College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2021 61 SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION, AND FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (4IR) • USDP Project: The South Africa/United Kingdom Doctoral Project. • The Minister of Higher Education and Training approved and signed the ‘Staffing South Africa’s Universities’ Framework (SSAUF) in January 2015. • In March 2017, the Minister approved and signed a Ministerial Statement on the Implementation of the University Capacity Development Programme through Effective Management and Utilisation of the University Capacity Development Grant 2018-2020. • The SSAUF has been incorporated as the staff development component part of the University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP). • The main purpose of the project is to support academics and professional staff at South African universities to undertake and complete doctoral studies within a period of four years or less. • Secondary purposes are the development of supervisory capacity at universities; and the promotion of capacity development collaborations between universities, including with universities outside of South Africa. • CENLED secured R1 144 000 from the British Council during 2021 and established a doctoral training academy in partnership with the University of Glasgow (U21 partner) and the University of Zululand. Eight doctoral students enrolled in 2021 as second-year students. • In this project, only permanent university staff members were recruited in the following research fields: local development; entrepreneurship; Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2 and 4; education and Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies that will support municipalities in local development to improve the quality of lives of communities. • An innovative collaborative supervisory model was developed. In terms of this model, the supervisors from the three universities are working in teams, and include an experienced supervisor, co-supervisor and early career researcher or novice supervisor to supervise a team of three to four doctoral candidates, to ensure that supervisory capacity is developed. NATIONAL AND GLOBAL FOOTPRINT CENLED commands access to a pool of broad skills sets made available through collaborative partnerships with key role players, including academic institutions, government and the private sector. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS • University of Glasgow • Philippines Normal University • University of Rwanda • University of KwaZulu-Natal • University of the Western Cape • University of Zululand GOVERNMENT AND PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS • Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs • Department of Small Business Development • Limpopo Department of Economic Development and Tourism OTHER ORGANISATIONS • International Economic Development Council (IEDC) • Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority • South African Local Government Association • PASCAL International Observatory centres in New York, Australia, Europe • PIMA Dr Marius Venter Director: Centre for Local and Economic Development (CENLED), School of Economics College of Business and Economics (CBE), University of Johannesburg
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