SANOCEAN: the latest example of South Africa - Norway STI cooperation - SANOCEAN Launching Conference Port Elizabeth, 25-26 March 2019

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SANOCEAN: the latest example
of South Africa – Norway STI
cooperation
SANOCEAN Launching Conference
Port Elizabeth, 25-26 March 2019
Jan Montevede Haakonsen, RCN
Teuns Phahlamohlka, NRF

25.03.2019

SANOCEAN, Launching Conference 2019
OVERVIEW:
• Background Information to the collaboration;
• Different funding instruments
• SANOCEAN objectives & modalities;
• SANCOOP review;
• SANOCEAN Launching Conference Objectives

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Norway and South Africa at a glance

A quick overview of NO – SA S&T cooperation
   Pre-1994: NO support higher education to exiles
   1990’s: Bilateral institutional agreements, NUFU
   Nov. 2001: 1st Business Plan Norad – DACST/DOE
   Feb. 2002: First call of proposals under new bilateral programme
   May 2002: Sci. & tech. co-operation agreement
   May 2006: Business Plan II / Call for proposals
   Nov. 2009: NO State visit to SA
   Aug./Sep. 2011: SA State Visit to NO
   Sep. 2011: SA state visit to NO
   Feb. 2013: Signing of SANCOOP Agreement
   Nov 2013: HLC consultations i Norway
   Dec. 2013: Allocation of 19 SANCOOP grants
   May 2015: RCN participation in ESASTAP 2020 consortium
   June 2015: Decision to appoint Science Counsellor
   Apr. 2016: STI Counsellor to take up his post
   Oct/Nov 2016: SA – NO Science Week
   2017: Preparation of new Framework Agreement (2018 – 2023)
   Dec. 2017: Second SA – NO Science Week
   Feb. 2018: Signing of SANOCEAN Framework Agreement

Norway – Research Cooperation Index
    Finland
   Denmark
    Sweden
       India
      Brazil
South Africa
      Japan
     Russia
      China
     France
  Germany
         UK
       USA

               0   0.5   1   1.5   2   2.5   3   3.5   4

Joint Publications Norway-South Africa
250

200

150

100

50

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         1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

      Kilde: Web of Science bearbeidet av NIFU

Multilateral programmes and European Partnerships

                                           1
                                           2

         Research councils                 3
          from different                   4
             countries
                                           5
                                           6
                                           7
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RCN’s international involvement

Instruments
• Horizon 2020
• Multilateral research programs
• Bilateral cooperation

High success rates in European Union
Research Programme

               31%

                               32%

European Union Collaborative Instruments:

Bilateral cooperation
Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, China, Russia,
South Africa and USA.

Why South Africa?
• Parliamentary decision to prioritise 8 countries
  outside EU
• Collaborate with top research groups
• SA “most scientifically advanced in Africa”
• Further reinforced by Government’s «Panorama»
  strategy for collaboration with BRICS countries and
  Japan (Oct. 2015)

INTPART - International
Partnerships in Excellent
Education and Research
• Develop world-class research and
  education – through international
  partnerships.
• Enable long-term institutional
  partnerships.
• Strengthen integration of higher education
  - and research activities.
• Next call: June 2019 with application
  deadline 25 September

What can be funded in INTPART projects?

• Joint courses, seminars and educational programmes within the framework of
  the partnerships
• International joint degrees
• Mobility of students and researchers, as well as structures that support mobility
• Joint articles and publications between researchers and/or students in the
  partnerships
• New common research funding is one result!
• Cooperation with the business and public sectors, and innovation-oriented
  activities.

Targeted bilateral cooperation programmes

                                      Programme                                   South African      Norwegian
                                                                                  Contribution*     Contribution

         2002 – 2006 (1st Business Plan)                                             ZAR 3 mill. NOK 30 mill.

         2006 – 2011 (2nd Business Plan)                                             ZAR 6 mill. NOK 40 mill.

         2013 – 2017 (3rd programme – SANCOOP)                                       ZAR 10 mill. NOK 40 Mill.

         2018 – 2023 (4th programme – SANOCEAN)                                      ZAR 15 mill. NOK 30 mill.

         Total                                                                       ZAR 34 mill. NOK 140 mill.

 Have supported a total of 96 research projects, including the 10 SANOCEAN projects
         * In addition, South Africa contributed all administrative costs (salaries, travel, external experts, etc.)

Why SANOCEAN?

TEAM NORWAY

   In collaboration with

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SANOCEAN 2018-2023
• The granted projects will start in 2019
• No more call for proposals in the programme periode

Background Information to SANOCEAN
SANOCEAN (2018 - 2023)
Key dates:
Call opened: 15 February 2018
Call closed: 25 April
International Committee & JC meeting for funding decision: November 2018
SANOCEAN Launching Conference 25 – 27 March 2019

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SA-Norway S&T Collaboration
• SA through the DST and the NRF has a long-term S&T collaboration with
  Norway mainly through the Research Council Norway (RCN). The
  collaboration is mostly through the joint funding of collaborative research
  projects between the researchers.
• The bilateral has aimed to build S&T research capacity within the different
  thematic areas.
• About 86 joint research projects and students’ training have been
  supported through the bilateral cooperation in previous programmes.

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From SANCOOP to SANOCEAN

• SANCOOP, the third of these programmes,, was successfully reviewed
  and the review was to assess the programme so as to inform a possible
  follow-up Programme for the period 2018-2022.
• The outcomes of this review were quite positive highlighting a consistent
  increase in the joint publications between the PIs with some of the projects
  leading to further grant awards under the EU H2020 Programme.

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SANOCEAN Objectives

• Enhanced knowledge in the areas of oceans and ocean space (blue
  economy), environment (with emphasis on oceans and pollution), climate
  change and sustainable energy in both countries;
• Contribute to expanded research opportunities and improve research
  cooperation;
• Sustainably strengthen quality research and capacity building both at
  institutional and individual levels;
• Income and young entrepreneurs generation; and
• Contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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SANOCEAN’s modalities
•       exchange of project staff and post graduate students;
•       exchange of scientific and technological information and
  documentation;
•       joint laboratory and field work;
•       provision of equipment grants (only for disbursement to South African
  institutions);
•       dissemination of research findings; and
•       joint participation in international research programmes.

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SANOCEAN modalities continued!

•     mandatory participation in the SANOCEAN launching and concluding
  conferences;
Multi- and interdisciplinary research is encouraged and funded projects will
be in the thematic areas of:
• Ocean Space and the Blue Economy;
• Climate System and impacts on society;
• Sustainable Energy; and
• Environment

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The objectives of the Launching Conference
• To allow research discussions and study visits/ field trips and excursions;
• The 10 funded joint projects, and researchers working within the area of
  ocean research (including blue economy, climate change, the environment
  and sustainable energy) will jointly, plan map out the targets and timelines
  for their projects and network with the relevant stakeholders;
• To present the SANOCEAN projects to various stakeholders of the
  programme, including the DST, the Embassy, the implementing agencies
  (NRF and RCN) and any other interested parties;
• To create opportunities for collaborations between projects funded under
  the programme;

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The objectives of the Launching Conference cont!

• To give an opportunity to discuss projects’ objectives and how to
  achieving them;
• To allow researchers to share and discuss their proposals with their peers
  both within SANOCEAN and other ocean-related STI representatives;
• To make indications of capacity building especially students ’involvement;
  and
• To discuss how the bilateral cooperation can create synergies that can
  help achieve the expected outcomes and innovation.

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Thank you for your attention

  Any questions?