College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2022 49 We partnered again in 2022 at the TIPS Annual Forum. The theme Towards a Just Transition is aimed at considering how industrial policy can support and drive structural transformation so that South Africa’s move to a low-carbon economy is inclusive and equitable, ensuring social protection for affected communities and workers. The Forum is organised by Trade & Industry Policy Strategies (TIPS), with the UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (UK PACT), and in association with the DTIC. For the first time in 2022, SARChI-ID partnered in the Industrial Policy for Policy Makers (IPPM) programme, a partnership between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), APORDE, the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). This effective programme is aimed at mid/senior government officials from across Africa, helping to build capacity among policy makers. The theme for 2022 was “Green Agricultural and Industrial Development in Africa”. Prof Tregenna continued to be deeply involved in many disseminations, policy engagement, service and leadership activities related to the economic policy during 2022. She delivered over 35 major invited public presentations, including many highprofile keynote addresses. These keynotes ranged from talks at prestigious academic events to highprofile events hosted by various United Nations (UN) and other international institutions. Several of these were broadcast live on television or live streamed on multiple platforms internationally. In addition, she delivered many other academic and training presentations nationally and internationally, participated in closed economic colloquia and spoke at many policy events, and was interviewed by television, radio, electronic and print media during 2022. As a Presidential Economic Advisory Council member, she advised President Cyril Ramaphosa on economic policy and attended several meetings with government and policy institutions and international bodies. She was appointed to and served on the AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area) Trade and Industrial Advisory Council. She advised on trade, industrialisation, and integration on the African continent. She served on various boards, councils, and panels during 2022, including, for example, the boards of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO); the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as well as sitting on its Research Committee; the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) as well as being a member of its Finance Committee and Academic and International Committee; and the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ). She was appointed by the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology to the Higher Education, Science, and Innovation (HESI) Think Tank. She serves on the Advisory Council for the IDEAs (International Development Economics Associates) network’s Advanced Certificate Programme on Research in Political Economy, the Steering Committee of the Industrial Policy Think Tank (IDTT; and the Rethinking Economics for Africa (REFA) festival steering committee.
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