THE GLOBAL CHANGE GRAND CHALLENGE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
THE GLOBAL CHANGE GRAND CHALLENGE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK:
Science and Technology Department in South Africa has made great vision. The 10-year innovation plan builds on the foundations laid by the National Research and Development (R&D) Strategy adopted in 2002.
Key action for comprise the implementation framework is
The purpose of the Ten-Year Innovation Plan is to help drive South Africa’s transformation towards a knowledge-based economy, in which the production and dissemination of knowledge leads to economic benefits and enriches all fields of human endeavour. The Ten-Year Plan is underpinned by five grand challenges, one of which is called ‘Science and Technology for Global Change with an emphasis on climate change’ (DST, 2007).
National monitoring system (using data from the Research Information Management System – RIMS) will provide a scorecard on annual investments and inputs complemented by an indication of the cumulative impact of the investments and inputs. An independent evaluation of the impact of the Global Change grand challenge will be undertaken at the end of every three-year cycle (March 2011, March 2014, March 2017);
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