College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2023 60 CENLED doctoral training academy in partnership with the University of Glasgow (U21 partner) and the University of Zululand In this project, only permanent university staff members were recruited in the following research fields: local development; entrepreneurship; SDGs 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 PhD candidates, to ensure that supervisory capacity is developed. WAY FORWARD The fourth scholarly book in the CENLED scholarly book series was approved for 2024. Ref. No.: BK527: Working title: Establishing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems through Local Economic Development. The Department of Cooperative Governance is in the process to enter into a five-year collaboration agreement with CENLED to execute capacity building initiatives to strengthen Local Economic Development (LED) implementation in South Africa. production to promote local economic development employment in the Limpopo Province’. Bianca Jordan: ‘Rethinking Local Economic Development for Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Renosterberg Local Municipality, South Africa’. Fezeka V. Mdekazi: ‘Job stability evidence from formal and informal family businesses in Mulbarton’. PROJECTS AND INNOVATION 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.
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