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Measuring and Monitoring Innovation in South Africa

22 October 2009, 9:00 – 16:00, at STIAS in Stellenbosch

The National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) held an expert workshop on Measuring and Monitoring Innovation in South Africa on 22 October 2009 at STIAS in Stellenbosch. The overarching objective of the NACI workshop was to contribute to the development of indicators that could be used to track broad-based innovation in South Africa. It was also envisaged that the outcome of the workshop would contribute towards raising the awareness of the general public regarding the significance of innovation.

The workshop brought together a number of local and international experts on science, technology and innovation measurement in a developing and developed country context.

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Lunch Seminar: Challenges facing the Canadian innovation system in the context of the global financial crisis

Dr Camille Limoges, former Deputy Minister of Research, Science and Technology for Quebec, Canada presented a paper entitled “Challenges facing the Canadian innovation system in the context of the global financial crisis” at a NACI lunch seminar held on 10 September 2009 at the Department of Science and Technology. Dr Limoges is currently a member emeritus at the Interuniversity Research Centre for Science and Technology (CIRST), Universit’e du Qu’ebec in Montreal, Canada. The seminar was attended by NRF staff, DST officials, the members of the NACI Secretariat, and other key stakeholders.

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Launch of Facing the facts booklet, 2009

facing the facts booklet - 2009A booklet, Facing the facts 2009 was launched by the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor on Tuesday 25 August 2009 in Parliament. The updated booklet is an important contribution to the Department of Science and Technology’s efforts to mainstream women in the SET sector.

The updated Facing the Facts is based on a study commissioned by the Science, Engineering and Technology for Women (SET4W) committee, one of the sub-committees of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) established to advise the Ministry of Science and Technology on how to achieve gender equity in the sector.

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NACI lunch-seminar – Swedish Research & Innovation System and VINNOVA Policies and lessons learnt

Dr Anne Lidgard, a Programme Director and member of the management team of the Innovation Actors Division at VINNOVA in Sweden presented a paper entitled “Swedish Research & Innovation System and VINNOVA Policies and lessons learnt” at a NACI seminar held on 18 March 2009 at the DST. The seminar was attended by the members of the NACI Secretariat and the DST officials from various programmes. VINNOVA is the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems that is tasked with promoting sustainable growth by financing needs-driven R&D and developing innovation systems.

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