STI p
lans
of
act
ion
impl
emen
ted
with
Afr
ican
pa
rtne
rs b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
023
6 ne
w b
ilate
ral
STI p
lans
of
act
ion
impl
emen
ted
with
Afr
ican
pa
rtne
rs b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
024
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Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Inno
vatio
n in
su
ppor
t of
a
capa
ble
and
deve
lopm
enta
l st
ate
Enga
gem
ents
w
ith g
loba
l sc
ienc
e le
ader
s to
adv
ance
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s in
mul
tilat
eral
fo
rum
s
Num
ber
of
enga
gem
ents
w
ith g
loba
l sc
ienc
e le
ader
s to
adv
ance
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s in
mul
tilat
eral
fo
rum
s
--
-12
eng
agem
ents
w
ith g
loba
l sc
ienc
e le
ader
s to
adv
ance
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s in
mul
tilat
eral
fo
rum
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
12 e
ngag
emen
ts
with
glo
bal
scie
nce
lead
ers
to a
dvan
ce
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
in m
ultil
ater
al
foru
ms
by
31 M
arch
202
2
12 e
ngag
emen
ts
with
glo
bal
scie
nce
lead
ers
to a
dvan
ce
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
in m
ultil
ater
al
foru
ms
by
31 M
arch
202
3
12 e
ngag
emen
ts
with
glo
bal
scie
nce
lead
ers
to a
dvan
ce
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
in m
ultil
ater
al
foru
ms
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Inte
rnat
iona
l STI
in
itiat
ives
focu
sed
on S
DG
s su
ppor
ted
by
Sout
h A
fric
a
Num
ber
of
inte
rnat
iona
l STI
in
itiat
ives
focu
sed
on S
DG
s su
ppor
ted
by
Sout
h A
fric
a
--
-8
new
in
tern
atio
nal S
TI
initi
ativ
es fo
cuse
d on
SD
Gs
supp
orte
d by
So
uth
Afr
ica
by
31 M
arch
202
1
8 ne
w
inte
rnat
iona
l STI
in
itiat
ives
focu
sed
on S
DG
s su
ppor
ted
by
Sout
h A
fric
a by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
8 ne
w
inte
rnat
iona
l STI
in
itiat
ives
focu
sed
on S
DG
s su
ppor
ted
by
Sout
h A
fric
a by
31
Mar
ch 2
023
8 ne
w
inte
rnat
iona
l STI
in
itiat
ives
focu
sed
on S
DG
s su
ppor
ted
by
Sout
h A
fric
a by
31
Mar
ch 2
024
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Tab
le 1
2: I
ndic
ator
s, a
nnua
l and
qua
rter
ly t
arge
ts fo
r th
e 20
21/2
2 fin
anci
al y
ear
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor9
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
1.N
umbe
r of
inte
rnat
iona
l re
sour
ce-le
vera
ging
en
gage
men
ts u
nder
take
n by
th
e D
epar
tmen
t
43 d
edic
ated
inte
rnat
iona
l re
sour
ce-le
vera
ging
en
gage
men
ts u
nder
take
n 31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
5 in
tern
atio
nal r
esou
rce-
leve
ragi
ng e
ngag
emen
ts6
inte
rnat
iona
l res
ourc
e-le
vera
ging
eng
agem
ents
21 in
tern
atio
nal r
esou
rce-
leve
ragi
ng e
ngag
emen
ts11
inte
rnat
iona
l res
ourc
e-le
vera
ging
eng
agem
ents
2.N
umbe
r of
Sou
th A
fric
an
stud
ents
par
ticip
atin
g in
inte
rnat
iona
l tra
inin
g pr
ogra
mm
es
326
new
Sou
th A
fric
an
stud
ents
par
ticip
atin
g in
inte
rnat
iona
l tra
inin
g pr
ogra
mm
es a
s pa
rt o
f co
oper
atio
n in
itiat
ives
fa
cilit
ated
by
DSI
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
10 S
outh
Afr
ican
stu
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in in
tern
atio
nal
trai
ning
pro
gram
mes
50 S
outh
Afr
ican
stu
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in in
tern
atio
nal
trai
ning
pro
gram
mes
82 S
outh
Afr
ican
stu
dent
s pa
rtic
ipat
ing
in in
tern
atio
nal
trai
ning
pro
gram
mes
184
Sout
h A
fric
an s
tude
nts
part
icip
atin
g in
inte
rnat
iona
l tr
aini
ng p
rogr
amm
es
3.N
umbe
r of
cap
acity
-bui
ldin
g in
itiat
ives
for
inte
rnat
iona
l co
oper
atio
n sp
ecifi
cally
ta
rget
ing
hist
oric
ally
di
sadv
anta
ged
inst
itutio
ns
and
indi
vidu
als
32 c
apac
ity-b
uild
ing
initi
ativ
es
for
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion
spec
ifica
lly t
arge
ting
hist
oric
ally
disa
dvan
tage
d in
stitu
tions
and
indi
vidu
als
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
2 ca
paci
ty-b
uild
ing
initi
ativ
es
for
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion
6 ca
paci
ty-b
uild
ing
initi
ativ
es
for
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion
8 ca
paci
ty-b
uild
ing
initi
ativ
es
for
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion
16 c
apac
ity-b
uild
ing
initi
ativ
es fo
r in
tern
atio
nal
coop
erat
ion
4.N
umbe
r of
inte
rnat
iona
l po
licy
dial
ogue
s an
d te
chni
cal e
xcha
nges
to
supp
ort
the
polic
y in
tent
s of
th
e W
hite
Pap
er o
n ST
I
34 in
tern
atio
nal p
olic
y di
alog
ues
and
tech
nica
l ex
chan
ges
the
polic
y in
tent
s of
the
Whi
te P
aper
on
STI
by 3
1 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
8 in
tern
atio
nal p
olic
y di
alog
ues
and
tech
nica
l ex
chan
ges
to s
uppo
rt t
he
polic
y in
tent
s of
the
Whi
te
Pape
r on
STI
4 in
tern
atio
nal p
olic
y di
alog
ues
and
tech
nica
l ex
chan
ges
to s
uppo
rt t
he
polic
y in
tent
s of
the
Whi
te
Pape
r on
STI
11 in
tern
atio
nal p
olic
y di
alog
ues
and
tech
nica
l ex
chan
ges
to s
uppo
rt t
he
polic
y in
tent
s of
the
Whi
te
Pape
r on
STI
11 in
tern
atio
nal p
olic
y di
alog
ues
and
tech
nica
l ex
chan
ges
to s
uppo
rt t
he
polic
y in
tent
s of
the
Whi
te
Pape
r on
STI
5.N
umbe
r of
STI
initi
ativ
es
targ
etin
g ob
ject
ives
of
Age
nda
2063
sup
port
ed
15 n
ew S
TI in
itiat
ives
ta
rget
ing
obje
ctiv
es o
f A
gend
a 20
63 s
uppo
rted
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
et1
STI i
nitia
tives
sup
port
ing
Age
nda
2063
2 ST
I ini
tiativ
es s
uppo
rtin
g A
gend
a 20
6312
STI
initi
ativ
es s
uppo
rtin
g A
gend
a 20
63
9 Th
e te
chni
cal i
ndic
ator
des
crip
tion
for
each
out
put
perfo
rman
ce in
dica
tor
deta
iling
sour
ce d
ata,
met
hod
of c
alcu
latio
n, m
eans
of v
erifi
catio
n, e
tc., i
s se
t ou
t in
Par
t D
.
PROG
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No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor9
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
6.N
umbe
r of
STI
initi
ativ
es
targ
etin
g th
e ob
ject
ives
of
the
SAD
C R
ISD
P su
ppor
ted
17 n
ew S
TI in
itiat
ives
ta
rget
ing
the
obje
ctiv
es o
f th
e SA
DC
RIS
DP
supp
orte
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
2 ST
I ini
tiativ
es s
uppo
rtin
g th
e SA
DC
RIS
DP
4 ST
I ini
tiativ
es s
uppo
rtin
g th
e SA
DC
RIS
DP
6 ST
I ini
tiativ
es s
uppo
rtin
g th
e SA
DC
RIS
DP
5 ST
I ini
tiativ
es s
uppo
rtin
g th
e SA
DC
RIS
DP
7.N
umbe
r of
STI
pla
ns o
f ac
tion
impl
emen
ted
with
bi
late
ral A
fric
an p
artn
ers
6 ST
I pla
ns o
f act
ion
impl
emen
ted
with
bila
tera
l A
fric
an p
artn
ers
by31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
No
targ
et1
STI p
lan
of a
ctio
n im
plem
ente
d w
ith b
ilate
ral
Afr
ican
par
tner
s
2 ST
I pla
n of
act
ion
impl
emen
ted
with
3 ST
I pla
n of
act
ion
impl
emen
ted
with
bila
tera
l A
fric
an p
artn
ers
8.N
umbe
r of
eng
agem
ents
w
ith g
loba
l sci
ence
lead
ers
to a
dvan
ce n
atio
nal p
riorit
ies
in m
ultil
ater
al fo
rum
s
12 e
ngag
emen
ts w
ith
glob
al s
cien
ce le
ader
s to
ad
vanc
e na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s in
m
ultil
ater
al fo
rum
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
1 en
gage
men
t w
ith a
glo
bal
scie
nce
lead
er3
enga
gem
ents
with
a g
loba
l sc
ienc
e le
ader
3 en
gage
men
t w
ith a
glo
bal
scie
nce
lead
er5
enga
gem
ent
with
a g
loba
l sc
ienc
e le
ader
9.N
umbe
r of
inte
rnat
iona
l STI
in
itiat
ives
focu
sed
on S
DG
s su
ppor
ted
by S
outh
Afr
ica
8 ne
w in
tern
atio
nal S
TI
initi
ativ
es fo
cuse
d on
SD
Gs
supp
orte
d by
Sou
th A
fric
a by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
1 in
tern
atio
nal S
TI in
itiat
ives
fo
cuse
d on
SD
Gs
supp
orte
d by
Sou
th A
fric
a
No
targ
et1
inte
rnat
iona
l STI
initi
ativ
es
focu
sed
on S
DG
s su
ppor
ted
by S
outh
Afr
ica
6 in
tern
atio
nal S
TI in
itiat
ives
fo
cuse
d on
SD
Gs
supp
orte
d by
Sou
th A
fric
a
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69DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
Exp
lana
tion
of p
lann
ed p
erfo
rman
ce o
ver
the
med
ium
ter
m
Ove
r th
e m
ediu
m-t
erm
the
bud
get
prog
ram
me
will
dire
ctly
and
/or
indi
rect
ly s
uppo
rt a
ll ni
ne o
f the
Dep
artm
ent’s
out
com
es id
entifi
ed in
the
202
0-20
25 S
trat
egic
Pla
n.
In 2
021/
22, t
he b
udge
t pr
ogra
mm
e w
ill do
the
follo
win
g to
ens
ure
that
nin
e ou
tput
s ar
e re
alise
d:
• U
se in
tern
atio
nal c
oope
ratio
n op
port
uniti
es t
o ad
vanc
e th
e tr
ansf
orm
atio
n of
the
NSI
.
• C
oord
inat
e ap
prop
riate
form
al p
artn
ersh
ips w
ith p
refe
rred
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
s thr
ough
join
t pla
nnin
g w
ith o
ther
DSI
Pro
gram
mes
, with
a sp
ecifi
c fo
cus o
n th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he d
ecad
al p
lan
for
the
NSI
.
• Im
plem
ent
join
t pr
ogra
mm
es fo
r th
e co
ordi
natio
n of
ski
lls w
ith t
he D
epar
tmen
t of
Hig
her
Educ
atio
n an
d Tr
aini
ng a
nd t
he N
atio
nal R
esea
rch
Foun
datio
n as
impl
emen
tatio
n pa
rtne
r to
incr
ease
the
num
ber
of S
outh
Afr
ican
s gr
adua
ting
and
rece
ivin
g qu
alifi
catio
ns t
hrou
gh in
tern
atio
nal t
rain
ing
and
exch
ange
pro
gram
mes
.
• Pr
omot
e in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ersh
ips
to in
crea
se k
now
ledg
e pr
oduc
tion
and
know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion,
esp
ecia
lly in
the
cont
ext o
f the
focu
s on
STI
in th
e Su
stai
nabl
e D
evel
opm
ent
Goa
ls.
• Su
ppor
t effo
rts
to r
evita
lise
exist
ing
indu
strie
s an
d se
curin
g in
tern
atio
nal f
undi
ng o
r pa
rtne
rshi
ps, w
hile
sup
port
ing
R&D
-led
indu
stria
l dev
elop
men
t and
par
tner
ship
s fo
r R&
D-
rela
ted
activ
ities
. In th
e up
com
ing
year
the
focu
s w
ill be
on
alig
ning
inte
rnat
iona
l ind
ustr
ial R
&D
par
tner
ship
s in
whi
ch S
outh
Afr
ica
is pa
rtic
ipat
ing
to s
uppo
rt th
e So
uth
Afr
ican
in
dust
ry m
aste
r pl
ans.
• A
ctiv
ely
adva
nce
incl
usiv
e de
velo
pmen
t th
emes
in in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ersh
ips,
with
a s
peci
fic f
ocus
on
Sout
h A
fric
an g
rass
root
s in
nova
tors
, and
adv
anci
ng A
fric
an r
egio
nal
coop
erat
ion
and
inte
grat
ion,
and
Sou
th-S
outh
coo
pera
tion.
• U
se te
chni
cal e
xcha
nges
with
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
s to
acc
ess
rele
vant
sci
entifi
c ev
iden
ce fo
r tra
nsla
tion
into
adv
ice
to in
form
the
inte
grat
ion
of in
nova
tion
into
ser
vice
del
iver
y, su
ppor
t dec
ision
sup
port
sys
tem
s. The
Bud
get p
rogr
amm
e w
ill pu
rsue
and
sha
re it
s le
arni
ng to
initi
ativ
es s
uppo
rtin
g A
gend
a 20
63 a
nd th
e SA
DC
Reg
iona
l Ind
icat
ive
Stra
tegi
c D
evel
opm
ent
Plan
(RI
SDP)
.
The
tabl
e be
low
set
s ou
t ho
w t
he m
ediu
m-t
erm
bud
get
allo
catio
n (2
021/
22 –
R14
8 11
2; 2
022/
23 –
R14
7 93
1; a
nd 2
023/
24 –
R14
6 80
4) w
ill be
use
d to
rea
lise
the
budg
et
prog
ram
me
outp
uts
iden
tified
ove
r th
e m
ediu
m-t
erm
.
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Rec
onci
ling
perf
orm
ance
tar
gets
wit
h th
e bu
dget
and
MT
EF
Tab
le 1
3: I
nter
nati
onal
Coo
pera
tion
and
Res
ourc
es e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
R’0
00P
rogr
amm
eE
xpen
ditu
re o
utco
me
Adj
uste
dap
prop
riat
ion
Med
ium
-ter
m e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Offi
ce o
f the
Dep
uty
Dire
ctor
-Gen
eral
6 08
15
300
6 66
54
276
4 96
95
009
5 02
3
Mul
tilat
eral
Coo
pera
tion
and
Afr
ica
31 3
5336
123
30 5
0027
551
32 0
5732
517
32 5
81
Inte
rnat
iona
l Res
ourc
es
61 4
8161
851
61 4
8856
601
66 8
4368
184
68 3
85
Ove
rsea
s Bi
late
ral C
oope
ratio
n 37
764
41 8
9837
374
28 3
7442
756
43 3
8043
477
TO
TA
L13
6 67
914
5 17
213
6 02
711
6 80
214
6 62
514
9 09
014
9 46
6
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
51 0
2651
796
48 3
5753
805
53 2
1753
261
53 2
67
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
21 4
2625
201
19 7
913
296
18 9
0419
402
19 4
78
Tran
sfer
s an
d su
bsid
ies
64 2
2468
165
67 8
7959
701
74 5
0476
427
76 7
21
Paym
ents
for
capi
tal a
sset
s-
10-
--
--
Paym
ents
for
finan
cial
ass
ets
3-
--
--
-
TO
TA
L13
6 67
914
5 17
213
6 02
711
6 80
214
6 62
514
9 09
014
9 46
6
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Tab
le 1
4: U
pdat
ed k
ey r
isks
and
mit
igat
ion
– In
tern
atio
nal C
oope
rati
on a
nd R
esou
rces
Out
com
eK
ey r
isks
Mit
igat
ion
acti
on
Out
com
e 1:
A t
rans
form
ed, in
clus
ive,
re
spon
sive
and
cohe
rent
NSI
Neg
ativ
e pe
rcep
tion
by fo
reig
n pa
rtne
rs
of S
A a
s a
viab
le d
estin
atio
n fo
r ST
I in
vest
men
ts.
• O
pen
and
regu
lar
dial
ogue
to
dete
rmin
e w
hich
of t
he r
isk fa
ctor
s is
chal
leng
ing/
thre
aten
ing
the
part
ners
hips
(C
ontin
uous
dia
logu
e an
d re
view
s w
ith in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers)
Lack
of i
nter
est
and/
or u
nwilli
ngne
ss
by in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
to s
hare
STI
ex
pert
ise a
nd r
esou
rces
with
Sou
th A
fric
a.
• Ta
rget
ed fo
rmat
ion
of m
utua
lly b
enefi
cial
str
ateg
ic p
artn
ersh
ips
with
par
tner
s of
prio
rity
inte
rest
to
Sou
th A
fric
a.
Acc
essin
g of
inap
prop
riate
and
irre
leva
nt
inte
rnat
iona
l exp
erie
nce
and
expe
rtise
is
not
alig
ned
with
Sou
th A
fric
an n
eeds
.
• In
volv
emen
t of
Sou
th A
fric
an t
echn
ical
exp
ertis
e in
all
phas
es o
f pla
nnin
g an
d ex
ecut
ion
of
inte
rnat
iona
l cap
acity
-bui
ldin
g in
itiat
ives
des
igne
d to
sup
port
Sou
th A
fric
an p
riorit
ies.
Dev
elop
men
t of
a S
ub-o
ptim
al C
ontin
enta
l Sy
stem
of I
nnov
atio
n in
par
tner
ship
with
So
uth
Afr
ica.
)
• Jo
intly
ben
efici
al c
oope
ratio
n pr
ogra
mm
es n
egot
iate
d pr
ovid
ing
for
inve
stm
ent
acco
rdin
g to
ca
paci
ties
and
alig
ned
with
join
t st
rate
gic
obje
ctiv
es.
Old
(lo
ngst
andi
ng)
deve
lopm
ent
para
digm
s sk
ewin
g A
fric
an o
bjec
tives
as
set
out
in e
.g. A
gend
a 20
63 a
nd t
here
fore
also
in
fluen
cing
par
tner
ship
s w
ith S
outh
Afr
ica.
• C
autio
us c
onsu
ltatio
n w
ith in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
and
bene
ficia
ries
in A
fric
a, hi
ghlig
htin
g va
lue
addi
tion
of S
outh
Afr
ican
con
trib
utio
n.
Mul
tilat
eral
inst
itutio
nal c
halle
nges
res
ultin
g in
del
ays
at c
ontin
enta
l or
regi
onal
leve
l im
pact
ing
prog
ress
of A
U o
r SA
DC
in
itiat
ives
.
• Im
plem
enta
tion
of in
itiat
ives
to
adva
nce
cont
inen
tal a
nd r
egio
nal a
gend
a no
t co
nstr
aine
d by
in
stitu
tiona
l fra
mew
orks
.
Exte
rnal
geo
polit
ical
fact
ors
nega
tivel
y im
pact
ing
Sout
h A
fric
an in
fluen
ce o
f in
tern
atio
nal S
TI d
ecisi
on-m
akin
g.
• C
lose
and
str
ateg
ic c
oope
ratio
n w
ith D
IRC
O a
nd o
ther
rel
evan
t de
part
men
ts in
mul
tilat
eral
en
gage
men
ts in
clud
ing
to e
xplo
it su
ppor
t fro
m r
egio
nal a
nd o
ther
str
ateg
ic a
llianc
es t
owar
ds S
TI
prio
ritie
s.
Out
com
e 2:
Hum
an c
apab
ilitie
s an
d sk
ills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent
Relu
ctan
ce b
y SA
stu
dent
s to
stu
dy (
in
othe
r Afr
ican
cou
ntrie
s).
• Im
prov
e na
tiona
l coo
rdin
atio
n of
inve
stm
ent
role
pla
yers
in s
tude
nts
stud
ying
abr
oad
to e
nsur
e th
e ef
fect
ive
leve
ragi
ng o
f int
erna
tiona
l par
tner
ship
s.
Dev
elop
men
t of
a S
ub-o
ptim
al C
ontin
enta
l Sy
stem
of I
nnov
atio
n in
par
tner
ship
with
So
uth
Afr
ica.
• Jo
intly
ben
efici
al c
oope
ratio
n pr
ogra
mm
es n
egot
iate
d pr
ovid
ing
for
inve
stm
ent
acco
rdin
g to
ca
paci
ties
and
alig
ned
with
join
t st
rate
gic
obje
ctiv
es.
Out
com
e 3:
Incr
ease
kno
wle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
ut.
Con
stra
int
abilit
y to
leve
rage
res
ourc
es t
o in
vest
in in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ersh
ips.
• Pr
oact
ive
enga
gem
ent
to s
ensit
ize in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
of t
he r
etur
n on
inve
stm
ent
in
coop
erat
ing
with
Sou
th A
fric
a, as
wel
l as
impr
oved
inte
rnal
SA
NSI
coo
rdin
atio
n in
inte
rnat
iona
l in
vest
men
t
Dev
elop
men
t of
a S
ub-o
ptim
al C
ontin
enta
l Sy
stem
of I
nnov
atio
n in
par
tner
ship
with
So
uth
Afr
ica.
• Jo
intly
ben
efici
al c
oope
ratio
n pr
ogra
mm
es n
egot
iate
d pr
ovid
ing
for
inve
stm
ent
acco
rdin
g to
ca
paci
ties
and
alig
ned
with
join
t st
rate
gic
obje
ctiv
es.
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Out
com
eK
ey r
isks
Mit
igat
ion
acti
on
Old
(lo
ngst
andi
ng)
deve
lopm
ent
para
digm
s sk
ewin
g A
fric
an o
bjec
tives
as
set
out
in e
.g. A
gend
a 20
63 a
nd t
here
fore
also
in
fluen
cing
par
tner
ship
s w
ith S
outh
Afr
ica.
• C
autio
us c
onsu
ltatio
n w
ith in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
and
bene
ficia
ries
in A
fric
a, hi
ghlig
htin
g va
lue
addi
tion
of S
outh
Afr
ican
con
trib
utio
n.
Mul
tilat
eral
inst
itutio
nal c
halle
nges
res
ultin
g in
del
ays
at c
ontin
enta
l or
regi
onal
leve
l im
pact
ing
prog
ress
of A
U o
r SA
DC
in
itiat
ives
.
• Im
plem
enta
tion
of in
itiat
ives
to
adva
nce
cont
inen
tal a
nd r
egio
nal a
gend
a no
t co
nstr
aine
d by
in
stitu
tiona
l fra
mew
orks
.
Out
com
e 4:
Kno
wle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r ec
onom
ic d
evel
opm
ent
– (a
) re
vital
ising
ex
istin
g in
dust
ries
and
(b)
stim
ulat
ing
R&D
-le
d in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent
Dev
elop
men
t of
a S
ub-o
ptim
al C
ontin
enta
l Sy
stem
of I
nnov
atio
n in
par
tner
ship
with
So
uth
Afr
ica.
• Jo
intly
ben
efici
al c
oope
ratio
n pr
ogra
mm
es n
egot
iate
d pr
ovid
ing
for
inve
stm
ent
acco
rdin
g to
ca
paci
ties
and
alig
ned
with
join
t st
rate
gic
obje
ctiv
es.
Old
(lo
ngst
andi
ng)
deve
lopm
ent
para
digm
s sk
ewin
g A
fric
an o
bjec
tives
as
set
out
in e
.g. A
gend
a 20
63 a
nd t
here
fore
also
in
fluen
cing
par
tner
ship
s w
ith S
outh
Afr
ica.
• C
autio
us c
onsu
ltatio
n w
ith in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers
and
bene
ficia
ries
in A
fric
a, hi
ghlig
htin
g va
lue
addi
tion
of S
outh
Afr
ican
con
trib
utio
n.
Exte
rnal
geo
polit
ical
fact
ors
nega
tivel
y im
pact
ing
Sout
h A
fric
an in
fluen
ce o
f in
tern
atio
nal S
TI d
ecisi
on-m
akin
g.
• C
lose
and
str
ateg
ic c
oope
ratio
n w
ith D
IRC
O a
nd o
ther
rel
evan
t de
part
men
ts in
mul
tilat
eral
en
gage
men
ts in
clud
ing
to e
xplo
it su
ppor
t fro
m r
egio
nal a
nd o
ther
str
ateg
ic a
llianc
es t
owar
ds S
TI
prio
ritie
s.
Out
com
e 5:
Kno
wle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
Dev
elop
men
t of
a S
ub-o
ptim
al C
ontin
enta
l Sy
stem
of I
nnov
atio
n in
par
tner
ship
with
So
uth
Afr
ica.
