naci annual performance plan · our 2016-2021 strategic plan articulates a vision and identifies...

INNOVATION FOR A BETTER FUTURE

NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INNOVATION

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN2015 - 2016 Fiscal Year

Annual Performance Plan2017/2018


ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2017/18 1

INNOVATION

FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Annual Performance PlanFor

2017/18


2 AnnuAl PERFORMAnCE PlAn 2017/18

ForewordScience, technology and innovation (STI) can play a critical role in addressing economic and social challenges (including

education, food security, health). This is recognised by the National Development Plan (NDP), which notes that developments

in STI fundamentally alter the way people live, communicate and transact, with profound effects on economic growth and

development. The NDP further indicates that countries that are able to tackle poverty effectively by growing their economies are

characterised by strong STI.

Our 2016-2021 Strategic Plan articulates a vision and identifies strategic-outcome oriented goals that seek to contribute to the

realisation of the NDP vision and the mandate of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI). NACI intends to strengthen

its capacity to store and analyse data and improve the quality, relevance and efficacy of its advice, which must be evidence-

based. It also seeks to strengthen its ability to conduct system’s planning, monitoring and evaluation in order to bolster policy

performance. Recognising that the National System of Innovation (NSI) remains a work in progress, NACI intends to contribute to

the development of an NSI that is coherent, coordinated and responsive to national priorities. Local and international networks

and partnerships will play an important role in ensuring the successful implementation of our Strategic Plan.

We continue to implement our Strategic Plan through the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP). Collaboration with local and

international partners is pivotal to the realisation of our APP objectives.

I therefore commend our APP to South African citizens and NSI role players, in particular.

...........................................

Prof. Cheryl de la Rey

Chairperson: NACI

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Official sign-offIt is hereby certified that this Annual Performance Plan was approved by the Council. The Annual Performance Plan was prepared

in line with NACI’s Strategic Plan for 2016-2021. It accurately reflects the targets that NACI will endeavour to achieve, given the

resources made available in the budget for 2017/18.

Prof. Cheryl de la Rey

NACI Chairperson Signature ……………………………..

Ms Pretty Makukule

Chief Financial Officer (DST) Signature ……………………………..

Dr Mlungisi Cele

Acting Head (NACI) Signature ……………………………..

Approved by:

Minister Naledi Pandor

Executive Authority Signature ……………………………..



TABLE OF CONTENTSPart A: Strategic overview .................................................................................................................5

1. Vision ......................................................................................................................................................5

2. Mission .....................................................................................................................................................5

3. Values ......................................................................................................................................................5

4. Legislative and other mandates .............................................................................................................5

4.1 Constitutional mandate ..........................................................................................................................................................................................5

4.2 Relevant court rulings ..............................................................................................................................................................................................5

5. Policy context and mandate ..............................................................................................................................6

6. Organisational and performance environment .............................................................................................6

7. Strategic outcome-oriented goals ...................................................................................................................8

Part B: NACI advisory programme and work plan ...........................................................................9

8. NACI performance indicators and annual targets for 2017/18 ...................................................................9

9. Quarterly targets for 2017/18 .........................................................................................................................14

10. Resource considerations ..................................................................................................................................17

10.1 Human resource requirements ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17

10.2 Expenditure estimates .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Part C: Linkages to other plans ........................................................................................................18



Part A: Strategic overviewThe following sections present strategic overview of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI). It captures the

vision, mission, values and legislative mandate of the organisation, including the information on performance delivery and the

institutional environment.

1. VISION

A leading advisory body for government on science, technology and innovation within a well-coordinated, responsive and

functioning National System of Innovation.

2. MISSION

To produce evidence-based advice for the Minister of Science and Technology and, through the Minister, the Cabinet on science,

technology and innovation matters through the research expertise and engagement with stakeholders.

3. VALueS

• Excellence of service.

• Professionalism.

• Integrity.

• Respect and people-centredness.

• Transparency and accountability.

