International Co-operation and Resources

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International Co-operation and Resources

• Rising to a the Global Challenge
• Dhesigen Naidoo
• DST, South Africa

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Plugging SA into the World
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Core Business

• To use the ICR mechanism and networks to
  facilitate a net inflow of scientific knowledge,
  funds and resources to South Africa.

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Resourcing

• Direct development assistance (ODA)
• Innovative exploitation, Declining base
• Leveraging through base investment
• Partnership model, potential for high return
  ratio eg. Nordics and FP6
• Foundations and equiv institutions

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Resourcing

• Credit lines
• World Bank, Conventional
• Partnerships
• WSSD TypeII, GEO, ACP-EU, EDCTP
• Investment Mobilisation
• SALT, SKA, NIPP

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Technology Information

• Database, registry and dissemination
• Technology scanning local and international
  trends
• Policy and regulatory trends
• Meta-analysis and foresighting
• Protecting the crown jewels
• Intelligence

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Bi-, poly- and multi-lateral

• Strategic bilaterals (34)
• Recnt Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Brazil
• 4/5 plans Arg, Chile, Aus, Romania
• 4/5 focus Asia and New 10 EU
• Poly-laterals
• IBSA, EU-Nepad p/ships
• IST Fair Nov 2004

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Bi-, poly- and multi-lateral

• Multilateral
• UN system WSSD and MDGs UNCTAD, UNCSTD, UNESCO,
  UNEP
• OECD
• Indian Ocean Rim, NAM, G77, Trieste
• Organisations ICGEB, ICSU, GBIF, IAEA etc

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Africa

• NEPAD ST and the AU Commission
• Model based on networks of centres of
  excellence
• AMCOST as the governing body
• Early leads AIMS, ALC, IILR
• Early partners G8, EU, Canada
• Early funders IDRC, FinnAid, Canada Afrique
  Fund

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Sys of Innovation
Policy
Network of Excellence
Centres of Excellence
Incubators
Human Resource Capacity Development
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Africa

• SADC ST
• Core of regional Indicative prog (RISDP)
• Policy successes and indicator project
• Strategic bilaterals
• Algeria, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Morroque,
  Tunisia, Egypt

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Co-operation
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Our Immediate Challenges

• Developing our team
• Developing our strategy
• Developing our momentum