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PRELIMINARY FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORT (01 APRIL TO 30 JUNE 2015)

PRELIMINARY FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORT (01 APRIL TO 30 JUNE 2015). DR. PHIL MJWARA. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION. DST Mission Statement. DST Policy Mandate. DST Vision. Key goals of the Department. DST Key Goals. DST Contribution to Outcomes. DST Programmes.

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PRELIMINARY FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORT (01 APRIL TO 30 JUNE 2015)

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  1. PRELIMINARY FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORT (01 APRIL TO 30 JUNE 2015) DR. PHIL MJWARA

  2. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION DST Mission Statement DST Policy Mandate DST Vision Key goals of the Department DST Key Goals DST Contribution to Outcomes DST Programmes Financial Performance DST Performance Overview Conclusion

  3. DST POLICY MANDATE

  4. DST POLICY MANDATE

  5. DST VISION . .

  6. DST MISSION STATEMENT . .

  7. KEY GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT

  8. DST CONTRIBUTION TO OUTCOMES The Department contributes to and reports on the following government outcomes:

  9. DST PROGRAMMES Administration Technology Innovation White Paper on S&T, National Research & Development Strategy, Ten-Year Innovation Plan Research Development and Support International Cooperation and Resources Socio-Economic Innovation Partnerships

  10. DST PROGRAMMES PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMMES (1) • Programme 1: Administration To conduct the overall management and administration of the Department.

  11. DST PROGRAMMES PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMMES (2) • Programme 2: Technology Innovation To enable research and development in strategic and emerging focus areas to promote the realisation of commercial products, processes and services from R&D outputs; through the implementation of enabling policy instruments.

  12. DST PROGRAMMES PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMMES (3) • Programme 3: International Cooperation and Resources This Programme aims to strategically develop, promote and manage international relationships, opportunities and S&T agreements that strengthen the NSI and enable an exchange of knowledge, capacity and resources between South Africa and its regional and international partners.

  13. DST PROGRAMMES PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMMES (4) • Programme 4: Research development and support Provide an enabling environment for research and knowledge production that promotes strategic development of basic sciences and priority science areas, through science promotion, human capital development, the provision of research infrastructure and relevant research support in pursuit of South Africa’s transition to a knowledge economy.

  14. DST PROGRAMMES PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMMES (5) • Programme 5: Socio-Economic Innovation Partnerships This Programme enhances 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.

  15. FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW (1) • During the 2015/16 first quarter, the Department achieved 82% of the planned targets (45) and 18% of the targets were not achieved.

  16. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - ADMINISTRATION

  17. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - ADMINISTRATION

  18. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER ONE HIGHLIGHTS: TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION (TI) – (1) • The Minister launched the Cofimvaba Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology on 12 June 2015. This was done in terms of the Cofimvaba Schools District Technology Project, a joint initiative between the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Eastern Cape Department of Education, that aims to contribute towards the improvement of rural education through technology-led innovation. • The Minister launched the DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre (NIC) National Cleanroom Facility on 8 April 2015. The term “Cleanroom” refers to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 14644-1 level 3 Cleanroom facilities, successfully constructed by the DST/Mintek NIC. This will enable the Centre, and researchers from other entities, to conduct research, development and innovation in an appropriate environment. • The negotiations and discussions with Pfizer on the technology transfer to Biovac is ongoing. This should see a final agreement drawn up in the near future. Agreement has also been reached in terms of the approach that will be utilised towards the creation of Ketlaphela as a State Owned Company (SOC).

  19. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER ONE HIGHLIGHTS: TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION (TI) – (2) • In terms of mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge Initiatives a workshop on agribusiness was also held during the quarter. The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) also approved and issued the standards for Moringa oleifera (which is an energizing product that helps with healing and medical prevention as well) in terms of its production and product requirements.

  20. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - PROGRAMME 2: TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

  21. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER ONE HIGHLIGHTS: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND RESOURCES (ICR) – (1) • The South African and Swiss Research Chair in Global Environmental Health were launched at the University of Cape Town under the theme: Global Environmental Health. • Minister Pandor’s visit to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) opened opportunities for the benefit of SADC and the Continent in systems analysis and evidence-based policy advice and development.