4. LegISLAtIVe ANd Other MANdAteS

The National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, (Act No. 55 of 1997), provides the mandate for NACI. The Act mandates NACI

to advise the Minister for Science and Technology and, through the Minister, the Cabinet, on the role and contribution of science,

mathematics, innovation and technology, including indigenous technologies, in promoting and achieving national objectives,

namely, to improve and sustain the quality of life of all South Africans, develop human resources for science and technology, build

the economy, and strengthen the country’s competitiveness in the international arena.

4.1 CONStItutIONAL MANdAte

There are no specific constitutional provisions relevant to NACI.

4.2 reLeVANt COurt ruLINgS

None



5. POLICy CONtext ANd MANdAte

The 2011 National Development Plan (NDP) and 1996 White Paper on Science and Technology embraces and promotes the

critical role and contribution of the National System of Innovation (NSI) towards creating a sustainable and an inclusive socio-

economic development, and promotes a broader and an inclusive concept of innovation (social and technological, traditional and

non-traditional research, and development communities).

The building of the NSI remains work-in progress. This is in part due to the persisting coordination challenge, both vertical and

horizontal, between public and private sectors and between government departments. Nevertheless, the NDP insists that South

Africa’s competitiveness will rely on the NSI, permeating the culture of business and society. It recognises the NSI as the principal

tool for creating new knowledge, applying knowledge in production processes, and disseminating knowledge through teaching

and research collaboration. The NDP further acknowledges that advances in technological innovation and the production of new

knowledge are critical to growth and development.

The NDP proposes two actions related to the NSI. First, creating a common overarching framework to address pressing challenges

in the NSI (including higher and further education, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private industries). The NSI should function

in a coordinated manner with objectives that are aligned to national priorities. Second, increase the size and effectiveness of the

NSI.

NACI has continuously sought to find ways in which its work could contribute (directly or indirectly) to the realisation of some of

the NDP Vision 2030. Its strategic approach involves a provision of evidence-based/informed, responsive and confidential advice

(proactive and reactive); systemic monitoring; evaluation, learning and analysis; research expertise and stakeholder engagement

(roundtable discussions). Some examples related to building a coordinated, coherent and effective NSI include:

a) Annual monitoring of NSI-resulting in STI indicators booklet and finalisation of the STI scorecard;

b) Contribution to the development of the NSI Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework and indicators and develop-ment of STI information portal and production of biennial state of STI (future);

c) Review of the current and future White Paper on S&T (including performance analysis of the NSI), other key STI strategies and system’s infrastructure;

d) Proposal to host of 3rd Global Forum of National Advisory Councils of Innovation in 2017-share and learn from different country experiences related to governance, planning, how to achieve innovation ecosystem and well-coordinated, re-sponsive and effective NSI and so forth;

e) Conducting of foresight exercise to inform new decadal plan for STI;

f ) Contribution to better understanding of the relationship between STI and economy through select areas such as technol-ogy balance of payment, knowledge-based economy, uptake of locally produced technologies;

g) Input into expansion of the NSI, and its human capital (including transformation).

6. OrgANISAtIONAL ANd PerfOrMANCe eNVIrONMeNt

TThe 1996 White Paper and the 2002 National Research and Development Strategy noted that the post-apartheid government

had inherited an “ailing” science and technology system, which was fragmented and uncoordinated, and not geared to help the

government realise the national imperatives of economic growth and enhanced quality of life for all citizens.

The need for greater coherence and coordination in the NSI has therefore been understood for a long time. A variety of statutory



and voluntary mechanisms have been established in an attempt to transform the ailing system. The idea of an NSI, introduced

in the 1996 White Paper, was premised on the notion of stakeholders working together for a common purpose. The NSI concept

assumes the need for the different actors across the system (in both the public and the private sector) to achieve coherence and

complementarities in their functions, so that the resources invested in the various entities can make the greatest impact.

The Ministerial Review Report (2012) noted that the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) is hamstrung in carrying out

its mandate because it reports to the Department of Science and Technology and thus does not have a structural location that

affords it the authority needed for the effective coordination of a national system.

