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Report from the
SANCOOP Launching Conference
11- 13 May, 2014
Venue: Protea Sea Point Hotel,
Arthur’s Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa
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Background
The South Africa – Norway Research Co-operation on Climate Change, the Environment
and Clean Energies (SANCOOP) is the third of a series of bilateral research cooperation
programmes between Norway and South Africa, following the signing of the first bilateral
agreement in November 2001. The SANCOOP framework document was signed in
February 2013 with commitments of NOK 40 mill. from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MFA) in Norway and ZAR 10 million from the Department of Science and Technology in
South Africa (DST). A joint call for proposals was made in May the same year with an
application deadline set for 4 September. By December 2013, 19 joint projects had been
allocated grants for the period 2014 - 2017. The programme is administered by a joint
Secretariat based at the National Research Foundation (NRF) in Pretoria and the Research
Council of Norway (RCN) in Oslo.
Following recommendation by the external review of the previous bilateral programme, as
well as from the researchers who participated in the concluding conference in September
2010, the governing body of SANCOOP, the Joint Committee, decided that a launching
conference should take place soon after the allocation of grants, in the first half of 2014
Purpose
The purpose of the conference can be summarised as follows:
 Place the different projects in the broader context of SA and NO S&T cooperation;
 Encourage researchers to strive towards achieving the same scientific excellence as
the previous programme;
 Encourage researchers to maintain and even exceed the excellent results in terms of
including students in the projects to help them towards their degrees;
 Underline the importance of the goal of training more young female scholars and
researchers from historically disadvantaged groups;
 Allow the researchers to familiarise themselves with the various stakeholders and
actors of the programme, including
 Representatives of the funders, DST and MFA (who are also part of the JC)
 (Some) of the members of the IC
 The members of the Secretariat (NRF & RCN);
 Allow the governing bodies of SANCOOP to get a better understanding of the
objectives and aims of the various projects;
 Forge relationships with other projects and researchers in the programme with a view
of creating new synergies;
 Exchange experiences between projects, find common ways of communicating
research results to policy makers;
 Establish relationships with other projects with a view of creating new synergies;
 Exchange experiences between projects, find common ways of communicating
results and bring the essential message forward to policy makers;
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
Remind participants of some of the SANCOOP requirements, including
 Zero-tolerance of corruption or corrupt practices
 Adherence to the result chain outlined in the programme guidelines;
 Underline the importance of communication and dissemination of research results on
all levels of the Programme.
For the full programme of the conference see Appendix I.
Short summary of the conference
The conference attracted 66 participants, including representatives of all the 19 projects
supported by the Programme. (For a full list of participants, see Appendix II). The
conference started informally with a visit on board of the Agulhas II, South Africa's brand
new ice-breaking vessels that is primarily used for research activities in the Antarctic and
Southern Oceans. The SANCOOP Secretariat is very grateful to the Department of the
Environment (DEA) and not the least the ship's crew for making this visit possible. The tour
of the ship was rounded up with an informal reception on the helicopter deck (an icebreaker
on an icebreaker!), followed by dinner at the Hildebrand Restaurant in Waterfront.
The conference itself opened formally on Monday 12 May with welcome speeches by DST
Chief Director Vinny Pillay, Norway Ambassador Kari Bjørnsgaard, NRF Executive
Director Aldo Stroebel and RCN Director Tore Kjellemo. The SANCOOP Secretariat then
presented an overview of the history of South Africa – Norway research cooperation, the
purpose of SANCOOP and the objectives of the conference (this and the other power point
presentation are available on the SANCOOP programme page on the RCN web pages
http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1226994002766&p=12269940
02766&pagename=southafrica%2FHovedsidemal).
The rest of the first conference day went to individual project presentations. All SANCOOPsupported projects had been requested to prepare a ten-minute presentation each and to
follow a set of presentation guidelines distributed in advance. Each presentation was to be
followed by a 5-10 minute question and answer session as well as general discussions. The
various sessions of the conference, except for the last one, were chaired by representatives
of the International Committee (IC), which can be described as the scientific advisory body
of the Programme. The first formal day of the conference was concluded at the Moyo
restaurant where NRF deputy CEO, Dr Dorsamy "Gansen" Pillay also took part and took the
opportunity to address the participants.
Day 2 of the formal part of the conference, Tuesday 13 May, continued where it left with the
remaining project presentations before communication advisors from RCN and NRF
explained about the various communication and dissemination strategies of SANCOOP and
the main content of the Programme's communication plan that is under preparation. The
conference itself was wrapped-up by NRF director Prudence Makhura and NRF director
Bjørn Tore Kjellemo.
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After the closing of the conference, participants had been given the opportunity to
participate in one of two field visits. One such visit was to the University of Cape Town
(UCT) Campus, including the Nansen-Tutu Centre, which is a concrete result of Norwegian
– South-African research cooperation over several years. The other field visit was to
ACCESS (Applied Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science), a particularly
appropriate venue considering the thematic priorities of SANCOOP.
Participants' feedback on the conference
In order to assess to what extent the conference had succeeded in achieving its objectives, all
participants (excluding staff of NRF and RCN) were asked to express their opinions on
various aspects of the conference by anonymously filling in an electronic evaluation form
(see Appendix III). Most of the questions allowed for a range of possible answers on a scale
from 1 – 5 where 1 would be the poorest score and 5 the most positive score. 33 participants
responded to the survey, though not all answered all questions. This was naturally the case
for the excursions where not everybody participated, the field visits in particular, as one
could not possibly visit both UCT and ACCESS at the same time. The participants were also
given the opportunity to express their opinions in their own words in through a couple of
open-ended questions. Following is a summary of some of the main findings from the
evaluation.
Four fifths or 80 % of the respondents classified themselves as PIs and researchers, the rest
as public servants, members of the IC or "other". The most central question for the
organisers was of course whether the participants found the conference overall as useful.
The response, shown in figure I below, was very satisfying to us organisers leading us to
conclude that it was indeed worthwhile the effort and resources to hold the launching
conference. The average score on the question about overall usefulness of the conference
was 4.45 on a scale from 1 to 5, which must be considered as very encouraging. All 33
respondents answered this question and their responses were distributed as follows:
Figure 1: Overall usefulness of the conference (1 = not useful at all, 5 = extremely useful)
1
0,0%
2
0,0%
3
6,1%
4
42,4%
5
51,5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Percent
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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The participants were then asked to express their opinions on which aspects of the
conference they found most or least useful. The responses were as follows (as in the
previous question the scale is from 1 = not useful at all to 5 = extremely useful).
Table 1. Rating of various aspects of the conference
No Category
Percent
1
2
3
1
Understand the objectives of SANCOOP
0,0% 0,0% 6,3%
2
Understand how the programme works, 0,0% 3,1% 12,5%
including practicalities
3
Meet programme administrators and funders 0,0% 0,0% 6,3%
face-to-face
4
Learn about the other projects funded under 0,0% 3,0% 3,0%
SANCOOP
5
Help "jump-start" the activities of your own 0,0% 0,0% 26,7%
project
6
Increase motivation, develop a common 0,0% 0,0% 9,4%
SANCOOP "identity"
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Interact with other projects in the programme
0,0% 6,5% 9,7%
8
Learn about common practical challenges
0,0% 9,4% 15,6%
9
Emphasize the importance of communication 0,0% 0,0% 26,7%
and dissemination
N
4
40,6%
43,8%
5
53,1%
40,6%
32
32
25,0%
68,8%
32
36,4%
60,6%
33
43,3%
30,0%
30
43,8%
46,9%
32
48,4%
53,1%
23,3%
35,5%
21,9%
53,3%
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32
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What may be of particular interest to note here is that what the participants found most
useful (with an average score of 4.63) was to be able to meet the programme administrators
and funders face-to-face. This underlines perhaps more than any others the need for us
administrators to be "visible" and accessible to our customers.
The high score on question 3 was closely followed by "learning about other projects"
(average score of 4.57), indicating that the SANCOOP researchers are not just narrowly
focused on their own projects. The scores on the other points must also be considered as
very encouraging, leading us to conclude that the conference did indeed have a positive
impact. It is also tempting to add that despite the opportunities and possibilities for increased
communication in a digital world, nothing can replace person-to-person interaction from
time to time. In this connection it is also worth pointing out the high scores on the question
of whether the conference increased the participants' motivation and their sense of
belongingness to the SANCOOP programme. The conference also provided an impetus for
many to really get their respective projects going. In most cases, both the Norwegian and
South African PIs of a given project were present and many used the opportunity to have
project working sessions either before or after the conference.
