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Science, Technology and Innovation
Case study of the SA Policy Environment
Dhesigen Naidoo
Key Elements
Poverty eradication vs sustainable consumption and production patternsRole of regionalismIncreased conditionality potential for AID Capital mobilisation thro the marketA divided agenda on global public goodsCall to Action
Where we come from?
Apartheid legacy - a S&T system with the primary mission of self-sufficiency, e.g. in energy, defence, food1st democratic govt in 1994 resolved to:# activate a stagnating economy# improve the quality of life of all# broaden capacity base # play a significant role in global development
The RDS Challenges
Sustainable developmentAddressing the poverty alleviation as well as the competitiveness agendaDeveloping the S&T baseSpearheading the modernisation of the SA economyVanguarding the AU S&T platform
Technology dependency or knowledge economy?
Research Development Manufacturing
LocalKnowledge
Local Industry &Industrial Products
OVERSEAS TECHNOLOGY SOURCESResearch Development Production
Technology
Transfer$
Innovation “Chasm”
Number of publications by gender
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Female Male
Source: Mouton, 2001
Number of publicationsby race (%)
1 0.5 23 1 4
96.592
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
White Black Coloured Indian
1990 1998
Source: Mouton, 2001
Looking
Outward
SA Response Strategy
Looking
Inward
The Inward Response
Inno
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Alig
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Research and Development
Strategy
Key Elements of the RDS Rollout
Advanced Manufacturing Technology StrategyTechnology Transfer StrategyIndigenous Knowledge Strategy
Microeconomic Reform
IMSAMTS
TTS
IKS
Future R&D capacity
Technical progress(Improvement and
Innovation)SET Human Capital
Business performance
Current R&D Capacity
Wealth Creation
Imported know-how
Quality of life
Measuring Ourselves
SA R&D Landscape
DSTScienceCouncils
HEIsPvtLabs
Private
Public
PvtLabs
PvtLabs
PvtLabs
PublicLabs
GlobalSD
Agenda
WSSD
OutcomesSouth –South
Initiatives
Nepad/AU
S&T Platform
The OutwardGameplan
Joburg Outcomes
JPOI and the Ubuntu DeclarationThe Type II InitiativesOECD Declarationat the S&T Ministerial Jan 2004S&T 2005 in South AfricaReview of global S&T response to WSSD
South-South
G77 follow upACP and the CT DeclarationIORBandung RevivalIBSA
NEPAD and AU
Inaugural S&T Ministerial 2003AMCOSTDeclarationNepad/AU Plan of Action
Centres ofExcellence
Network ofExcellence
Policy
Incubators
Sys of Innovation
Human Resource Capacity Development
Early Action
IDRC, FinnAid and Canada Africa FundWB Nelson Mandela S&T FundAIMS and AMI-NetALCBiosciences CoE
Summary
Its a long road with many mountainsWe have the ropes, the boots, the energy, the will, the enthusiasm, the need, the responsibility
Imported know-how
•Technology balance of paymentsCurrent R&D
Capacity•Share of publications •R&D intensity (investment)
Future R&D capacity
•University enrolments•S&T post-graduate degrees•University Exemptions in Maths and Science
SET Human Capital
•Researchers in workforce•Demographics of SET workforce
Technical progress(Improvement and
Innovation)•Patents•Business R&D intensity•ICT uptake indicators
Business performance
•Technology/ trade mix•Key sector performance•New sectors (e.g. biotech)
Quality of life
•Technology Achievement Index
Wealth Creation
•Technology based growth
Indicators