The Ministerial Review Report (2012) noted that progress in improving the functioning of the NSI was still hampered by the

absence of an assigned responsibility for ensuring the availability, collation, maintenance (and even analysis) of the STI indicators,

both quantitative and qualitative, needed for M&E, and for planning and the management of the NSI as a whole. It stated that

although evidence is available from a number of sources for some dimensions of discrete activity in the system, there is no

comprehensive synopsis available, even in conception, that reflects the system in its totality, and that allows an assessment of how

it might fulfil its contribution to national development.

The Ministerial Review Committee recognised that NSI has some selected places or windows that collect and analyse data,

for instance the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), the annual STA report, DHET, the Higher

Education Information Management System (HEMIS), RIMS and the Council on Higher Education (CHE). The Ministerial Review

Committee argued, further, that while there is an excess of data, there is a dearth of information, and it is evident that no entity

in the NSI currently has the required capacity in system mapping, system analysis, system building, system steerage, system

evaluation, system learning or system foresight.

The Minister has since assigned NACI to develop and host the STI information portal, and encouraged the inclusion of Chief

Executive Officers of DST Public Entities. The Minister also granted the Chairperson direct access to the Minister. These attempts

are intended to improve coordination and collaboration of diverse stakeholders (such as the Centre for Research on Evaluation,

Science and Technology, the Department of Higher Education and Training (the Higher Education Management Information

System), the Research Information Management System, and the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators.

In addition, NACI has explored collaboration with local and international organisations. Each collaboration has specific focus:

i. NACI/Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development-STI policy analysis, evaluation, country reviews, impact

assessment, bibliometrics, data management and repository.

ii. NACI/Global Forum on National Advisory Councils on Innovation-experience and knowledge sharing and learning, improving

the role and contribution of Advisory Councils, development of relevant and impact of advice, interaction between advisors

and policy makers, capacity building, and joint projects.

iii. NACI/National Research Foundation, Human Sciences Research Council, the Academy of Sciences South Africa, South African

Council for Natural Scientific Professions, Technology Innovation Agency, Accenture, the New Economic Partnership for

Africa’s Development, National Science and Technology Forum, Science Policy Research Unit, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence

in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy-Strengthening of system’s monitoring, evaluation and

learning capability; development and implementation of the STI information portal and development of next generation of

STI policy analysts

1These include NACI, the Council on Higher Education, and the National Science and Technology Forum. Government attempted to achieve coherence across clusters of departments or across priority outcomes by introducing first a cluster system and then delivery forums. There are also numerous sectoral bodies such as Universities South Africa for higher education institutions, and the Committee of Heads of Organ-isations of Research and Technology, which is mainly for science councils. The contribution of these mechanisms to strengthening the NSI varies, but there is little doubt that much more could be achieved than is currently the case.



7. StrAtegIC OutCOMe-OrIeNted gOALS

a) To learn from the previous experience to improve efficacy and ensure evidence-based, confidential and timely policy ad-vice to the Minister of Science and Technology and through the Minister of Science and Technology to Cabinet.

b) To contribute to the building of National System of Innovation (NSI) monitoring, evaluation and learning capability in order to assess the health of the NSI and its contribution to sustainable and inclusive development.

c) To contribute to the building of a well-coordinated, responsive and effective NSI by exploring and proposing solutions to the long-standing STI policy questions of coordination, prioritisation, financing, size and shape, human resources, knowl-edge production and diffusion and so forth.

d) Transforming NACI into a smart, efficient and learning organisation. This goal is intended to address current internal opera-tional inefficiencies, enhance the quality and turn-around time, knowledge management and communication and exploit

benefits of digitisation. Skills, knowledge and competency development will be critical.



Part B: NACI advisory programme and work planThe following subsections present the NACI programme’s performance indicators, annual and quarterly targets and expenditure

estimates, as well as the reconciliation of performance targets with the budget and Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

8. NACI PerfOrMANCe INdICAtOrS ANd ANNuAL tArgetS fOr 2017/18

Tables 1 and 2 present NACI’s annual performance indicators and the quarterly targets for the 2017/18 financial years, which are

based on strategic goals and objectives.



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annu

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2017

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2017

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TI In

form

atio

n Po

rtal

ope

ratio

nal,

and

user

s ab

le to

acc

ess

initi

al s

et o

f dat

a an

d in

form

atio

n.



Stra

tegi

c g

oal 4

:tr

ansf

orm

ing

NA

CI in

to a

sm

art,

effici

ent a

nd le

arni

ng o

rgan

isat

ion

O

utpu

tPe

rfor

man

ce

indi

cato

rSt

rate

gic

targ

etA

udit

ed/a

ctua

l per

form

ance

esti

mat

ed

perf

orm

ance

Med

ium

-ter

m ta

rget

s

2013

/14

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

5:

to e

nsur

e effi

cien

t and

eff

ecti

ve p

rovi

sion

of a

dmin

istr

ativ

e, fi

nanc

ial,

tech

nica

l and

pro

fess

iona

l cor

pora

te s

ervi

ces,

am

ong

othe

rs, t

o su

ppor

t the

dis

char

ge o

f the

cor

e m

anda

te o

f NA

CI.

Com

mun

icat

ion

plan

Com

mun

icat

ion

plan

im

plem

ente

d

Com

mun

icat

ion

plan

im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

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targ

etN

ew ta

rget

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targ

etCo

mm

unic

atio

n pl

an

impl

emen

ted

by

31 M

arch

201

7

Com

mun

icat

ion

plan

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

201

8

Com

mun

icat

ion

plan

im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2019

Com

mun

icat

ion

plan

im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2020

Inte

rnal

co

rpor

ate

gove

rnan

ce

syst

em

Inte

rnal

co

rpor

ate

gove

rnan

ce

syst

em

impl

emen

ted

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rnal

co

rpor

ate

gove

rnan

ce

syst

em

appr

oved

and

im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

020

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targ

etN

ew ta

rget

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targ

etIn

tern

al

corp

orat

e go

vern

ance

sy

stem

(Cou

ncil

char

ter a

nd s

elf-

eval

uatio

n to

ol)

deve

lope

d an

d ap

prov

ed b

y 30

N

ovem

ber 2

016)

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orat

e go

vern

ance

sys

tem

im

plem

ente

d (s

uch

as A

nnua

l Re

port

; Ann

ual

Perf

orm

ance

Pla

ns)

by 3

1 M

arch

201

8

Corp

orat

e go

vern

ance

sy

stem

im

plem

ente

d (s

uch

as A

nnua

l Re

port

; Ann

ual

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orm

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ans;

) by

31

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ch 2

019

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orat

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vern

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sy

stem

im

plem

ente

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as A

nnua

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port

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ual

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ans;

NAC

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stitu

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view

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31

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ch 2

020

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put

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orm

ance

in

dica

tor

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tegi

c ta

rget

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ited

/act

ual p

erfo

rman

cees

tim

ated

pe

rfor

man

ceM

ediu

m-t

erm

targ

ets

2013

/14

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

Know

ledg

e m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

4

Know

ledg

e m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

ap

prov

ed a

nd

impl

emen

ted

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ledg

e m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

and

ap

prov

ed a

nd

impl

emen

ted

by

31 M

arch

201

9

New

targ

etN

ew ta

rget

New

targ

etKn

owle

dge

man

agem

ent

syst

em a

ppro

ved

by 3

0 N

ovem

ber

2016

Know

ledg

e m

anag

emen

t im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

Know

ledg

e m

anag

emen

t im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2019

Know

ledg

e m

anag

emen

t im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch

2020

4 K

now

ledg

e m

anag

emen

t (KM

) is

the

proc

ess

of c

aptu

ring,

dev

elop

ing,

sha

ring,

and

effe

ctiv

ely

usin

g N

AC

I kno

wle

dge.

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nclu

des

sett

ing

up in

stitu

tiona

l and

ope

ratio

nal p

olic

ies,

reco

rds

man

agem

ent

and

the

digi

talis

atio

n of

NA

CI (

IT in

frast

ruct

ure)

.



9.

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Art

erLy

tA

rget

S fO

r 20

17/1

8

Tabl

e 2: N

ACI’s

qua

rter

ly ta

rget

s for

the 2

017/

18 b

udge

t

Stra

tegi

c g

oal 1

:to

lear

n fr

om p

revi

ous

expe

rien

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impr

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effica

cy, r

elev

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and

ens

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evid

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tim

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ce to

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olog

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roug

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inis

ter,

to C

abin

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orm

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dica

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riod

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nnua

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ly ta

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n re

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t or a

t NA

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own

init

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ve.

Num

ber o

f STI

pol

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advi

ce s

ubm

itted

to

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Min

iste

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cien

ce

and

Tech

nolo

gy

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rter

ly3

STI p

olic

y ad

vice

le

tter

s su

bmitt

ed to

th

e M

inis

ter o

f Sci

ence

an

d Te

chno

logy

by

31

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ch 2

018

Ana

lysi

s of

the

emer

ging

fore

sigh

t ex

erci

se re

sults

by

30

June

201

6

1x a

dvic

e on

hig

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vel f

ram

ewor

k fo

r STI

de

cada

l pla

n su

bmitt

ed

to th

e M

inis

ter o

f Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

by

31

Augu

st 2

017

Ana

lysi

s, di

still

ing

of re

sear

ch re

port

s re

com

men

datio

ns

and

initi

al d

raft

ing

of a

dvic

e by

30

Nov

embe

r 201

7

2 ST

I pol

icy

advi

ce

NSI

sub

mitt

ed to

the

Min

iste

r of S

cien

ce

and

Tech

nolo

gy b

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M

arch

201

8

Stra

tegi

c g

oal 2

: to

con

trib

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to th

e bu

ildin

g of

NSI

mon

itor

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eva

luat

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lear

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cap

abili

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ord

er to

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ess

the

heal

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f the

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its

cont

ribu

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to s

usta

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clus

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riod

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nnua

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ly ta

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2to

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ess

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perf

orm

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of t

he N

SIN

umbe

r of S

tate

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rts

prod

uced

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alf-y

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e St

ate

of S

TI R

epor

t fin

alis

ed b

y 31

Mar

ch

2018

Fram

ewor

k an

d te

mpl

ates

fina

lised

by

30 Ju

ne 2

017

Dat

a co

llect

ion

and

anal

ysis

on

STI

indi

cato

rs b

y 30

Se

ptem

ber 2

017

Dra

ftin

g of

the

STI

repo

rt fo

r dis

cuss

ion

at C

ounc

il m

eetin

g 30

N

ovem

ber 2

017

Stat

e of

STI

Rep

ort

final

ised

by

31 M

arch

20

18

Num

ber o

f NSI

m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n (M

&E)

re

port

s

Qua

rter

ly

3 N

SI M

&E

repo

rts

final

ised

by

31 M

arch

20

18

Prop

osal

s de

velo

ped

and

appr

oved

by

30

June

201

7

Dat

a co

llect

ion,

ana

lysi

s by

30

Sept

embe

r 201

7 In

itial

dra

fts

prod

uced

an

d co

nsid

ered

by

EXCO

by

30 N

ovem

ber

2017

Fina

l dra

ft re

port

s pr

oduc

ed a

nd

pres

ente

d to

Cou

ncil

by 3

1 M

arch

201

8



Perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tor

repo

rtin

g pe

riod

A

nnua

l tar

get

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rter

ly ta

rget

s

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

3to

dev

elop

an

StI c

entr

al d

ata

and

info

rmat

ion

port

al fo

r pub

licly

fina

nced

dat

a to

pro

vide

eas

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cess

to

know

ledg

e, le

arni

ng re

sour

ces,

indi

cato

rs a

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omm

unit

ies

of p

ract

ice

on th

e de

sign

, im

plem

enta

tion

, an

d ev

alua

tion

of i

nnov

atio

n po

licie

s..

Nat

iona

l STI

In

form

atio

n Po

rtal

de

velo

ped

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lyD

ocum

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d us

ers

expe

rienc

e an

d bu

sine

ss

case

dev

elop

ed

for u

psca

ling

the

Nat

iona

l STI

Dat

a an

d In

form

atio

n Po

rtal

by

31 M

arch

201

8 76

2

Laun

ch o

f the

N

atio

nal S

TI D

ata

and

Info

rmat

ion

Port

al b

y 30

June

201

7

Doc

umen

ting

of u

ser

expe

rienc

es

Repo

rt o

n th

e us

er e

xper

ienc

es

of

the

Nat

iona

l STI

in

form

atio

n Po

rtal

by

30 D

ecem

ber 2

017

Dra

ftin

g of

the

busi

ness

cas

e fo

r up

scal

ing

Nat

iona

l STI

D

ata

and

Info

rmat

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Port

al b

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Dec

embe

r 20

17

Doc

umen

ted

user

s ex

perie

nce

and

busi

ness

ca

se d

evel

oped

fo

r ups

calin

g th

e N

atio

nal S

TI D

ata

and

Info

rmat

ion

Port

al b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

018

Stra

tegi

c g

oal 3

:to

con

trib

ute

to th

e bu

ildin

g of

a w

ell-c

oord

inat

ed, r

espo

nsiv

e an

d eff

ecti

ve N

SIPe

rfor

man

ce

indi

cato

r re

port

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peri

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ual t

arge

t Q

uart

erly

targ

ets

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

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tegi

c O

bjec

tive

4to

con

trib

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tow

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impr

ovin

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SI c

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inat

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plan

ning

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iste

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ppro

val

secu

red

for h

igh-

leve

l fr

amew

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for a

new

ST

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adal

pla

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rter

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h-le

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fram

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k fo

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I dec

adal

pla

n su

bmitt

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the

Min

iste

r of S

cien

ce

and

Tech

nolo

gy b

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Au

gust

201

7

Inte

rim F

ores

ight

Re

port

pro

duce

d by

30

June

201

7

Fore

sigh

t exe

rcis

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nduc

ted

and

reco

mm

enda

tions

ge

nera

ted

by 3

1 Ju

ly

2017

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mew

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for S

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lan

subm

itted

to th

e M

inis

ter o

f Sci

ence

an

d Te

chno

logy

by

31

Augu

st 2

017

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targ

etN

o ta

rget

ThaboM

Typewritten Text

ThaboM

Typewritten Text

ThaboM

Typewritten Text



Stra

tegi

c g

oal 4

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orm

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NA

CI in

to a

sm

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rfor

man

ce

indi

cato

r re

port

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peri

od

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ual t

arge

t Q

uart

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targ

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2nd

3rd

4th

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tegi

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5to

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ure

effici

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nd e

ffec

tive

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visi

on o

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inis

trat

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fina

ncia

l, te

chni

cal a

nd p

rofe

ssio

nal

corp

orat

e se

rvic

es, a

mon

g ot

hers

, to

supp

ort t

he d

isch

arge

of t

he c

ore

man

date

of N

ACI

.Co

mm

unic

atio

n pl

an

Hal

f-yea

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mm

unic

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impl

emen

ted

by 3

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arch

201

8

Com

mun

icat

ion

Plan

refin

ed5 a

nd o

r im

plem

ente

d by

30

Sept

embe

r 201

7

Com

mun

icat

ion

plan

im

plem

ente

d by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

Corp

orat

e go

vern

ance

sy

stem

Q

uart

erly

Corp

orat

e go

vern

ance

im

plem

ente

d (A

nnua

l Re

port

; Ann

ual

Perf

orm

ance

Pla

n) b

y 31

Mar

ch 2

018

1.

2016

/17

4th

Qua

rter

Rep

ort

subm

itted

to D

ST

by 2

0 A

pril

2017

2.

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ual R

epor

t H

ighl

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s su

bmitt

ed to

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by

30

May

201

7

1.

2017

/18

1st q

uart

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repo

rt s

ubm

itted

to

DST

by

20 Ju

ly 2

017

2.