As mentioned the conference had a separate session on communication, and although the
scores about the usefulness of this issue as it was presented at the conference is a little bit
less enthusiastic than in some of the other responses, it is clear that the vast majority of
participants appreciated the information received. With a view of possibly using social
media as one means of communication in the programme in the future, the survey included a
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question about whether they would expect to be active if a separate SANCOOP Facebook or
LinkedIn group were to be established. Exactly half of the respondents said they would like
to be part of a Facebook group, 41 % on LinkedIn, while 28 % responded they did not
expect to be active in any of the two, as shown in the graph below. The total exceeds 100 %
as some respondents reported they would be willing to participate on both Facebook and
LinkedIn.
Percent
Figure 2. Preferred social media
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
50,0%
40,6%
28,1%
Facebook
1
LinkedIn
2
None of3the two
Of perhaps less importance, but still a useful for planning of future events of this kind, were
the questions participants were asked on the different excursions in connection with the
conference, including the restaurant visits. As will be seen from the graph below, the most
popular initiative was the visit on the Agulhas II with an average score of 4.3, closely
followed by the visit to ACCESS. The excursions were rated on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 =
uninteresting or poor, 5 = extremely interesting or excellent).
Table 2. Assessments of excursions
Event
Average
Visit on the Agulhas II, May 11
4,31
Dinner at the Hildebrand in Waterfront, 11 May
3,77
Dinner at Moyo's, 12 May
4,03
Visit to UCT & Desmond Tutu Centre, 13 May
3,67
Visit to ACCESS, 13 May
4,22
N
26
26
29
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Several of the respondents also provided comments on the open-ended sections of the
questionnaires. They follow here, in an abridged form in some cases:
 Really helpful to meet with NRF team to discuss administration issues around
funding
 The conference was extremely well organised and it was a great opportunity to meet
the other PI. I endorse the SANCOOP ethos fully and found it very useful to meet
other researchers.
 Simply that this was extremely useful and motivating!
 The project timing just before the projects starts is crucial. The conference set the
tone for the entire duration of the project.
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 It has been a very stimulating conference!
 As many of us have teaching duties, it would be great if such a conference could be
held during term/semester breaks.
 My low rating for Moyo's was that we travelled far out of CT in multiple vehicles which undermines our climate change commitment to what is a commercialised
African dinner experience - a local close-by CT restaurant would have supported the
principles that we are trying to give traction to in our climate change work. I also
think a local fieldtrip linked to other forms of climate change research would have
been good for the participants.
 Good to get an overview of all the projects at this stage, but at later meetings, when
we have results to present, maybe better to have parallel sessions for the more similar
projects, allowing for more detail in the presentations
 Excellent conference, well-organized, good atmosphere - very promising for the
future of the programme!
 I would rather not use social media because of the security and privacy issues.
 I would just like to say thank you very much!
 It would appear the NRF is slow in attending to issues regarding the programme.
 A very good event. Cred to the organisers!
 I feel that it kind of opened up for several possibilities for future cross-project and
discipline cooperation, but I guess these won't materialise that easily as it seems to
lack a clear mechanism for that? One formal [way] would e.g. be if there were
intermediate opportunities to meet and some extra funding in the end of this
program's period (i.e. an extended SANCOOP).
Conclusion
SANCOOP is first and foremost a programme based on close, personal collaboration
between researchers in Norway and researchers in South Africa. A considerable portion of
the grants that have been allocated are meant to be used on exchanges of staff and students
and to open up for joint working sessions in either country. The same applies to some extent
to the administration and governance of the programme as all decisions are made jointly and
the day-to-day running of the programme conducted by the Secretariat, which is based both
at RCN and NRF.
A programme of this kind that is based in the northernmost country in Europe and the
southernmost country in Africa will necessarily be characterised by the great geographical
distance between the home bases of the cooperating partners. Fortunately, modern ICT
allows for frequent contacts at minimal costs, but regular face-to-face interactions are a
necessity at all levels.
