The Department of Science and Technology (DST), jointly with the Human Sciences Research Council’s (HSRC) Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII) and the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) invite you to a workshop on measuring and monitoring of innovation in South Africa.
The purpose of the workshop is to review the scope and objectives of the South African innovation survey and to evaluate other indicators that need to be monitored to better inform policy making in this area.
The workshop should also facilitate learning from international practices and inform the methodology and approach for the next round of the innovation survey.
The agenda will include the following:
- Lessons from the South African Innovation Survey
- International practices for measurement and monitoring of innovation performance
- Interface between innovation measurement and policy making in South Africa
- Strengthening the national capacity for data collection and indicator monitoring.
Date: 8-9 November 2011
Time: 08h30 -16h00
Venue: CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria
RSVP before 28 October 2011 to:
Ms Cheryl Moses
Tel: 021 466 7843
E-mail: cmoses@hsrc.ac.za
Ms Rose Msiza
Tel: 012 843 6771
E-mail: rose.msiza@dst.gov.za