• Jo
intly
ben
efici
al c
oope
ratio
n pr
ogra
mm
es n
egot
iate
d pr
ovid
ing
for
inve
stm
ent
acco
rdin
g to
ca
paci
ties
and
alig
ned
with
join
t st
rate
gic
obje
ctiv
es.
Mul
tilat
eral
inst
itutio
nal c
halle
nges
res
ultin
g in
del
ays
at c
ontin
enta
l or
regi
onal
leve
l im
pact
ing
prog
ress
of A
U o
r SA
DC
in
itiat
ives
.
• Im
plem
enta
tion
of in
itiat
ives
to
adva
nce
cont
inen
tal a
nd r
egio
nal a
gend
a no
t co
nstr
aine
d by
in
stitu
tiona
l fra
mew
orks
.
Exte
rnal
geo
polit
ical
fact
ors
nega
tivel
y im
pact
ing
Sout
h A
fric
an in
fluen
ce o
f in
tern
atio
nal S
TI d
ecisi
on-m
akin
g.
• C
lose
and
str
ateg
ic c
oope
ratio
n w
ith D
IRC
O a
nd o
ther
rel
evan
t de
part
men
ts in
mul
tilat
eral
en
gage
men
ts in
clud
ing
to e
xplo
it su
ppor
t fro
m r
egio
nal a
nd o
ther
str
ateg
ic a
llianc
es t
owar
ds S
TI
prio
ritie
s.
Out
com
e 6:
Inno
vatio
n in
sup
port
of a
ca
pabl
e an
d de
velo
pmen
tal s
tate
Mul
tilat
eral
inst
itutio
nal c
halle
nges
res
ultin
g in
del
ays
at c
ontin
enta
l or
regi
onal
leve
l im
pact
ing
prog
ress
of A
U o
r SA
DC
in
itiat
ives
.
• Im
plem
enta
tion
of in
itiat
ives
to
adva
nce
cont
inen
tal a
nd r
egio
nal a
gend
a no
t co
nstr
aine
d by
in
stitu
tiona
l fra
mew
orks
.
Exte
rnal
geo
polit
ical
fact
ors
nega
tivel
y im
pact
ing
Sout
h A
fric
an in
fluen
ce o
f in
tern
atio
nal S
TI d
ecisi
on-m
akin
g.
• C
lose
and
str
ateg
ic c
oope
ratio
n w
ith D
IRC
O a
nd o
ther
rel
evan
t de
part
men
ts in
mul
tilat
eral
en
gage
men
ts in
clud
ing
to e
xplo
it su
ppor
t fro
m r
egio
nal a
nd o
ther
str
ateg
ic a
llianc
es t
owar
ds S
TI
prio
ritie
s.
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Purpose
To provide an enabling environment for research and knowledge production that promotes the strategic development of basic sciences and priority science areas, through science promotion, human capital development, and the provision of research infrastructure and relevant research support, in pursuit of South Africa’s transition to a knowledge economy.
PROGRAMME 4:Research Development and Support
Chief directorates
Human Capital and Science Promotion
This chief directorate formulates and implements policies and strategies that address the availability of human capital for STI, and that provide fundamental support for research activities. The chief directorate provides strategic direction and support to institutions mandated to develop human capital and increase knowledge production, as well as interfacing with relevant stakeholders in this regard. In addition, the chief directorate is responsible for the development of a society that is scientifically literate and critically engaged with science through public engagement in STI and enhancing youth access to STI.
The chief directorate has three directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Research Development, Science Promotion, and Research Support.
Basic Sciences and Infrastructure
Facilitates the strategic implementation of research and innovation equipment and facilities to promote knowledge production in areas of national priority and to sustain R&D-led innovation. The chief directorate also promotes the development and strengthening of basic or foundational sciences, (such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, computer science, biological and life sciences, geographic and geological sciences), theoretical and computational sciences, data sciences, and the human and social sciences, including digital humanities.
The chief directorate has two directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Cyberinfrastructure and Basic Sciences.
Science Missions
Promotes the development of research and the production of scientific knowledge and human capital in science areas
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in which South Africa enjoys a geographic advantage. These areas include the dynamics of climate change and its impact on Earth systems, Antarctic and marine research, the palaeosciences, and indigenous knowledge systems (IKS). The chief directorate has four directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Marine, Polar Research and Palaeosciences; Knowledge Management; Indigenous Knowledge Policy and Advocacy and Earth Systems Sciences.
Astronomy
This chief directorate supports the development of astronomical sciences around the new Multiwavelength Astronomy Strategy. The strategy highlights the current
status of astronomy in South Africa, its importance to the South African socio-economic landscape, the astronomy heritage in South Africa and how this could be further strengthened, and a strategic approach for continued investments in astronomy in South Africa. The strategy sets out strategic objectives and a strategic agenda defined by the key priority areas for astronomy, also outlining relevant cross-cutting support programmes needed to give effect to the shared vision.
The chief directorate has two directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Multiwavelength Astronomy, and the Astronomy Management Authority.
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Planned policy initiatives over the medium term
Planned policy initiatives Key actionsNational open science policy • Policy framework for establishment of a SA research cloud
Transformation policy • Increase participation of women and black researchers, and those based historically disadvantaged universities
• Increase production of research outputs that have higher potential of utility through alignment of DSI initiative and involvement of relevant stakeholders in the formulation of research agenda
Recognition of research outputs produced by research institutions (excluding universities)
• Expansion of the Research Output Submission System to include other role players within the NSI
DSI/NRF Postgraduate Funding Policy • Implementation and monitoring of the Postgraduate Funding Policy
Reporting on postgraduate support across all DSI Programmes
• Implementation of the Framework on Corporate Reporting throughout the DSI
PhD tracer study • Completion and presentation to the Minister of the PhD tracer study
Astro-tourism strategy • Undertaking a consultative process for the development of an astro-tourism strategy
Astronomy institute • Review of the astronomy institutional landscape
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Tab
le 1
5: O
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puts
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nd t
arge
ts fo
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m E
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ditu
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mew
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2018
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2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Hum
an
capa
bilit
ies
and
skills
for
the
econ
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and
for
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ally
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ber
of
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stu
dent
s aw
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cted
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es
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18
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23
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20
24
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ly
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leva
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arch
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Gra
duat
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and
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ram
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d st
uden
ts
plac
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31
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2024
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com
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incl
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31
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024
Inte
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aw
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blish
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flect
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the
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stal
led
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ch 2
021
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r th
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ditio
nal
20 M
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ante
nnas
ap
prov
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arch
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2
Prod
uctio
n of
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and
rece
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s fo
r th
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nal
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nnas
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mpl
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by
31
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ch 2
023
Inst
alla
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of t
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vers
on
the
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20 M
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by
31
Mar
ch 2
024
Regu
latio
ns
appr
oved
by
Min
ister
und
er
the
Prot
ectio
n,
Prom
otio
n an
d Pr
otec
tion,
Pr
omot
ion,
D
evel
opm
ent
and
Man
agem
ent
of In
dige
nous
Kn
owle
dge
Act
(IK
Act
)
Num
ber
of
com
pone
nts
of t
he IK
lega
l ar
chite
ctur
e im
plem
ente
d
--
-Re
gula
tions
fo
r th
e IK
Act
ap
prov
al b
y th
e M
inist
er b
y
31 M
arch
202
1
Laun
ch o
f th
e N
atio
nal
Reco
rdal
Sys
tem
fo
r re
gist
ratio
n an
d ac
cess
to
indi
geno
us
know
ledg
e by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
Inte
llect
ual
prop
erty
in
stru
men
ts
laun
ched
by
31
Mar
ch 2
023
A fu
lly fu
nctio
nal
SSD
U in
op
erat
ion
by
31 M
arch
202
4
Publ
ic a
war
enes
s of
and
en
gage
men
t in
itiat
ives
Num
ber
of
initi
ativ
es
cond
ucte
d to
pr
omot
e pu
blic
aw
aren
ess
of
and
enga
gem
ent
with
sci
ence
th
roug
hout
th
e co
untr
y as
re
flect
ed in
the
re
port
s of
the
N
RF a
nd o
ther
im
plem
entin
g an
d co
llabo
rativ
e pa
rtne
rs
--
--
9 in
itiat
ives
pr
omot
ing
publ
ic
awar
enes
s of
an
d en
gage
men
t w
ith s
cien
ce
cond
ucte
d, a
s re
flect
ed in
the
re
port
s of
the
N
RF a
nd o
ther
im
plem
entin
g an
d co
llabo
rativ
e pa
rtne
rs b
y
31 M
arch
202
2
12 in
itiat
ives
pr
omot
ing
publ
ic
awar
enes
s of
an
d en
gage
men
t w
ith s
cien
ce
cond
ucte
d, a
s re
flect
ed in
the
re
port
s of
the
N
RF a
nd o
ther
im
plem
entin
g an
d co
llabo
rativ
e pa
rtne
rs b
y
31 M
arch
202
3
15 in
itiat
ives
pr
omot
ing
publ
ic
awar
enes
s of
an
d en
gage
men
t w
ith s
cien
ce
cond
ucte
d, a
s re
flect
ed in
the
re
port
s of
the
N
RF a
nd o
ther
im
plem
entin
g an
d co
llabo
rativ
e pa
rtne
rs b
y
31 M
arch
202
4
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Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Sout
h A
fric
an
scie
nce
surv
ey
repo
rt
Firs
t So
uth
Afr
ican
pub
lic
rela
tions
hip
with
sc
ienc
e su
rvey
re
port
pub
lishe
d
--
-Sa
mpl
e a
nd
tech
nica
l rep
ort
fram
ewor
ks fo
r th
e fir
st S
outh
A
fric
an p
ublic
re
latio
nshi
p w
ith
scie
nce
surv
ey
appr
oved
by
31
Mar
ch 2
021
Dat
a co
llect
ion
inst
rum
ents
for
the
first
Sou
th
Afr
ican
pub
lic
rela
tions
hip
with
sc
ienc
e su
rvey
pr
oduc
ed b
y
31 M
arch
202
2
Firs
t So
uth
Afr
ican
pub
lic
rela
tions
hip
with
sc
ienc
e su
rvey
co
nduc
ted
by
31 M
arch
202
3
Sout
h A
fric
an p
ublic
re
latio
nshi
p w
ith
scie
nce
surv
ey
cond
ucte
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
024
Inno
vatio
n in
su
ppor
t of
a
capa
ble
and
deve
lopm
enta
l st
ate
Ove
rsig
ht o
ver
NRF
, SA
CN
ASP
an
d A
SSA
f to
ensu
re t
hat
they
res
pond
to
gov
ernm
ent
prio
ritie
s
Num
ber
of
stra
tegi
c an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
w
ith t
he N
RF,
SAC
NA
SP a
nd
ASS
Af t
o en
sure
al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s
--
-12
str
ateg
ic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts
with
NRF
, SA
CN
ASP
an
d A
SSA
f to
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
1 M
arch
20
21
12 s
trat
egic
an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
be
twee
n N
RF,
SAC
NA
SP
and
ASS
Af t
o al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s by
31
Mar
ch
2022
12 s
trat
egic
an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
be
twee
n N
RF,
SAC
NA
SP
and
ASS
Af t
o al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s by
31
Mar
ch
2023
12 s
trat
egic
an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
be
twee
n N
RF,
SAC
NA
SP
and
ASS
Af t
o al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s by
31
Mar
ch
2024
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Tab
le 1
6: I
ndic
ator
s, a
nnua
l and
qua
rter
ly t
arge
ts fo
r th
e 20
21/2
2 fin
anci
al y
ear
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor11
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
1.To
tal n
umbe
r of
PhD
st
uden
ts a
war
ded
burs
arie
s an
nual
ly a
s re
flect
ed in
the
re
port
s fro
m t
he N
RF a
nd
othe
r re
leva
nt e
ntiti
es
2 00
0 Ph
D s
tude
nts
awar
ded
burs
arie
s an
nual
ly
as r
eflec
ted
in t
he r
epor
ts
from
the
NRF
and
oth
er
rele
vant
ent
ities
by
31 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
1 00
0 Ph
D s
tude
nts
awar
ded
an a
nnua
l bur
sary
as
refl
ecte
d in
the
rep
orts
fro
m t
he N
RF a
nd o
ther
re
leva
nt e
ntiti
es b
y 30
June
20
21
1 50
0 Ph
D s
tude
nts
awar
ded
an a
nnua
l bur
sary
as
refl
ecte
d in
the
rep
orts
fro
m t
he N
RF a
nd o
ther
re
leva
nt e
ntiti
es b
y 30
Se
ptem
ber
2021
1 80
0 Ph
D s
tude
nts
awar
ded
an a
nnua
l bur
sary
as
refl
ecte
d in
the
rep
orts
fro
m t
he N
RF a
nd o
ther
re
leva
nt e
ntiti
es b
y 31
D
ecem
ber
2021
2 00
0 Ph
D s
tude
nts
awar
ded
an a
nnua
l bur
sary
as
refl
ecte
d in
the
rep
orts
fro
m t
he N
RF a
nd o
ther
re
leva
nt e
ntiti
es b
y 31
Mar
ch
2022
2.To
tal n
umbe
r of
pip
elin
e po
stgr
adua
te s
tude
nts
awar
ded
burs
arie
s an
nual
ly
as r
eflec
ted
in t
he r
epor
ts
from
the
NRF
and
oth
er
rele
vant
ent
ities
6 20
0 pi
pelin
e po
stgr
adua
te
stud
ents
aw
arde
d bu
rsar
ies
annu
ally
as
refle
cted
in t
he
repo
rts
from
the
NRF
and
ot
her
rele
vant
ent
ities
by
31 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
3 20
0 pi
pelin
e po
stgr
adua
te
stud
ents
aw
arde
d an
ann
ual
burs
ary
as r
eflec
ted
in t
he
repo
rts
from
the
NRF
and
ot
her
rele
vant
ent
ities
by
30
June
202
1
4 70
0 pi
pelin
e po
stgr
adua
te
stud
ents
aw
arde
d an
ann
ual
burs
ary
as r
eflec
ted
in t
he
repo
rts
from
the
NRF
and
ot
her
rele
vant
ent
ities
by
30
Sept
embe
r 20
21
5 60
0 pi
pelin
e po
stgr
adua
te
stud
ents
aw
arde
d an
ann
ual
burs
ary
as r
eflec
ted
in t
he
repo
rts
from
the
NRF
and
ot
her
rele
vant
ent
ities
by
31
Dec
embe
r 20
21
6 20
0 pi
pelin
e po
stgr
adua
te
stud
ents
aw
arde
d an
ann
ual
burs
ary
as r
eflec
ted
in t
he
repo
rts
from
the
NRF
and
ot
her
rele
vant
ent
ities
by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
3.To
tal n
umbe
r of
gra
duat
es
and
stud
ents
pla
ced
in D
SI-
fund
ed w
ork
prep
arat
ion
prog
ram
mes
in S
ETI
inst
itutio
ns
750
grad
uate
s an
d st
uden
ts
plac
ed in
DSI
-fund
ed w
ork
prep
arat
ion
prog
ram
mes
in
SETI
inst
itutio
ns b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
450
grad
uate
s an
d st
uden
ts
plac
ed in
DSI
-fund
ed w
ork
prep
arat
ion
prog
ram
mes
in
SETI
inst
itutio
ns
550
grad
uate
s an
d st
uden
ts
plac
ed in
DSI
-fund
ed w
ork
prep
arat
ion
prog
ram
mes
in
SETI
inst
itutio
ns
650
grad
uate
s an
d st
uden
ts
plac
ed in
DSI
-fund
ed w
ork
prep
arat
ion
prog
ram
mes
in
SETI
inst
itutio
ns
750
grad
uate
s an
d st
uden
ts
plac
ed in
DSI
-fund
ed w
ork
prep
arat
ion
prog
ram
mes
in
SETI
inst
itutio
ns b
y 31
Mar
ch
2022
4.N
umbe
r of
res
earc
h in
fras
truc
ture
gra
nts
awar
ded
25 r
esea
rch
infr
astr
uctu
re
gran
ts a
war
ded
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etC
all f
or p
ropo
sals
on
awar
ding
of r
esea
rch
infr
astr
uctu
re g
rant
s iss
ued
No
targ
et25
ann
ual r
esea
rch
infr
astr
uctu
re g
rant
s aw
arde
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
5.To
tal a
vaila
ble
broa
dban
d ca
paci
ty p
rovi
ded
by
SAN
ReN
per
ann
um
5 80
0 G
bps
tota
l ava
ilabl
e br
oadb
and
capa
city
pro
vide
d by
SA
NRe
N b
y
31 M
arch
202
2 (N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
ew li
nks
and
upgr
ade
plan
fin
alise
d by
30
Sept
embe
r 20
21
No
targ
et5
800
Gbp
s to
tal a
vaila
ble
broa
dban
d ca
paci
ty p
rovi
ded
by S
AN
ReN
by
31 M
arch
20
22
11
The
tech
nica
l ind
icat
or d
escr
iptio
n fo
r ea
ch o
utpu
t pe
rform
ance
indi
cato
r de
tailin
g so
urce
dat
a, m
etho
d of
cal
cula
tion,
mea
ns o
f ver
ifica
tion,
etc
., is
set
out
in P
art
D.
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No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor11
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
6.To
tal n
umbe
r of
res
earc
hers
aw
arde
d re
sear
ch g
rant
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed
prog
ram
mes
as
refle
cted
in
the
NRF
pro
ject
rep
orts
3 00
0 re
sear
cher
s aw
arde
d re
sear
ch g
rant
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed p
rogr
amm
es
as r
eflec
ted
by t
he N
RF
proj
ect
repo
rts
by
31 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
1 20
0 re
sear
cher
s aw
arde
d re
sear
ch g
rant
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed p
rogr
amm
es
1 70
0 re
sear
cher
s aw
arde
d re
sear
ch g
rant
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed p
rogr
amm
es
2 00
0 re
sear
cher
s aw
arde
d re
sear
ch g
rant
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed p
rogr
amm
es
3 00
0 re
sear
cher
s aw
arde
d re
sear
ch g
rant
s th
roug
h N
RF-m
anag
ed p
rogr
amm
es
as r
eflec
ted
by t
he N
RF
proj
ect
repo
rts
by 3
1 M
arch
20
22
7.N
umbe
r of
res
earc
h ar
ticle
s pu
blish
ed b
y N
RF-fu
nded
re
sear
cher
s an
d ci
ted
in t
he
Thom
son
Reut
ers W
eb o
f Sc
ienc
e C
itatio
n D
atab
ase
as
refle
cted
in t
he N
RF p
roje
ct
repo
rts
7 00
0 in
tern
atio
nally
ac
cred
ited
rese
arch
art
icle
s fro
m r
esea
rche
rs a
war
ded
rese
arch
gra
nts
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
et7
000
inte
rnat
iona
lly
accr
edite
d re
sear
ch a
rtic
les
from
res
earc
hers
aw
arde
d re
sear
ch g
rant
s by
31
Mar
ch
2022
8.N
umbe
r of
add
ition
al
rece
iver
s in
stal
led
on t
he
Mee
rKAT
tel
esco
pe t
o en
hanc
e th
e pe
rform
ance
of
the
Mee
rKAT
tel
esco
pe
Prod
uctio
n pl
an fo
r th
e L-
band
rec
eive
rs fo
r th
e ad
ditio
nal 2
0 M
eerK
AT
ante
nnas
app
rove
d by
SKA
SA
Pro
ject
Dire
ctor
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
SKA
SA
Pro
ject
Dire
ctor
ap
prov
ed p
rodu
ctio
n pl
an b
y 30
June
202
1
SKA
SA
Pro
ject
app
rove
d pr
ogre
ss r
epor
t w
ith
refe
renc
e to
pro
duct
ion
plan
pr
ovid
ed b
y 30
Sep
tem
ber
2021
SKA
SA
Pro
ject
app
rove
d pr
ogre
ss r
epor
t w
ith
refe
renc
e to
pro
duct
ion
plan
pr
ovid
ed b
y 31
Dec
embe
r 20
21
Prod
uctio
n pl
an a
ppro
ved
for
the
L-ba
nd r
ecei
vers
for
the
addi
tiona
l 20
Mee
rKAT
an
tenn
as b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
022
9.N
umbe
r of
com
pone
nts
of t
he IK
lega
l arc
hite
ctur
e im
plem
ente
d
Laun
ch o
f the
Nat
iona
l Re
cord
al S
yste
m fo
r re
gist
ratio
n an
d ac
cess
to
indi
geno
us k
now
ledg
e by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
IK d
ata
qual
ity c
heck
ed
and
sync
hron
ised
from
IKS
Doc
umen
tatio
n C
entr
es t
o th
e N
RS c
entr
al s
erve
r by
30
June
202
1
An
IK R
egist
ratio
n
Requ
irem
ents
Spe
cific
atio
n de
velo
ped
by 3
0 Se
ptem
ber
2021
Test
ing
the
regi
stra
tion
and
acce
ss a
pplic
atio
ns in
a
cont
rolle
d en
viro
nmen
t by
30
Dec
embe
r 20
21
Laun
ch o
f the
Nat
iona
l Re
cord
al S
yste
m fo
r re
gist
ratio
n an
d ac
cess
to
IK
by 3
1 M
arch
202
2
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No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor11
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
10.
Num
ber
of in
itiat
ives
co
nduc
ted
to p
rom
ote
publ
ic a
war
enes
s of
an
d en
gage
men
t w
ith
scie
nce
thro
ugho
ut t
he
coun
try,
as r
eflec
ted
in t
he
repo
rts
of t
he N
RF a
nd
othe
r im
plem
entin
g an
d co
llabo
rativ
e pa
rtne
rs.
9 in
itiat
ives
pro
mot
ing
publ
ic a
war
enes
s of
and
en
gage
men
t w
ith s
cien
ce
cond
ucte
d, a
s re
flect
ed in
th
e re
port
s of
the
NRF
and
ot
her
impl
emen
ting
and
colla
bora
tive
part
ners
by
31 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
(1)
Cofi
mva
ba S
cien
ce
Cen
tre
laun
ched
by
30 Ju
ne
2021
(2)
Nat
iona
l Sci
ence
Wee
k co
nduc
ted
by 3
0 Se
ptem
ber
2021
(3
) ST
EMI O
lym
piad
s an
d C
ompe
titio
ns C
omm
unity
of
Pra
ctic
e C
onfe
renc
e co
nduc
ted
by 3
0 Se
ptem
ber
2021
(4) T
hree
mai
n ST
EMI
Oly
mpi
ads
and
com
petit
ions
co
nduc
ted
targ
etin
g le
arne
rs
in a
ll ni
ne p
rovi
nces
by
31
Dec
embe
r 20
21(5
) So
uth
Afr
ican
Ass
ocia
tion
of S
cien
ce a
nd T
echn
olog
y C
entr
es c
onfe
renc
e he
ld b
y D
ecem
ber
2021
(6) T
hree
Tal
ent
Dev
elop
men
t ca
mps
co
nduc
ted
for
sele
cted
le
arne
rs in
all
nine
pro
vinc
es
by 3
1 D
ecem
ber
2021
(7) A
t le
ast
20 s
cien
ce
cent
res
supp
orte
d by
the
D
SI c
ondu
cted
sci
ence
en
gage
men
t ac
tiviti
es
thro
ugho
ut t
he y
ear
(8)
Inte
llect
ual p
rope
rty
man
agem
ent
trai
ning
co
nduc
ted
for
educ
ator
s in
pr
ovin
ces
that
hav
e sig
ned
colla
bora
tion
agre
emen
ts
with
the
DSI
by
31 M
arch
20
22(9
) Tw
o m
ains
trea
m m
edia
-ba
sed
(rad
io a
nd t
elev
ision
) sc
ienc
e co
mm
unic
atio
n ac
tiviti
es c
ondu
cted
by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
11.
Firs
t So
uth
Afr
ican
pub
lic
rela
tions
hip
with
sci
ence
su
rvey
rep
ort
publ
ished
Dat
a co
llect
ion
inst
rum
ents
fo
r th
e Fi
rst
Sout
h A
fric
an
publ
ic r
elat
ions
hip
with
sc
ienc
e su
rvey
pro
duce
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
No
targ
etD
ata
colle
ctio
n in
stru
men
ts
for
the
first
Sou
th A
fric
an
publ
ic r
elat
ions
hip
with
sc
ienc
e su
rvey
pro
duce
d by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
12.
Num
ber
of s
trat
egic
and
te
chni
cal e
ngag
emen
ts w
ith
NRF
, SA
CN
ASP
and
ASS
Af
to e
nsur
e al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s
12 s
trat
egic
and
tec
hnic
al
enga
gem
ents
bet
wee
n N
RF,
SAC
NA
SP a
nd A
SSA
f to
alig
nmen
t w
ith n
atio
nal
prio
ritie
s by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Non
-cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
3 bi
late
ral e
ngag
emen
t re
port
3 bi
late
ral e
ngag
emen
t re
port
s3
bila
tera
l eng
agem
ent
repo
rts
3 bi
late
ral e
ngag
emen
t re
port
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Exp
lana
tion
of p
lann
ed p
erfo
rman
ce o
ver
the
med
ium
ter
m
Ove
r th
e m
ediu
m-t
erm
the
bud
get
prog
ram
me
will
supp
ort
the
2019
Whi
te P
aper
aim
ed a
t es
tabl
ishin
g a
grea
ter
role
for
STI i
n th
e ac
hiev
emen
t of
the
Nat
iona
l Dev
elop
men
t Pl
an’s
core
obj
ectiv
es a
nd t
he U
nite
d N
atio
n’s
Sust
aina
ble
Dev
elop
men
t G
oals
(SD
Gs)
, whi
le r
espo
ndin
g to
the
risk
s an
d op
port
uniti
es o
f the
four
th in
dust
rial r
evol
utio
n.
