A system of framework autonomy for scientific councils.

  • South Africa. Department of National Education. Chief Directorate of Science Planning.
Date:
1988
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Credit: A system of framework autonomy for scientific councils. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - during the investigation there should be consultation with the SCs and the liaison departments. In the light of the above decisions an investigating team, representing the above departments, was constituted with a view to the development of bases and measures for the implementation of a system of framework autonomy. The latter consists mainly of two components, namely parameters for - - staff dispensation levels, and - finance. Next it was decided that as a first pvhase, and with the CfA as convener, attention would be focused exclusively on para- meters relating to staff dispensation levels with the aim of implementing this phase on 1 April 1987. The second phase, relating to financing measures, would begin directly after- wards with the Department of National Education as convener and with 1 April 1988 as the target date for reporting, with a view to implementation from the 1989/90 financial year. During the course of the investigation there was’ sustained consultation with the SCs and departments. In addition to contact on an individual basis, there was also consultation within the Committee of Heads of Departments involved in SCs (CHDISC) and the Forum for Central Government Institutions and Scientific Councils (GOSC). (The heads of the SCs serve on GOSC together with the heads of the liaison departments, the Department of Finance and the Office of the Commission for Administration.) The first phase of the investigation was completed by the beginning of 1987, approved by the Ministers concerned and implemented from 1 April 1987. The investigation into the second phase started in March 1987 and the report was finally