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ST in NEPAD

• Rising to the African Challenge
• Dhesigen Naidoo
• Sibusiso Manzini
• DST, SA

2
Plugging into the World
3
NEPAD Ministerial

• Ministers segment 6 7 November
• Officials segment 3, 4 5 Nov
• Side and Special events throughout
• Attended by 34 countries, all 5 regions
• UN agencies, other IGOs and IFIs
• Donors
• SA ST Community

4
NEPAD ST Outcomes

• Ministerial Declaration
• NEPAD ST Plan of Action (outline)
• SKA Declaration
• Launch of ALC

5
The Plan of Action

• Flagship programmes
• Networks of Centres of Excellence
• Innovation Hubs
• Human resource capacity development
• International engagement
• Governance
• Funding and Resourcing

6
Flagship Programmes

• Biodiversity science and technology
• Biotechnology
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Energy technologies
• Materials science
• Space science and technologies

7
Flagship Programmes

• Post harvest food technologies
• Water sciences and technology
• Indigenous Knowledge technologies
• Desertification research
• ST for manufacturing
• Laser technology

8
Centres of Excellence
9
Policy
Centres of Excellence
10
Policy
Network of Excellence
Centres of Excellence
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Policy
Network of Excellence
Centres of Excellence
Innovation Hubs
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Policy
Network of Excellence
Centres of Excellence
Innovation Hubs
Human Resource Capacity Development
13
Sys of Innovation
Policy
Network of Excellence
Centres of Excellence
Incubators
Human Resource Capacity Development
14
GOVERNANCE
Council of Ministers (ST Ministers AU Comm)
Steering Committee (Chair2 per region x 5)
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GOVERNANCE
Council of Ministers (ST Ministers AU Comm)
Steering Committee (Chair2 per region x 5)
Expert Panel
Expert Panel
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GOVERNANCE
Council of Ministers (ST Ministers AU Comm)
NEPAD Secretariat
Steering Committee (Chair2 per region x5)
Expert Panel
Expert Panel
17
Funding and Resources

• Discrete national ST budgets
• Enabling environment to enhance pvt sector
  investment
• 1 GDP in 5 years

18
Funding and Resources

• A NEPAD ST FUND
• Bilateral and multilateral donors
• Pledges to date
• Canada Africa Fund 3million
• IDRC R3.8 million
• FinAid R 4.0 million

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Role of SA Sc Councils

• Potential CoEs and nodes
• Service providers
• Management Agencies
• Facilitating agencies
• 10 support to SA as Chair of Nepad ST for the
  next 2 years