The launching conference in Cape Town was no exception in this regard, and there had been
some discussions in the Joint Committee whether the event could justify the time, human
resources and financial inputs needed. In retrospect, the Secretariat is convinced that the
conference was well worth the effort. The financial inputs involved must be regarded as a
valuable investment in the future of the programme and bilateral relations between the two
countries rather than just an expenditure. We are therefore glad that the participants at the
conference,and the researchers in particular, seem to have reached the same conclusion.
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Appendix I
SANCOOP Launching Conference 2014
Venue: Protea Sea Point Hotel,
Arthur’s Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa
PROGRAMME
Sunday, 11 May 2014
15:00
15:30
16:00
18:00
Time
– 15:30
– 16:00
– 18:30
– 21:00
Event
Registration
Transport to Harbour
Tour of Aguilhas II
Ice-breaker and informal dinner
Appendix I
Monday, 12 May 2014
Time
08:00 – 09:00
09:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:30
Event
Tea, Coffee and Registration
Welcoming and opening speeches:
Chair: Santosh Ramchuran, International Committee resource person
 DST Vinny Pillay
 MFA/Embassy (Ambassador Kari Bjørnsgaard)
 NRF (Dr Aldo Stroebel)
 RCN (Bjørn Tore Kjellemo)
Overview of the SA-NO bilateral research cooperation / Objectives of the
Conference
Chair: Santosh Ramchuran, International Committee resources person
 Secretariat (NRF / Teuns Phahlamohlaka & RCN / Jan M. Haakonsen)
 Q&A
Tea/Coffee break
Presentation of 4 projects
(10 min presentation + 5-10 min Q & A each)
Chair: Santosh Ramchuran, International Committee resourse person
Migration ecology of fishes for improved fisheries
11.30
management in South Africa
Historical Ecology and State Formation in the Shashi-Limpopo Region in
11.50
Southern Africa: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Secure Micro-Grid Architecture for Resilient Power
12.10
Networks
TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TAILORED FOOD
POLICY: Consumer-level mitigation using a hybrid
12.30
analysis of meat choice and behavioural change
Lunch
Presentation of 6 projects
(10 min presentation + 5-10 min Q & A each)
Chair: Mxolisi Shongwe, member of International Committee
Advanced, high performance and durable catalytic layers
14.00
for PEM fuel cells using non carbon support materials.
Climate change - can lichens protect themselves using
14.20
UV-induced melanins?
Transition to sustainable energy systems in emerging
economies: A South African
14.40
focused comparative project
C-SAN Futures - Designerly Strategies for Scaling Up
15.00
Climate Change Approaches in South Africa and Norway.
Sustainable water management for resilience to climate
15.20
change impact on society in South Africa,
Development of efficient bioflocculants by exploring the
microbial diversity of South African Eastern Cape
15.40
Province for Novel Bioflocculants
Coffee-break
Appendix I
16:30 – 18:00
19:00
Presentation of 5 projects
(10 min presentation + 5-10 min Q&A each)
Chair: Marianne Ryghaug, member of International Committee
Performance of PV modules in arid areas - effects of
16.30
soiling and module technology on yearly yield
Sustainable biogas production in South African rural
16.50
households
Seasonal to decadal Changes Affecting Marine
17.10
Productivity: an Interdisciplinary investigation
Climate Change and Urban Water Governance: Pathways
17.30
to Social Transformation (CLIMWAYS)
Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Adaption to mimicked
future changes in light and iron availability - Molecular
17.50
bases and modelling (SOPA)
Conference Dinner
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Time
09:00 – 10:30
Event
Presentation of 4 projects
 (10 min presentation + 5-10 min Q&A each)
Chair: Jane Summerton, member of International Committee
Acid deposition and acidification of waters in South Africa:
09.00
status and prognoses given future climate change.
Exploring the relationship between belief systems and
09.20
climate change adaptation
Biorefineries for co-production of high value materials and
09.40
bio-energy, as mitigation of climate change (BioCoPro)
The Role of Behavioural Interventions in Climate Change
Adaptation and Mitigation: The Case of Local
10.00
Communities in South Africa
10:30 – 11:00
Tea/coffee break
11:00 -11:30
Communication & Dissemination
Chair: Prudence Makhura, Director NRF
 Geir Aas, RCN & Patrick Saunders, NRF
11:30 – 12:00
Open session / Outstanding Questions
Chair: Prudence Makhura, Director NRF
12:00 – 12:30
Concluding remarks
 NRF (Ms Prudence Makhura)
 RCN (Mr Bjørn Tore Kjellemo)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 16:00
Field visit
Choice between:
 University of Cape Town campus incl. Nansen-Tutu centre
 Applied Centre for Climate and Earth System Science
16:00 – 20:00
Departure of participants
Appendix II
List of participants, SANCOOP Launching Conference 2014
Surname:
Aas
First name(s): Title/position:
Communication
Geir
Adviser
Respondent
Institution
[email protected]
Research Council of Norway
Austnes
Kari
Research Scientist
[email protected]
Beckett
Bjørnsgaard
Richard
Kari
Prof
Ambassador
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bones
Atle M.
DSc/Professor
[email protected]
Brodin
Malin
[email protected]
Childs
Amber-Robyn Dr
[email protected]
Chimphango
Annie Fabian
Abel
Lecturer
[email protected]
Curtis
Chris
Associate Professor [email protected]
de Clercq
De Flamingh
Willem Petrus Dr
Mr, Post Graduate
Francois
Researcher
Dikgang
Johane
[email protected]
[email protected]
Dr / Senior Lecturer [email protected]
Title of project (reserchers only)
Acid deposition and acidification of waters in
Norwegian Institute for Water Research South Africa: status and prognoses
(NIVA)
given future climate change
Climate change - can lichens protect
UKZN
themselves using UV-induced melanins?
Royal Norwergian Embassy Pretoria
Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Adaption to
mimicked future changes in light and iron
NTNU - Norwegian University of
availability - Molecular bases and modelling
Science and Technology
(SOPA)
Biorefineries for co-production of high value
materials and bio-energy, as mitigation of
PFI
climate change (BioCoPro)
Department of Ichthyology and
Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Migration ecology of fishes for improved
Grahamstown
fisheries management in South Africa
Biorefineries for co-production of high value
materials and bio-energy, as mitigation of
Stellenbosch University
climate change (BioCoPro)
School of Geography, Archaeology &
Acid deposition and acidification of waters in
Environmental Studies, University of
South Africa: status and prognoses given
the Witwatersrand
future climate change.
Sustainable water management for resilience
to climate change impact on society in South
Water Institute, Stellenbosch University Africa,
Cape Peninsula University of
Technology
TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TAILORED
FOOD POLICY: Consumer-level mitigation
using a hybrid analysis of meat choice and
University of Johannesburg
behavioural change
[email protected]
C-SAN Futures - Designerly Strategies for
The Oslo School of Architecture and
Scaling Up Climate Change Approaches in
Design
South Africa and Norway
Sustainable water management for resilience
to climate change impact on society in South
Stellenbosch University
Africa
Transition to sustainable energy systems in
World Wide Fund for Nature South
emerging economies: A South African focused
Africa (WWF SA)
comparative project
Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Adaptation to
mimicked future changes in light and iron
availability - molecular bases and modelling
Stellenbosch University
(SOPA)
Department of Archaeology,
Historical Ecology and State Formation in the
Conservation and History, University of Shashi-Limpopo Region in Southern Africa: A
Oslo
Cross-Disciplinary Approach
The Role of Behavioural Interventions in
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation:
The Case of Local Communities in South
CICERO
Africa
[email protected]
The Research Council of Norway
[email protected]
The Research Council of Norway
Edeholt
Håkan
Elema
Nico
Professor
Research
Programme
Manager
[email protected]
Fakir
Saliem
Head of Living
Planet Unit
Fietz
Susanne
Dr / Senior Lecturer [email protected]
Fredriksen
Per Ditlef
Associate Professor [email protected]
Garcia
Jorge h
Grime
Camilla
Haakonsen
Jan
Monteverde
Senior Research
Fellow
Senior executive
officer/ secretariat
Coordinator SANCOOP
programme
Helness
Herman
Dr/Research
Manager
Jensen
Thor Øivind
Associate Professor [email protected]
Johannessen
Johnny A
Prof./Vise Direktør
[email protected]
Kayem
Kjellemo
Anne
Bjørn Tore
Dr.
Director
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Sustainable water management for resilience
to climate change impact on society in South
Africa
SINTEF, Water and Environment
Dep of Aadminsitration on Organization
Theory,
University of Bergen
Transition to sustainable energy systems in
Visting Researcher at UCT Global Risk emerging economies: A South African
Governance Programme, CT
focused comparative project
Seasonal to decadal Changes Affecting
Nansen Environmental and Remote
Marine Productivity: an Interdisciplinary
Sensing Center
investigation
Secure Micro-Grid Architecture for Resilient
University of Cape Town
Power Networks
The Research Council of Norway
Kvil
Lerumo
Tove
Edith
Tshegofatso
Senior Adviser
[email protected]
Norad - Norwegian Agency for
Development Cooperation
Intern
[email protected]
National Research Foundation (NRF)
Advanced, high performance and durable
catalytic layers for PEM fuel cells using non
carbon support materials.
Levecque
Lindstad
Pieter
Torstein
Dr/Senior Lecturer
Senior Advisor
[email protected]
[email protected]
Linjordet
Longvastoel
Roar
Research scientist
Siw Heggedal Director
[email protected]
[email protected]
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Cape Town
Ministry of Education and Research
Bioforsk. Norwegian Institute for
Agricultural and Environmental
Research.
Innovation Norway
Loubser
Makhura
Dr.
Direstor
[email protected]
[email protected]
North-West University, South Africa
National Research Foundation
Moeletsi
Ananka
Prudence
Mokhele
Edmond
Senior Researcher
[email protected]
Agricultural Research Council
Moloney
Coleen
Assoc. Prof.
[email protected]
Mongstad
Research scientist
[email protected]
Motaung
Trygve
Keolebogile
Shirley
Sustainable biogas production in South
African rural households
SCAMPI: Seasonal to Decadal Changes
Marine Research Institute, University of Affecting Marine Productivity: an
Cape Town
Interdisciplinary Investigation
Performance of PV modules in arid areas Institute for Energy Technology,
effects of soiling and module technology on
Norway
yearly yield
[email protected]
Tshwane University of Technology
Mulaudzi
Huvhangwani
Pfuluwani
Naesje
Tor Fredrik
Dr.
Assistant
Director:Overseas
Bilaterals
Research Director
Dr
Nguyen
Angela
PhD, Project
coordinator
Sustainable biogas production in South
African rural households
Exploring the relationship between belief
systems and climate change adaptation
Member of International Committee
[email protected].
za
Department of Science and Technology
Norwegian Institute for Nature
Migration ecology of fishes for improved
[email protected]
Research (NINA)
fisheries management in South Africa
INTEGRATED TAILORED POLICY
IMPLICATIONS AND HYBRID ANALYSIS OF
THE DETERMINANTS OF MEAT CHOICE
AND CHANGE: an application of
comprehensive action determination model
and choice experiments to South Africa and
[email protected] NTNU and ANU
Norway.
Nwodo
Uchechukwu
Dr/Researcher
[email protected]
Okoh
Anthony
Professor and HOD [email protected]
Okoli
Phahlamohlaka
Arinze
Teuns
Pillay
Ramchuran
Vinny
Santosh
Forsker/Scientist
Programme Officer
Chief Director
Overseas Bilateral
Cooperation
Director
University of Fort Hare, Alice, South
Africa.
[email protected]
[email protected]
GenØk - Centre for Biosafety
National Research Foundation
[email protected]
[email protected]
Department of Science Technology
Biotech Solutions (PTY) Ltd
Roychoudhury
Alakendra
Professor
[email protected]
Ryghaug
Saunders
Marianne
Patrick
Professor
[email protected]
[email protected]
Scholtz
Alexis
Sefora
Moratabatho
Project Coordinator [email protected]
Deputy Director
:Bilateral RelationsEurope and the Gulf
States
[email protected]
Shongwe
Mxolisi
Sishuba
Khaya
Specialist Scientist
Director: Bilateral
Relations- Europe
and Gulf States
University of Fort Hare, Alice, South
Africa.
Stellenbosch University
Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU)
National Research Foundation
World Wide Fund for Nature South
Africa (WWF SA)
Development of efficient bioflocculant by
exploring the microbial diversity of South
African Eastern Cape Province for novel
Bioflocculants.
Development of efficient bioflocculants by
exploring the microbial diversity of South
African Eastern Cape Province for Novel
bioflocculants.
Development of efficient bioflocculants by
exploring the microbial diversity of South
African Eastern Cape Province for Novel
Bioflocculants
Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Adaption to
mimicked future changes in light and
iron availability - Molecular bases and
modelling (SOPA) (Researcher project SANCOOP)
Member of International Committee
Communication
Transition to sustainable energy systems in
emerging economies: A South African focused
comparative project
Department of Science and Technology
South African Weather Service
[email protected]. Private Bag X097
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Pretoria 0001
Member of International Committee
[email protected]
Department of Science and Technology
Snaddon
Bruce
Senior Lecturer
[email protected]
Cape Peninsula University of
Technology
Solhaug
Stoll
Knut Asbjørn
Inger Kristine
Professor
Senior Adviser
[email protected]
[email protected]
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Strauss
Johannes M.
[email protected]
Stellenbosch University
Aldo
Dr
Dr, Executive
Director
Stroebel
[email protected]
Summerton
Jane
Director, Professor
[email protected]
Sutherland
Thoka
Catherine
Grace
Tshego
Mrs
Admin Assiatant
[email protected]
[email protected]
National Research Foundation
TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation
and Culture, University of Oslo
School of Built Environment and
Development Studies
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban
NRF
Thomassen
Magnus
Senior Scientist
[email protected]
SINTEF Materials and Chemistry
Vedeld
Trond
Senior researcher
[email protected]
Norwegian Institute for Urban and
Regional Research
Visser
Martine
[email protected]
University of Cape Town
Vorster Chisin
Alettia
Dr. senior lecturer
[email protected]
Cape Peninsula University of
Technology
Wolthusen
Stephen
Professor
[email protected]
Høgskolen i Gjøvik
Climate change - can lichens protect
themselves using UV-induced melanins?
Performance of PV modules in arid areas effects of soiling and module technology on
yearly yield
Member of International Committee
CLIMWAYS
Africat
Climate Change and Urban Water
Governance: Pathways to Social
Transformation (CLIMWAYS)
The Role of Behavioural Interventions in
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation:
The Case of Local Communities in South
Africa
C-SAN Futures - Designerly Strategies for
Scaling Up Climate Change Approaches in
South Africa and Norway.
Secure Micro-Grid Architecture for Resilient
Power Networks
Appendix III
SANCOOP conference. Questback questionnaire
(Raw version – not in the lectronic lay-out)
1. Information about the participant. Are you a:
PI or researcher__
IC representative__
Administrator/public servant__
Other__
2. On a scale from 1 to 5, did you find the SANCOOP conference overall to
be useful (1 = not useful at all, 5 = extremely useful)
3. On a scale from 1 to 5, in what way do you feel the conference was useful
in the following (1 = not at all useful; 5 = extremely useful)
a) Understand the objectives of SANCOOP__
b) Understand how the programme works, including practicalities__
c) Meet programme administrators and funders face-to-face__
d) Learn about the other projects funded under SANCOOP__
e) Help "jump-start" the activities of your own project__
f) Increase motivation, develop a common SANCOOP "identity"__
g) Interact with other projects in the programme__
h) Learn about common practical challenges__
i) Emphasize the importance of communication and dissemination
Open question: If there are any other items not listed above that you
may wish to include as particularly useful or if you want to
highlight some aspects of the conference as particularly helpful or
not helpful at all, please write them down here:
4. Excursions. On a scale from 1 to 5, please rate the following (1 =
uninteresting or poor, 5 = extremely interesting or excellent; if you did not
participate in any of the events below, leave it blank)
a) Visit on the Agulhas II__
b) Dinner at the Hildebrand in Waterfront, 11 May__
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c) Dinner at Moyo's, 12 May__
d) Visit to UCT & Desmond Tutu Centre, 13 May__
e) Visit to ACCESS, 13 May__
5. Use of social media in the programme in the future. Please indicate which
of the following you would expect to be active in if a separate SANCOOP
group were to be established:
a) Facebook__
b) LinkedIn__
c) None of the above__
6. Any other comments. Please feel free to write any other comments on the
conference or suggestions you may have for future SANCOOP events: