2017/18 SANSA Annual Performance Plan Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology By SANSA Board and Management 3 May 2017
Overview Mandate of SANSA Strategic Context Strategic Programmes Annual Plan 2017/18 Operational Information
Mandate of SANSA
Serving the Needs of Government
Environment & Resource Management Environmental and geospatial monitoring Ocean, coastal and marine management Land management Rural development and urban planning Topographic mapping Hydrological monitoring Climate change mitigation and adaptation Meteorological monitoring
Health, Safety and Security Disaster monitoring and relief Hazards forecasting and early warning Cross border risk Disease surveillance and health risk Asset monitoring Regulatory enforcement Defense, peacekeeping and treaty monitoring
Innovation and Economic Growth Tourism and recreation Communications Space science and exploration Space technology transfer and spin-offs Development of the space industry
Impacting Government Priorities
User Requirements
Mandate of SANSA “...provide for the promotion and use of space and co-operation in space-related activities, foster research in space science, advance scientific engineering through human capital, support the creation of an environment conducive to industrial development in space technologies within the framework of national government policy...”
Strategic Context
Vision South Africa to be an international hub for space solutions for the world of the future Mission Lead and inspire the South African space community to create a better future
Strategic Goals
SPACE VALUE CHAIN NSI Ecosystem SANSA User Community Satellite Engineering Space Operations Space Applications Administration (HR, Legal, IT,…) NSI Ecosystem SANSA Earth Observation Space Science 1 2 3 4 5 22
Strategic Alignment • Admin. Earth Obs. Space Science Space Ops. GOALS Admin. Earth Obs. Space Science Space Ops. Satellite Eng. 1. Products and Services • 2. High Impact R&D 3. Transformation and Human Capacity 4. Grow the Space Industry 5. Global Partnerships 6. Growth and Sustainability 7. High Performance Agency
Performance Outputs for 2017/18 (Cumulative Performance since 2015)
Goal 1: Products and Services 5 (9) high-impact space products and services Oceans Phakisa National SPOT Mosaic Vegetation Index Map Space Weather Bulletins Magnetic Technology Services 3 (5) decision or policy support tools The size and health of the South African space sector and proposed growth Earth observation and food security Safety and security applications from a magnetically clean environment
Goal 2: High-Impact R&D Research productivity score of 1500 (2742) Earth Observation 300 Space Science 1200 Makeup of research productivity core Publications (papers, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings, technical reports) Research funding Students graduated (MSc and PhD) Researcher ratings 26
Goal 3: Transformation and Human Capacity 12000 (27769) young people directly engaged through science awareness and outreach 75 (103) students supported for formalized training, with 60 students from previously disadvantaged institutions (PDI) 80% PDI students Science, engineering and technical fields 27
Goal 4: Grow the Space Industry Successful satellite pass monitoring rate of 98% (98.9%) (~4500 passes) R44m (R137m) commercial income generated from space operations 5% (R2.2m) of income generated invested in other SANSA programmes Remaining income invested in capital infrastructure at space operations 55 (52) direct jobs supported Preliminary design review of EO-Sat 1 28
Goal 4: Grow the Space Industry (ctd) Contract expenditure of R65m (R153m) to local space industry for core space projects R14.2m (R19.8m) earmarked to small and medium enterprises 29
Goal 5: Global Partnerships Global partnerships contributing an equivalent of 3% (2%) to the SANSA non- commercial revenue stream 14 MoUs with agencies outside of Africa 6 MoUs with agencies within Africa 7 MoUs with institutions in South Africa SANSA will grow the number of active partnerships 30
Goal 6: Growth and Stability R251m (R475m) non-ringfenced revenue Estimated monitised impact put on hold pending further analysis on methodology to be used 70% (73%) national stakeholder awareness 50% (40%) of National Space Programme (NSP) implemented 31
Goal 7: High Performance Agency Coordination and reporting on activities of the NSP Long term capital maintenance and investment framework, and implementation plan Implementation of a new Performance Management System Implementation of a new ERP system 65% (65%) of permanent staff from designated groups in D to F grades 1%* of operating expenditure invested in staff training and development
Operational Information
Sources of funds
Economic classification
Programme Expenditure
117 (64%) 14 (8%) 9 (5%)
113 (61%) 71 (39 %)
Conclusions SANSA has been effective in implementing its APPs to date under the current financial conditions SANSA is refocusing its core business to do even more in the future A bigger focus on Africa Broader industry participation Maximising impact to the user communities 32
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