Prog
ram
me
4’s
cont
ribut
ion
to t
he im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he n
ew W
hite
Pap
er w
ill fo
cus
on t
he fo
llow
ing:
• Th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
a m
ore
scie
nce-
awar
e ci
tizen
ry.
• U
pgra
ding
and
exp
andi
ng r
esea
rch
infr
astr
uctu
re, in
clud
ing
cybe
rinfr
astr
uctu
re (
thro
ugh,
for
exam
ple,
the
est
ablis
hmen
t of
a n
atio
nal r
esea
rch
infr
astr
uctu
re fu
nd a
t N
atio
nal
Trea
sury
with
long
-ter
m p
lann
ing
horiz
ons)
.
• A
ccel
erat
ing
know
ledg
e de
velo
pmen
t th
roug
h in
crea
sed
supp
ort
for
rese
arch
, par
ticul
arly
in t
he fu
ndam
enta
l disc
iplin
es in
bot
h th
e na
tura
l sci
ence
s an
d th
e hu
man
ities
and
so
cial
sci
ence
s, an
d th
e en
dors
emen
t of
ope
n da
ta a
nd o
pen
scie
nce.
• Ex
pand
ing
the
STI i
nstit
utio
nal l
ands
cape
with
a fo
cus
on h
uman
cap
abilit
ies,
skills
and
kno
wle
dge
(thr
ough
pub
licat
ions
) req
uire
d by
the
econ
omy
and
bein
g su
ppor
tive
of in
ter
and
tran
sdisc
iplin
ary
appr
oach
es t
o kn
owle
dge
deve
lopm
ent.
• Ex
pand
ing
the
incl
usiv
ity a
nd t
rans
form
atio
n of
the
nat
iona
l sci
ence
sys
tem
by
ensu
ring
signi
fican
t gro
wth
in t
he p
artic
ipat
ion
of b
lack
peo
ple
and
wom
en in
the
res
earc
h an
d de
velo
pmen
t w
orkf
orce
, as
wel
l as
in d
octo
ral g
radu
atio
n ra
tes.
• En
hanc
ing
Sout
h A
fric
a’s g
eogr
aphi
c ad
vant
age
by c
ontin
uing
to s
uppo
rt s
cien
tific
prog
ress
in fi
elds
suc
h as
ast
rono
my,
pala
eosc
ienc
es, m
arin
e sc
ienc
es, e
arth
sys
tem
s sc
ienc
es
and
indi
geno
us k
now
ledg
e sy
stem
s. an
d
• H
arne
ssin
g th
e po
tent
ial o
f big
dat
a to
rea
lise
econ
omic
, soc
ial, s
cien
tific
and
indu
stria
l ben
efits
for
Sout
h A
fric
a.
In 2
021/
22, t
he b
udge
t pr
ogra
mm
e w
ill do
the
follo
win
g to
ens
ure
that
13
outp
uts
are
real
ised:
• Th
e 20
19 W
hite
Pap
er o
n Sc
ienc
e, Te
chno
logy
and
Inno
vatio
n ha
s id
entifi
ed a
lack
of t
rans
form
atio
n in
the
NSI
as
a ch
alle
nge
that
nee
ds to
be
addr
esse
d ur
gent
ly. T
he b
udge
t pr
ogra
mm
e is
ther
efor
e im
plem
entin
g th
e M
inist
eria
l Gui
delin
es o
n A
chie
ving
Equ
ity in
the
Dist
ribut
ion
of B
ursa
ries,
Scho
lars
hips
and
Fel
low
ship
s to
acc
eler
ate
raci
al a
nd
gend
er t
rans
form
atio
n of
the
stu
dent
bod
y. O
ver
85%
of b
ursa
ry a
nd in
tern
ship
ben
efici
arie
s ar
e fro
m p
revi
ously
mar
gina
lised
gro
ups,
nam
ely,
blac
k pe
ople
and
wom
en.
• C
ontin
ue s
uppo
rt fo
r hu
man
cap
ital d
evel
opm
ent a
nd r
esea
rch
capa
city
– P
hDs
and
pipe
line
(hon
ours
, BTe
ch, m
aste
r’s)
post
grad
uate
stu
dent
s aw
arde
d bu
rsar
ies,
rese
arch
ers
rece
ive
rese
arch
gra
nts
thro
ugh
prog
ram
mes
man
aged
by
the
NRF
and
oth
er r
elev
ant
entit
ies,
and
rese
arch
infr
astr
uctu
re g
rant
s ar
e aw
arde
d to
res
earc
hers
and
inst
itutio
ns
acro
ss t
he e
ntire
inno
vatio
n va
lue
chai
n w
ith d
irect
fund
ing
from
the
Pro
gram
me.
• Im
plem
ent
the
DSI
/NRF
Pos
tgra
duat
e Fu
ndin
g Po
licy
appr
oved
by
the
Min
ister
, whi
ch is
alig
ned
to t
he N
atio
nal S
tude
nt F
inan
cial
Aid
Sch
eme
to c
ater
for
finan
cial
ly d
epriv
ed
stud
ents
, offe
ring
full-
cost
-of-s
tudy
sup
port
for
thr
ee g
roup
s of
stu
dent
s, na
mel
y, th
e fin
anci
ally
nee
dy, p
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ents
with
a d
isabi
lity,
and
exce
ptio
nal
acad
emic
ac
hiev
ers.
• Th
roug
h bi
late
ral e
ngag
emen
ts, t
he D
SI a
nd t
he D
HET
will
cont
inue
effo
rts
tow
ards
bet
ter
alig
nmen
t be
twee
n th
e D
HET
’s St
affin
g So
uth
Afr
ica
Uni
vers
ities
Fra
mew
ork
(SSA
UF)
and
the
DSI
/NRF
HC
D in
itiat
ives
incl
udin
g bu
rsar
ies
for
pipe
line
(und
ergr
adua
te t
o po
stgr
adua
te)
stud
ents
.
• Th
roug
h th
e So
uth
Afr
ican
Nat
iona
l Res
earc
h N
etw
ork
(SA
NRe
N)
the
DSI
will
cont
inue
to
prov
ide
broa
dban
d co
nnec
tivity
to
all t
he m
ain
cam
puse
s of
all
HEI
s, sc
ienc
e co
unci
ls, n
atio
nal f
acilit
ies
and
othe
r pu
blic
res
earc
h pe
rform
ing
inst
itutio
ns.
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• Th
e D
SI w
ill al
so b
e w
orki
ng c
lose
ly w
ith th
e So
uth
Afr
ican
Rad
io A
stro
nom
y O
bser
vato
ry (
SARA
O)
and
the
Nor
ther
n C
ape
gove
rnm
ent t
o en
sure
soc
io-e
cono
mic
ben
efits
fo
r co
mm
uniti
es n
ear
astr
onom
y in
fras
truc
ture
, and
to
enha
nce
publ
ic a
war
enes
s of
the
pro
ject
and
the
opp
ortu
nitie
s it
pres
ents
.
• Re
gist
ratio
n of
indi
geno
us k
now
ledg
e th
roug
h th
e N
atio
nal R
ecor
dal S
yste
m w
ill ru
n on
the
Spe
cial
Ser
vice
s D
eliv
ery
Uni
t pl
atfo
rm fo
r th
e Re
cogn
ition
of P
rior
Lear
ning
in
Indi
geno
us K
now
ledg
e Sy
stem
s. T
his
will
allo
w t
he D
SI c
ontr
ibut
e to
non
-mai
nstr
eam
way
s of
dev
elop
ing
hum
an c
apab
ilitie
s, am
ong
othe
r th
ings
.
The
tabl
e be
low
set
s ou
t how
the
med
ium
-ter
m b
udge
t allo
catio
n (2
021/
22 –
R4
949
244;
202
2/23
– R
5 09
3 25
9; a
nd 2
023/
24 –
R5
192
081)
will
be u
sed
to r
ealis
e th
e bu
dget
pr
ogra
mm
e ou
tput
s id
entifi
ed o
ver
the
med
ium
-ter
m.
Rec
onci
ling
perf
orm
ance
tar
gets
wit
h th
e bu
dget
and
MT
EF
Tab
le 1
7: R
esea
rch
Dev
elop
men
t an
d S
uppo
rt e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
R’0
00P
rogr
amm
eE
xpen
ditu
re o
utco
me
Adj
uste
dap
prop
riat
ion
Med
ium
-ter
m e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Offi
ce o
f the
Dep
uty-
Dire
ctor
Gen
eral
4 54
33
820
2 31
94
133
3 95
13
973
3 97
4
Hum
an C
apita
l and
Sci
ence
Pro
mot
ion
2 37
9 55
02
447
150
2 62
9 80
22
282
971
2 69
3 34
42
758
935
2 76
9 49
1
Scie
nce
Miss
ions
201
731
223
348
239
201
202
771
249
773
256
036
256
975
Basic
Sci
ence
and
Infr
astr
uctu
re97
7 48
81
095
294
978
717
757
026
1 14
7 62
31
190
711
1 24
1 25
9
Ast
rono
my
733
156
750
834
728
392
498
347
854
553
883
604
920
382
TO
TA
L4
296
468
4 52
0 44
64
578
431
3 74
5 24
84
949
244
5 09
3 25
95
192
081
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
38 7
6437
853
39 9
1539
270
38 8
5338
876
38 8
78
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
13 2
7915
313
12 7
818
840
16 3
92
16 8
3416
897
Tran
sfer
s an
d su
bsid
ies
4 24
4 37
44
467
265
4 52
5 73
43
697
138
4 89
3 99
95
037
549
5 13
6 30
6
Paym
ents
for
capi
tal a
sset
s-
12-
--
--
Paym
ents
for
finan
cial
ass
ets
513
1-
--
-
TO
TA
L4
296
468
4 52
0 44
64
578
431
3 74
5 24
84
949
244
5 09
3 25
95
192
081
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Tab
le 1
8: K
ey r
isks
– R
esea
rch
Dev
elop
men
t an
d S
uppo
rt
Out
com
eK
ey r
isks
Mit
igat
ion
acti
on
Out
com
e 1:
A t
rans
form
ed, in
clus
ive,
re
spon
sive
and
cohe
rent
NSI
Hig
h at
triti
on r
ate
of p
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ents
•
A jo
int
DH
ET/D
SI r
epor
t to
the
Min
ister
on
an e
ffici
ent
holis
tic fi
nanc
ial a
id e
cosy
stem
for
both
und
ergr
adua
te a
nd p
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ents
sup
port
. (th
e jo
int
repo
rt w
ill cr
eate
syn
ergi
es
betw
een
DSI
and
DH
ET b
ursa
ry s
uppo
rt a
nd w
ill m
ake
reco
mm
enda
tions
to
leve
rage
thi
rd
part
y su
ppor
t su
ch a
s in
dust
ry a
nd in
tern
atio
nal p
artn
ers)
.•
Impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
Hist
oric
ally
Disa
dvan
tage
d in
stitu
tions
(H
DI)
/ - D
evel
opm
ent
Prog
ram
me
(DP)
/ Fra
mew
ork,
also
cal
led
Prof
Sib
usiso
Bhe
ngu
Dev
elop
men
t Pr
ogra
mm
eRev
iew
and
Re
port
ing
on t
he E
xten
sion
Supp
ort
for
Mas
ters
and
PhD
stu
dent
s
Use
of p
ublic
fund
s to
sup
port
po
stgr
adua
te s
tude
nts
in a
reas
tha
t do
not
co
ntrib
ute
to S
outh
Afr
ica’s
soc
ioec
onom
ic
deve
lopm
ent
and
grow
th n
eeds
(pr
iorit
y ar
eas)
.
• Re
view
and
upd
ate
the
list
of p
riorit
y ar
eas
info
rmed
by
the
Whi
te P
aper
and
the
Dec
adal
Pla
n.
(res
earc
h pr
iorit
izat
ion
docu
men
t).
Out
com
e 2:
Hum
an c
apab
ilitie
s an
d sk
ills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent
Hig
h at
triti
on r
ate
of p
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ents
• A
join
t D
HET
/DSI
rep
ort
to t
he M
inist
er o
n an
effi
cien
t ho
listic
fina
ncia
l aid
eco
syst
em fo
r bo
th u
nder
grad
uate
and
pos
tgra
duat
e st
uden
ts s
uppo
rt. (
the
join
t re
port
will
crea
te s
yner
gies
be
twee
n D
SI a
nd D
HET
bur
sary
sup
port
and
will
mak
e re
com
men
datio
ns t
o le
vera
ge t
hird
pa
rty
supp
ort
such
as
indu
stry
and
inte
rnat
iona
l par
tner
s).
• Im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he H
istor
ical
ly D
isadv
anta
ged
inst
itutio
ns (
HD
I) / -
Dev
elop
men
t Pr
ogra
mm
e (D
P)/ F
ram
ewor
k, al
so c
alle
d Pr
of S
ibus
iso B
heng
u D
evel
opm
ent
Prog
ram
me.
• U
pdat
es a
nd R
epor
ting
on t
he E
xten
sion
Supp
ort
for
Mas
ters
and
PhD
stu
dent
s.
Use
of p
ublic
fund
s to
sup
port
po
stgr
adua
te s
tude
nts
in a
reas
tha
t do
not
co
ntrib
ute
to S
outh
Afr
ica’s
soc
ioec
onom
ic
deve
lopm
ent
and
grow
th n
eeds
(pr
iorit
y ar
eas)
.
• Re
view
and
upd
ate
the
list
of p
riorit
y ar
eas
info
rmed
by
the
Whi
te P
aper
and
the
Dec
adal
Pla
n.
(Res
earc
h pr
iorit
izat
ion
docu
men
t).
Out
com
e 3:
Incr
ease
d kn
owle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
utFa
ilure
to
prov
ide
qual
ity (
acqu
isitio
n of
new
, rep
lace
men
t an
d/or
upg
rade
of
exist
ing
infr
astr
uctu
re)
and
com
petit
ive
wor
ld-c
lass
res
earc
h in
fras
truc
ture
(bo
th
phys
ical
infr
astr
uctu
re a
nd n
on-p
hysic
al
cybe
rinfr
astr
uctu
re)
to e
nsur
e a
sust
aina
ble
enab
ling
envi
ronm
ent
for
rese
arch
and
in
nova
tion.
• Re
view
Impl
emen
tatio
n an
d im
pact
eva
luat
ion
of t
he N
atio
nal E
quip
men
t Pr
ogra
mm
e (N
EP).
• D
evel
op E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
for
5 ye
ar r
evie
w o
f the
SA
RIR
proj
ects
.
Dec
line
or s
tagn
atio
n of
the
res
earc
h an
d in
nova
tion
outp
uts.
• Im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he p
olic
y re
com
men
datio
ns e
man
atin
g fro
m t
he fi
ndin
gs o
f the
Sile
nt
Maj
ority
stu
dy. (
Impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
Pol
icy
Reco
mm
enda
tions
whi
ch w
ill le
vera
ge r
esou
rces
fro
m t
he D
HET
, USA
f and
ASS
Af).
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Out
com
eK
ey r
isks
Mit
igat
ion
acti
on
Dec
line
or s
tagn
atio
n of
the
res
earc
h an
d in
nova
tion
outp
uts.
• Im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he p
olic
y re
com
men
datio
ns e
man
atin
g fro
m t
he fi
ndin
gs o
f the
Fiv
e-Ye
ar
Revi
ew o
f the
Sou
th A
fric
an R
esea
rch
Cha
irs In
itiat
ive
(SA
RChI
)
Stag
nant
sci
entifi
c ou
tput
from
geo
grap
hic
adva
ntag
e kn
owle
dge
area
s.•
Fina
lise
the
deve
lopm
ent
of a
nd a
ppro
val o
f the
Reg
ulat
ions
for
the
Indi
geno
us K
now
ledg
e A
ct.
• Es
tabl
ishm
ent
of S
peci
al S
ervi
ces
Del
iver
y U
nit
(SSD
U)
as IK
S A
utho
rity
Regu
latin
g th
e se
ctor
.
Failu
re t
o bu
ild a
cap
able
Sou
th A
fric
an
agen
cy fo
r Sc
ienc
e an
d Te
chno
logy
A
dvan
cem
ent
(SA
AST
A)
that
dilig
ently
, ef
fect
ivel
y an
d ef
ficie
ntly
coo
rdin
ates
sc
ienc
e en
gage
men
t pr
ogra
mm
e.
• Fi
nalis
e an
d jo
intly
ado
pt S
AA
STA
Bus
ines
s Pl
an b
y D
SI a
nd N
RF (
Busin
ess
Plan
art
icul
atin
g th
e op
erat
ing
mod
el a
nd r
esou
rce
requ
irem
ents
).
Una
ttra
ctiv
e sc
ienc
e en
gage
men
t ca
mpa
ign/
prog
ram
me
to t
he in
tend
ed
bene
ficia
ries
(loss
of i
nter
est
by c
itize
ns
due
to t
he in
abilit
y re
latin
g to
and
en
gage
with
the
sci
ence
mes
sage
s be
ing
com
mun
icat
ed).
• D
evel
op a
nd a
dopt
a p
lan
to t
rain
faci
litat
ors
of v
ario
us s
tudy
mod
ules
of t
he s
cien
ce
com
mun
icat
ion
post
grad
uate
dip
lom
a at
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Lim
popo
.
Inef
fect
ive
prot
ectio
n of
Ast
rono
my
Adv
anta
ge A
reas
(A
AA
).•
Fina
lise
the
signi
ng a
nd Im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he M
oAs
at d
iffer
ent
leve
ls -
in e
nsur
ing
co-e
xist
ence
of
rad
io A
stro
nom
y an
d ot
her
Gov
ernm
ent
activ
ities
with
in t
he d
ecla
red
KCA
AA
with
out
caus
ing
harm
ful i
nter
fere
nce
to e
ach
othe
r.•
Fina
lise
signi
ng a
nd Im
plem
enta
tion
MO
A w
ith S
APS
.•
Exte
nsio
n of
com
plia
nce
date
by
12 m
onth
s to
ena
ble
AM
A/D
SI t
o co
nduc
t aw
aren
ess
sess
ion
/w
orks
hop
with
in K
CA
AA
.•
Fina
lise
deve
lopm
ent
of t
he A
MA
web
site.
Redu
ced
Nat
iona
l Tre
asur
y al
loca
tions
to
AV
N a
nd S
KA p
roje
ct.
• Su
bmitt
ing
the
fund
ing
prop
osal
to
the
Afr
ican
Ren
aiss
ance
Fun
d (A
RF).
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Purpose
To enhance the growth and development priorities of government through targeted S&T-based innovation interventions and the development of strategic partnerships with other government departments, industry, research institutions and communities and the provision of statistics and analysis for purposes of system-level monitoring and evaluation.
PROGRAMME 5:Socio-economic Innovation Partnership
Chief directorates
Technology Localisation, Beneficiation and Advanced Manufacturing
Provides policy, strategy and direction-setting support for the R&D-led growth of strategic sectors of the economy and funds technology and innovation development programmes to advance strategic medium and long-term sustainable economic growth and sector development priorities, as well as government service delivery through the following value-adding functions:
• Investing in the medium and long-term knowledge-generation capabilities of the NSI in targeted innovation areas.
• In partnership with other government departments and economic actors, spearheading focused efforts that exploit knowledge capabilities for economic benefit. Economic benefits include the development of advanced technologies and industries, improved
government service delivery, improved productivity and competitiveness, and technology transfer and support to SMMEs and manufacturing firms in the supply chains of large-scale public procurement programmes.
The chief directorate has four directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Technology Localisation; Mining and Minerals Beneficiation; Chemicals and Related Industries; and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (which is not staffed).
Sector Innovation and Green Economy
Provides policy, strategy and direction-setting support for the R&D-led growth of strategic sectors of the economy, and to enhance S&T capacity to support a transition to a green economy. The chief directorate does this through the following:
• Facilitating the implementation of high-impact S&T interventions.
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• Identifying and initiating S&T programmes that support the growth of the environmental technologies and services sector in South Africa.
• Facilitating policy and strategy development on R&D interventions that support the growth of the ICT sector (excluding the ICT retail sector).
• Providing innovation policy and planning support to economic actors in priority economic sectors and provincial and local governments.
The chief directorate has three directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Environmental Services and Technologies; Sector and Local Innovation; and Information Communication and Technology.
Innovation for Inclusive Development
Provides leadership and guidance for harnessing science, technology and innovation (STI) for the delivery of basic services, local economic development and inculcating a culture of innovation across government through the following interventions:
• Leading the development, demonstration, transfer and diffusion of innovative solutions towards supporting evidence-based service delivery policy making and practice.
• Strengthening STI capacity, maturity and collaboration with local government and sector departments towards a capable and innovative state.
• Supporting the development and strengthening of local systems of innovation and production to promote innovation-driven local economic development (LED), while transforming LED policy and practice
• Coordinating and inculcating STI initiatives in support of the District Development Model.
The chief directorate has two directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Technology for Sustainable Livelihoods, and Science and Technology for Sustainable Human Settlements.
Science and Technology Investment
Leads and supports the development of indicators and instruments for measuring and monitoring investments in S&T and the performance of the NSI, and ways of strengthening the NSI and innovation policy. This includes an annual R&D survey, innovation measurement, the development of S&T indicators, and the national S&T expenditure tables, and the implementation of section 11D of the Income Tax Act, 1962, to promote private-sector R&D investment.
The chief directorate has three directorates managing thematic priorities aligned to its focus areas, namely, Research and Development Tax Incentive, Research and Development Planning, and Science and Technology Indicators.
Planned policy initiatives over the medium term
Planned policy initiatives Key actionsImprove inclusion and build more linkages across the NSI (White Paper Policy Intent 3.2)
• Strengthen innovation partnerships with civil society organisations• Contribute to sector R&D plans• Sector Innovation Funds• Industry Innovation Partnerships
Enhance policy coherence and programme coordination in the NSI (White Paper Policy Intent 3.3)
Strengthen policy and programme alignment with higher education
Expand the NSI – Expansion of the scientific knowledge base of the NSI (White Paper Policy Intent 3.5)
• Knowledge fields associated with new sources of growth (circular economy and 4IR base knowledge areas)
• Knowledge fields associated with industrial development priorities (advanced metals, advanced manufacturing; mining and increased local production)
Upgrade M&E and policy capacity (White Paper Policy Intent 3.6)
• Maintain key annual statistical series (the national survey on research and experimental development, the Survey of Government Funding for Scientific and Technological Activities, and the R&D statistical report)
• Produce additional statistics (innovation survey, technology transfer survey)
• Procure demand-driven policy briefs• Strengthen transformation innovation policy capacity
Adopt a broader conceptualisation of innovation beyond R&D (White Paper Policy Intent 4.3)
Mobilisation of the NSI to support the District Development Model
Use public procurement as a vehicle to further innovation (White Paper Policy Intent 4.5)
• Technology Acquisition and Deployment Fund• Technology Localisation Programme
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Planned policy initiatives Key actionsIncrease support for and collaboration with the business sector (White Paper Policy Intent 4.6)
• Technology Stations Programme• Industry development centres• Industry Innovation Partnerships including Sector Innovation Funds• Understanding the nature, character and impact of innovation in state-
owned enterprises• R&D tax incentive programme• Joint government-industry RDI programme, e.g. in mining
Increase the spatial footprint of innovation (White Paper Policy Intent 4.9)
Regional Innovation Support Programme
Support for social and grassroots innovation (White Paper Policy Intent 4.10)
Grassroots Innovation Programme
Exploit new sources of growth (White Paper Policy Intent 4.11)
• Circular economy roadmap• Support National Collaborative Research Programmes as part of a
Converging Technologies Platform
Innovation to revitalise existing sectors (White Paper Policy Intent 4.12)
• Mandela Mining Precinct• Fluorochemicals Expansion Initiative• Collaborative Programme in Additive Manufacturing
Strengthen government’s role as an enabler for innovation (White Paper Policy Intent 4.13)
• District Development Model• Strengthen decision-support systems• Strengthen evidence-based decision making
Strengthen skills in the Economy (White Paper Policy Intent 5.5)
• Presidential Youth Employment Initiative• Living Labs/mLabs• Technology Stations Programme• Experiential training programme
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Tab
le 1
9: O
utco
mes
, out
puts
, per
form
ance
indi
cato
rs a
nd t
arge
ts fo
r 20
21/2
2
Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Inno
vatio
n in
su
ppor
t of
a
capa
ble
and
deve
lopm
enta
l st
ate
Know
ledg
e pr
oduc
tsN
umbe
r of
kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
6 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
by
31 M
arch
201
8
8 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
by
31 M
arch
201
9
6 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
by
31 M
arch
202
0
At
leas
t 4
know
ledg
e pr
oduc
ts o
n in
nova
tion
for
incl
usiv
e de
velo
pmen
t pu
blish
ed b
y be
twee
n 1
Apr
il 20
20 a
nd
31 M
arch
202
1
4 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
by
betw
een
1 A
pril
2020
and
31
Mar
ch 2
022
4 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
by
betw
een
1 A
pril
2020
and
31
Mar
ch 2
023
4 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
by
betw
een
1 A
pril
2020
and
31
Mar
ch 2
024
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
incl
usiv
e de
velo
pmen
t
Dec
ision
-sup
port
sy
stem
Num
ber
of
deci
sion-
supp
ort
syst
em
intr
oduc
ed,
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
10 d
ecisi
on-
supp
ort
syst
ems
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
by
31 M
arch
201
8
10 d
ecisi
on-
supp
ort
syst
ems
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
by
31 M
arch
201
9
At
leas
t 10
de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t sy
stem
s m
aint
aine
d an
d im
prov
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
020
At
leas
t 10
de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t sy
stem
s m
aint
aine
d an
d im
prov
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
021
6 de
cisio
n-su
p-po
rt s
yste
ms
intr
oduc
ed,
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
by
31 M
arch
202
2
6 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t sy
stem
s in
trod
uced
,
mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
by
31 M
arch
202
3
6 de
cisio
n-su
p-po
rt s
yste
ms
intr
oduc
ed,
m
aint
aine
d an
d im
prov
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
024
Lear
ning
in
terv
entio
ns
(sem
inar
s, po
licy
roun
d ta
bles
)
Num
ber
of le
arni
ng
inte
rven
tions
(s
emin
ars/
polic
y ro
und
tabl
es
disc
ussio
ns)
host
ed
13 le
arni
ng
inte
rven
tions
(s
emin
ars)
ge
nera
ted
by
31 M
arch
201
8
10 le
arni
ng
inte
rven
tions
(s
emin
ars)
ge
nera
ted
by
31 M
arch
201
9
9 le
arni
ng
inte
rven
tions
(s
emin
ars)
ge
nera
ted
by
31 M
arch
202
0
At
leas
t 4
lear
ning
(s
emin
ars/
polic
y ro
und
tabl
es)
host
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
021
3 le
arni
ng
inte
rven
tions
(s
emin
ars/
polic
y ro
und
tabl
es)
host
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
022
3 le
arni
ng
inte
rven
tions
(s
emin
ars/
polic
y ro
und
tabl
es)
host
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
023
3 le
arni
ng
inte
rven
tions
(s
emin
ars/
polic
y ro
und
tabl
es)
host
ed b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
024
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Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Hum
an
capa
bilit
ies
and
skills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent
Hig
h-le
vel
HC
D b
uilt
for
com
petit
iven
ess
and
new
indu
stry
de
velo
pmen
t
Num
ber
of h
igh-
leve
l res
earc
h st
uden
ts
(hon
ours
, m
aste
r’s a
nd
doct
oral
st
uden
ts)
fully
fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in
desig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, ae
rosp
ace,
ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
adva
nced
met
als,
ICTs
the
Indu
stry
In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
– in
cl. S
IF a
nd t
he
gree
n ec
onom
y)
At
leas
t 29
1 m
aste
r’s a
nd
doct
oral
stu
dent
s fu
lly fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in
desig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, ae
rosp
ace,
ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
adva
nced
met
als,
ICTs
and
SIF
s) b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
018
At
leas
t 24
2 m
aste
r’s a
nd
doct
oral
stu
dent
s fu
lly fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in
desig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, ae
rosp
ace,
ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
adva
nced
m
etal
s, IC
Ts a
nd
the
Indu
stry
In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
– in
cl.
SIF)
by
31 M
arch
201
9
231
mas
ter’s
and
do
ctor
al s
tude
nts
fully
fund
ed o
r co
-fund
ed in
de
signa
ted
nich
e ar
eas
(adv
ance
d m
anuf
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ring,
aero
spac
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inin
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nova
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2010
At
leas
t 39
2 ho
nour
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and
doct
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uden
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lly
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nich
e ar
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(adv
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anuf
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spac
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incl
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by
31
Mar
ch
2021
392
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sear
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tude
nts
(of w
hich
57
at P
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incl
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31
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ch
2022
392
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tude
nts
(of w
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57
at P
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ch
2023
392
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tude
nts
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at P
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d m
anuf
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spac
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inin
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vanc
ed
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als,
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, th
e In
dust
ry
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vatio
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incl
. SIF,
and
gr
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by
31
Mar
ch
2024
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RAMM
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Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Incr
ease
d kn
owle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
ut
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ledg
e an
d in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
add
ed
to t
he in
dust
rial
deve
lopm
ent a
nd
gree
n ec
onom
y IP
por
tfolio
s
Num
ber
of
know
ledg
e an
d in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
add
ed
to t
he in
dust
rial
deve
lopm
ent a
nd
gree
n ec
onom
y IP
por
tfolio
s th
roug
h fu
lly
fund
ed o
r co
-fu
nded
res
earc
h in
itiat
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now
ledg
e an
d in
nova
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prod
ucts
(p
aten
ts,
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otyp
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tech
nolo
gy
dem
onst
rato
rs
or t
echn
olog
y tr
ansf
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pack
ages
) ad
ded
to t
he in
dust
rial
deve
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port
folio
by
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arch
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8
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dust
rially
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leva
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know
ledg
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d in
nova
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ucts
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aten
ts,
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dust
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ent
IP
port
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by
31 M
arch
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9
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leas
t 57
in
dust
rially
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leva
nt
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ledg
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nova
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prod
ucts
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aten
ts,
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echn
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to t
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ent
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port
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31 M
arch
202
0
At
leas
t 70
in
dust
rially
re
leva
nt
know
ledg
e an
d in
nova
tion
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ucts
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aten
ts,
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otyp
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nolo
gy
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onst
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or t
echn
olog
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ansf
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pack
ages
) ad
ded
to t
he in
dust
rial
deve
lopm
ent
and
gree
n ec
onom
y IP
po
rtfo
lio b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
021
60 in
dust
rially
re
leva
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know
ledg
e an
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nova
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ucts
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ts,
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or t
echn
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ages
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to t
he in
dust
rial
deve
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ent
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gree
n ec
onom
y IP
po
rtfo
lio b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
022
60 in
dust
rially
re
leva
nt
know
ledg
e an
d in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
(p
aten
ts,
prot
otyp
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dem
onst
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or t
echn
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ansf
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pack
ages
) ad
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to t
he in
dust
rial
deve
lopm
ent
and
gree
n ec
onom
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po
rtfo
lio b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
023
60 in
dust
rially
re
leva
nt
know
ledg
e an
d in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
(p
aten
ts,
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nolo
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echn
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dust
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ent
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gree
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onom
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po
rtfo
lio b
y 31
Mar
ch 2
024
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RAMM
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Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Fund
ing
inst
rum
ents
to
incr
ease
lo
calis
atio
n,
com
petit
iven
ess
and
R&D
-le
d in
dust
ry
deve
lopm
ent
Num
ber
of
inst
rum
ents
fu
nded
in
supp
ort
of
incr
ease
d lo
calis
atio
n,
com
petit
ive
ness
and
R&
D-
led
indu
stry
de
velo
pmen
t in
aer
ospa
ce,
adva
nced
m
anuf
actu
ring,
chem
ical
s, m
inin
g, ad
vanc
ed
met
als,
and
ICTs
, Ind
ustr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or
inno
vatio
n fu
nd.
6 in
stru
men
ts
fund
ed in
su
ppor
t of
in
crea
sed
loca
lisat
ion,
co
mpe
titiv
enes
s an
d R&
D-
led
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stry
de
velo
pmen
t by
31
Mar
ch 2
018
9 in
stru
men
ts
fund
ed in
su
ppor
t of
in
crea
sed
loca
lisat
ion,
co
mpe
titiv
enes
s an
d R&
D-
led
indu
stry
de
velo
pmen
t by
31
Mar
ch 2
019
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stru
men
ts
fund
ed in
su
ppor
t of
in
crea
sed
loca
lizat
ion,
co
mpe
titiv
enes
s an
d R&
D-
led
indu
stry
de
velo
pmen
t by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
At
leas
t 5
inst
rum
ents
fu
nded
in
supp
ort
of
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ease
d lo
calis
atio
n,
com
petit
iven
ess
and
R&D
-le
d in
dust
ry
deve
lopm
ent
by
31 M
arch
202
1
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stru
men
ts
fund
ed in
su
ppor
t of
in
crea
sed
loca
lisat
ion,
co
mpe
titiv
enes
s an
d R&
D-
led
indu
stry
de
velo
pmen
t in
aer
ospa
ce,
adva
nced
m
anuf
actu
ring,
chem
ical
s, m
inin
g, ad
vanc
ed
met
als,
and
ICTs
, Ind
ustr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or
inno
vatio
n fu
nd.
by 3
1 M
arch
20
22
5 in
stru
men
ts
fund
ed in
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ppor
t of
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crea
sed
loca
lisat
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mpe
titiv
enes
s an
d R&
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led
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stry
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pmen
t in
aer
ospa
ce,
adva
nced
m
anuf
actu
ring,
chem
ical
s, m
inin
g, ad
vanc
ed
met
als,
and
ICTs
, Ind
ustr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or
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vatio
n fu
nd.
by 3
1 M
arch
20
23
5 in
stru
men
ts
fund
ed in
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ppor
t of
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crea
sed
loca
lisat
ion,
co
mpe
titiv
enes
s an
d R&
D-
led
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stry
de
velo
pmen
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aer
ospa
ce,
adva
nced
m
anuf
actu
ring,
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ical
s, m
inin
g, ad
vanc
ed
met
als,
and
ICTs
, Ind
ustr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or
inno
vatio
n fu
nd.
by 3
1 M
arch
20
24
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
incl
usiv
e de
velo
pmen
t
Inno
vatio
n-su
ppor
t in
terv
entio
ns
fund
ed o
r co
-fund
ed t
hat
stre
ngth
en w
ith
prov
inci
al o
r ru
ral i
nnov
atio
n sy
stem
s
Num
ber
of
inno
vatio
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t in
terv
entio
ns
fund
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r co
-fund
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hat
stre
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en
prov
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al o
r ru
ral i
nnov
atio
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s
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nova
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tions
fu
nded
or
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nded
tha
t st
reng
then
pr
ovin
cial
or
rura
l inn
ovat
ion
syst
ems
betw
een
1 A
pril
2016
and
31
Mar
ch 2
018
11 in
nova
tion-
supp
ort
inte
rven
tions
fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
tha
t st
reng
then
pr
ovin
cial
or
rura
l inn
ovat
ion
syst
ems
betw
een
1 A
pril
2016
and
31
Mar
ch 2
019
16 in
nova
tion-
supp
ort
inte
rven
tions
fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
tha
t st
reng
then
pr
ovin
cial
or
rura
l inn
ovat
ion
syst
ems
by 3
1 M
arch
202
0
At
leas
t 14
in
nova
tion-
supp
ort
inte
rven
tions
fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
tha
t st
reng
then
pr
ovin
cial
or
rura
l inn
ovat
ion
syst
ems
betw
een
1 A
pril
2020
and
31
Mar
ch 2
021
14 in
nova
tion-
supp
ort
inte
rven
tions
fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
tha
t st
reng
then
pr
ovin
cial
or
rura
l inn
ovat
ion
syst
ems
betw
een
1 A
pril
2020
and
31
Mar
ch 2
022
15 in
nova
tion-
supp
ort
inte
rven
tions
fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
tha
t st
reng
then
pr
ovin
cial
or
rura
l inn
ovat
ion
syst
ems
betw
een
1 A
pril
2020
and
31
Mar
ch 2
023
15 in
nova
tion-
supp
ort
inte
rven
tions
fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
tha
t st
reng
then
pr
ovin
cial
or
rura
l inn
ovat
ion
syst
ems
betw
een
1 A
pril
2020
and
31
Mar
ch 2
024
12
The
tech
nica
l ind
icat
or d
escr
iptio
n fo
r ea
ch o
utpu
t pe
rform
ance
indi
cato
r de
tailin
g so
urce
dat
a, m
etho
d of
cal
cula
tion,
mea
ns o
f ver
ifica
tion,
etc
., is
set
out
in P
art
D
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Out
com
eO
utpu
tO
utpu
t pe
rfor
man
ce
indi
cato
r
Ann
ual T
arge
ts
Aud
ited
per
form
ance
Est
imat
ed
perf
orm
ance
Med
ium
Ter
m E
xpen
ditu
re
Fra
mew
ork
peri
od
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Inno
vatio
n in
su
ppor
t of
a
capa
ble
and
deve
lopm
enta
l st
ate
Stat
istic
al r
epor
ts
and
polic
y br
iefs
app
rove
d by
Exc
o fo
r pu
blic
atio
n an
d/or
sub
mitt
ed t
o C
abin
et a
nd/o
r di
ssem
inat
ed t
o po
licy
audi
ence
Num
ber
of
stat
istic
al r
epor
ts
and
polic
y br
iefs
app
rove
d by
Exc
o fo
r pu
blic
atio
n an
d/
or s
ubm
itted
to
Cab
inet
and
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diss
emin
ated
to
polic
y au
dien
ce
3 st
atist
ical
re
port
s or
pol
icy
brie
fs s
ubm
itted
to
Cab
inet
by
31
Mar
ch 2
018
5 st
atist
ical
re
port
s or
pol
icy
brie
fs a
ppro
ved
by E
xco
for
publ
icat
ion
and/
or s
ubm
itted
to
Cab
inet
by
31
Mar
ch 2
019
6 st
atist
ical
re
port
s an
d po
licy
brie
fs
appr
oved
by
Exc
o fo
r pu
blic
atio
n an
d/
or s
ubm
itted
to
Cab
inet
bet
wee
n 1
Apr
il 20
19 a
nd
Mar
ch 2
020
6 st
atist
ical
re
port
s or
pol
icy
brie
fs a
ppro
ved
by E
xco
for
publ
icat
ion
and/
or
sub
mitt
ed t
o C
abin
et a
nd/o
r di
ssem
inat
ed t
o po
licy
audi
ence
by
31
Mar
ch
2021
6 st
atist
ical
re
port
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pol
icy
brie
fs a
ppro
ved
by E
xco
for
publ
icat
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and/
or s
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itted
to
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inet
and
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diss
emin
ated
to
polic
y au
dien
ce
by 3
1 M
arch
20
22
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atist
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re
port
s or
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icy
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fs a
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ved
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xco
for
publ
icat
ion
and/
or s
ubm
itted
to
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and
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ated
to
polic
y au
dien
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by 3
1 M
arch
20
23
6 st
atist
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re
port
s or
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fs a
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by E
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to
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ated
to
polic
y au
dien
ce
by 3
1 M
arch
20
24
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
econ
omic
de
velo
pmen
t –
(a)
revit
alisi
ng
exist
ing
(tra
ditio
nal)
indu
strie
s an
d (b
) st
imul
atin
g R&
D-le
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rial
deve
lopm
ent
Com
pani
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ssin
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e R&
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ax
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ays
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sions
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date
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icat
ions
re
ceiv
ed fo
r th
e R&
D
tax
ince
ntiv
e re
ceiv
ed
betw
een
01
Janu
ary
2019
and
31
Dec
embe
r 20
19
Prea
ppro
val
deci
sions
pr
ovid
ed w
ithin
90
day
s fro
m
date
of r
ecei
pt
for
80%
of
appl
icat
ions
fo
r th
e R&
D
tax
ince
ntiv
e re
ceiv
ed
betw
een
01
Janu
ary
2020
and
31
Dec
embe
r 20
20
Prea
ppro
val
deci
sions
pr
ovid
ed w
ithin
90
day
s fro
m
date
of r
ecei
pt
for
80%
of
appl
icat
ions
fo
r th
e R&
D
tax
ince
ntiv
e re
ceiv
ed
betw
een
01
Janu
ary
2021
and
31
Dec
embe
r 20
21
Prea
ppro
val
deci
sions
pr
ovid
ed w
ithin
90
day
s fro
m
date
of r
ecei
pt
for
80%
of
appl
icat
ions
fo
r th
e R&
D
tax
ince
ntiv
e re
ceiv
ed
betw
een
01
Janu
ary
2022
and
31
Dec
embe
r 20
22
Prea
ppro
val
deci
sions
pr
ovid
ed w
ithin
90
day
s fro
m
date
of r
ecei
pt
for
80%
of
appl
icat
ions
fo
r th
e R&
D
tax
ince
ntiv
e re
ceiv
ed
betw
een
01
Janu
ary
2023
and
31
Dec
embe
r 20
23
Inno
vatio
n in
su
ppor
t of
a
capa
ble
and
deve
lopm
enta
l st
ate
Ove
rsig
ht o
ver
the
CSI
R an
d H
SRC
to
ensu
re
they
res
pond
to
gov
ernm
ent
prio
ritie
s
Num
ber
of
stra
tegi
c an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
w
ith C
SIR
and
HSR
C t
o en
sure
al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s
--
-8
stra
tegi
c an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
w
ith C
SIR
and
HSR
C t
o en
sure
al
ignm
ent
with
na
tiona
l prio
ritie
s by
31
Mar
ch
2021
8 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts
with
CSI
R an
d H
SRC
to
ensu
re
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
1 M
arch
20
22
8 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts
with
CSI
R an
d H
SRC
to
ensu
re
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
1 M
arch
20
23
8 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts
with
CSI
R an
d H
SRC
to
ensu
re
alig
nmen
t w
ith
natio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
1 M
arch
20
24
PROG
RAMM
E 5
94 DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
Tab
le 2
0: I
ndic
ator
s, a
nnua
l and
qua
rter
ly t
arge
ts fo
r th
e 20
21/2
2 fin
anci
al y
ear
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor12
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
1.N
umbe
r of
kno
wle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
4 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
by
31 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
1 kn
owle
dge
prod
uct
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
2 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
3 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
impr
oved
4 kn
owle
dge
prod
ucts
on
inno
vatio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
publ
ished
on
Dep
artm
ent’s
web
site
by 3
1 M
arch
202
2
2.N
umbe
r of
dec
ision
-su
ppor
t sy
stem
s in
trod
uced
, m
aint
aine
d an
d im
prov
ed.
6 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t sy
stem
s in
trod
uced
, mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
by
31 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
Ann
ual w
ork
plan
app
rove
d fo
r 2
deci
sion-
supp
ort
syst
ems
Ann
ual w
ork
plan
app
rove
d fo
r 4
deci
sion-
supp
ort
syst
ems
Ann
ual w
ork
plan
app
rove
d fo
r 5
deci
sion-
supp
ort
syst
ems
6 de
cisio
n-su
ppor
t sy
stem
s in
trod
uced
, mai
ntai
ned
and
impr
oved
bet
wee
n 01
Apr
il 20
21 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
202
2
3.N
umbe
r of
lear
ning
in
terv
entio
ns (
sem
inar
s/po
licy
roun
d ta
bles
di
scus
sions
) ho
sted
.
3 le
arni
ng in
terv
entio
ns
(sem
inar
s/po
licy
roun
d ta
bles
) ho
sted
by
31 M
arch
20
22(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
1 le
arni
ng in
terv
entio
n ho
sted
2
lear
ning
inte
rven
tions
ho
sted
3
lear
ning
inte
rven
tions
ho
sted
bet
wee
n 01
Apr
il 20
21 a
nd 3
1 D
ecem
ber
2022
No
targ
et
4.N
umbe
r of
hig
h-le
vel
rese
arch
stu
dent
s (h
onou
rs,
mas
ter’s
and
doc
tora
l st
uden
ts)
fully
fund
ed o
r co
-fund
ed in
des
igna
ted
nich
e ar
eas
(adv
ance
d m
anuf
actu
ring,
aero
spac
e,
chem
ical
s, m
inin
g, ad
vanc
ed
met
als,
ICTs
, the
Indu
stry
In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
– in
cl.
SIF
and
the
gree
n ec
onom
y)
392
high
-leve
l res
earc
h st
uden
ts (
of w
hich
57
at
PhD
leve
l) fu
lly fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in d
esig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, ae
rosp
ace,
ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
adva
nced
m
etal
s, IC
Ts, t
he In
dust
ry
Inno
vatio
n Pr
ogra
mm
e –
incl
. SI
F, an
d gr
een
econ
omy)
by
31 M
arch
202
2(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
86 h
igh-
leve
l res
earc
h st
uden
ts (
of w
hich
12
at
PhD
leve
l) fu
lly fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in d
esig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, ae
rosp
ace,
ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
adva
nced
m
etal
s, IC
Ts, t
he In
dust
ry
Inno
vatio
n Pr
ogra
mm
e –
incl
. SI
F, an
d gr
een
econ
omy)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
Add
ition
al 3
06 h
igh-
leve
l re
sear
ch s
tude
nts
(of w
hich
45
at
PhD
leve
l) fu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
in d
esig
nate
d ni
che
area
s (a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, ae
rosp
ace,
ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
adva
nced
m
etal
s, IC
Ts, t
he In
dust
ry
Inno
vatio
n Pr
ogra
mm
e –
incl
. SI
F, an
d gr
een
econ
omy)
by
31 M
arch
202
2 ta
king
the
to
tal f
or t
he y
ear
to 3
92
5.N
umbe
r of
kno
wle
dge
and
inno
vatio
n pr
oduc
ts
adde
d to
the
indu
stria
l de
velo
pmen
t an
d gr
een
econ
omy
IP p
ortfo
lios
thro
ugh
fully
fund
ed o
r co
-fu
nded
res
earc
h in
itiat
ives
60 in
dust
rially
rel
evan
t kn
owle
dge
and
inno
vatio
n pr
oduc
ts (
pate
nts,
prot
otyp
es, t
echn
olog
y de
mon
stra
tors
or
tech
nolo
gy t
rans
fer
pack
ages
) ad
ded
to t
he
indu
stria
l dev
elop
men
t an
d gr
een
econ
omy
IP p
ortfo
lio
by 3
1 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
3 in
dust
rially
rel
evan
t kn
owle
dge
or in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
add
ed t
o th
e in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent
IP
port
folio
11 in
dust
rially
rel
evan
t kn
owle
dge
or in
nova
tion
prod
uct
adde
d to
the
in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent
IP
port
folio
At
30 in
dust
rially
rel
evan
t kn
owle
dge
or in
nova
tion
prod
uct
adde
d to
the
in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent
IP
port
folio
An
annu
al t
otal
of 6
0 in
dust
rially
rel
evan
t kn
owle
dge
or in
nova
tion
prod
ucts
add
ed t
o th
e in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent
IP
port
folio
bet
wee
n 01
Apr
il 20
21 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
202
2PROG
RAMM
E 5
95DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
No.
Out
put
perf
orm
ance
in
dica
tor12
Ann
ual t
arge
tQ
uart
er 1
Qua
rter
2Q
uart
er 3
Qua
rter
4
6.N
umbe
r of
inst
rum
ents
fu
nded
in s
uppo
rt o
f in
crea
sed
loca
lisat
ion,
co
mpe
titiv
enes
s an
d R&
D-
led
indu
stry
dev
elop
men
t in
aer
ospa
ce, a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g, ch
emic
als,
min
ing,
adva
nced
met
als,
and
ICTs
, Ind
ustr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or
inno
vatio
n fu
nd
5 in
stru
men
ts fu
nded
in
sup
port
of i
ncre
ased
lo
calis
atio
n, c
ompe
titiv
enes
s an
d R&
D-le
d in
dust
ry
deve
lopm
ent
in a
eros
pace
, ad
vanc
ed m
anuf
actu
ring,
chem
ical
s, m
inin
g, ad
vanc
ed
met
als,
and
ICTs
, Ind
ustr
y In
nova
tion
Prog
ram
me
and
the
sect
or in
nova
tion
fund
by
31
Mar
ch 2
022
(Cum
ulat
ive ta
rget
)
Ann
ual w
orkp
lans
or
cont
ract
app
rove
d fo
r 3
supp
ort
inst
rum
ents
of
incr
ease
d lo
calis
atio
n,
com
petit
iven
ess
and
R&D
-le
d in
dust
ry d
evel
opm
ent
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
Ann
ual w
orkp
lans
or
cont
ract
app
rove
d fo
r 5
supp
ort
inst
rum
ents
of
incr
ease
d lo
calis
atio
n,
com
petit
iven
ess
and
R&D
-le
d in
dust
ry d
evel
opm
ent
betw
een
01 A
pril
2021
and
31
Mar
ch 2
022
7.N
umbe
r of
inno
vatio
n-su
ppor
t in
terv
entio
nsfu
nded
or
co-fu
nded
tha
tst
reng
then
pro
vinc
ial o
rru
ral i
nnov
atio
n sy
stem
s
14 in
nova
tion-
supp
ort
inte
rven
tions
fund
ed o
r co
-fund
ed t
hat
stre
ngth
en
prov
inci
al o
r ru
ral i
nnov
atio
n sy
stem
s be
twee
n 01
Apr
il 20
20 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etA
nnua
l wor
kpla
ns fo
r 10
inno
vatio
n su
ppor
t in
terv
entio
ns t
hat
stre
ngth
en
prov
inci
al o
r ru
ral i
nnov
atio
n sy
stem
s.
