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- Date Thursday, 13 June 2019
- Time 14.30-16.30
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Rudi Dicks, Neva Magetla
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
AGENDA 14:15 - 14:30 Arrival and coffee / tea 14:30 - 14:45 Opening and welcome by chairperson 14:45 - 16:00 Presentations: Neva Makgetla: Unemployment and GDP in perspectiveRudi Dicks: Accelerating industrial policy to drive growth 16:00 - 16:30 Discussion 16:30 Closure and light snacks BACKGROUND The latest jobs numbers and…
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- Invitation (1245 Downloads)
- Unemployment and GDP in perspective (1245 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 02 September 2019
- Venue Sandton (to be confirmed)
INDUSTRIAL POLICY FOR POLICY MAKERS (IMMP) 2019 3-7 SEPTEMBER 2019 SANDTON, SOUTH AFRICA CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The third edition of the Industrial Policy for Policy Makers (IPPM) training programme will be taking place in September 2019, and will be held alongside the annual African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE).…
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- IPPM 2019 Application Form (4391 Downloads)
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- Date Monday, 28 January 2019
- Time 10.00-13.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Xolelwa Mlumbi, Neva Makgetla, Faizel Ismail, Christopher Wood
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
AGENDA 10:00 - 10:15 Arrival and coffee / tea 10:15 - 10:30 Opening and welcome by Chairperson: Xolelwa Mlumbi 10:30 - 12:00 Presentations: Neva Makgetla: South Africa's exports and inclusive industrialisationFaizel Ismail: A 'Developmental Regionalism' approach to the AfCFTAChristopher Wood: Tracking imports, trends and anomalies 12:00 - 12:45 Discussion 12:45…
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- Invitation (1367 Downloads)
- AfCFTA and Industrialisation A developmental regionalism approach (1645 Downloads)
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) In partnership with the DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development (SARChI Industrial Development) based at the University of Johannesburg, the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), Department of Science and Technology (DST), and the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will be hosting its 2019 Annual Forum…
- Date Monday, 19 November 2018
- Time 10.30-13.00
- Venue Education and skills for the economy
- Main Speakers Brian Levy (UCT); Carmel Marock (Singizi)
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
AGENDA 10:30 - 10:45: Opening and Welcome 10:45 - 12:00: Presentations: Brian Levy (UCT): The politics and governance of basic education: A tale of two South African provinces Carmel Marock (Singizi): Enhancing education, training and skills outcomes in the manufacturing sector 12:00 - 12:30: Discussion 12:30: Lunch BACKGROUND A well-performing education…
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- Invitation (1584 Downloads)
- The politics and governance of basic education - A tale of two South African provinces (1559 Downloads)
- Enhancing education, training and skills outcomes in the manufacturing sector (1550 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 20 November 2018
- Venue IDC Auditorium, 19 Fredman Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg
- Main Speakers Hosted by TIPS and the Government of Flanders
PROGRAMME 8:00 - 9:00 Arrival and Registration 9:00 - 9:15 Opening and Welcome Geraldine Reymenants (Government of Flanders) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS) 9:15 - 10:30 Presentation and discussion of research findings Small business development in the adaptation space Shakespear Mudombi and Muhammed Patel (TIPS) The water innovation story Mao…
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- Invitation (1529 Downloads)
- TIPS Small business development in the climate change adaption space in South Africa (1604 Downloads)
- African Centre for Green Economy The South African water innovation story (1848 Downloads)
- AB Farms (1361 Downloads)
- Arumloo (1935 Downloads)
- Bosaq (1508 Downloads)
- EWEF SusTech (1675 Downloads)
- Loo Afrique (1961 Downloads)
- MySmartFarm (1533 Downloads)
- Date Wednesday, 17 October 2018
- Time 10.30-13.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Carlos Lopes (UCT) Faizel Ismail (TIPS and UCT)
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
AGENDA 10:30 - 10:45: Opening and Welcome 10:45 - 12:00: Presentations by: Carlos Lopes, UCT Faizel Ismail, TIPS and UCT 12:00 - 12:30: Discussion 12:30: LunchBACKGROUND The negotiations for the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) are underway. Among other things, this massive undertaking has the potential to establish a sizeable market…
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- Invitation (1597 Downloads)
