The 2030 Agenda positioned Science, Technology and Innovation as crucial means for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper explores how a localised South-African policy experiment named the “Living Catchments Project” (LC Project) contributes towards the SDGs. This project is part of a portfolio of experiments to trigger innovation for transformative change in South … from The Role of Transformative Innovation for SDGs Localisation. Insights from the South-African “Living Catchments Project”
This experiment, initiated by TIPC member innovation agency – the South Africa Department for Science & Innovation, integrated TIP theory into an existing project to develop its Transformative Theory of Change (TToC) to take the project towards transformative outcomes. This case study gives an overview of the context. partners and approach. … from TIP Experiment for Ecological Water Security & Provision in South Africa
This tool was developed for the ‘Living Catchments’ experimental policy engagement, to facilitate the definition of indicators and support reflection on the transformative potential of the project’s theory of change. Practitioners from the South African National Biodiversity Institute and TIPC researchers worked together over several months to add a transformative layer to the project. They … from Definition of indicators to monitor evaluation of transformative outcomes: A proposal
This report provides the process and analysis involved in the TIP Experimental Policy engagement in TIPC member country, South Africa. … from Concluding Report: TIP Experimental Policy Engagements Living Catchments Project, South Africa
These slides provide a snapshot of the process of implementing the Living Catchments experiment, addressing the context, actions, aim, stakeholders and set up, reflections and perspectives of practitioners. It illustrates the importance of an experimental mindset to managing an experiment – one that takes interventions as provisional – and how the experience helped the team … from Implementing the Living Catchments experiment
This resource gives a detailed snapshot of the South Africa project chosen as a TIP Experimental Policy Engagement. … from The Living Catchments Project: Information sheet
This illustrative poster shows the overview activities and partners involved in the South Afric TIP Experimental Policy Engagement – the Water and Sanction Living Catchments Project. … from Illustration: Ecological infrastructure and Water Living Catchments Project
This blog/news piece gives a topline introduction to the South African TIP experiment involving the country’s Water Research Council and the SANBI, the South Africa National Biodiversity Institute. The project was identified and selected by TIPC member, the South Africa Department for Science & Technology to integrate the TIP methodology into this Living Catchments Water … from Introduction to the TIP EPE: Ecological water and sanitation experiment in South Africa
Video on the process of building a Theory of Change for the Living catchments project, explaining the main change pathways and transformative outcomes, presented by the South Africa Water Research Council’s Shanna Nienbar and TIPC’s South Africa Experimental Policy Engagement lead practitioner. … from South Africa Water Research Council (WRC) & National Institute of Biodiversity (SANBI) Living Catchements Project
