Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII)

The Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII) was commissioned by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) to conduct the first official South African Innovation Survey, as part of DST’s effort to establish a baseline set of S&T indicators for monitoring, reporting on, and fine tuning the National System of Innovation (NSI).

Innovation Survey final report
	The Final Innovation Survey report published by HSRC Press is now available.    •   This is a free download of the report in its entirety or by section.     •   A hard copy version can be purchased online if preferred.
	Innovation Survey highlights booklet   (released July 2008)

CeSTII also conducts the annual National Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D) and the two surveys will complement one another. The aim is to build a national database of R&D and innovation data compliant with international practice for preparation of indicators and reports. South Africa can only be taken seriously in science and technology (S&T) if we have regular and reliable survey based data on Innovation & R&D to report on the development of the NSI.

The broader objectives of the South African Innovation Survey 2005 are to:

• produce a set of internationally comparable data and indicators for  providing insights into the patterns of innovation in the mining, manufacturing and services sectors in South Africa
• collect information on the sources and resources for innovation in enterprises
• provide an indication of  the extent of public funding for innovation activities that is taken up by enterprises
• draw national and international comparisons of innovation intensity
• obtain an understanding of the importance of R&D and non-R&D based innovation in different sectors

The current survey is closely based on the fourth round of the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS4) and CeSTII has worked closely with the OECD and Eurostat in this regard.