The WRC
Generation of New
Knowledge
From Research Outputs to Application
Disseminate knowledge
Test & Demonstrate Innovations
• Directed calls
• Open calls 2-5 yrs
projects
Short term Projects
- Responding
to urgent needs
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Strategic objectives – Knowledge Tree
NDP
Growth
Competitiveness Prosperity
• Supporting HCD in Water & Science Sectors
• Sustainable Development Solutions
• Empowerment of communities,
• Transformation & Redress,
• Inform Policy & Decision making,
• New products & Services for Economic Development
Main Research & Development Areas
2016/17 2015/16
Water Resource & Ecosystems
Water & Wastewater management
Water use in Agriculture
4 KSAs 3 KSAs
Water
Resource
Management
Water Use &
Waste
Management
Water-Linked
Ecosystems
Water
Utilisation in
Agriculture
Lighthouses Existing and continuing
• Water Sensitive Design,
• Water Energy Food Nexus,
• Water Quality & Health,
• Climate Change;
• Water ICT
Water & Big Data
Water and Green
Economy
CP- 2017/18
Water Behaviours
Water Scarcity & Extreme Weather Events
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Measures of Progress /Success
90
400
Inn
ova
tio
ns
Stu
den
ts (
HC
D)
New
Kn
ow
led
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- p
roje
cts
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Outputs from Research & Development
Gu
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& m
anu
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SMM
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Bri
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(Po
licy
& M
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30
15 20
others
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“Every South African deserves enough clean and
safe water”
“We will achieve this by supporting the
advancement (or promotion) and use of
innovative technologies and solutions to meet
current and future challenges and seize
opportunities for economic development and job
creation in the water sector, and aggressively
communicate this position for mutual benefit”
Speeding-up the transfer of Water Related Research Outputs to Application
Innovation and Impact
Research Development Product Piloting
& demonstration
Technology
transfer
Product
launch
Success of a product
Commerciali-zation
Success of a business
Fun
din
g /
Inve
stm
en
ts
DEATH VALLEY 1
[Technology/ Product
Failure]
DEATH VALLEY 2
[Technology Transfer Failure]]
Success of a New
Business [Products
or Services]
Success of a New
Technology, Product or Practice
Governments and Universities Mixed Funders (Partnerships/Stakeholders) Private Sector
“DEATH VALLEY”
Innovation and Impact
Communication and Media Relations
Purpose of WRC communications is to engage
with our various Stakeholders to the mutual
benefits of both for improved water management.
• Improving the dialogue among all
stakeholders
i.e. Inspiring Water Conversations and
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Innovation and Impact
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• The challenges faced by the water sector opens up numerous
opportunities to innovate and deploy new technologies,
• In Practice, as a sector we have barely tapped the potential those
technologies offer.
• Various hurdles currently inhibit the development, testing, adoption,
and diffusion of new water technologies.
• Addressing the coming challenges will require new approaches, new
strategies to increase innovation and speed-up the deployment of
new technologies and new skills in the water sector
Innovation and Impact
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Innovation and Business Development
Driver: Partnerships
1.Research Partnerships
2.Innovation and Value Chain Partnerships
3.Implementation Partnerships
Innovation and Impact