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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 1 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; 2 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. 3 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% 4 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" 7 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% 31 32 30 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 5 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 12 9 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. 6 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. 7 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 za 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__ Appendix III 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: