1. Research Information & Knowledge Management (RI & KM)
Building an innovative knowledge-driven society

2. Knowledge Management Scope Knowledge creation
Knowledge ‘protection’ - value addition
Knowledge sharing
Knowledge transfer
Knowledge and ‘learning’
There is a component of RI in each of the above

3. RI & KM Cover three major domains The internal functioning of the NRF
The internal/external interface
The external leadership role of the NRF at a national/global level

4. Outcome
A highly efficient and effective research process which will support and direct the NSI. The process is supported and enabled by user-friendly, ICT-based systems and tools, well accepted and utilised by SAs scientific community, and of high value to government, industry and society

5. Key Strategic Areas Internal/External Interface
Research Information Systems
Status of research in SA
Research funding-related Business Intelligence
Intellectual Property Issues

6. Research Information Systems
Key activities and interventions
Assessment of RI needs at a national level
Evaluation of existing databases
Gap analysis
Policy formulation for the scope and content of data and databases (across data types and science domains)

7. Research Information Systems Key activities and interventions (cont.
The provision of access to projects and expertise info all science domains
The establishment of an online ‘view database’ for NRF funded projects
The maintenance/expansion of SANSA
The establishment of linkages - national, international
Promotion of secondary analysis and data sharing

8. Research-related Business Intelligence
Research-related Key Performance Indicators
Financial and investment, Stakeholders, Organisational, Innovation and learning perspective, HR and Transformation
Strategic Imperatives
National imperatives, Foresight sectors, NSI, NRF Focus Areas, Research disciplines, etc.
Grant Making and Management
Type of information required (as per transaction etc.), types of grants
Research areas, Conventions, Corporate initiative, Benchmarking
Activities per Focus area, types costs of workshops, national and international linkages, cost-ratios for management of research, etc.

9. Intellectual Property Issues
Knowledge Protection is essential for effective Knowledge Management
Role of the NRF regarding KP includes:
Leadership & direction
Supportive legislation, programmes, systems, tools
Technology transfer - linking science with innovation
KP of biological resources & indigenous technology
IP-related capacity development issues
Implementation
Assessment of current situation
Need analysis
IP and global competitiveness
Indigenous technology & bio-diversity

10. Linkages, Overlaps, Gaps
Direct and Indirect links with all functions
Overlaps: IT, Strategic Advice, Quality Assessment & evaluation
Gaps
KM processes for the internal functioning of the NRF
KM & RI activities for the National Facilities
RI internal needs, BI internal needs (MIS)
Intellectual Property issues and the internal IP needs

11. Building Effective Systems
The building of effective systems will require:
Need analysis (FS -funtion specific)
Business process and Developing approach (FS+KM)
Building the framework (FS+KM+IT)
Developing appropriate IT enabling tools (FS+KM+IT)
KM & RI has a strong link to IT and the business processes of the NRF

12. Research Information & Knowledge Management (RI & KM)
Building an innovative knowledge-driven society

13. Systems - Grant administration
Data input
Retrieval requirements
- Search engines
- Codification
- what is captured
Systems - Grant administration
Knowledge Management
TRANSFER
Business Intelligence
- MIS
- EIS
- Reports, operational statistics BI
Structured data
Research Information
- Research results
- Research networking
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Text/ unstructured data
Data
CRIS/nexus
Input data
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