2016

/17

1st d

raft

A

nnua

l Rep

ort

subm

itted

to th

e D

ST b

y 30

July

201

7

3.

2017

/18

1st

draf

t Ann

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Perf

orm

ance

Pla

n Su

bmitt

ed to

the

DST

1 A

ugus

t 201

7

4.

2016

/17

2nd

draf

t A

nnua

l Rep

ort

subm

itted

to th

e D

ST30

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ust 2

017

5.

2016

/17

Ann

ual

Repo

rt re

ady

for t

ablin

g in

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rliam

ent b

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Se

ptem

ber 2

017

1.

2017

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2nd

quar

ter r

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bmitt

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DST

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20 O

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2017

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lan

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ST 2

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2017

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l D

raft

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n Su

bmitt

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DST

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15 Ja

nuar

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18

2.

2017

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Qua

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subm

itted

to th

e D

ST b

y 20

Janu

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2018

5 T

he re

finin

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the

plan

will

dep

end

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e pl

an d

urin

g th

e fin

anci

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ear.



Know

ledg

e m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

an

d im

plem

ente

d

Hal

f-yea

rlyKn

owle

dge

man

agem

ent s

yste

m

impl

emen

ted

by 3

1 M

arch

201

8

Plan

des

igne

d an

d ap

prov

ed b

y 30

June

20

17

NAC

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ords

m

anag

emen

t fr

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final

ised

by

30 Ju

ne 2

017

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abas

e of

key

NAC

I kn

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dge

hold

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final

ised

by

30 Ju

ne

2017

50%

of p

revi

ous

year

s’ re

cord

s ke

pt in

Alfr

esco

by

30

Sept

embe

r 201

7

Reco

rdin

g de

vice

s pr

ocur

ed b

y 31

July

20

17

Inte

rvie

ws

with

sel

ecte

d kn

owle

dge

hold

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held

by

30

Sept

embe

r 201

7

1st v

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on o

f NAC

I-e-

libra

ry e

stab

lishe

d by

30

Sept

embe

r 201

7

All

NAC

I mee

tings

re

cord

ed a

nd

tran

scrip

tions

sto

red

safe

ly b

y 30

Nov

embe

r 20

17

Inte

rvie

ws

with

se

lect

ed k

now

ledg

e ho

lder

s he

ld b

y 15

D

ecem

ber 2

017

Refin

emen

t of N

ACI-e

-lib

rary

est

ablis

hed

by

30 N

ovem

ber 2

017

100%

of p

revi

ous

year

s re

cord

s ke

pt in

Alfr

esco

by

31

Mar

ch 2

018

6 [1

] At t

he b

egin

ning

of t

he fi

nanc

ial y

ear 2

013/

2014

the

allo

cate

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dget

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R15

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n fo

r 201

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end

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he fi

nanc

ial y

ear f

unds

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10. reSOurCe CONSIderAtIONS

10.1 huMAN reSOurCe reQuIreMeNtS

A process is currently underway to new organisational structure and articulate NACI’s knowledge and skills requirements.

10.2 exPeNdIture eStIMAteS

Table 3 below presents a summary of 2017/18 expenditure estimates for the total budget of R19 228 000, comprising compensation

of employees (R10 873 000) and goods and services (R8 355 000).

Table 3: NACI’s Medium Term Expenditure Estimates

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Audited Outcomes Adjusted Appropriation Medium expenditure estimates

2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20

Compensation of Employees

6 849 10 034 10 308 10 515 10 873 11 242 11 624

Goods and Services 5 643 8 223 8 434 8 377 8 355 8 905 9 829

total 12 5036[1] 18 257 18 742 18 892 19 228 20 147 21 453



Part C: Linkages to other plansListed below are some key public policies and strategies relevant to the National Advisory Council on Innovation’s work over the

next five years.

• White Paper on Science and Technology.

• National Development Plan (Vision 2030).

• Nine-Point Plan.

• New Growth Path.

• Industrial Policy Action Plan.

• Ten-Year Innovation Plan.

• National Infrastructure Plan.

• Medium Term Strategic Framework.



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