- AfCFTA and Industrialization A developmental regionalism approach (1709 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 04 September 2018
- Time 18:30 for 19:00
- Venue SEBS Seminar Room, First Floor, New Commerce Building, West Campus, Wits University
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
Topic: Observations from the Coalface: Five challenges and a Lacuna Speaker: Adeyemi Dipeolu About the Speaker Ambassador Adeyemi Dipeolu is Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters in the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria. His work and interests have evolved around economic development, trade, industrial policy and…
- Date Friday, 07 September 2018
- Time 9.30-13.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers HOSTED BY TIPS AND GREEN ECONOMY COALITION (GEC)
- For enquiries or to register please contact natasha@tips.org.za
AGENDA 9:30 - 9:45: Opening and Welcome 9:45 - 12:00: Presentations and discussion of research findings Global trends in the circular economy: Experience from developing countries - Nilgün Tas (UNIDO) South Africa's experience with industrial symbiosis - Henry Nuwarinda, National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA)Tea Advancing the development of biomaterials in…
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- Global trends in the circular economy (2129 Downloads)
- Industrial symbiosis programme and progress (2263 Downloads)
- Biomaterials in South Africa Action plan and implementation (1942 Downloads)
- Fostering the alien vegetation added value chain through industrial symbiosis - (1780 Downloads)
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- Date Tuesday, 21 August 2018
- Time 9.30-13.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers HOSTED BY TIPS AND GREEN ECONOMY COALITION (GEC)
- For enquiries or to register please contact natasha@tips.org.za
AGENDA 9:30 - 9:45: Opening and Welcome - Chantal Ramcharan-Kotze (WRC) 9:45 - 12:00: Presentation and discussion of research findings Global water and sanitation market dynamics: Implications from South Africa's industrial development - Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS) Desalination in South Africa: Panacea or peril for industrial development? - Muhammed Patel (TIPS) Tea Opportunities and constraints for next…
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- Invitation (1494 Downloads)
- Global water and sanitation market dynamics Implications for South Africa's industrial development (1767 Downloads)
- Desalination in South Africa Panacea or peril for industrial development (2107 Downloads)
- Opportunities and constraints for next generation sanitation and industrial development in South Africa (1855 Downloads)
- Protection and creating jobs through better water management - (1421 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 10 July 2018
- Time 9.30-13.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers HOSTED BY TIPS AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE AFRICA
- For enquiries or to register please contact natasha@tips.org.za
AGENDA 09:30–09:45 Opening and Welcome: Nadira Bayat (Global Economic Governance Africa) 09:45–10:45 Presentation and discussion of research findings: Border economies Border economies at Beitbridge border post, Elisha Tshuma (Zimbabwe Trade Forum) and Christopher Wood (TIPS) Border economies at Chirundu border post, Dale Mudenda (University of Zambia) and Anna Ngarachu (Tutwa…
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- Invitation (1587 Downloads)
- Border economies – key policy findings (1424 Downloads)
- Border economies - A case study of Beitbridge border post (7324 Downloads)
- Border economies in emerging countries – Case of Chirundu border (3192 Downloads)
- The logistics value chain in SADC – issues and scope for intervention (1781 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 03 September 2018
- Venue Sandton (to be confirmed)
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
IMMP 2018 3-7 SEPTEMBER 2018: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The second edition of the Industrial Policy for Policy Makers (IPPM) training programme will be taking place in September 2018, and will be held alongside the annual African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE). This year’s theme for IPPM is: Structural Change,…
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- IPPM 2018 Application form (4639 Downloads)
- Date Friday, 25 May 2018
- Time 10.00-13.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
Agenda 10:00 - 10:15 Opening and Welcome: Chairperson (Rudi Dicks, DPME) 10:15 - 12:00 Presentation and discussion of research findings Motivation and Constraints of Corporate Firms in South Africa, Neva Makgetla (TIPS) Ownership, Control and Investment in South Africa, Thando Vilakazi and Simon Roberts (CCRED) Economic Transformation in the Top…
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- Invitation (1727 Downloads)
- Corporate ownership in SA (1888 Downloads)
- Ownership, control and investment in South Africa - 24 years on (1968 Downloads)