  22. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER ONE HIGHLIGHTS: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND RESOURCES (ICR) – (2) The following initiatives also part of the achievements which were reported in the period under review; • A ministerial delegation from Egypt was hosted where the two countries committed a joint amount of R24 million towards joint calls and other bilateral activities. • South Africa, through Multilateral Cooperation and Africa (MCA), partnered with Namibia (the Namibian National Science and Technology Festival), and Sudan (joint Space Sciences workshop. • The DST also participated in the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development. The Forum emphasised the importance of the role of science and technology to support sustainable development goals. • The evaluation of the Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis for HIV/AIDS Policy project was completed. This was supported by Canada at the South African Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA). This is a project that enabled SACEMA to lead the world in the biomarker based incidence estimation field.

  23. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - PROGRAMME 3: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND RESOURCES

  24. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - PROGRAMME 3: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND RESOURCES

  25. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - PROGRAMME 3: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND RESOURCES

  26. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER ONE HIGHLIGHTS: RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT(RDS) (1) • The implementation plan of the Research Innovation and Scholarship (RIS) Human Capacity Development (HCD) Strategy will include the projections of the financial resources required to address the HCD needs of the National Development Plan. • The team comprising the DST, Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), and NRF staff members has completed the modelling of the required enrolments of Master’s and Doctoral students which would ensure that by 2030 South Africa would produce 100 PhD graduates per million population per year. • On the next generation of researchers progress has been made during the reporting period. A trend of a declining proportions of black students as one goes to higher postgraduate studies has been observed, and the Department has completed a study to establish the reasons for this trend.

  27. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER ONE HIGHLIGHTS: RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT (RDS) (2) • To determine the socio-economic impact of the DST investments in postgraduate training, the NRF has commissioned Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) to do a preliminary investigation of all studies and players who have done work in this area. • On the established researchers, major work done in the reporting period include; • The Centres of Excellence (CoE) to support established researchers; • Alignment of Centres of Excellence with the areas of focus in the National Development Plan; and • During the reporting period the Minister launched a new Centre of Excellence on HIV and AIDS prevention. It is co-hosted by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).

  28. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER ONE HIGHLIGHTS: RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT (RDS) (2) • On science promotion, during the reporting period the following progress has been made towards the building of a science centre in Cofimvaba. • The Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) has secured the availability of the building site that has been provided by the Intsika Yethu Municipality. • A written commitment has been made by the ECDoE regarding long-term support to sustain the science centre in teacher and curriculum development programmes including incoporating human resource requirements of the science centre into the ECDoE staff establishment, facilitating transfer of the science centre building to the Department of Roads and Public Works (DRPW).

  29. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - PROGRAMME 4: RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT

  30. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER ONE HIGHLIGHTS: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP (SEIP) – (1) • The Waste Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Roadmap Programme Implementation Unit was established at the CSIR. • The Propella Business Incubator was launched in the Nelson Mandela Bay on 24 June. Propella is funded by the IDC, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Innovolve and Engeli Enterprise Development and will focus on the advanced manufacturing and renewable energy sectors. • As part of the Data Science Skills Initiative - CSIR Meraka Institute in June 2015 appointed 32 students from 12 universities. The aim of the programme is to support capacity building in the emerging field of data science and analytics.

  31. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - PROGRAMME 5: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP

  32. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - PROGRAMME 5: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP

  33. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS - PROGRAMME 5: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP

  34. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 TARGETS WHICH WERE NOT ACHIEVED

  35. PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW QUARTER 1 TARGETS WHICH WERE NOT ACHIEVED

  36. BUDGET SPLIT – BY PROGRAMME FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT DST Financial Performance

  37. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT BUDGET SPLIT – BY ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION

  38. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE - SUMMARY DST Financial Performance Report DST Financial Performance Report DST Financial Performance Report

  39. EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAMME – 30 JUNE 2015

  40. THANK YOU

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