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Localisation: When does it make sense?
Opening and welcome by Moderator: Saul levin
Presentations
Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) – Findings from the Imports Localisation and Supply Chain Disruption Study
Dr Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – Localisation and industrial policy
Dr Tebogo Makube (the dtic) – Presentation to the TIPS localisation Development Dialogue
Media
South Africa 'missed the boat' on some localisation opportunities, but higher value industries can be pursued
Article by Natasha Odendaal, Engineering News 29 August 2023
Research
Localisation and industrial policy: Scopes, debates and instruments - Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
TIPS Imports localisation and supply chain disruption study Fourth Quarter 2022 - Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS)
The Imports localisation and supply chain disruption study is published quarterly: copies available here.
Background
Localisation has increasingly come to the fore in South Africa’s industrial policy initiatives, including all of the published Master Plans except agriculture. It effectively uses trends in imports to signal when demand could support competitive local production. This Development Dialogue provides a chance to engage on the latest evidence on the effectiveness of localisation strategies in easing constraints faced by local producers when competing with foreign suppliers. To that end, it draws on recent TIPS papers that review the conceptual framework for localisation and identify goods that South Africa now imports but could possibly manufacture competitively.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy. TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
The Development Dialogue will be held in a hybrid format allowing for both in-person and virtual participation.
The in-person event will be held at the TIPS Offices (234 Lange Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria) - space is limited.
For more information please contact TIPS via email at: daphney@tips.org.za
About the Speakers
Nokwanda Maseko is a senior economist at TIPS and has previously worked as a Budget Analyst at National Treasury and an Assistant Director at the Economic Development Department (EDD) focused on industrial policy.
Dr Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government.
Dr Tebogo Makube is Chief Director: Industrial Procurement at the dtic. Before joining the dtic, Dr Makube was the Programme Manager: Fiscal Policy at the Financial and Fiscal Commission. Prior to that he was Director: Provincial Infrastructure at the National Treasury. He has also held research and management positions at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) and Nokusa Consulting. He is also a Board Member of Proudly South African.
TIPS sets out to create a South Africa-focused Just Transition Transaction Framework
Brics: South Africa push to fix trade disparity
Business Times (Sunday Times) - 13 August 2023 by Khulekani Magubane
South Africa shoots itself in the foot
BusinessTech - 15 August 2023
SA imports $2.5 bn worth of solar panels, lithium-ion batteries and inverters
The Money Show - Bruce Whitfield interviews Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, TIPS Senior and the facilitator of the South Africa Renewable Energy Masterplan (Sarem).
How SA is losing out on its own renewables boom
Energy market is opening up, let’s make it work for all
Solar’s expansion can deepen inequality
Business Day - 8 August 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
South Africa Imported $1.1 Billion (4.4 GWh) Of Lithium-Ion Cells & Batteries In First 6 Months Of 2023!
Launch: Just Transition Transaction Framework: A First Iteration
Presentations
A Framework For Financing Investments in A Just Transition - Sandy Lowit, TIPS Research Fellow
A Transition for Whom? - Anda David, Senior Researcher Agence Francaise de Development (AFD)
Research
Full Report with Annexures: A Just Transition Transaction Framework: A Framework for Financing Investments in a Just Transition
This report has been made possible by the support of the African Climate Foundation and the European Climate Foundation.
Media
TIPS sets out to create a South Africa-focused Just Transition Transaction Framework - Engineering News 21 August 2023
Launch
Opening - Gaylor Montmasson Clair, Senior Economist, TIPS
Welcome - by Shameela Soobramoney, CEO, National Business Initiative (NBI)
A Just Transition Transaction Framework: A First Iteration - Sandy Lowitt, Research Fellow, TIPS
Challenges and Questions faced by the Project Management Unit in the possible future allocation of JETP funding - Neil Cole, JEPT Project Management Unit
Insights on project and investment selection taking social outcomes into account - Anda David, Senior Researcher, AFD
Anglo American’s Approach to the Just Energy Transition - Hermien Botes Head of Sustainability Relations Anglo American
Presentations
A Framework For Financing Investments in A Just Transition - Sandy Lowit, TIPS Research Fellow
A Transition for Whom? - Anda David, Senior Researcher Agence Francaise de Development (AFD)
Research
Full Report with Annexures: A Just Transition Transaction Framework: A Framework for Financing Investments in a Just Transition
This report has been made possible by the support of the African Climate Foundation and the European Climate Foundation.
