Transcript REGIONAL COOPERATION BY PHUMELELE MAGUBANE

REGIONAL RESEARCH COOPERATION
BY
PHUMELELE MAGUBANE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR: AFRICAN
COOPERATION
South Africa/ Norway
RESEARCH COOPERATION
WORKSHOP
CAPE TOWN
14-15 MARCH 2005
SADC
• 14 member states:
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Angola
Botswana
Democratic republic of Congo
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Seychelles
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
• Headquarters in Gaborone Botswana
SADC AGENDA
• Promotion of sustainable and equitable
economic growth and economic and social
development
• Promotion of common political values,
systems and other share values
• Consolidation and maintenance of
democracy, peace and security
SADC INSTITUTIONS
• Integrated committee of Ministers:
- Policy guidance, guidance coordination and
harmonization of cross-sectional areas
- Two Ministers from each member states
• SADC National committees
- In each member state
- Provide inputs at the national level
SADC SECTORAL STRUCTURE
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Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment
Food , Agriculture and Natural resources
Infrastructure and Services
Social and Human development
RISDP OF S&T
• Develop national system of innovation
• Provide scientific and technological
solutions to/for sustainable economic
socio-economic development
• Regional integration and poverty
eradication
STRATEGIES
• Strengthening regional cooperation in S&T
• Developing legal and policy frameworks and
programmes to promote regional cooperation in
S&T
• Development and harmonization of S&T policies
• Research capacity in key areas
• Technology development , diffusion and transfer
• Public understanding of S&T
• Developing instruments to promote collaboration
in S&T between SADC and other organizations
TARGETS
• Policies and strategies for regional cooperation by 2005
• Institutional and legal framework by 2006
• Harmonization of intellectual property rights legislation in
all member states
• SADC programmes on regional research and technology
development by 2006
• Network of centres of excellence in S&T operational by
2006
• SADC programme to promote public understanding of
science and technology by 2008
• National expenditure in research and technology
development to reach at least 1% of GDP by 2015
DST PROGRAMMES
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SADC Policy development grouping
- S&T regional workshops since 1999
- S&T policies in all SADC countries
- Training and development on policy development
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SADC grouping on IKS policy
-SADC IKS policy
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Network of centres of excellence i.e. Biosciences, laser centre AIMS
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SADC SET Week
- Regional coordinators
- Launch of SADC SET Week in August 2005
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Bilateral Co-operation
UNIDO SUPPORT FOR POLICY
DEVELOPMENT
• Member countries endorsed the business
plan
• UNIDO to assist with a 10% kick off fund
• Training in May 2005 in Namibia
SADC SET WEEK
• Popularize science, technology and
engineering in the SADC region
• Planning meeting in Mauritius in April
• Launch of the SADC SET Week in August
2005