No
targ
etA
nnua
l wor
kpla
ns fo
r 14
inno
vatio
n su
ppor
t in
terv
entio
ns t
hat
stre
ngth
en
prov
inci
al o
r ru
ral i
nnov
atio
n sy
stem
s be
twee
n 01
Apr
il 20
21 a
nd 3
1 M
arch
202
2
8.N
umbe
r of
sta
tistic
al r
epor
ts
and
polic
y br
iefs
app
rove
d by
Exc
o fo
r pu
blic
atio
n an
d/or
sub
mitt
ed t
o C
abin
et
and/
or d
issem
inat
ed t
o po
licy
audi
ence
6 st
atist
ical
rep
orts
or
polic
y br
iefs
app
rove
d by
Ex
co fo
r pu
blic
atio
n an
d/or
su
bmitt
ed t
o C
abin
et a
nd/
or d
issem
inat
ed t
o po
licy
audi
ence
by
31 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
No
targ
etN
o ta
rget
3 st
atist
ical
rep
orts
app
rove
d by
Exc
o fo
r pu
blic
atio
n an
d/or
sub
mitt
ed t
o C
abin
et
and/
or d
issem
inat
ed t
o po
licy
audi
ence
6 st
atist
ical
rep
orts
app
rove
d by
Exc
o fo
r pu
blic
atio
n an
d/or
sub
mitt
ed t
o C
abin
et
and/
or d
issem
inat
ed t
o po
licy
audi
ence
bet
wee
n 01
A
pril
2021
and
31
Mar
ch
2022
9.Tu
rnar
ound
tim
e fo
r pr
ovid
ing
prea
ppro
val
deci
sions
on
appl
icat
ions
for
the
R&D
tax
ince
ntiv
e
Prea
ppro
val d
ecisi
ons
prov
ided
with
in 9
0 da
ys
from
dat
e of
rec
eipt
for
80%
of a
pplic
atio
ns fo
r th
e R&
D t
ax in
cent
ive
rece
ived
be
twee
n 01
Janu
ary
2021
an
d 31
Dec
embe
r 20
21(N
on-c
umul
ative
targ
et)
Prea
ppro
val d
ecisi
ons
prov
ided
with
in 9
0 da
ys o
n 80
% o
f app
licat
ions
rec
eive
d be
twee
n 01
Janu
ary
2021
an
d 31
Mar
ch 2
021
Prea
ppro
val d
ecisi
ons
prov
ided
with
in 9
0 da
ys o
n 80
% o
f app
licat
ions
rec
eive
d be
twee
n 01
Apr
il 20
21 a
nd
30 Ju
ne 2
021
Prea
ppro
val d
ecisi
ons
prov
ided
with
in 9
0 da
ys o
n 80
% o
f app
licat
ions
rec
eive
d be
twee
n 01
July
202
1 an
d 30
Sep
tem
ber
2021
Prea
ppro
val d
ecisi
ons
prov
ided
with
in 9
0 da
ys o
n 80
% o
f app
licat
ions
rec
eive
d be
twee
n 01
Oct
ober
202
1 an
d 31
Dec
embe
r 20
21
10.
Num
ber
of s
trat
egic
and
te
chni
cal e
ngag
emen
ts w
ith
CSI
R an
d H
RSC
to
ensu
re
alig
nmen
t w
ith n
atio
nal
prio
ritie
s
8 st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
ts w
ith C
SIR
and
HSR
C t
o en
sure
alig
nmen
t w
ith n
atio
nal p
riorit
ies
by 3
1 M
arch
202
2(C
umul
ative
targ
et)
Two
stra
tegi
c an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
Four
str
ateg
ic a
nd t
echn
ical
en
gage
men
tsSi
x st
rate
gic
and
tech
nica
l en
gage
men
tsEi
ght
stra
tegi
c an
d te
chni
cal
enga
gem
ents
bet
wee
n 01
A
pril
2021
to
31 M
arch
20
22
PROG
RAMM
E 5
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Exp
lana
tion
of p
lann
ed p
erfo
rman
ce o
ver
the
med
ium
ter
mTh
e bu
dget
pro
gram
me
is su
ppor
t th
e D
epar
tmen
t’s o
utco
mes
tha
t ha
ve b
een
iden
tified
for
the
2020
-202
5 St
rate
gic
Plan
, nam
ely,
(i) A
tra
nsfo
rmed
, inc
lusiv
e, r
espo
nsiv
e an
d co
here
nt N
SI; (
ii) H
uman
cap
abilit
ies
and
skills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent;
(iii)
Incr
ease
d kn
owle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
ut; (
iv)
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
econ
omic
dev
elop
men
t in
(a)
rev
italis
ing
exist
ing
indu
strie
s an
d (b
) st
imul
atin
g R&
D-le
d in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent;
and
(v)
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
incl
usiv
e de
velo
pmen
t.
In 2
021/
22, t
he b
udge
t pr
ogra
mm
e w
ill do
the
follo
win
g to
ens
ure
that
10
outp
uts
are
real
ised:
• En
able
the
mod
erni
satio
n of
sec
tors
of t
he e
cono
my
such
as
man
ufac
turin
g, ag
ricul
ture
and
min
ing
to e
nsur
e th
at t
hese
sec
tors
are
com
petit
ive
and
can
cont
ribut
e to
hig
her
GD
P gr
owth
and
par
ticip
atin
g in
the
aer
ospa
ce, m
inin
g, an
d au
tom
otiv
e se
ctor
mas
ter
plan
s.
• D
evel
op n
ew in
dust
ries
base
d on
new
sou
rces
of g
row
th e
.g. t
he F
ourt
h In
dust
rial R
evol
utio
n an
d th
e ci
rcul
ar e
cono
my.
• In
crea
se t
he N
SI c
ontr
ibut
ion
to e
xpor
ts, b
y pu
ttin
g in
pla
ce m
easu
res
to a
ccel
erat
e th
e co
nver
sion
of id
eas
and
know
ledg
e to
pro
duct
s an
d se
rvic
es.
• Su
ppor
t gr
assr
oots
inno
vato
rs.
• Su
ppor
ts t
he R
DI p
roje
cts
that
con
trib
ute
tow
ards
indu
stria
lisat
ion,
tra
nsiti
onin
g to
war
ds a
circ
ular
eco
nom
y an
d th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
hig
h-en
d sk
ills r
equi
red
for
a di
gita
l ec
onom
y.
• Pr
omot
e pr
ivat
e se
ctor
R&
D in
vest
men
t in
all
sect
ors
of t
he e
cono
my
thro
ugh
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
R&
D T
ax In
cent
ive.
• Su
ppor
t kn
owle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r ec
onom
ic d
evel
opm
ent
thro
ugh
Sect
or In
nova
tion
Fund
s an
d in
dust
ry d
evel
opm
ent
cent
res
at t
he C
SIR
thro
ugh
the
Indu
stry
Inno
vatio
n Pa
rtne
rshi
p pr
ogra
mm
e. T
hese
tw
o in
itiat
ives
are
inte
nded
to
ince
ntiv
ise t
he p
rivat
e se
ctor
to
incr
ease
inve
stm
ents
in r
esea
rch,
dev
elop
men
t an
d in
nova
tion,
as
wel
l as
usin
g th
e pu
blic
ly fu
nded
cap
abilit
ies
and
capa
city
of i
nstit
utio
ns a
t th
e C
SIR,
to
assis
t in
dust
ry t
o be
com
e m
ore
com
petit
ive.
• Th
e D
SI t
hrou
gh t
he R
egio
nal I
nnov
atio
n Su
ppor
t an
d In
nova
tion
for
Loca
l Eco
nom
ic D
evel
opm
ent
(ILED
) pr
ogra
mm
es is
sup
port
ing
inte
rven
tions
to
enab
le in
nova
tion
ecos
yste
m d
evel
opm
ent i
n su
ppor
t of a
cap
able
and
dev
elop
men
tal s
tate
. Con
cert
ed e
ffort
s ar
e be
ing
mad
e to
incr
ease
the
spat
ial f
ootp
rint o
f inn
ovat
ion
supp
ort a
nd e
nabl
e lo
calis
ed s
ocio
-eco
nom
ic d
evel
opm
ent.
The
tabl
e be
low
set
s ou
t how
the
med
ium
-ter
m b
udge
t allo
catio
n (2
021/
22 –
R1
729
028;
202
2/23
– R
1 76
9 79
4; a
nd 2
023/
24 –
R1
776
421)
will
be u
sed
to r
ealis
e th
e bu
dget
pr
ogra
mm
e ou
tput
s id
entifi
ed.
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Rec
onci
ling
perf
orm
ance
tar
gets
wit
h th
e bu
dget
and
MT
EF
Tab
le 2
1: S
ocio
-eco
nom
ic I
nnov
atio
n P
artn
ersh
ips
expe
ndit
ure
esti
mat
es
R’0
00P
rogr
amm
eE
xpen
ditu
re o
utco
me
Adj
uste
dap
prop
riat
ion
Med
ium
-ter
m e
xpen
ditu
re e
stim
ates
2017
/18
2018
/19
2019
/20
2020
/21
2021
/22
2022
/23
2023
/24
Offi
ce o
f the
Dep
uty
Dire
ctor
-Gen
eral
4 35
53
998
4 85
63
529
3 34
73
389
3 39
1
Sect
or In
nova
tion
and
Gre
en E
cono
my
985
314
1 10
2 85
51
049
495
987
259
1 06
5 99
21
091
908
1 09
6 06
8
Inno
vatio
n fo
r In
clus
ive
Dev
elop
men
t35
6 72
933
9 95
337
3 08
036
9 70
337
4 88
338
2 88
838
4 31
4
Scie
nce
and
Tech
nolo
gy In
vest
men
t22
198
29 9
3533
983
32 0
1935
626
36 3
0036
410
Tech
nolo
gy L
ocal
isatio
n an
d A
dvan
ced
Man
ufac
turin
g24
8 40
427
8 47
731
6 78
234
1 29
924
9 18
025
5 30
925
6 23
8
TO
TA
L1
617
000
1 75
5 21
81
778
196
1 73
3 80
91
729
028
1 76
9 79
41
776
421
Com
pens
atio
n of
em
ploy
ees
42 8
5843
996
43 1
9344
805
44 3
0044
358
44 3
57
Goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
6 85
37
742
5 76
67
278
9 94
810
221
10 2
58
Tran
sfer
s an
d su
bsid
ies
1 56
7 28
41
703
472
1 72
9 23
71
681
726
1 67
4 78
01
715
215
1 72
1 80
6
Paym
ents
for
capi
tal a
sset
s-
--
- -
--
Paym
ents
for
finan
cial
ass
ets
58
--
--
-
TO
TA
L1
617
000
1 75
5 21
81
778
196
1 73
3 80
91
729
028
1 76
9 79
41
776
421
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Tab
le 2
2: U
pdat
ed k
ey r
isks
and
mit
igat
ions
– S
ocio
-eco
nom
ic I
nnov
atio
n P
artn
ersh
ips
Out
com
eK
ey r
isks
Mit
igat
ion
acti
on
Out
com
e 1:
A t
rans
form
ed, in
clus
ive,
re
spon
sive
and
cohe
rent
nat
iona
l sys
tem
of
inno
vatio
n
The
DSI
may
miss
the
opp
ortu
nity
to
part
icip
ate
in g
over
nmen
t st
rate
gy a
nd
polic
y fo
rmul
atio
n re
latin
g to
sci
ence
, te
chno
logy
and
inno
vatio
n fo
r th
e ci
rcul
ar
econ
omy.
Subm
it a
requ
est
for
a co
ntra
ct p
ositi
on t
o fil
l the
pos
t of
DD
: Gre
en E
cono
my
The
Prog
ram
me
may
be
unab
le t
o fu
lly
impl
emen
t th
e W
ater
and
Was
te R
DI
Initi
ativ
es.
• Re
alig
n tr
ansf
er d
ates
in li
ne w
ith t
he p
ropo
sed
unifo
rm fu
ndin
g cy
cle
to s
pend
the
fund
s w
ithin
th
e fin
anci
al y
ear.
• C
ondu
ct t
he m
id-t
erm
rev
iew
of b
oth
road
map
s to
det
erm
ine
the
effe
ctiv
enes
s of
the
im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he r
oadm
aps.
Out
com
e 2:
Hum
an c
apab
ilitie
s an
d sk
ills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent.
The
Prog
ram
me
may
be
unab
le t
o fu
lly
impl
emen
t th
e W
ater
and
Was
te R
DI
Initi
ativ
es.
• Re
alig
n tr
ansf
er d
ates
in li
ne w
ith t
he p
ropo
sed
unifo
rm fu
ndin
g cy
cle
to s
pend
the
fund
s w
ithin
th
e fin
anci
al y
ear.
• C
ondu
ct t
he m
id-t
erm
rev
iew
of b
oth
road
map
s to
det
erm
ine
the
effe
ctiv
enes
s of
the
im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he r
oadm
aps.
Hav
ing
a po
rtfo
lio o
f pro
ject
s th
at d
oes
not
have
the
pot
entia
l to
impa
ct o
n in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent
• En
sure
pro
gres
s re
view
s ar
e co
mm
unic
ated
to
key
stak
ehol
ders
e.g
. Ind
ustr
y pa
rtne
rs/ M
inist
er
for
key
flags
hip
proj
ects
bas
ed o
n co
ntra
ct v
alue
/ eco
nom
ic im
pact
Proj
ects
not
del
iver
ed a
s pl
anne
d by
im
plem
enta
tion
entit
ies
Impr
ove
the
qual
ity o
f the
rep
orts
from
the
impl
emen
ting
agen
cies
.
Out
com
e 3:
Inc
reas
ed k
now
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
inno
vatio
n ou
tput
Proj
ects
not
del
iver
ed a
s pl
anne
d by
im
plem
enta
tion
entit
ies
Impr
ove
the
qual
ity o
f the
rep
orts
from
the
impl
emen
ting
agen
cies
.
Out
com
e 4:
Kno
wle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r ec
onom
ic d
evel
opm
ent
– (a
) re
vital
ising
ex
istin
g in
dust
ries
and
(b)
stim
ulat
ing
R&D
-le
d in
dust
rial d
evel
opm
ent
Adm
inist
rativ
e an
d ad
judi
catio
n er
rors
in
proc
essin
g R&
D t
ax in
cent
ive
appl
icat
ions
.•
Con
duct
res
earc
h to
und
erst
and
the
R&D
act
iviti
es in
the
Fin
Tech
indu
stry
and
ver
sus
the
curr
ent
prov
ision
s•
Con
duct
mee
tings
with
indu
stry
/con
sulta
nts
to e
ngag
e on
the
tax
ince
ntiv
e pr
ogra
mm
e (P
rivat
e Se
ctor
)
Not
ach
ievi
ng t
he t
arge
ted
turn
arou
nd
time
in p
rovi
ding
a d
ecisi
on t
o ap
plic
ant
com
pani
es
• Ex
tend
the
func
tiona
lity
of t
he O
nlin
e A
pplic
atio
n sy
stem
to
cove
r th
e en
tire
valu
e ch
ain
up t
o ap
prov
al/n
on-
appr
oval
sta
ge.
• Pa
rtic
ipat
e in
HR
proc
esse
s w
ith r
espe
ct t
o th
e fil
ling
of v
acan
cies
with
in t
he d
irect
orat
e.
Out
com
e 5:
Kno
wle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r in
clus
ive
deve
lopm
ent
Mism
atch
ed a
nd in
effic
ient
join
t in
itiat
ives
fo
r In
nova
tion
in s
ecto
r de
part
men
tsEn
sure
tha
t th
ere
are
bi-la
tera
l mee
tings
and
pro
ject
ste
erin
g co
mm
ittee
mee
tings
at
an o
pera
tiona
l le
vel b
etw
een
the
DSI
line
dep
artm
ents
and
sta
keho
lder
s.
Inad
equa
te u
ptak
e an
d sc
ale-
up o
f so
lutio
ns b
y lin
e de
part
men
ts•
Pilo
t an
d sc
ale
up o
f tec
hnol
ogy
dem
onst
rato
rs a
nd lo
cally
dev
elop
ed t
echn
olog
ies.
• Pr
ovid
e al
tern
ativ
es t
o ex
istin
g m
odel
s us
ed b
y lin
e de
part
men
ts.
Prov
inci
al a
nd lo
cal g
over
nmen
t m
ay n
ot
prov
ide
fund
ing
or t
ake
owne
rshi
p of
ca
taly
tic in
terv
entio
ns
Con
tinue
the
Reg
iona
l Inn
ovat
ion
Supp
ort
Prog
ram
me
to s
uppo
rt in
terv
entio
ns t
hat
enab
le
inno
vatio
n in
a p
artic
ular
loca
tion.
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Out
com
eK
ey r
isks
Mit
igat
ion
acti
on
Lack
of i
nclu
sivity
of c
atal
ytic
inte
rven
tions
Con
tinue
the
Reg
iona
l Inn
ovat
ion
Supp
ort
Prog
ram
me
to s
uppo
rt in
terv
entio
ns t
hat
enab
le
inno
vatio
n in
a p
artic
ular
loca
tion.
Out
com
e 6:
Inno
vatio
n in
sup
port
of a
ca
pabl
e an
d de
velo
pmen
tal s
tate
.M
ismat
ched
and
inef
ficie
nt jo
int
initi
ativ
es
for
Inno
vatio
n in
sec
tor
depa
rtm
ents
Ensu
re t
hat
ther
e ar
e bi
-late
ral m
eetin
gs a
nd p
roje
ct s
teer
ing
com
mitt
ee m
eetin
gs a
t an
ope
ratio
nal
leve
l bet
wee
n th
e D
SI li
ne d
epar
tmen
ts a
nd s
take
hold
ers.
Inad
equa
te u
ptak
e an
d sc
ale-
up o
f so
lutio
ns b
y lin
e de
part
men
ts•
Pilo
t an
d sc
ale
up o
f tec
hnol
ogy
dem
onst
rato
rs a
nd lo
cally
dev
elop
ed t
echn
olog
ies.
• Pr
ovid
e al
tern
ativ
es t
o ex
istin
g m
odel
s us
ed b
y lin
e de
part
men
ts.
The
DSI
may
miss
the
opp
ortu
nity
to
part
icip
ate
in g
over
nmen
t st
rate
gy a
nd
polic
y fo
rmul
atio
n re
latin
g to
Sci
ence
, Te
chno
logy
and
Inno
vatio
n fo
r th
e ci
rcul
ar
econ
omy.
Subm
it a
requ
est
for
a co
ntra
ct p
ositi
on t
o fil
l the
pos
t of
DD
: Gre
en E
cono
my
Stat
istic
s an
d in
dica
tors
com
miss
ione
d by
th
e Su
b pr
ogra
mm
e m
ay n
ot a
dequ
atel
y m
eet
polic
y re
quire
men
ts.
• EX
CO
app
rova
l of a
ll m
ajor
cha
nges
to
exist
ing
mea
sure
men
t re
latin
g to
:•
Fras
cati
Man
ual a
nd O
slo M
anua
l, pol
icy
requ
irem
ents
, pol
icy
dial
ogue
with
use
r co
mm
unity
and
R&
D a
nd In
nova
tion
surv
ey r
evie
w w
orks
hops
).•
Enga
ge w
ith S
tats
SA
and
HSR
C r
egar
ding
acc
ess
to t
he d
ata
for
the
STI s
urve
ys.
• C
ondu
ct b
i-ann
ual e
ngag
emen
ts w
ith in
tern
al a
nd e
xter
nal s
take
hold
ers
for
awar
enes
s an
d in
puts
into
the
sur
vey
inst
rum
ents
Ass
ess
new
nee
ds b
ased
on
the
Dec
adal
Pla
n (in
clud
ing
Fore
sight
res
ults
and
Whi
te P
aper
).
Prod
uctio
n of
poo
r qu
ality
(e.
g. c
over
age,
ac
cura
cy)
stat
istic
s•
Mai
nten
ance
of t
he e
stab
lishe
d be
nchm
arks
/sta
ndar
ds fo
r as
sess
ing
the
qual
ity o
f eac
h st
atist
ical
re
port
.•
Regu
lar
cons
ulta
tions
/wor
ksho
ps w
ith S
tats
SA
and
OEC
D.
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The
DS
I pu
blic
ent
itie
s
The
Publ
ic F
inan
ce M
anag
emen
t Act
(PF
MA
), 19
99 (
Act
No.
1 o
f 199
9), r
equi
res
the
over
sight
of p
ublic
ent
ities
rep
ortin
g to
the
exe
cutiv
e au
thor
ity.
Sect
ion
63(2
) of
the
PFM
A
stat
es t
hat “
The
exec
utiv
e au
thor
ity r
espo
nsib
le fo
r a
publ
ic e
ntity
und
er t
he o
wne
rshi
p co
ntro
l of a
nat
iona
l or
a pr
ovin
cial
exe
cutiv
e m
ust
exer
cise
tha
t ex
ecut
ive’
s ow
ners
hip
cont
rol p
ower
s to
ens
ure
that
the
pub
lic e
ntity
com
plie
s w
ith t
his A
ct a
nd t
he fi
nanc
ial p
olic
ies
of t
hat
exec
utiv
e”.
To fu
lfil t
he s
tatu
tory
func
tions
of t
he M
inist
er, t
he D
SI p
rovi
des
supp
ort a
nd a
dvic
e to
the
Min
ister
on
mat
ters
reg
ardi
ng th
e pu
blic
ent
ities
. The
DSI
, in c
onsu
ltatio
n w
ith it
s pu
blic
en
titie
s, de
velo
ped
the
Gov
erna
nce
Fram
ewor
k fo
r th
e En
titie
s Re
port
ing
to th
e M
inist
er o
f Sci
ence
and
Tech
nolo
gy. T
he fr
amew
ork
guid
es th
e re
latio
nshi
p be
twee
n th
e D
SI a
nd
its e
ntiti
es, a
nd o
utlin
es t
he g
over
nanc
e st
ruct
ures
, sys
tem
s an
d pr
oces
ses
put
in p
lace
to
adva
nce
mat
ters
of n
atio
nal i
nter
est.
Tab
le 2
3: P
ublic
ent
itie
s re
port
ing
to t
he D
SI
Nam
e of
pub
lic e
ntit
yM
anda
teO
utco
mes
Cur
rent
ann
ual b
udge
t (R
’mill
ion)
Aca
dem
y of
Sci
ence
of
Sout
h A
fric
a (A
SSA
f)•
To p
rom
ote
com
mon
gro
und
in s
cien
tific
thin
king
acr
oss
all d
iscip
lines
, incl
udin
g th
e ph
ysic
al, m
athe
mat
ical
and
life
sci
ence
s, as
wel
l as
the
hum
an, s
ocia
l and
ec
onom
ic s
cien
ces.
• To
enc
oura
ge a
nd p
rom
ote
inno
vativ
e an
d in
depe
nden
t sc
ient
ific
thin
king
.•
To p
rom
ote
the
optim
um d
evel
opm
ent
of t
he in
telle
ctua
l cap
acity
of a
ll pe
ople
.•
To p
rovi
de e
ffect
ive
advi
ce a
nd fa
cilit
ate
appr
opria
te a
ctio
n in
rel
atio
n to
the
co
llect
ive
need
s, op
port
uniti
es a
nd c
halle
nges
of a
ll So
uth
Afr
ican
s.•
To li
nk S
outh
Afr
ica
with
sci
entifi
c co
mm
uniti
es o
f the
hig
hest
leve
ls, w
ithin
the
SA
DC
, the
res
t of
Afr
ica
and
the
rest
of t
he w
orld
.
• In
crea
sed
know
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
inno
vatio
n ou
tput
• In
nova
tion
in s
uppo
rt o
f a c
apab
le a
nd
deve
lopm
enta
l sta
te
R24
840
000
Cou
ncil
for
Scie
ntifi
c an
d In
dust
rial R
esea
rch
(CSI
R)•
To fo
ster
, in t
he n
atio
nal i
nter
est
and
in t
he fi
elds
whi
ch in
its
opin
ion
shou
ld
rece
ive
pref
eren
ce, in
dust
rial a
nd s
cien
tific
deve
lopm
ent,
eith
er b
y its
elf o
r in
co
oper
atio
n w
ith p
rinci
pals
from
the
pub
lic o
r pr
ivat
e se
ctor
, and
the
reby
to
cont
ribut
e to
the
impr
ovem
ent
of t
he q
ualit
y of
life
of t
he p
eopl
e of
Sou
th
Afr
ica,
and
to p
erfo
rm a
ny o
ther
func
tions
tha
t m
ay b
e as
signe
d to
it b
y or
un
der
the
Scie
ntifi
c Re
sear
ch C
ounc
il A
ct.
• Kn
owle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r ec
onom
ic
deve
lopm
ent
(a)
in r
evita
lisin
g ex
istin
g (t
radi
tiona
l) in
dust
ries
and
(b)
in s
timul
atin
g R&
D-le
d in
dust
rial
deve
lopm
ent
• In
crea
sed
know
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
inno
vatio
n ou
tput
• In
nova
tion
in s
uppo
rt o
f a c
apab
le a
nd
deve
lopm
enta
l sta
te
R893
581
000
PUBL
IC EN
TITIES
101DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION | ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22
PUBL
IC EN
TITIES
Nam
e of
pub
lic e
ntit
yM
anda
teO
utco
mes
Cur
rent
ann
ual b
udge
t (R
’mill
ion)
Hum
an S
cien
ces
Rese
arch
C
ounc
il (H
SRC
)•
To in
itiat
e, u
nder
take
and
fost
er s
trat
egic
bas
ic a
nd a
pplie
d re
sear
ch in
th
e hu
man
sci
ence
s, an
d to
gat
her,
anal
yse
and
publ
ish d
ata
rele
vant
to
deve
lopm
enta
l cha
lleng
es in
Sou
th A
fric
a, el
sew
here
in A
fric
a an
d in
the
res
t of
the
wor
ld, e
spec
ially
by
mea
ns o
f pro
ject
s lin
ked
to p
ublic
sec
tor
orie
nted
co
llabo
rativ
e pr
ogra
mm
es.