Background
The South African Just Transition Financing discourse has been dominated by issues of global north and local private sector fund mobilisation and the unlocking of existing funding commitments. More recently, researchers and decision makers have been thinking about the deployment of such funds (when and if) they begin to flow. Just Transition fund deployment will require decision making about capital allocation to projects and investments. In order to achieve this, decision-makers will need to have a method by which to test what will constitute a Just Transition Transaction and how to rank just transition transactions against each other.
The launch of TIPS’s research on a Just Transition Transaction Framework: A First Iteration introduced the content of the framework and the process for improving the framework overtime through learning by doing and evidence collection and analysis. The first iteration of the framework will be continuously improved through testing, evidence gathering and analysis and further iterations will be developed to increase acceptability and applicability with an evolving set of stakeholders. TIPS events bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
About the speakers
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair is a Senior Economist at TIPS. He leads TIPS's work on sustainability and just transition. He is the Facilitator for the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), the industrialisation plan for South Africa’s renewable energy value chain. Gaylor is also a Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED).
Shameela Soobramoney is the CEO of the National Business Initiative (NBI), an independent coalition of the local and multinational businesses focusing on taking action to achieve social and environmental sustainability underpinned by good governance. She joined the NBI in 2023. She was previously the Chief Sustainability Officer of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (the JSE) As a sustainability specialist she has, inter alia, been a key contributor to the JSE’s work into climate change, the potential for a local market to trade in carbon credits and environment-related products, the development of a Green, Social and Sustainability bonds framework, impact investing, the JSE’s sustainability, innovation and CSI strategies as well as the annual sustainability investor briefing/showcase sessions.
Sandy Lowitt is a Research Fellow at TIPS. She has worked in the Provincial and National Government in matters related to Industrial Strategy and policy, as well as economic infrastructure projects such as the Gautrain. She is currently active in the Just Transition Finance space.
Neil Cole is Finance Manager at the JETP Project Management Unit. He has more than 20 years professional experience in the field of Public Finance and international financial relations. Between 2001 and 2013 he worked for the National Treasury of South Africa in senior management positions in the Budget Office and in the International Economic Policy divisions. While at the Treasury, Neil represented South Africa on the committees that drafted the Accra Agenda for Action and the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation. He currently teaches a course on public finance for social protection at the International Training Centre of the ILO. Neil joined the JETP Secretariat in July 2022. His undergraduate and post-graduate qualifications cover public administration/policy, politics.
Anda David is a senior researcher and the lead economist on inequality at the French Development Agency (AFD). She holds a PhD from Paris Dauphine University, specialising in development economics, with a focus on migration and labour markets. Her current research is centred on inequality and sustainability. Between 2004 and 2015, she regularly collaborated with various international organisations active on these issues such as OECD, ILO and World Bank. Anda David joined AFD’s research division in December 2015 and is currently the scientific coordinator of the AFD-EU Research Facility on Inequality. Since January 2021, she is based at the AFD regional bureau for Southern Africa in Johannesburg.
Hermien Botes is Head of Sustainability Engagement for Anglo American where she has worked for the past 15 years in various sustainability roles including human rights, strategy, ESG reporting and systems. Hermien’s current role involves engagement with civil society, human rights and two special projects – gender-based violence and the just energy transition. In late 2019, Hermien led the launch of Anglo American’s Living with Dignity programme, which includes a comprehensive suite of initiatives to tackle sexual and gender-based violence in mines and mining communities. Hermien was also a co-author of Anglo American’s Sustainable Mining Plan – now in its fifth year of implementation.