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Science and Technology
Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research & Development Act: NIMPO progress report
20 Apr 2016
The Department of Science and Technology’s Special Service Delivery Unit, the National Intellectual Property Management Office, briefed the Portfolio Committee on progress in implementing the Intellectual Property Rights Act and National Intellectual Property Management Office.
The presentation gave an outline of the establishment of the Office and highlighted the significance ...
Science and Technology
Academy of Science of South Africa & Human Sciences Research Council on their 2016 Budget & Annual Performance Plan
14 Apr 2016
The Academy of Science of South Africa briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan 2016/2017. One of the most important goals for the Academy of Science of South Africa was to generate evidence-based solutions to national and global challenges. The Academy of Science of South Africa had a Liaison ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science & Technology, NACI, CSIR, SANSA, NRF & TIA on their 2016 Annual Performance Plan
13 Apr 2016
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South African National Space Agency (SANSA), National Research Foundation (NRF) and Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) presented their Annual Performance Plans to the Committee.
DST mentioned its plans to improve the ...
Science and Technology
Global Change Grand Challenge: Department of Science and Technology briefing
9 Mar 2016
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefed the committee on the Global Change Grand Challenge (GCGC), a South Africa programme headed up by the DST, which was heavily dependent on knowledge generation, science policy interface and technology innovation programmes, that sought to link science and technology with social, economic ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology on its 2nd Quarter 2015/16 performance
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology on its financial and non-financial performance during the second quarter, which was the period from July 1 to September 30, 2015. The report outlined the targets that the Department had set out, revealing which had ...
Science and Technology
Water Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Roadmap: Department of Science and Technology briefing
24 Feb 2016
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) presented Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Roadmap to respond to the need for innovative solutions, technologies and processes in addressing the current drought facing South Africa, given that 98% of the country’s water supplies are fully allocated. The intention of the DST in ...
Science and Technology
Committee Business: Adoption of Committee minutes
17 Feb 2016
Documents handed out
Report minutes on Norwegian visit dated 28 January 2016
Budgetary review report (BRR) minutes dated 21 October 2015
Annual report brief minutes dated 15 October 2015
Annual report brief minutes dated 09 August 2015
South African Council for Natural scientific professions (SACNASP) briefing minutes dated 09 September ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Meeting with Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches
28 Jan 2016
The Portfolio committees on Science and Technology & Higher Education and Training (DHET) had a joint meeting with the Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches. The Norwegian delegation was visiting South Africa to forge partnerships with the Department of Higher Education and Training on matters of research and ...
Science and Technology
Human and Social Dynamic Grand Challenge: Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefing
11 Nov 2015
Despite the protest involving but not limited to the Committee Secretaries, Members continued with their work. Members were not able to interrogate the presentation fully, because the equipment necessary to view the presentation was unavailable.
The Chairperson said the presentation was very interesting and the Department was able to make ...
Science and Technology
Science and Technology Budget Review and Recommendations Report
21 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee considered its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Science and Technology for the 2014/15 financial year. Member considered the report page by page and suggested some grammatical changes to the observations and some ...