- Radical economic transformation vs white monopoly capital (1961 Downloads)
- Date Thursday, 22 February 2018
- Time 09.30-13.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- For enquiries or to register please contact natasha@tips.org.za
Development Dialogue: Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) and Green Economy Coalition (GEC) Agenda 9:30 - 9:45: Opening and Welcome 9:45 - 12:00: Presentation and discussion of research findings Regional integration in Southern Africa - A platform for electricity sustainability: Gaylor Montmasson-Clair and Bhavna Deonarain (TIPS) South African municipalities and renewable energy…
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- TIPS Development Dialogue - Electricity beyond the national grid (1548 Downloads)
- Regional integration in Southern Africa - A platform for electricity sustainability (1759 Downloads)
- South African municipalities and renewable energy - New roles and opportunities: (3110 Downloads)
- Energy Democracy Initiative - A community-based approach to the ownership and delivery of renewable energy (2065 Downloads)
- Energy interventions at the firm level Case studies of the SA Industrial Efficiency Project (1953 Downloads)
- Date Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
Agenda 9:30 - 9:45: Opening and Welcome 9:45 - 12:00: Presentation and discussion of research findings Spatial industrial policy, SEZs and cities in SA: Shirley Robinson and Roland Hunter (Cities Support Programme) Spatial Dimensions of SEZs and secondary cities: Christopher Wood and Asanda Fotoyi (TIPS) Tea break Urbanization, structural transformation…
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- Spatial industrial policy, special economic zones and cities in South Africa (3356 Downloads)
- Spatial dimensions of SEZs and secondary cities (2116 Downloads)
- Urbanization, structural transformation and rural-urban linkages in South Africa (2502 Downloads)
- Industrial development and spatial planning - lessons from eThekwini (2140 Downloads)
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) in partnership the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development based at the University of Johannesburg and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), and in association with the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), will be hosting its 2018 Annual Forum on 6-7 June…
- Date Tuesday, 24 October 2017
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
AGENDA Chairperson: Nitin Gunga (the dti) 9:00 - 9:15 Opening and Welcome: Eustace Mashimbye (CEO: Proudly South African) 9:15 - 11:30 Presentation and discussion of research findings Retail and manufacturing: Andrew Mukandila (the dti) Supplier development in the retail sector: Dave Kaplan (UCT and TIPS Research Associate) Tea break Adverse…
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- Exploring the linkages between manufacturing and the retail sector in the South African market - Andrew Mukandila (3017 Downloads)
- Developing local suppliers to South African supermarkets – a policy proposal - Dave Kaplan (4441 Downloads)
- Inclusion, exclusion and adverse inclusion: what are policymakers missing - Tracy Ledger (1774 Downloads)
- The spread of supermarkets in the SADC region - Impact on competition and on suppliers - Reena das Nair (2320 Downloads)
- Venue Johannesburg
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) APORDE is an annual training programme that brings together academics, policymakers and civil society representatives to investigate economic development options. It aims to build capacity in economics and economic policymaking. The course is run for two weeks and consists of lectures and seminars…
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- Date Thursday, 17 August 2017
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Neva Makgetla, Mbongeni Ndlovu, Philippa Rodseth, Xhanti Payi
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
Presentations Agro-processing: Manufacturing Circle input to the dti regarding opportunities for transformation and growth through an APSS solution - Philippa Rodseth Aro-processing: An opportunity for manufacturing growth - value chains - Neva Makgetla and Mbongeni Ndlovu Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker (MCIT) Q1 & Q2 findings: Xhanti Payi Background Since 1998 food processing…
- Date Monday, 26 June 2017
- Time 13.30-16.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk,Pretoria
- Main Speakers Wytske Chamberlain (University of Pretoria), Tracy Ledger (TIPS Research Associate)
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
Presentations on two recent books Inclusive Business in Agriculture. What, how and for whom? Critical insights based on South African cases: presentation by Wytske Chamberlain (University of Pretoria) An Empty Plate: Why we are losing the battle for our food system, why it matters, and how we can win it…
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