Five years of SANCOOP Reflections from the Secretariat Presentation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Reflections from the Secretariat

Presentation made at the SANCOOP concluding conference Pretoria 4 – 5 December by Jan Monteverde Haakonsen & Teuns Phahlamohlaka Programme Coordinators

Five years of SANCOOP

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SANCOOP: 2013 -2017

• NOK 40 mill. and ZAR 10 mill.
• More policy-oriented:

The goal of the Programme is enhanced knowledge – based policies and decisions for sustainable development in the area of environment, climate change and clean energy in South Africa and Norway.

• More targeted outcomes:
• A more competent and gender balanced research workforce;
• High quality knowledge relevant for the selected thematic areas;
• Knowledge-based public awareness and debate.
• But same beneficiaries as in previous programmes:
• Researchers, postdoctoral candidates and postgraduate (Masters and

PhD) students in NO and SA;

• Young researchers from historically disadvantaged backgrounds in SA;
• Female researchers in both countries.
• The research institutions where the researchers are attached.

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Governing structure

• Annual Meeting – Highest decision-making body,

composed by reps. of funders (MFA & DST)

• Joint Committee (JC) – meets in Annual Meeting &

in Special Consultation Meetings according to need

• International Committee (IC - new): Four

researchers from each country plus one from management of NRF & DST. Personal appointments

• IC responsible for scientific recommendations on

proposals received and on progress & final reports

• Secretariat: Composed by two coordinators from

NRF & RCN and support staff.

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Rigorous assessment process for proposals

• Call made jointly end of May 2013
• Deadline for submission 4 September 2014
• Used RCN electronic application system but with the

crucial requirement of attaching SA form

• 59 applications received, 7 rejected, 52 processed
• First assessment by at least two independent

referees identified by NRF & RCN, respectively

• Scientific assessment and ranking by IC
• Relevance assessment by Secretariat - special

emphasis: inclusion of hist. disadv. groups & gender

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Allocations

• Final decision on allocation of grants made by JC
• 19 projects finally selected for funding
• All projects completed (though some final reports

yet to be submitted)

• As a result, no impact analysis made yet – we hope

to gather additional information from your presentations over the next two days

• We may also solicit you assistance in the next few

weeks

• We are in any case very happy that all 19 projects

are represented at the conference today

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A word on the result chain

South Africa – Norway Research Cooperation on Climate Change, the Environment and Clean Energy (SANCOOP) Duration: 2013- 2017 Purpose: Enhanced knowledge-based policies for sustainable development in the area of environment, climate change and clean energy in South Africa and Norway Budget: NOK 40 mill. + ZAR 10 mill. Activities: Outputs or short–term results Outcomes or medium-term results Impact or long-term results

• Joint research activities
• Exchange of project staff and

post-graduate students

• Exchange of scientific and

technological information and documentation

• Joint laboratory and field

work

• Purchase of research

equipment (only for disbursement to South African institutions)

• Supervision and training of

students attached to the research projects

• Promotion of redress and

equity

• Working papers and presentations in

international meetings

• Articles published in referee-based

journals, other journals, textbooks, anthologies

• Popular scientific articles, fact

sheets, media exposure

• Redress and equity promotion
• Degrees awarded to students

attached to the project

• A more competent and balanced

research workforce in the participating research units

• Incorporation of collaborative

projects into regular research programmes of the participating institutions

• Joint participation in

international research programmes

• Increased longer-term research

relationship between researchers in the two countries

• New patents (if applicable)
• Increased public debate about

climate, the environment and clean energy in South Africa and Norway

• Policy recommendations for a

cleaner and more sustainable environment & adaptation plans

• Increased policy-relevant

knowledge about climate, the environment and clean energy in South Africa and Norway

• Utilisation of project outputs by

government institutions, private sector and/or civil society

• Contribution towards decreased

CO2 emissions and a more sustainable environment

• Adaption strategies to climate and

environmental change Indicators

• Number of scientific publications
• Extent of exchanges
• Number & categories of researchers

& students involved in projects

• Citations in the media
• Dialogue with policy-makers
• Increased share of global

scientific publication

• Increased citations in scientific

publications

• Increased demand for research

results by public & private sector

• Degree of reduction of CO2

emissions in the two countries

• Reduced vulnerability as a result
• f global environmental and

climate change Beneficiaries

• Researchers & students, particularly

women & historically disadvantaged groups

• Research institutions in both

countries

• Governments of both countries
• Public and private sector
• Society at large
• Increasingly a requirement of research funders
• Expect a clearly stated goal hierarchy
• Want to be to see impact on society
• Not very well reflected in the final reports

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To conclude:

SANCOOP conference part of SA – NO Science Week

• Still possible to be part of ‘Green Maritime’
• Still possible to register for SFSA
• Anyone not participating at tonight’s dinner?

Monday 4 December Tuesday 5 December Wednesday 6 December Thursday 7 December Friday 8 December SANCOOP Concluding Conference Green Maritime Science Forum South Africa 2017 (at NRF in Pretoria) Sustainable Use of the (at CSIR in Pretoria) Matchmaking Workshop Ocean Team Norway exhbition: (at CSIR in Pretroia) (at NRF in Pretoria) Antarctica Seminar Combating Marine Waste Women in Science (in Cape Town) (at CSIR in Pretroia)

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Thank you for your attention

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