• To
info
rm t
he e
ffect
ive
form
ulat
ion
and
mon
itorin
g of
pol
icy
and
to e
valu
ate
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
pol
icy.
• To
stim
ulat
e pu
blic
deb
ate
thro
ugh
the
effe
ctiv
e di
ssem
inat
ion
of fa
ct-b
ased
re
sear
ch r
esul
ts.
• To
hel
p bu
ild r
esea
rch
capa
city
and
infr
astr
uctu
re fo
r th
e hu
man
sci
ence
s in
So
uth
Afr
ica
and
the
rest
of A
fric
a.•
To fo
ster
and
sup
port
res
earc
h co
llabo
ratio
n, n
etw
orks
and
inst
itutio
nal l
inka
ges
with
in t
he h
uman
sci
ence
s re
sear
ch c
omm
unity
.•
To r
espo
nd t
o th
e ne
eds
of v
ulne
rabl
e an
d m
argi
nalis
ed g
roup
s in
soc
iety
by
rese
arch
ing
and
anal
ysin
g de
velo
pmen
tal p
robl
ems,
ther
eby
cont
ribut
ing
to t
he
impr
ovem
ent
of t
he q
ualit
y of
the
ir liv
es.
• To
dev
elop
and
mak
e pu
blic
ly a
vaila
ble
new
dat
aset
s to
und
erpi
n re
sear
ch,
polic
y de
velo
pmen
t an
d pu
blic
disc
ussio
n of
the
key
issu
es o
f dev
elop
men
t, an
d to
dev
elop
new
and
impr
oved
met
hodo
logi
es fo
r us
e in
the
ir de
velo
pmen
t.
• In
nova
tion
in s
uppo
rt o
f a c
apab
le a
nd
deve
lopm
enta
l sta
te•
Incr
ease
d kn
owle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
ut•
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
incl
usiv
e de
velo
pmen
t
R289
325
000
Nat
iona
l Adv
isory
Cou
ncil
on In
nova
tion
(NA
CI)
• To
adv
ise t
he m
inist
er r
espo
nsib
le fo
r sc
ienc
e an
d te
chno
logy
and
, thr
ough
th
e m
inist
er, t
he C
abin
et, o
n th
e ro
le a
nd c
ontr
ibut
ion
of s
cien
ce, m
athe
mat
ics,
inno
vatio
n an
d te
chno
logy
, incl
udin
g in
dige
nous
tec
hnol
ogie
s, in
pro
mot
ing
and
achi
evin
g na
tiona
l obj
ectiv
es, n
amel
y, to
impr
ove
and
sust
ain
the
qual
ity o
f life
of
all S
outh
Afr
ican
s, de
velo
p hu
man
res
ourc
es fo
r sc
ienc
e an
d te
chno
logy
, bui
ld
the
econ
omy,
and
stre
ngth
en t
he c
ount
ry’s
com
petit
iven
ess
in t
he in
tern
atio
nal
aren
a.
• A
tra
nsfo
rmed
, incl
usiv
e, r
espo
nsiv
e an
d co
here
nt N
SI•
Inno
vatio
n in
sup
port
of a
cap
able
and
de
velo
pmen
tal s
tate
R 5
300
000
Nat
iona
l Res
earc
h Fo
unda
tion
(NRF
)•
To c
ontr
ibut
e to
nat
iona
l dev
elop
men
t by
– •
supp
ortin
g, pr
omot
ing
and
adva
ncin
g re
sear
ch a
nd h
uman
cap
acity
de
velo
pmen
t, th
roug
h fu
ndin
g an
d th
e pr
ovisi
on o
f the
nec
essa
ry r
esea
rch
infr
astr
uctu
re, in
ord
er t
o fa
cilit
ate
the
crea
tion
of k
now
ledg
e, in
nova
tion
and
deve
lopm
ent
in a
ll fie
lds
of s
cien
ce a
nd t
echn
olog
y, in
clud
ing
hum
aniti
es, s
ocia
l sc
ienc
es a
nd in
dige
nous
kno
wle
dge;
• de
velo
ping
, sup
port
ing
and
mai
ntai
ning
nat
iona
l res
earc
h fa
cilit
ies;
• su
ppor
ting
and
prom
otin
g pu
blic
aw
aren
ess
of, a
nd e
ngag
emen
t w
ith s
cien
ce;
and
• pr
omot
ing
the
deve
lopm
ent
and
mai
nten
ance
of t
he n
atio
nal s
cien
ce s
yste
m
and
supp
ort
of g
over
nmen
t pr
iorit
ies.
• A
tra
nsfo
rmed
, incl
usiv
e, r
espo
nsiv
e an
d co
here
nt N
SI•
Incr
ease
d kn
owle
dge
gene
ratio
n an
d in
nova
tion
outp
ut•
Hum
an c
apab
ilitie
s an
d sk
ills fo
r th
e ec
onom
y an
d fo
r de
velo
pmen
t
R859
469
000
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Nam
e of
pub
lic e
ntit
yM
anda
teO
utco
mes
Cur
rent
ann
ual b
udge
t (R
’mill
ion)
Sout
h A
fric
an C
ounc
il fo
r N
atur
al a
nd S
cien
tific
Prof
essio
ns (
SAC
NA
SP)
• To
adm
inist
er t
he r
egist
ratio
n of
pro
fess
iona
l, can
dida
te a
nd c
ertifi
cate
d na
tura
l sc
ient
ists,
and
rela
ted
mat
ters
.•
A t
rans
form
ed, in
clus
ive,
res
pons
ive
and
cohe
rent
NSI
• H
uman
cap
abilit
ies
and
skills
for
the
econ
omy
and
for
deve
lopm
ent
R 5
000
000.
Sout
h A
fric
an N
atio
nal
Spac
e A
genc
y (S
AN
SA)
• To
pro
mot
e th
e pe
acef
ul u
se o
f spa
ce.
• To
sup
port
the
cre
atio
n of
an
envi
ronm
ent
cond
uciv
e to
indu
stria
l dev
elop
men
t in
spa
ce t
echn
olog
y.•
To fo
ster
res
earc
h in
spa
ce S
&T,
com
mun
icat
ions
, nav
igat
ion
and
spac
e ph
ysic
s.•
To a
dvan
ce s
cien
tific,
engi
neer
ing
and
tech
nolo
gica
l com
pete
nce
and
capa
bilit
ies
thro
ugh
hum
an c
apita
l dev
elop
men
t ou
trea
ch p
rogr
amm
es a
nd in
fras
truc
ture
de
velo
pmen
t.•
To fo
ster
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion
in s
pace
-rel
ated
act
iviti
es.
• In
crea
sed
know
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
inno
vatio
n ou
tput
• In
nova
tion
in s
uppo
rt o
f a c
apab
le a
nd
deve
lopm
enta
l sta
te•
Know
ledg
e ut
ilisat
ion
for
econ
omic
de
velo
pmen
t (a
) in
rev
italis
ing
exist
ing
(tra
ditio
nal)
indu
strie
s an
d (b
) in
stim
ulat
ing
R&D
-led
indu
stria
l de
velo
pmen
t
R161
196
000
Tech
nolo
gy In
nova
tion
Age
ncy
(TIA
)•
To s
uppo
rt t
he s
tate
in s
timul
atin
g an
d in
tens
ifyin
g te
chno
logi
cal i
nnov
atio
n in
or
der
to im
prov
e ec
onom
ic g
row
th a
nd t
he q
ualit
y of
life
of a
ll So
uth
Afr
ican
s by
dev
elop
ing
and
expl
orin
g te
chno
logi
cal i
nnov
atio
n.
• Kn
owle
dge
utilis
atio
n fo
r ec
onom
ic
deve
lopm
ent
(a)
in r
evita
lisin
g ex
istin
g (t
radi
tiona
l) in
dust
ries
and
(b)
in s
timul
atin
g R&
D-le
d in
dust
rial
deve
lopm
ent
• In
crea
sed
know
ledg
e ge
nera
tion
and
inno
vatio
n ou
tput
• In
nova
tion
in s
uppo
rt o
f a c
apab
le a
nd
deve
lopm
enta
l sta
te
R408
825
000
PUBL
IC EN
TITIES
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Tab
le 2
4: I
nfra
stru
ctur
e pr
ojec
ts
Pro
ject
nam
eP
rogr
amm
eP
roje
ct d
escr
ipti
onO
utpu
tsP
roje
ct s
tart
dat
eP
roje
ct
com
plet
ion
date
Cur
rent
allo
cati
on
(R m
illio
n)
Squa
re K
ilom
etre
Arr
ay
(SKA
)4
Phas
e 1
of t
he S
KA w
ill in
clud
e th
e in
stal
latio
n of
2 o
f 3 s
cien
ce
mod
es (
UH
F, LS
P an
d S-
Band
) by
31
Mar
ch 2
020
Inst
alla
tion
of 2
(U
HF
and
LSP)
of
the
3 sc
ienc
e m
odes
2018
/19
2021
/22
R 80
2 40
7 00
0
Sout
h A
fric
an R
esea
rch
Infr
astr
uctu
re R
oadm
ap
(SA
RIR)
4In
itiat
ion
of t
he e
stab
lishm
ent
of
4 la
rge
rese
arch
infr
astr
uctu
re
(RI)
proj
ects
ove
r th
e 20
20/2
1 to
20
22/2
3 M
TEF
perio
d as
par
t of
th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of S
ARI
R
The
4 RI
s to
be
initi
ated
: 1.
So
uth
Afr
ican
Mar
ine
and
Ant
arct
ic R
esea
rch
Faci
lity
2.
Nan
o M
anuf
actu
ring
faci
lity
3.
Sola
r Re
sear
ch F
acilit
y4.
M
ater
ials
Cha
ract
erisa
tion
Faci
lity
2016
/17
2023
/24
R 34
6 66
6 00
0
Nat
iona
l Int
egra
ted
Cyb
erin
fras
truc
ture
Sy
stem
(N
ICIS
)
4N
ICIS
is t
he n
atio
nal o
r Ti
er 1
pla
tform
to
prov
ide
e-in
fras
truc
ture
, too
ls an
d se
rvic
es
to e
nabl
e su
stai
nabl
e e-
rese
arch
, hu
man
cap
ital a
nd r
esea
rch
capa
city
and
ski
lls d
evel
opm
ent;
and
effe
ctiv
e de
liver
y of
e-le
arni
ng.
1.
Incr
ease
the
tot
al a
vaila
ble
broa
dban
d ca
paci
ty p
rovi
ded
by S
AN
ReN
ann
ually
2.
Incr
ease
the
dat
a st
orag
e ca
pabi
lity
thro
ugh
DIR
ISA
pr
ojec
ts3.
C
ondu
ct a
feas
ibilit
y st
udy
to in
crea
se t
he c
ompu
te
capa
bilit
y to
10
PFlo
ps4.
G
radu
ate
mas
ter’s
stu
dent
s in
e-s
cien
ce t
hrou
gh
the
Nat
iona
l e-S
cien
ce
Post
grad
uate
Tea
chin
g an
d Tr
aini
ng P
latfo
rm
2017
/18
On-
goin
g pr
ojec
tR
272
121
000
PUBL
IC EN
TITIES
D
PA
RT
DTECHNICALINDICATOR
DESCRIPTIONS
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Programme 1: Administration
Indicator title 1DSI public entities’ annual performance plans and CSIR Shareholder Compact approved by the Minister
Definition The DSI entities’ (HSRC, NRF, SANSA, ASSAf, TIA and NACI) Strategic Plans (SP) and the Annual Performance Plans (APP) and the CSIR’s shareholder compact approved by the Minister and signed by the DSI entities’ board chairpersons.
Source of data The DSI entities SPs and APPs signed by the Minister • Proof of submission to National Treasury and the Department of Planning, Monitoring
and Evaluation.• Minister submission accompanied by signed letter to the Chairperson of the board
approving the final APP and SP.
Method of calculation/ assessment
The indicator is a quantitative indicator and requires no calculation rather the assessment of the source data provided.
Means of verification DSI entities’ strategic plans, annual performance plans and signed shareholder compacts.
Assumption Engagements and assessment of draft plan as stated on the Exco approved planning cycle.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance High performance – DSI public entities’ 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans (NRF; HSRC; TIA; SANSA; NACI; ASSAf) and CSIR shareholder compact signed by the Minister and Chairperson of the board.
Indicator responsibility Director: Governance Chief Director: Policy, Planning, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Indicator title 2Approved Decadal Plan to implement the 2019 White Paper on Science Technology and Innovation.
Definition Sets out plan for implementing the White Paper on STI and indicators for the system to measure contribution and efficiency.
Source of data • The approved Decadal Plan on STI signed by the Minister.• Approved Cabinet memorandum.
Method of calculation/ assessment
The indicator is a qualitative indicator and requires no calculation. The source data provided must be assessed.
Means of verification • Signed DG and Minister submission.• Stakeholder engagement on the Decadal Plan.• Presentation to Portfolio Committee.• Exco submission approval.• Minister submission approval.
Assumption Engagement with the broader NSI
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance High performance
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Institutional Planning and SupportChief Director: Policy, Planning, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Indicator title 3 Percentage of approved funded positions filled annually.
Definition The indicator intends to determine the percentage of funded positions filled annually.
Source of data PERSAL system.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of filled positions on PERSAL / total number of funded positions on PERSAL x 100.
Means of verification PERSAL reports.
Assumption The Department will maintain a 10% vacancy rate as the DPSA standard.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: Consideration to DSI employment equity plan when a post is filled.
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: Consideration to DSI employment equity plan when a post is filled.
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q4).
Desired performance High performance – 85% of all approved funded positions filled.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Human Resources Management Deputy Director-General: Corporate Services
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Indicator title 4Unqualified audit opinion with no financial matters in the audit report from the Auditor-General
Definition It measures efficiency and compliance with regulatory frameworks
Source of data • BAS and Logis, and populated Treasury templates for financial statements• Audit report from Auditor-General of South Africa
Method of calculation/ assessment
The Auditors opinion is the only way it could be measured for example qualified opinion means that management did not comply with prescripts therefore did not meet the minimum expected standards of financial performance. Unqualified means that the Department performed and an acceptable level. Clean audit meaning the department exceeded the expected standard and the policies are effective.
Means of verification Trial balance, detailed reports and commitment reports from Logis and financial statements.
Assumption Compliance with regulatory frameworks, policies and National Treasurer Instruction notes.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q2.)
Desired performance High performance – Unqualified audit opinion (A qualified opinion means that management did not comply with prescripts and therefore did not meet the minimum expected standards of financial performance. An unqualified audit opinion means that the Department performed at an acceptable level of financial performance was achieved. Clean audit means that the Department exceeded the expected standard and the policies are effective).
Indicator responsibility Chief Financial OfficerDeputy Director-General: Corporate Services
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Indicator title 5 Number of media platforms used to promote the DSI and its entities.
Definition To raise the profile of the Department through the publication of articles, conducting broadcasts, media liaison activities, online, internal and external stakeholder engagement, social media initiatives that is based on thematic content.
Source of data Media coverage in community and mainstream publications, live broadcasts and pre-recorded content on television and radio, online media articles and videos, media statements and media briefings, and social media activities.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Numeric count of media platforms.
Means of verification • Media monitoring reports.• Published articles.• Broadcasted content.• Tweets, infographics and social media videos.• Media statements.
Assumption Media plans approved
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: Yes, through community base media and stakeholder engagement.
Target for youth: Yes, through community base media and digital platforms.
Target for people with disabilities: Yes only in Q4.
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Targeting historically disadvantaged, rural and urban communities.
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance High performance – Six media platforms to profile the DSI and its entities.
Indicator responsibility Director: Media Chief Director: Communication
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Indicator title 6 Number of branding initiatives developed and implemented
Definition Roll-out of approved branding initiatives on a project-to-project basis.
Source of data Reports on Branding initiatives rolled-out.
Method of calculation/ assessment
All approved projects developed and implemented in identified provinces.
Means of verification • Approved project specifications prepared / advertised e.g. corporate video with new brand messaging, billboard advertising etc.
• List of campaigns developed / implemented / installed.
Assumption Available (billboard) advertising space, new marketing platforms available.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: Yes, n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q2 and Q4).
Desired performance High performance – Two National thematic campaign reports on the roll-out of branding initiatives.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: CommunicationDeputy Director-General: Institutional Planning and Support
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Programme 2: Technology Innovation
Indicator title 1 Number of decision-support tools utilised in all spheres of government
Definition Decision-support tools help people think about choices they face; they describe where and why choice exists; they provide information about options, including, where reasonable, the option of taking no action. These interventions aim to help people to deliberate, independently or in collaboration with others, about options by considering relevant attributes to help them forecast how they might feel about short, intermediate and long-term outcomes which have relevant consequences. They support the process of constructing preferences and eventual decision making, appropriate to their individual situation.
A decision-support tool will be considered “developed” once it has been approved by one or more designated members of the DSI Exco.
A decision-support tool will be considered maintained once funding has been transferred to a relevant institution/department, the tool has been transferred to a relevant institution/department, or support has been provided through promotional activities, e.g. workshops that would be used as a marketing and adoption tool.
Source of data Hydrogen and Energy; Bioinnovation; Innovation Priorities and Instruments; and NIPMO
• Signed contract• Signed annual report/draft annual report/signed summary reports from implementing
agency indicating number and an appendix with the name of decision-support intervention supported or maintained OR
• Website which shows the developed and/or maintained interventions• Approved submission and payment stub
Space Science and Technology
Website link to an interactive portal OR• Workshop report or report of stakeholder engagements approved by a designated
member of Exco.• Proof of transfer to relevant department or institutions
Method of calculation/ assessment
A = B + C Where A = total number of decision-support tools developed and/or maintained B = decision-support interventions developed and/or maintainedC = decision-support interventions developed and/or maintained.
Means of verification The relevant Programme officials will check the input received against the source data and check whether the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copy data will be used and the evidence will be saved on Alfresco.
Assumption In some cases, there may be a delay in obtaining the relevant data given dependence on other internal or external stakeholders. This will also affect the quality of the data obtained.“Approved” will include “noted” as there will be circumstances in which approval is not required. Given the needs/requirements of government, a number of interventions other than those specified may fall within the definition of decision-support interventions and may be included in totals for the financial year. It should be noted that the baseline will fluctuate from year to year because of the uncertainty associated with the requirements of government and the DSI’s ability to respond.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities:
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative: The sum of all decision-support tools utilised in all spheres of government
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually:Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desired – 2 decision support tools developed and/or maintained.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 2Number of strategic and technical engagements with SANSA and TIA to ensure alignment to national priorities.
Definition This is an oversight function of the DSI (DDG: TI and Chief Director: Space S&T) to ensure that SANSA and TIA adhere to the government framework in their APPs and SPs, and to ensure that the APPs and SPs are aligned to the DSI’s APP and SP. The SANSA and TIA APPs and SPs should respond to the DSI (Decadal Plan, White Paper) and broader government priorities (NDP, MTSF).
Source of data • The TIA and SANSA APPs and SPs have transformation, poverty alleviation and inequality targets in support of the Department’s outcomes.
OR• Reports that resulted from strategic engagements. OR• Minutes of meetings.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Number of meetings convened per year, number of SMMEs supported, BBBEE, women and youth benefiting.
Means of verification Annual/quarterly reports
Assumption That these engagements with the entities take place as planned, and the inputs are taken into consideration when the draft APP and SP are completed. That SANSA and TIA APPs and SP are approved by the Minister.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where application)
Focus on rural areas, townships and informal settlements
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Total number of meetings convened between the DSI and SANSA, and between the DSI and TIA.
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 8 strategic and technical engagements with SANSA and TIA to align to national priorities.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 3Provision of space weather information for the aviation industry in South Africa and the African continent
Definition SANSA has been appointed as the regional space weather centre for the African region by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The centre will be upgraded to ensure that it provides 24/7 space weather services for South Africa and the African continent.
Source of data Quarterly and annual reports of the upgraded infrastructure and facility; and derived and usage of products and services by the aviation sector.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Number of quarterly reports with clear milestones and deliverables as per the contract
Means of verification Applicable contract/agreement, approved submissions,
Assumption That the SANSA Regional Space Weather Centre is upgraded, fully operational, and capable of providing 24/7 space weather information for the aviation sector in the country and continent by 31 March 2024.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q2 and Q4)
Desired performance High performance – SANSA Regional Space Weather Centre upgrades initiated including products and services developed.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Space Science and TechnologyDeputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 4Number of maritime domain awareness (MDA) missions completed in support of the Oceans Economy Phakisa
Definition As part of the National Space Programme satellite build programme, the DSI has committed to contribute to the Oceans Economy Phakisa through the development of 9 satellite missions for maritime domain awareness. The satellites will provide information for decision support, ocean governance and marine protection, and marine spatial planning.
Source of data • Number of quarterly reports with milestones and deliverables:• Flight Acceptance Review completed• Launch of 3 Cubesats for MDASat constellation• Commissioning and operation of the 3 satellites
Method of calculation/ assessment
Applicable contract, agreement, approved submissions, quarterly reports
Means of verification The DSI will verify the deliverable and milestones through site visits to the lab to view the progress in the manufacturing of various components and subsystems.
Assumption That the satellites are successfully developed and operational as per the technical specifications
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Total number of quarterly reports with clear deliverables and milestones as per the contract
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q3, and Q4)
Desired performance High performance – Number of satellites launched into the outer space in the correct orbit and operational providing quality maritime domain awareness data and information for decision support and marine spatial planning
Indicator responsibility Chief Director Space Science and TechnologyDeputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 5Number of postgraduate students (master’s and doctoral) supported in designated energy, space, Innovation Priorities and Instruments and bioeconomy areas
Definition This indicator refers to master’s and doctorates supported as a result of the Department funding initiatives in the designated areas. Designated areas include space science, energy, bio-innovation, emerging research areas, IP management, and technology transfer and technology commercialisation
Source of data Only master’s and doctoral students supported within the 2020 calendar year will be used for the final calculation.
Bio-Innovation; Hydrogen and Energy; Innovation Priorities and Instruments; Innovation Priorities and Instruments; Space Science and Technology
• Signed contracts • Approved submission and proof of payment• Signed reports which indicates total number of postgraduate (master’s and doctoral)
students supported OR• Proof of enrolment (proof of registration on an official letterhead, stamped and signed)
for postgraduate students from institutions.
Method of calculation/ assessment
If 100 postgraduate students are supported during the year, then the total supported at the end of Quarter 4 is 100.
Means of verification The relevant Programme officials will check the input received against the source data and check that the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copy data will be used and the evidence will be saved on Alfresco.
Assumption Postgraduate students are produced by the universities. The Programme provides funding support, infrastructure and resource support through universities, science councils and its agencies, as appropriate. Given this scenario and the resulting dependence on other internal or external stakeholders, there may be delays in obtaining the relevant data. This will also affect the quality of data obtained. There may also be variances from the planned target as students may complete their research over a shorter or longer period.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
N/A
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Sum of all master’s and PhD students supported during 2021
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually: in Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desired – 190 of postgraduate students (master’s and doctoral) supported in designated energy, space, Innovation Priorities and Instruments and bioeconomy areas.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 6Number of artisans and / or technicians trained in space, energy and bio-economy
Definition This indicator seeks to measure and track the number of artisans/technicians trained in space, energy and bio-economy. A key aspect is that training is not limited to research but that technology services in the sector are supported.
Source of data • Approved submission where appropriate• Funding agreement/contracts where appropriate• Training supported where appropriate – linked to projects • Signed reports/signed summary reports from implementing agency, and letter from the
employing institutions confirming absorption
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number receiving employment contracts by the end of the financial year.
Means of verification The relevant Programme officials will check the input received against the source data and check whether the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copy data will be used and the evidence will be saved on Alfresco.
Assumption In some cases, there may be a delay in obtaining the relevant data given dependencies on other internal or external stakeholders. This also affects the quality of data obtained. Caveat: Depending on the timing of training period for absorption into the space, energy and bio-economy. Absorbed means employed (temporary or permanent) at a lab/company/university/etc. may differ.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: Yes
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Sum of all of the technicians/artisans absorbed during all quarters of the financial year.
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Quarter 4)
Desired performance Higher performance is desirable – 20 artisans and/or technicians trained in space, energy and bio-economy
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 7Number of trainees upskilled in intellectual property management and technology transfer
Definition This indicator refers to the number of individuals trained in the area of intellectual property management and technology transfer through workshops and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) distance learning courses and the Nanotechnology Summer School.
Source of data • Attendance registers (applicable only for workshops)OR• Attendance certificates OR• Letter of registrants to WIPO (applies only to distance learning courses )
Method of calculation/ assessment
• Total number of registrants at the end of the financial year (applies only to the WIPO distance learning courses)
• Total number of participants at the end of the financial year (applies only to workshops/summer school)
Means of verification The relevant officials will check the input received and verify that the target can be claimed.
Assumption The individuals who have registered the WIPO distance learning courses will complete the course (Nanotechnology Summer School held once every 2 years). All participants will attend throughout the workshop.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: Yes
Target for youth: Yes
Target for people with disabilities: Yes
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q1 and Q3)
Desired performance Higher performance desired – 250 trainees upskilled in intellectual property management and technology transfer skills
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 8Number of disclosures, received from publicly financed research and development institutions as reported to NIPMO.
Definition This indicator refers to the number of disclosures (or IP7 forms) received by NIPMO from publicly financed research and development institutions.
Source of data Disclosures submitted to NIPMO on the knowledge and information management (KIM) system
Method of calculation/ assessment
• Acknowledgement letters confirming the number of disclosures received• Signed summary report of licenced IP reported
Means of verification The disclosures will be reported in the first and third quarter, NIPMO will review the submitted disclosures and a summary of Database of IP7 forms received will be approved by the Head: NIPMO.
Assumption There is an assumption that publicly financed research and development institutions will enter into licence agreements (which may be dependant of various factors)
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Total number of disclosures from publicly financed research and development institutions
Reporting cycle 2021/21 (Biannually:Q1 and Q3)
Desired performance Higher performance is desirable – 235 disclosures received from publicly financed research and development institutions as reported to NIPMO
Indicator responsibility Head of NIPMODeputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator Title 9Number of disclosures licensed for the first time, received from publicly financed research and development institutions and recipients as reported to NIPMO
Definition This indicator refers to number disclosures (IP7 Forms), received bi-annually from publicly financed research and development institutions as reported to NIPMO, which are licensed for the first time
Source of Data • Acknowledgement letters to institutions• Summary report of IP licensed for the first time signed by Head: NIPMO
Method of Calculation / Assessment
Signed summary report of licensed IP reported
Means of verification The relevant official/s will review the NIPMO KIM system to verify licensing status of IP reported to NIPMO and draft summary report of IP which was licensed for the first time.
Assumption There is an assumption that publicly financed research and development institutions will enter into licence agreements (which may be dependent of various factors)
There is an assumption that NIPMO KIM database would be operational during the submission and retrieval of information
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for Women: N/A
Target for Youth: N/A
Target for people with Disabilities: N/A
Spatial Transformation (where application)
OTTs are located across the country in all 9 provinces.
Calculation Type Non-cumulative: Sum of all the IP disclosures which indicated that it had be licensed for the first time.
Reporting Cycle 2021/22 (Biannualy:Q1 and Q3)
Desired performance Higher performance required
Indicator Responsibility Deputy Director General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 10Number of intellectual property rights filed based on RDI conducted in designated areas.
Definition Filings/applications of IPRs**** in energy, emerging research areas, and the bioeconomy. ****IPRs are inclusive of the following categories of IPRs: patents and trademarks, copyright, designs, plant breeders’ rights and geographical indications.
Source of data Only IPR applications/filings during the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 either in South Africa or in other countries will be counted.
• Signed project funding agreements, memoranda of agreement, or contracts• Signed annual reports/draft annual reports/signed summary reports from
implementing agency with number and list of IPRs applications/filings;• Proof of application/filing of IPRs• Approved submission and payment stub where applicable
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of IPRs filed at the end of the financial year = the sum of the IPRs applications/filings produced during each quarter of the financial year
Means of verification The relevant Programme officials will check the input received against the source data and check whether the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copy data will be used and the evidence will be saved on Alfresco.
Assumption In most cases there are delays in obtaining the final data given dependencies on other internal or external stakeholders. This also affects the quality of data obtained/reported. Moreover, given that the results of research and development are difficult to predict, variations from the planned outputs can be expected.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where application)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Sum of all IPRs filed during 2020
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance is desirable – 4 intellectual property rights filed based on RDI conducted in designated areas
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 11Number of technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed.
Definition This indicator refers to prototypes, pilots, demonstrators, technology transfer packages, software, and pre-commercial products, processes or services developed in the following designated areas: space science, energy, bio-innovation, emerging research areas, IP management, technology transfer and technology commercialisation.
Source of data • Signed contracts• Signed reports or signed summary report from implementing agency as appropriate
with number and names of knowledge application products funded during the period• Approved submission and payment stub
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed at the end of the financial year = the sum of the technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed during each quarter of the financial year
Means of verification The relevant Programme officials will check the input received against the source data and check whether the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copy data will be used and the evidence will be saved on Alfresco.
Assumption In some cases, there may be a delay in obtaining the relevant data given dependencies on other internal or external stakeholders. This also affects the quality of data obtained. Caveat: Depending on the design and implementation of initiatives, consultation with stakeholders, resource limitations/reprioritisation and other factors affecting this performance the development of technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services may be postponed or terminated or replaced or merged with another relevant technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed other than those specified may be included in the totals for the financial year.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Cumulative: Sum of all of the knowledge application products developed during all quarters of the financial year.
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance is desirable – 10 technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed in designated energy, space, and bioeconomy areas
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 12Number of stationary fuel cell systems/clean energy technologies deployed in partnership with local and district municipalities in rural and informal settlements
Definition This indicator refers to prototypes, pilots, demonstrators, technology transfer packages, software, and pre-commercial products, processes or services deployed in rural and informal settlements in South African in partnership with local/district municipalities.
Source of data • Signed reports or signed summary report from implementing agency as appropriate with number and names of knowledge application products funded during the period;
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed at the end of the financial year = the sum of the technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed during each financial year
Means of verification The relevant Programme officials will check the input received against the source data and check whether the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copy data will be used and the evidence will be saved on Alfresco.
Assumption In some cases, there may be a delay in obtaining the relevant data given dependencies on other internal or external stakeholders. This also affects the quality of data obtained. Caveat: Depending on the design and implementation of initiatives, consultation with stakeholders, resources limitations/reprioritisation and other factors impacting on this performance indicator, the development of technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services may be postponed or terminated or replaced or merged with another relevant technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed other than those specified may be included in the totals for the financial year.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where application)
The focus will be on dealing with energy access challenges in rural communities as well as informal settlements in urban and peri-urban areas.
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Sum of the stationary fuel cell systems/clean energy technologies deployed during all quarters of the financial year.
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance is desirable – 2 stationary fuel cell systems/clean energy technologies deployed in partnership with local and district municipalities in rural and informal settlements
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Hydrogen and EnergyDeputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 13Number of small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) contracted and/or assisted for business development and commercialisation
Definition The indicator refers to research, development and innovation projects that supports and assist SMMEs with value-addition, product development, technology transfer, incubation, branding and marketing. This includes preclinical and clinical studies, business development initiatives, brand development, exhibitions/expositions and commercialisation events. Included will be actual sales of products and commercial licences and agreements signed and manufacturing contracts offered to SMMEs
Source of data • Signed reports and signed contracts on Alfresco. • Reports may include signed preliminary documents, drafts quarterly and annual
reports. • Websites which show the information related to the interventions.• Approved submissions and payment stubs.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of organisations supported financially, for product development (innovations), technology transfer, business development and commercialisation
Means of verification Programme managers will monitor inputs against the source of data and check whether the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copies of reports and related evidence will be saved on Alfresco
Assumption Delay may be experienced from entities depending on their internal approval processes for reports to be sent to the DSI. This work involves multiple stakeholders and value-chain processes where one organisation may be delayed by another. Innovation and business development in IKS involves the community, and the time this takes is often unpredictable. As a result, there may be variations in planned outputs.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
This work involves rural development where pre-processing facilities and plant propagation for agri-businesses are supported. Land is often acquired from royal authorities and local municipalities.
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Sum total of SMMEs supported through Earth observation and IK-Based Technology Innovation initiatives during the 2020 financial year
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annual in Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance is expected – 9 SMMEs contracted and/or assisted with business development and commercialisation
Indicator responsibility Director: IK-Based Technology Innovation; Director: Earth Observations Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 14 Number of commercial outputs in designated areas.
Definition This indicator seeks to measure and track the number of outputs commercialised as a result of support provided in designated areas, e.g. licences, assignments, options of various natures (e.g. directed research and joint ventures); start-ups, spin outs, new companies, etc. created; distribution, manufacturing, sales agreements and the like for products, processes and services. The commercialisation of products, processes and services may involve other departments, entities and market players and therefore may fall outside the Department’s control.
Source of data • Approved submission where appropriate• Funding agreement/contracts where appropriate• Signed reports/signed summary reports from implementing agency, or letters indicating
number and names of commercial outputs that arose as a result of support, or other evidence, such as an invoice or licence agreement or royalty payment to show that the product is available on the market
• Photographs of the relevant outputs where appropriate
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of commercial outputs at the end of the financial year = the sum of all the commercialised outputs during each quarter of the financial year
Means of verification The relevant Programme officials will check the input received against the source data and check whether the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copy data will be used and the evidence will be saved on Alfresco.
Assumption In some cases, there may be a delay in obtaining the relevant data given dependencies on other internal or external stakeholders. This also affects the quality of data obtained. Caveat: Depending on the design and implementation of initiatives, consultation with stake-holders, resources limitations/reprioritisation and other factors impacting on this perfor-mance indicator the development of technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services may be postponed or terminated or replaced or merged with another relevant technology demonstrations, prototypes, products and services developed other than those specified may be included in the totals for the financial year.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Sum of all commercial outputs funded during all quarters of the financial year
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance is desirable – 4 commercial outputs in designated areas
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Indicator title 15Number of black emerging farmers (subsistence, small-scale and potential commercial farmers) benefiting from technology/innovation support programmes.
Definition This indicator seeks to measure emerging farmers (subsistence, small-scale and potential commercial) benefiting from technology/innovation support programmes. The benefits will include one or more of the following: Assistance with production inputs; Gaining knowledge and obtaining results through demonstration trials; Receiving training; Participation in targeted awareness sessions; Mentoring and technical support; and Innovation support
Source of data • Approved submission where appropriate• Funding agreement/contracts where appropriate• Signed reports/signed summary reports from implementing agency confirming type of
technology/innovation support and beneficiaries
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of farmers (subsistence, small-scale emerging and potential commercial) at the end of the financial year. Types of benefit include farmer development support programmes, access to technology/innovation or training or participation in technology/innovation demonstration linked to projects supported.
Means of verification The relevant Programme officials will check the input received against the source data and check whether the target can be claimed. Hard or soft copy data will be used and the evidence will be saved on Alfresco.
Assumption In some cases, there may be a delay in obtaining the relevant data given dependencies on other internal or external stakeholders. This also affects the quality of data obtained.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/.a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial Transformation (where application)
Emerging black farmers
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Sum of all of emerging farmers benefiting from technology/innovation support programmes during all quarters of the financial year.
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance is desirable – 200 of black emerging farmers benefiting from technology/innovation support programmes
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Bio Innovation Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation
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Programme 3: International Cooperation and Resources
Indicator title 1Number of international resource-leveraging engagements undertaken by the Department.
Definition This indicator refers to the number engagements held with international partners to leverage resources for the benefit of NSI.
Source of data • An official written communication (email/letter) from the international partner or investor.
• Confirming the resource leveraging letter. OR• Agreements/contracts. OR• Memo by CD: International Resources supported by Overseas Bilateral Cooperation
and Multilateral Cooperation and Africa.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Number of engagements with foreign partners to leverage resources.
Means of verification • Email from international partner. OR• Contract.OR • Memo by CD.
Assumption The target will be achieved regardless of specifically planned annual STI initiatives correctly.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 43 dedicated international resource-leveraging engagements undertaken.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Indicator title 2Number of South African students participating in international training programmes.
Definition This indicator refers to the amount of South African students accepted into international training programmes offering a postgraduate qualification as part of cooperation initiatives facilitated by the DSI.
Source of data • Official documentation from the implementing organisation of the international training programme indicating the formal acceptance of the South African student into the programme (Name, Gender, ID of student or student number where possible), document with a list of international training programmes and the number of SA students participated in such programmes.
OR • Memo by the CDs: International Resources, Multilateral Cooperation and Africa, and
Overseas Bilateral Cooperation.
Method of calculation/ assessment
The sum of all South African students accepted into international programmes, as part of cooperation initiatives facilitated by the DSI.
Means of verification • Official letter from the implementing organisation. OR• International partner email from the implementing organisation of the international
training programme indicating the formal acceptance of the South African student into the programme.
OR• Memo by the CD.
Assumption The target will be achieved using the planned annual STI initiatives appropriately. However, privacy policy of international partners paying for these students limits the type of personal information received.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: 55%
Target for youth: 60%
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desired – 326 new South African students participating in international training programmes as part of cooperation initiatives facilitated by DSI.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Indicator title 3Number of capacity-building initiatives for international cooperation specifically targeting historically disadvantaged institutions and individuals.
Definition This indicator refers to capacity-building initiatives aimed at increasing opportunities for historically disadvantaged institutions and individuals.
Source of data • Official communication from the National Research Foundation on calls published where HDIs participated.
• Official communication from DSI targeting historically disadvantaged institutions on theme specific engagements, e.g. workshop minutes.
OR• Memo by CD: International Resources, CD: Multilateral Cooperation and Africa and
CD: Overseas Bilateral Cooperation.
Method of calculation/ assessment
• Number of capacity-building initiatives for HDIs.• Calls/theme-specific workshops/ Official communication from DSI targeting historically
disadvantaged institutions on theme-specific engagements, e.g. workshop minutes. OR• Memo by CD.
Means of verification
Assumption The target will be achieved using the planned annual STI initiatives correctly.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: Yes, but numbers cannot be confirmed nor verified.
Target for youth: Yes, through BRICS Young Scientist Forum Initiatives and other capacity-building initiatives.
Target for people with disabilities: Yes, but numbers cannot not be confirm nor verified.
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Focus will be meanly on historically disadvantaged institutions (HDIs) and previously disadvantaged individuals (PDIs).
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desired – 32 capacity-building initiatives for international cooperation specifically targeting historically disadvantaged institutions and individuals.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Indicator title 4Number of international policy dialogues and technical exchanges to support the policy intents of the White Paper on STI.
Definition Dedicated international technical exchanges such as workshops, seminars or training programmes, undertaken to build or reinforce South Africa’s capabilities in key STI domains specifically referenced in the DSI Strategic Plan, with the support of international partners facilitated by the DSI.
Source of data • The official recording per officially signed documentation (reports on or minutes of workshops/seminars.
OR• Memo by the CD: International Resources; CD: Multilateral Cooperation and Africa
and CD: Overseas Bilateral Cooperation with the relevant information attached confirming the relevance of the data.
Method of calculation/ assessment
The sum of the individual technical exchanges, e.g. the organisation of a technical workshop facilitated by the DSI during the financial year.
Means of verification • Confirmation of the successful organisation of the technical exchange with the international partner.
OR• Memo by CD.
Assumption The target will be achieved using the planned annual STI initiatives appropriately.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desired – 34 international policy dialogues and technical exchanges the policy intents of the White Paper on STI.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Indicator title 5Number of STI initiatives targeting the objectives of the Agenda 2063 supported.
Definition This indicator refers to the amount of STI initiatives targeting objectives of Agenda 2063.
Source of data • An official written communication from partners with the confirmation of initiatives. OR• Agreements/contracts. OR• Memo by Chief Director: Multilateral Cooperation and Africa supported by
International Resources and Overseas Bilateral Cooperation.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Confirmation of successful initiatives/ activities with the international partner.
Means of verification • Agreements/contract/minutes of meetings/ official written communication from partners with the confirmation of initiatives.
OR• Memo by CD.
Assumption The target will be achieved by using the planned annual STI initiatives appropriately.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where application)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desired – 15 new STI initiatives supporting Agenda 2063.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Indicator title 6Number of STI initiatives targeting the objectives of the SADC RISDP supported.
Definition This indicator refers to the number of initiatives supported by DSI targeting objectives of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) by 31 March 2022.
Source of data • An official written communication (email/letter) from the international partner confirming DSI’s participation.
OR• Agreements/contracts. OR• Memo by CD: International Resources, CD: Multilateral Cooperation and Africa and
CD: Overseas Bilateral Cooperation.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Sum of activities committed by DSI in support of initiatives supporting the SADC RISDP.
Means of verification • Minutes of meetings/ technical exchanges or workshops/ official written communication (email/letter) from the international partner confirming DSI’s participation.
OR• Contracts. OR• Memo by CD.
Assumption The target will be achieved using the planned annual STI initiatives appropriately.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance is desirable – 17 new STI initiatives supported targeting the objectives of the SADC RISDP.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Indicator title 7 Number of STI Plans of action implemented with bilateral African partners.
Definition This indicator refers to the plans of action implemented with African partners.
Source of data • An official written communication between DSI and African partners on the implementation of agreements/ contracts.
OR• Memo by CD: Multilateral Cooperation and Africa.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Confirmation of the successful implementation plans undertaken by South Africa and African partners led by DSI.
Means of verification • Minutes of workshops, seminars and technical exchanges. OR• Memo by Chief Director: Multilateral Cooperation and Africa.
Assumption The target will be achieved using the planned annual STI initiatives appropriately.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 6 STI plans of action implemented with bilateral African partners.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Indicator title 8Number of engagements with global science leaders to advance national priorities in multilateral forums.
Definition Interactions with individuals in global science leadership positions to leverage their influence to benefit the NSI.
Source of data • Official correspondence indicating interaction with global science leaders to benefit the NSI.
OR• Memo by CD: International Resources, CD: Multilateral Cooperation and Africa and
CD: Overseas Bilateral Cooperation.
Method of calculation/ assessment
The total number of topic specific interactions with global science leaders to benefit the NSI.
Means of verification • Responses received from global science leaders. OR• Memo by CD.
Assumption The global leaders will act on the interactions to benefit the NSI.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Actual performance is high – 12 engagements with global science leaders to advance national priorities in multilateral forums.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Indicator title 9Number of international STI initiatives focused on SDGs supported by South Africa.
Definition All international STI initiatives addressing SDGs in which South Africa actively participate.
Source of data • Official correspondence (Minutes of meetings, e-mails from international partners, agreements, funding and in-kind support) that confirm South Africa’s STI participation in international SDG initiatives.
OR• Memo by CD: International Resources, CD: Multilateral Cooperation and Africa and
CD: Overseas Bilateral Cooperation.
Method of calculation/ assessment
The number of STI initiatives addressing SDGs in which South Africa participates.
Means of verification • Memo by CD with Official correspondence that confirm South Africa’s STI participation in international SDG initiatives.
OR• Approved Minister Submission. OR• Approved DG Submission. OR• Approved DDG submission.
Assumption The official decisions will translate in the active involvement of South African scientists and innovators.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q3 and Q4)
Desired performance Actual performance is high – 8 New international STI initiatives focused on SDGs supported by South Africa.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources.
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Programme 4: Research Development and Support
Indicator title 1Number of PhD students awarded bursaries annually as reflected in the reports from the NRF and other relevant entities.
Definition Total number of PhD bursaries awarded annually as reflected in the reports from NRF and other relevant entities.
Source data • Contracts entered into with the NRF and other relevant entities (CSIR, SANSA and ARC) in Q3.
• Proof of registration (with letterhead, stamped and signature by the Registrar) from the institution or entity in Q4.
• Database of PhD students with ID numbers, student numbers, and course details disaggregation of beneficiaries – disabilities, gender, and race.
• Payment stubs on funds transferred relating to the bursaries in Q3. • Progress reports on individual programmes or letter confirming the reported
quarterly outputs.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of PhD bursaries awarded annually through NRF, CSIR, SANSA and ARC-funded programmes.
Means of verification Contracts, performance reports or information letter.
Assumption • The NRF quarterly reports that do not contain the final quarterly data on students due to the late finalisation and auditing of data from their side, thus resulting in the DSI first reporting on preliminary data contained in an email from the NRF. The preliminary data is then updated when the agency sends a formal performance information letter to the DSI.
• These are bursaries awarded from Programme 4 funds through the NRF and other relevant entities, including the CSIR, SANSA and the ARC.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for black people: 80%
Target for women: 55%
Target for youth: The nature of the KPI is such that some of the students will fall into youth category.
Target for people with disabilities: 2% (relevant data to be provided with the annual report data).
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
PhD students in all public universities.
Calculation type Cumulative: Numerical
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – No fewer than 2 000 PhD students awarded an annual bursary as reflected in the reports from the NRF and other relevant entities.
Indicator responsibility Director: Research DevelopmentDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 2Number of pipeline postgraduate students awarded bursaries annually as reflected in the reports from the NRF and other relevant entities.
Definition Total number of bursaries awarded to pipeline postgraduate students (BTech/honours and master’s) annually as reflected in the reports from the NRF and other relevant entities.
Source data • Contracts entered into with the NRF and other relevant entities including (CSIR, SANSA, and ARC) in Q3.
• Payment stubs on funds transferred relating to the bursaries in Q3.• Progress reports on individual programmes or letter confirming the reported
quarterly outputs.• Proof of registration (with letterhead, stamped and signature by the Registrar) from the
institution or entity in Q4.• Database of postgraduate students with ID numbers, student numbers, course details,
disaggregation of beneficiaries – disabilities, gender, and race.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Number of bursaries awarded through NRF and other relevant entities’ – funded programmes (BTech/honours and master’s degrees).
Means of verification Contracts, performance reports or performance information letter.
Assumption • The NRF quarterly reports that do not contain final quarterly data on students due to the late finalisation and auditing of data at the NRF, thus resulting in the DSI first reporting on preliminary data contained in an email from the NRF. The preliminary data is then updated when the agency sends a formal performance information letter to the Department.
• The bursaries are awarded from Programme 4 funds through the NRF and other relevant entities, including the CSIR, SANSA and the Agricultural Research Council
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for black people: 80%
Target for women: 55%
Target for youth: The nature of the KPI is such that most of the students will fall into youth category
Target for people with disabilities: 2% (relevant data to be provided with the annual report data)
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Pipeline students in all public universities
Calculation type Cumulative: Numerical
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – No fewer than 6 200 pipeline students awarded an annual bursary as reflected in the reports from the NRF and other relevant entities
Indicator responsibility Director: Research DevelopmentDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 3Number of graduates and students placed in DSI-funded work preparation programmes in SETI institutions.
Definition Total number of graduates and students placed in DSI-funded work preparation programmes (through internship programme and the National Youth Service) in science, engineering, technology and innovation (SETI) institutions.
Source data • Consolidated contract entered into with the entity on the funding of interns in Q3.• Payment stubs on funds transferred relating to the workplace preparation programmes
in Q3.• Progress reports on workplace preparation programmes or letter confirming the
reported quarterly outputs.• Internship database (NRF interns register in all quarters). • National Youth Service database of students in all quarters.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of graduates and students placed through the Internship Programme and National Youth Service.
Means of verification Verification relevant for that quarter to be provided. Contracts, reports, or performance information letter.
Assumption Data focuses on students and graduates that have been placed in the programme in a given year. The success rate of employment can be determined after the internship year. The database for the total number of graduates and interns to be available at the end of the financial year.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for black people: 80%
Target for women: 55%
Target for youth: The nature of the KPI is such that most of the students will fall into youth category.
Target for people with disabilities: 2% (relevant data to be provided with the annual report data).
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Unemployed graduates across nine provinces (including rural communities and townships).
Calculation type Cumulative: Numerical
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – No fewer than 750 graduates and students placed in DSI funded work preparation.
Indicator responsibility Director: Research Support Deputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 4 Number of research infrastructure grants awarded.
Definition The provision of research infrastructure across the entire innovation value chain.
Source data • Call for proposals on awarding of research infrastructure grants in Q2.• Annual report from implementing agency (NRF)
Method of calculation/ assessment
Adding the total number of grants funded annually through internal DSI and external NRF processes. These research infrastructure grants will include single and multiple-year funding.
Means of verification Reports, contracts.
Assumption Research infrastructure is an enabler for research, education, innovation and training.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Countrywide (The NSI, government departments, academia).
Calculation type Non-Cumulative: Numerical
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q2 and Q4).
Desired performance High performance is desired – 25 research infrastructure grants awarded.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Basic Sciences and InfrastructureDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 5 Total available broadband capacity provided by SANReN per annum.
Definition Total available broadband capacity provided by SANReN per annum through upgrades, new sites added to the network.
Source data • New Links and upgrade plan in Q2;• Signed letter indicating the TABC calculation for the financial year ;• A spreadsheet capturing the details of the calculation; and• Internal audited annual report from the CSIR (NICIS annual report).
Method of calculation/ assessment
Adding the total bandwidth available through all links constituting the network.
Means of verification Annual report, contracts.
Assumption The SANReN bandwidth is crucial for transmission of research data, facilitating research collaboration and enabling online teaching and providing access to online teaching and training material.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Countrywide: (The NSI, government departments, all public research-performing institutions, Skills development in academic institutions).
Calculation type Non-Cumulative: Available broadband capacity.
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q2 and Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 5 800 total available bandwidth capacity provided by SANReN.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Basic Sciences and InfrastructureDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 6Number of researchers awarded research grants through NRF-managed programmes as reflected in the NRF project reports.
Definition Total number of researchers awarded research grants through NRF-managed programmes as reflected in the NRF project reports.
Researchers awarded research grants to conduct research and supervise postgraduate students (e.g. including research chairs, rated researchers, centre of excellence).
Source data • Contracts entered into with the NRF in respect of programmes aimed at the funding of researchers in Q3.
• Payment Stub on funds transferred relating to funding of researchers in Q3.• NRF progress report on researchers awarded research grant or letter confirming the
reported quarterly outputs.• Database of researchers (with names, ID, institution) in all quarters.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Sum of researchers that are awarded research grants.
Means of verification Contract; Quarterly Reports; or Performance information letter.
Assumption The NRF quarterly reports that do not contain final quarterly data on researchers due to late finalisation and auditing of data at the NRF, thus resulting in the Department first reporting on preliminary data contained in an email from the NRF. The preliminary data is then updated when the agency sends a formal performance information letter to the DSI.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for black people: 42%
Target for women: 41%
Target for people with disabilities: 2% (relevant data to be provided with the annual report data).
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Researchers in all public universities, and declared research institutions.
Calculation type Cumulative: Numerical
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – No fewer than 3 000 researchers awarded research grants through NRF-managed programmes as reflected in the NRF project reports.
Indicator responsibility Director: Research SupportDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 7Number of research articles published by NRF-funded researchers and cited in the Web of Science Citation Database as reflected in the NRF project reports.
Definition Number of accredited research articles published by NRF-funded researchers and cited in the Web of Science Citation Database as reflected in the NRF project reports.
The articles reported on are those published within the Academic/Calendar-year (01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020) and reported on the government financial year-end 31 March 2021.
Source data Consolidated HCD contracts entered into with the NRF on funding of researchers in Q4.Payment stub on funds transferred relating to the funds in the consolidated contract in Q4. Database or list of peer-reviewed accredited research papers published in Q4.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Approximately 1,6 research output units per NRF funded researcher
Means of verification Database, contract
Assumption The collection of data is done by the implementing agency and the comprehensive information is only available after the close of the financial year (4th quarter). The articles reported on are those published within the calendar year and each article reported on is distinct.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – No fewer than 7 000 research articles published by NRF-funded researchers and cited in the Web of Science Citation Database as reflected in the NRF project reports
Indicator responsibility Director: Research SupportDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 8Number of additional receivers installed on the MeerKAT telescope to enhance the performance of the MeerKAT telescope
Definition Production plan for the L-Band receivers finalised.
Source data Quarterly and annual reports from SARAO.
Means of verification Reports signed by SARAO.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Approved production plan towards installation of receivers.
Assumption Production plan finalised and approved.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Numerical
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – Production plan approved for the L-band receivers for the additional 20 MeerKAT antennas.
Indicator responsibility Director: Multiwavelength Astronomy Deputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 9 Number of components of the IK legal architecture implemented.
Definition The data quality assurance and data synch to the NRS central server will guide the launch of the National Recordal System
Source data Quarterly reports on the milestones. • Q1: An IK Data Synchronisation Report of 7 IKS Documentation Centres IK data
quality and successfully synched to the NRS central server• Q2: CD approved IK Registration Specification Document• Q3: A CD approved report indicating the online accessibility of the NRS to access IK,
based on ease of online registration and log-on process, application and granting of IK use
• Q4: A report on the National Recordal System launch. The National Recordal System is live and available for access online.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Approval of the reports at various levels of delegated authority.
Means of verification Approved reports by delegated authority
Assumption Without the assurance of the data quality of the IK data collected through the IKS Documentation Centres, the NRS cannot be launched.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Countrywide
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – Approved data quality, data synching and online accessibility.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Science MissionsDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 10Number of initiatives conducted to promote public awareness of and engagement with science throughout the country, as reflected in the reports of the NRF and other implementing and collaborative partners.
Definition Initiatives or projects encompassing a host of science awareness and engagement activities.
Source data Quarterly Synoptic Reports.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Counting the number of initiatives conducted.
Means of verification Quarterly reports.
Assumption Planned number of initiatives comprising multiple activities will be conducted throughout the country.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Geographic coverage
Calculation type Cumulative: E-numeration – counting of initiatives one by one.
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4).
Desired performance High Performance – 9 initiatives promoting public awareness of and engagement with science conducted by 31 March 2021, as reflected in the reports of the NRF and other implementing and collaborative partners.
Indicator responsibility Director: Science PromotionDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 11 First South African public relationship with science survey report published
Definition Science engagement programme impact study to determine the difference the programme is making towards its ultimate strategic intention.
Source data Exemplar data collection instrument for the First South African public relationship with science survey produced.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Representative sample.
Means of verification A print out of the data collection instrument.
Assumption A scientific research methodology to be followed as a primary data source and existing project records to serve as secondary data source.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
Demographics and/or living standards measures may be used, depending on impact measure category.
Calculation type Non-cumulative: Representative sample.
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Annually in Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – Data collection instrument or questions to be used in the survey published.
Indicator responsibility Director: Science PromotionDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Indicator title 12Number of strategic and technical engagements with NRF, SACNASP and ASSAf to ensure alignment with national priorities.
Definition Budget Programme oversees functions of NRF, SACNASP and ASSAf.
Source of data • Entity technical reports OR• Bilateral engagement minutes
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total of number of quarterly engagement reports.
Means of verification Minutes of meetings.
Assumption Tactical and strategic engagements with entities are conducted.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 12 strategic and technical engagements with NRF, SACNASP and ASSAf to ensure alignment to national priorities.
Indicator responsibility Director: Research DevelopmentDeputy Director-General: Research Development and Support
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Programme 5: Socio-economic Innovation and Partnerships
Indicator title 1Number of knowledge products on innovation for inclusive development published.
Definition Count the number of knowledge products, including, but not limited to, briefing notes, policy briefs, case studies, technical briefs, research reports, evaluation reports, books (or part/s thereof) and single project or initiative.
Various knowledge products may be required to provide the knowledge and evidence required by decision-makers in order to adopt a new technology-based approach.
A policy brief is a document that outlines the rationale for selecting a particular policy alternative and aims to convince the target audience that an existing problem can be addressed by adopting an alternative policy or course of action.
A case study is a detailed description and exploration of a particular project, with a specific focus on challenges, lessons, and success factors, and is usually targeted to people involved in implementation.
A technical brief refers to a range of knowledge products providing project performance data that deals with specifications or which deals with a specific technical challenge that can impact on the adoption of a particular technology.
A research report refers to a document that presents research undertaken to address a particular issue of concern. It includes evaluation studies (can be an evaluation report) that contain a rigorous analysis of completed or ongoing activities that determine or support management accountability, effectiveness and efficiency.
An evaluation report is the key product of the evaluation process. Its purpose is to provide a transparent basis for accountability for results, decision-making on policies and programmes, for learning, for drawing lessons and for improvement.
A research paper refers to a substantial piece of academic writing in which the author does independent research into a topic and writes a description of the findings of that research, which may or may not be presented at a conference or published in a journal.
A book is a printed or digital publication based on in-depth research in a particular subject matter or knowledge area.
Provision is made for other knowledge products not yet defined should a need for a new form of knowledge product emerge that cannot be classified under a current category.
A single project or initiative can support the production of several of the knowledge products described above. Knowledge products can also be complemented by a decision-support intervention. A knowledge product has to meet the needs of a particular user-community and therefore decision-support interventions provide significant interaction to determine what would be of value and how such value can be realised.
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Source of data Register 1: IID knowledge products
The following documentation is required for a valid registration of a knowledge product• Copy of the knowledge product to be published• Submission to Chief Director: Innovation for Inclusive Development requesting formal
approval for publication and distribution
In case of a knowledge product from an implementing agency, optional additional documentation will include a letter from the implementation agency to the DSI confirming that the knowledge product was a result of funding support from the DSI.
Method of calculation/ assessment
A = the total number of knowledge products registeredB = briefing notesC = policy briefsD = case studiesE = technical briefsF = research reportsG = evaluation reportsH = research paperI = BookJ = Other
Means of verification Information gathered and generated quarterly on knowledge products to be registered
Assumption The sum of knowledge products has been registered
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly:Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 4 knowledge products on innovation for inclusive development published
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Innovation for Inclusive DevelopmentDeputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships
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Indicator title 2 Number of decision-support systems introduced, maintained and improved.
Definition Decision-support interventions help people think about choices they face; they describe where and why choice exists; they provide information about options, including, where reasonable, the option of taking no action. These interventions aim to help people to deliberate, independently or in collaboration with others, about options by considering relevant attributes to help them forecast how they might feel about short, intermediate and long-term outcomes, which have relevant consequences. They support the process of constructing preferences and eventual evidence-informed decision making, appropriate to their individual situation.
Source of data Register 2: IID Decision-Support Systems
Registration or re-registration will happen annually. The following documentation is required for a valid registration:
• Annual workplan• Internal DSI submission providing formal approval for the workplan
Method of calculation/ assessment
A = B + C + DA = total number of decision-support interventions registeredB = decision-support interventions introducedC = decision-support interventions maintained D = decision-support intervention improved
Means of verification • Total number of decision support systems as per action category, that is, either introduced, maintained, or improved.
• Pre-defined Excel Spreadsheet pivot-table
Assumption Information gathered and generated quarterly on decision support systems are re-registered.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
In districts and metros where DSI has an STI footprint
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 6 decision-support systems introduced, maintained and improved.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Innovation for Inclusive DevelopmentDeputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships
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Indicator title 3Number of learning interventions (seminars/policy round table discussions) hosted.
Definition In this context a learning intervention refers to an event conceptualised and/or resourced by the Department. The learning intervention can be organised and run by an implementing agency contracted by the DSI or by the DSI itself. The Department can also partner with other organisations in organising the event or in presenting evidence-based position at an event.
The event is structured in terms of a number of formats (e.g. seminars, lectures, learning interventions, workshops or policy dialogues).
Notwithstanding the specific format used, the intention is to bring together a select group of knowledgeable researchers, policy analysts, experts and/or practitioners to advance collective understanding of a specific theme aligned to the strategic objective. Each learning intervention is unique with respect to the format used and the group of participants.
Source of data Register 3: Innovation for inclusive development learning interventions
The following documentation will be required for a valid registration: • Signed learning intervention report for each learning intervention compiled by the
organiser (implementing agency or DSI)• Internal departmental approval of the learning intervention report
Method of calculation/ assessment
A = B + C + D + E + F + GA = total number of learning interventions registeredB = seminars C = lecturesD = learning forumsE = Policy dialoguesF = WorkshopsG = Other
Means of verification Learning interventions registered during the applicable reporting period.
Assumption Total number of learning interventions by type, that is, workshop, seminar policy round table discussion, etc.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
In districts and metros where DSI has an STI footprint
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 4 learning (seminars/policy round tables) hosted.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Innovation for Inclusive Development Deputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships
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Indicator title 4
Number of high-level research students (honours, master’s and doctoral students) fully funded or co-funded in designated niche areas (advanced manufacturing, aerospace, chemicals, mining, advanced metals, ICTs, the Industry Innovation Programme – incl. SIF and the green economy).
Definition High-level human capital refers to students who are enrolled at universities or universities of technology for an honours, master’s or doctoral qualification.
Co-funded is where the Department pays only a portion of the student’s fees.
The niche areas identified to support industrial development include the advanced manufacturing, aerospace, chemicals, mining, advanced metals, ICTs, selected Sector Innovation Funds, the green economy, and selected CSIR Industry Development Centres.
Source of data Register 6: Industrial development student beneficiaries and
Register 4: Green economy student beneficiaries
Registration of student beneficiaries will take place in quarter 1 and quarter 4. For a valid registration, the following documentation will be used:• Annual registration letter from the university where the student is registered• A letter from the implementation agent confirming the students that are being funded
through a sign contract with the DSI. The letter will include a schedule providing additional core profile information of the students (name, ID number, race, gender)
The register will include additional profile information that is required for management and analytical purposes. The proof of registration should contain the letterhead and stamp of the tertiary education institution. The proof of registration will be accepted as valid for a specific calendar year, which implies that it covers two DSI financial years. As an example, DSI can count the student as being funded in Q4, and also in Q1 to Q3 (of the next financial year) with the same proof or evidence.
Method of calculation/ assessment
The sum of students on the beneficiary register disaggregated by individual contract
For Register 4, students are calculated as follows:
A = B + C + DA = the total number of students funded or co-fundedB = honours, master’s and doctoral students (funded water initiatives)C = honours, master’s and doctoral students (funded waste initiatives)D = honours, master’s and doctoral students (Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) and Sugar Milling Research Institute (SMRI) sector innovation funds (SIFs)
Means of verification Schedule from implementing agent
Assumption The contract between the DSI and the implementing agency will include the sum of students on the disaggregated beneficiary register on individual contract.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: Yes
Target for youth: The nature of the KPI is such that most of the students will fall into youth category
Target for people with disabilities: Yes
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
All nine provinces are targeted.
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Calculation type Non-cumulativeA = B + C + D + E + F + GWhere A = The total number of students funded or co-fundedB = honours, master’s and doctoral students (funded water initiatives)C = honours, master’s and doctoral students (funded waste initiatives)D = honours, master’s and doctoral students (funded Ecological Infrastructure initiatives)E = honours, master’s and doctoral students (PAMSA and SMRI SIFs) F = honours, master’s and doctoral students (Biorefinery Industry Development Centre) G = honours, master’s and doctoral students (other)
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q1 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 392 high-level research students (of which 57 at PhD level) fully funded or co-funded in designated niche areas (advanced manufacturing, aerospace, chemicals, mining, advanced metals, ICTs, the Industry Innovation Programme – incl. SIF, and green economy).
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Technology Localisation, Beneficiation and Advanced ManufacturingChief Director: Sector Innovation and Green Economy Deputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnership
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Indicator title 5Number of knowledge and innovation products added to the industrial development and green economy IP portfolios through fully funded or co-funded research initiatives.
Definition Number: the number of knowledge or innovation products.
Knowledge or innovation product: the output (discrete intermediate steps or final) of knowledge or innovation (process, market, product or improved service delivery) that is quantifiable (e.g. invention disclosure, patent, prototype, technology (transfer) package, technology demonstrator, etc.). It should be noted that different technologies/processes have slightly different phases or designated conventions/names.
Intellectual property (IP) portfolio: The collection of IP products funded/co-funded by the Department. The IP products may be related or unrelated to the progress of maturing one specific technology.
Funded: Reflects where DSI is funding or co-funding a specific research/technology initiative. An initiative does not need to be 100% DSI-funded to be eligible to be counted.
Source of data Register 8: Register of industrial development knowledge and innovation products
Register 5: Register of green economy knowledge and innovation products
The following documentation will be required for a valid registration
• A signed declaration from an implementation agency of a potential qualifying knowledge or innovation product. The declaration will provide essential information, including type of product, registration number (if applicable) and appropriate supporting information
• A signed confirmation by a registrar (currently Chief Director: Technology Localisation, Beneficiation and Advanced Manufacturing for Register 8 and D: Environmental Services and Technologies for Register 5) that the knowledge or innovation product met the required qualifying criteria and can be registered
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of registrations during the applicable reporting period disaggregated by funded initiative
For Register 5:A = B + C + D + E
A = total number of registrations of knowledge and innovation products
B = Registrations (funded water initiatives)C = Registrations (funded waste initiatives)D = Registrations (SMRI and PAMSA SIFs)E = Registrations (Biorefinery Industry Development Facility)
For Register 8:The Industry Innovation Partnership (IIP) fund formally includes the Sector Innovation Fund (SIF) and other funds, and instruments funded under the IIP can be counted. The SIF also includes funding via the various areas of the Industry Innovation Programme (IIP) and they can therefore also be counted.
Number: refers to the number of instruments (e.g. programmes) and not the individual beneficiaries.
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Method of calculation/ assessment
The following instruments currently qualify to be counted:
1. Technology Stations Programme, incorporating the Institutes of Advanced Tooling, consisting of 18 entities, but counts as one funding instrument
2. Centres of competence (titanium and any other) count as one3. Incubators (there is one for ICT)4. Technology Development Grant scheme 5. Sector-wide technology assistance packages6. Firm-level technology assistance packages 7. Science, Engineering and Technology Industry Internship Programme8. Collaborative R&D networks (e.g. the Collaborative Carbon Fibre RDI Programme)
where the R&D agenda is almost exclusively defined by industry. This also includes the Sector Innovation Funds, where the R&D agenda is defined by the respective industry association/body, representing the R&D needs of the respective sector.
9. R&D networks led by science councils and/or universities, where the R&D agenda is determined primarily from the R&D stakeholders. This includes R&D programmes aimed at unlocking new opportunities based on local knowledge and/or IP.
Instrument: a defined support mechanism, as described above.
The indicator (funding instrument) will be formally referred to in a contract and be described by supporting, internal DSI document defining the objective, procedures, scope and evaluation parameters.
Means of verification Excel spreadsheet.
Assumption The IP declaration from implementation agency meet the criteria of the TIDs
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly:Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 60 industrially relevant knowledge and innovation products (patents, prototypes, technology demonstrators or technology transfer packages) added to the industrial development and green economy IP portfolio.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Technology Localisation, Beneficiation and Advanced ManufacturingChief Director: Sector Innovation and Green EconomyDeputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnership
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Indicator title 6
Number of instruments funded in support of increased localisation, competitiveness and R&D-led industry development in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, chemicals, mining, advanced metals, and ICTs, Industry Innovation Programme and the sector innovation fund.
Definition Number: The number of instruments (e.g. programmes) and not the individual beneficiaries.
Instrument: A formally established (by contract) entity (also virtual) that is used in support of R&D-led industry development.
R&D-led industry development: This includes R&D performed in the defined areas of aerospace; advanced manufacturing; mining; minerals beneficiation; chemical related industries, ICTs and sector innovation funds.
Funded: Reflects where DSI is funding, or co-funding a specific instrument. An instrument does not need to be 100% funded to be legible to be considered as an instrument funded by DSI.
Source of data Register 9: Innovation support instruments
Registration or re-registration will happen annually. The following documentation is required for a valid registration
• Annual workplan• Internal DSI submission or signed contract.
Method of calculation/ assessment
The sum of support instruments registered or re-registered
Means of verification Summary information captured and archived on PIMS
Assumption The information provided on the contracts or workplan meet the TID requirements
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually:Q1 and Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 5 instruments funded in support of increased localisation, competitive- ness and R&D-led industry development.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Technology Localisation, Beneficiation and Advanced Manufacturing.Deputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnership.
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Indicator title 7Number of innovation-support interventions funded or co-funded that strengthen provincial or rural innovation systems.
Definition An intervention includes analytical, planning and coordination support as well as catalytic activities that enhance provincial or local innovation.
Provincial and rural and production system = the system of innovation at provincial, regional, local levels, including those linked to rural and the informal economic activities.
Analytical, planning and coordination support – means any form of study or strategy development that can assist provincial and local governments with their planning, decision making and implementation of innovation programmes. Also includes funding for innovations forums and capacity building.
Catalytic interventions are DSI supported initiatives or projects that help stimulate the growth of existing innovation initiatives, or enable the development of innovation enabling ecosystems.
Source of data Register 14: Provincial and rural innovation interventions
The following documentation is required for a valid registration or re-registration of a provincial or rural innovation-support intervention funded by the DSI:
• Annual workplan (a workplan can make provision for more than one innovation-support intervention)
• Submission requesting formal approval of the workplan and registration of qualifying interventions
An optional document for a registration is a signed contract with an implementation agent. A single contract may enable more than one registration. Registrations will be re-validated after the end of the performance year to remove interventions which may not have been implemented. Revalidation will be based on an annual progress report.
Method of calculation/ assessment
A = B + CA = total number of innovation-support interventions funded or co-fundedB = interventions supported under the Directorate: Sector and Local InnovationC = interventions under the Directorate: Sustainable Livelihoods
Means of verification Pre-defined Excel spreadsheet pivot-table
Assumption The information gathered and generated quarterly on innovation-support interventions is registered
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
The DSI has spatial footprint in most 44 Districts and 8 Metropolitan Municipalities and intend to expand in line with the District Development Model and 2020/21 Presidential nodes.
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q2 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 14 innovation-support interventions funded or cofounded that strengthen provincial or rural innovation systems.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Innovation for Inclusive DevelopmentChief Director: Sector Innovation and Green EconomyDeputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships
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Indicator title 8Number of statistical reports and policy briefs approved by Exco for publication and /or submitted to Cabinet and/or disseminated to policy audience.
Definition Count the number of statistical reports and policy briefs produced.
A policy briefing refers to a communication tool produced by policy analysts, in the form of either a Cabinet memorandum or evidence-based report or strategy which serves as an impetus for action for the policy audience such as Cabinet, Parliament and Portfolio Committee, the Minister of Science and Technology, provincial government, or another Minister of government department. The briefing or report may also be used to support broader advocacy initiatives targeting a wide but knowledgeable audience, e.g. the Economic Sectors, Investment, Employment and Infrastructure Development Cluster, decision-makers, researchers, and administrators.
Source of data • Copy of the statistical report or policy brief that is approved by Exco for publishing and/ or submission to Cabinet and or relevant decision-making authority.
Method of calculation/ assessment
Total number of reports and policy briefs during the reporting period by the end of a financial year or reporting period.
Means of verification The following documentation will enable a valid registration:• Register 11: Register on statistical reports and policy briefs• Extract of the minutes from the Exco meeting approving publication and/ or
submission to Cabinet or relevant decision-making authority.
Assumption Statistical reports or policy briefs are registered during the applicable reporting period.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
None
Calculation type Cumulative - Numeric count
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Biannually: Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – 6 statistical reports and policy briefs approved by Exco for publication and/or submitted to Cabinet and/or disseminated to policy audience.
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Science and Technology InvestmentsDeputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnership
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Indicator title 9Turnaround time in providing preapproval decisions on applications for the R&D tax incentive.
Definition Turnaround time refers to the number of days from date of receipt of application to the date of providing preapproval decisions on applications for the R&D tax incentive.
An efficiency objective, measured at aggregated (total applications for period x) level, is to reduce the average number of days of turnaround compared to previous periods.
Source of data Register 12: R&D applications management database
Important note – section 11D (17) provides for the confidentiality of applicants. Access to the R&D applications management database will need to be limited and guided by a signed oath of secrecy
Method of calculation/ assessment
% of applications that receive a decision within 90 days (in the reporting period). Number of days exclude weekends, holidays and the days when DSI awaits additional information from applying companies.
Means of verification R&D tax incentives applications management
Assumption The accurate information will be gathered and generated when applications are received and/or finalised.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Non-cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4)
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – Preapproval decisions provided within 90 days from date of receipt on 80% of applications for the R&D tax incentive received between 01 January 2021 and 31 December 2021
Indicator responsibility Chief Director: Science and Technology InvestmentDeputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships
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Indicator title 10Number of Strategic and Technical engagements with CSIR and HSRC to ensure alignment with national priorities.
Definition Strategic oversight of CSIR and HSRC.
Source of data Register of bilateral executive meetings (Strategic and Technical).
Method of calculation/ assessment
• Number of Strategic Executive Bilateral (HSRC).• Number of Technical Bilateral (HSRC).• Number of Strategic Executive Bilateral (CSIR).• Number of Technical Bilateral (CSIR).
Means of verification Technical Bilaterals – Signed minutes of meetings.
Strategic Executive Bilaterals – Signed minutes from the Secretariat
Assumption Executive bilaterals at executive and technical levels is the foundation through which information is shared, critical requirements identified by the Minister, the Portfolio Committee and government more broadly are processed and where alignment of the work of the CSIR and HSRC to national priorities is achieved. Executive bilaterals are complemented by formal communication, reviews and feedback of plans and quarterly reports.
Disaggregation of beneficiaries (where applicable)
Target for women: n/a
Target for youth: n/a
Target for people with disabilities: n/a
Spatial transformation (where applicable)
n/a
Calculation type Cumulative
Reporting cycle 2021/22 (Quarterly: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4).
Desired performance Higher performance desirable – Planned bilateral executive meetings with each entity (HSRC and CSIR) happened at least four times annually, to ensure division between strategic and technical executive bilaterals as well as planned cycle meetings are aligned to planning and budgeting cycles.
Indicator responsibility Deputy Director-General: Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
APP Annual Performance Plan
AU African Union
BBBEE broad-based black economic empowerment
CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CHPC Centre for High Performance Computing
CREST Centre for Research, on Evaluation, Science and Technology
DAFF Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
DHET Department of Higher Education and Training
DSI Department of Science and Innovation
Exco Executive Committee of the DSI
Gbps gigabits per second
HCD human capital development
HySA Hydrogen South Africa
ICT information and communication technology
IKS indigenous knowledge systems
IP intellectual property
IPAP Industrial Policy Action Plan
IPR Act Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Funded Research and Development Act
ISI Institute for Scientific Information
Mbps megabytes per second
MTEF Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
MTSF Medium-Term Strategic Framework
NACI National Advisory Council on Innovation
NDP National Development Plan
nGAP new Generation of Academics Programme
NICIS National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure Systems
NIPMO National Intellectual Property Management Office
NRDS National Research and Development Strategy
NRF National Research Foundation
NSI national system of innovation
OTT office of technology transfer
PYEI Presidential Youth Employment Initiative
R&D research and development
RDI research, development and innovation
RISDP Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan
S&T science and technology
SADC Southern African Development Community
SANReN South African National Research Network
SANSA South African National Space Agency
SARIR South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap
SETI science, engineering, technology and innovation
SIF Sector Innovation Fund
SKA Square Kilometre Array
SMME small, medium or micro-enterprise
STEMI science, technology, engineering, mathematics and innovation
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STI science, technology and innovation
TIA Technology Innovation Agency
TVET technical and vocational education and training
TYIP Ten-Year Innovation Plan
WACS West African Cable System
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
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AnnualPerformancePlan2021/2022
RP92/2021ISBN: 978-0-621-49249-8