Service Level Agreement

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 ARC Strategic PlanPortfolio Committee Dr
Shadrack MoephuliPresident CEO5 June 2007
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Council Resolution/Mandate

• Develop a new ARC Strategy
• Review align resources allocations for
  delivering on the strategy
• Organizational structure
• Funding Strategy
• Infrastructure etc.
• Partnerships collaboration
• Linkages with other R D players
• Submit a plan/proposal to next Council meeting

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OBJECTIVES OF THE ARC AS PER ACT

• To CONDUCT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY
  TRANSFER IN ORDER TO
• Promote agriculture industry
• Contribute to better quality of life
• Facilitate/ensure natural resource conservation

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Further Policy Mandate Considerations

• Governments National Priority
• National Programme of Action
• Agriculture Programme of Action (GIJIMA)
• Strategic Plan for South African Agriculture
  (Sector Plan)
• National Research Development Strategy
• African Agenda (NEPAD)
• Consolidated Science and Technology Plan of
  Action
• Comprehensive African Agricultural Development
  Plan

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SETI REVIEW

• Management process to identify necessary changes
  in operations and to implement them
• Weak linkages to sources of knowledge outside ARC
• Poor record of disseminating results of own
  research in international literature
• PG funds as subsidy for commercial agriculture
• HR policies and practices out of touch with GMP
• Quality relevance of outputs from research
  sometimes questionable

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National Imperatives, Policy, Core Mandate
Mission

• Target Markets
• 1st Economy 2nd Economy Clients

• Minister Council
• Policy, Mandate Governance

Clients
External Reporting
CUSTOMER VALUE
DEMAND
1. Generate Customer List
President/CEO Execution, M E, Reporting, KRAs,
KPIs PMS, Compliance
Organizational Capability
2. Group assign to BDCs

• Vision, Mission Strategic Intent
• People Core Functional Skills
• Technology Equipment
• Systems, Processes, Tools Materials
• Infrastructure
• Partnerships Alliances
• Compliance

Internal Reporting
Core Activities

• Screening Testing
• Uniqueness
• Leveragability
• Customer Value

Business Divisions Clusters (BDC) Core BDCs
Support BDCs
1. Generate Core Activity List
2. Group assign to BDCs

• Strategic Initiatives
• Core Competency Driven

CORE COMPETENCIES
UNIQUENESS LEVERAGABILITY
Business Planning Budgeting
Core Mandate Offerings (PS) National
Imperatives, Policy, Mission
1. Generate P S List
Ops/Implementation Planning
2. Group assign to BDCs
Ancillary Mandated Services
SUPPLY
Clients
CUSTOMER VALUE
Partners Target Markets Industry, CSIR, MRC,
Universities, etc.

• Reporting
• PMS, KPIs, KRAs, Compliance

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STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS

• Increased Focus on Basic/Fundamental Research
• Human Capital Development
• Technology Development
• Targeted Focus on User Groups
• Commitment to Agrarian Reform

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VISION MISSION

• VISION
• Excellence in Agricultural Research and
  Development
• MISSION
• The ARC is a premier science institution that
  conducts fundamental and applied research with
  partners to generate new knowledge, develop human
  capital and foster innovation in agriculture,
  through technology development and dissemination,
  and competitive commercialization of research
  results, in support of developing a prosperous
  agricultural sector

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VALUES

• Batho Pele principles
• Ons maak n plan
• TARGET
• Truth
• Accountability
• Respect
• Growth
• Excellence
• Trust

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Strategic Thrusts
Strategic Objectives
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NSP 1 Agri BEE and Integrated Food Security

• Natural Resource Management
• Access Participation
• Infrastructure inputs
• Integrated Food Security

• Land use planning maps for IDPs
• Landcare expertise research
• IKS Genetic Resources
• Incubators (SMME etc)
• Mushroom Beekeeping
• Technical advice for AgriBEE
• Irrigation systems schemes
• Agriculture structure etc
• Agro processing
• Post harvest solutions
• Indigenous Foods Ornamental plants (e.g. roses)

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NSP 2 SECTOR INVESTMENT COMPETITIVENESS

• Competitiveness
• 2nd Economy
• Infrastructure
• Integrated Food Security

• Decision support systems (AGIS)
• Agro-climatic Agric. Practices
• OPV
• Irrigation technology
• Vaccines
• Structural designs
• Renewable energy
• Improvement of animal breeds
• Cultivar breeding
• Micronutrient rich cultivars

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NSP 3 BIO SECURITY DISASTER MANAGEMENT

• Managing mitigating agricultural risks
• Enhance nutrition food safety

• Diagnostic Analytical Services
• Exotic Disease surveillance
• Risk management strategies solutions
• Early warning systems
• Decision Support Systems
• Disease resistant crop varieties
• Disease resistant animals
• Biological Control
• Crop Animal Improvement
• Post harvest solutions
• Development of new animal and plant based food
  products
• Food Safety solutions

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STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT

• Sector departments KRAs (DoA DST)
• National R D strategic objectives

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KEY RESULT AREAS
PROGRAMME
PROJECTS
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NATIONAL ASSETS SERVICES

• ARC Mandate
• Critical Resource for research, food security and
  disease management
• Alignment with overall strategy

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ARC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Indicator
• Scientific publications
• Technologies developed
• Patents other IP
• International Recognition
• Post graduate degrees
• Marketable products
• Requests for collaboration, materials, licensing,
  no. of postdocs, referees

• Target
• 300 peer reviewed pa
• 1200 non peer
• 60 commercial farmers use
• 60 black farmers use
• 100 IP lodged/registered
• 20 keynote addresses
• 30 invited papers
• 50 post grad degrees by ARC personnel
• 80 products on sale pa
• 80 requests pa

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PRIORITY ACTIONS TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION

• Communication
• Organizational Structure
• Job Profile matched with competency profiles
• Identifying gaps for human resources
• Alignment of other resources (finance,
  infrastructure etc.)
• Resource strategy
• Cultural re engineering (values)
• Performance management (HR strategy etc)
• Change management

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HR Strategy

• Recruitment
• Retention
• Performance
• HRD (Collaboration agreements)
• Endowment Chairs
• Adjunct Posts

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BUDGET

• Strategic Objectives
• Strategic Thrusts
• Parliamentary Grant External Income
• Projects
• Resource link
• Consultative with client needs (planning
  committees)
• National Assets Public Goods
• Improvement in economic classification

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SEVEN YEAR REVIEW
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ARC IS READY TO ASSIST GOVERNMENT OTHER CLIENTS
TO REALIZE THEIR OBJECTIVES

• ENKOSI!
• SIYA BONGA!
• REA LEBOHA!
• BAIE DANKIE!
• THANK YOU!