Overall, the Department have 62 performance targets for the 2013/14 financial year. By the end of the first quarter of the current financial year, three targets (5 per cent) had been achieved. In the previous year, 10 per cent of the targets were achieved during the first quarter. Targets that are on course to be achieved, equal 35 (56 per cent) while 18 targets may need intervention. Five (5) targets were not reported on; as they are biannual and annual targets meaning that one target needs remedial action. The target that needs remedial action is the development of the Antarctica Research Strategy; there is no draft strategy as was planned to be achieved by 30 June 2013. The Deputy Director-General (DDG) for the Human Capital and Knowledge Systems programme has directed that the NRF appoint contractors to develop this strategy.