| Argentina |
- Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement signed on 16 May 2006.
- Areas of cooperation initially on the Agreement: Agriculture and livestock, Social and Human Sciences, Information Technology, Mining, Industry and Geology and other areas of interest. Additional areas of interest: Hydrogen Economy, Energy, Resource-based Industry, Polar Research, Astronomy and Space, Fishing and Marine Resources, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Water and Earth observation.
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| Australia |
- S&T Agreement signed on 18 October 2006.
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| Bahamas |
- General Agreement signed on 30 April 2003.
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| Belarus |
- S&T Agreement signed on 22 November 2002.
- Cooperation on areas such as biotechnology, laser technology, minerals and metallurgy and pharmaceuticals.
- Cooperation arrangement between Mintek and Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry (IPOC) in Belarus for the co-operative development of ion exchange fibre (IXF) processes for metallurgical applications.
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| Brazil |
- S&T Agreement signed on 8 November 2003.
- Cooperation on areas such as Agro-processing; Industrial Technology; Biodiversity; Energy and Environmental friendly technology; Information, Communication and Technology (ICT); Material Research; Space Science and Astronomy; and Indigenous Knowledge.
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| Bulgaria |
- Letter of Intent signed on 5 June 1995.
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| Canada |
- No S&T Agreement. There is collaboration amongst South African and Canadian institutions.
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| Chile |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Columbia |
- Negotiating S&T Agreement.
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| Cuba |
- S&T Agreement signed on 29 March 2001.
- Programme of Cooperation (POC) signed in November 2002.
- Cooperation on areas such as Biotechnology and ICT.
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| Croatia |
- General Agreement signed on 18 November 1996.
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| Czech Republic |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| The Kingdom of Denmark |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Finland |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Flanders |
- General Agreement signed on 28 October 1996.
- Cooperation on areas such as Biotechnology, Plant pathology, Environmental Research and Ecology, Statistical Modeling, Biochemistry, Agriculture and Food Production.
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| France |
- General Agreement signed on 4 November 1994.
- Cooperation in areas such as engineering science and advancement of technologies; use of natural resources, Medical Research and Public health, social and Political sciences.
- SA-France-Senegal trilateral cooperation on laser technology from 2005.
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| Germany |
- S&T Agreement signed on 12 June 1996.
- Cooperation on areas such as New Materials and Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Integrated Community Development and Health Programmes, Biotechnology.
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| Greece |
- S&T Agreement signed on 31 October 2006.
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| Hungary |
- S&T Agreement signed on 24 November 1997.
- Cooperation on areas such as Materials Science, Manufacturing Technology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Systems, Sustainable Management of Environmental Issues and of Natural Resources, Exploitation of Natural Resources and Minerals.
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| India |
- S&T Agreement and POC signed on 19 July 1995.
- Cooperation on areas such as Agricultural and Rural Development, Basic Sciences, including Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Astrophysics, Biotechnology, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Energy, including Renewable Energy Resources, Food S&T and Food Processing, Health, Information Science and Software Development, Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Sciences, Micro-electronics and Communications, Mineral.
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| IBSA |
- India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) trilateral agreement signed October 2004.
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| Indonesia |
- MoU signed 22 August 2005.
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| Iran |
- S&T Agreement signed on 31 May 2000.
- POC signed on 2 May 2002.
- Cooperation on areas such as Human Research Development, New Materials, Mining and rock engineering, Satellite projects to develop human resources, Gas-to-liquid conversion and malaria research.
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| Israel |
- Joint Committee of Cooperation Agreement signed on 8 September 1995.
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| Italy |
- S&T Agreement signed on 16 Jan 1998.
- Cooperation on areas such as Material, Physical, Medical and Social Sciences, Industrial Research and Technological innovations, Agricultural Science, Environmental Protection and Ecology.
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| Jamaica |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Japan |
- S&T Agreement signed on 28 August 2003.
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| Latvia |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Malaysia |
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on economic, scientific and cultural cooperation signed on 2 September 2003.
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| Mexico |
- General Agreement signed on 23 September 1998.
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| Kingdom of the Netherlands |
- General Agreement signed on 30 September 1996.
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| New Zealand |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Kingdom of Norway |
- S&T Agreement signed on 29 May 2002.
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| Oman |
- S&T Agreement signed in March 2007.
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| Pakistan |
- S&T Agreement signed on 9 March 1999.
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| Peoples Republic of China |
- S&T Agreement and Programme of Cooperation signed on 16 January 1999.
- Cooperation on areas such as Biotechnology (Agriculture), Social Sciences, Satellite and Space Technology, New Materials and Indigenous Technologies.
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| Peru |
- Institution to institution agreement between the National Zoo of Peru and that of South Africa on the exchange of species.
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| Poland |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Portugal |
- Negotiations on S&T Agreement have been finalised. The agreement is ready to be signed and it is envisaged that it will be signed December 2007.
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| Republic of South Korea |
- S&T Agreement signed on 22 February 2004.
- Cooperation on areas such as Biotechnology, ICT, Nanotechnology, Design, Nuclear Technologies.
- MoU signed on 3 November 2006.
- MoU signed by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and Korea Science & Engineering Foundation (KOSEF).
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| Romania |
- S&T Agreement signed on 15 September 2004.
- DST and Romania to enter into a POC.
- Romania is of importance to SA in the fields of biotechnology, information technology, new materials, micro and nano technology and mathematics.
- POC being negotiated that will be signed during the last quarter of 2007.
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| Russian |
- S&T Agreement signed on 13 June 1995.
- Agreement for the Peaceful Use of Outer Space was signed in September 2006.
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| Saudi Arabia |
- Agreement ready to be signed.
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| Singapore |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Slovakia |
- S&T Agreement signed on 15 May 2006.
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| Slovenia |
- Will sign the S&T Agreement on 29 June 2007 in South Africa.
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| Spain |
- S&T Agreement signed on 12 May 2003.
- Cooperation on areas such as Human Resource Development, Advanced manufacturing, Innovation (projects and grants, mining and energy), Biotechnology, and ICT.
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| Srilanka |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Sweden |
- S&T Agreement signed on 23 November 1999.
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| Switzerland |
- Letter of Intent signed on 5 November 2004.
- MoU signed on 28 June 2005.
- Signing of S&T Agreement in November 2007.
- Cooperation on areas such as life sciences micro technologies and nanotechnologies, material research, manufacturing and production technologies and basic sciences such as physics and chemistry.
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| Taiwan |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Trinidad & Tobago |
- No agreements signed as yet.
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| Turkey |
- S&T Cooperation integrated into the General Agreement signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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| United Kingdom |
- S&T Agreement signed on 27 February 1995.
- Cooperation in areas such as biomedicine, agriculture, biotechnology, environmental protection and the utilization of natural resources.
- Agreement on networking of scientists and the Letter of Intent on foot and mouth diseases and other animal diseases signed on 5 December 2002.
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| Ukraine |
- S&T Agreement signed on 28 November 1998.
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| United States of America |
- S&T Agreement signed on 05 December 1995.
- Special projects or collaboration with US Weather Services, NASA, and on GEO.
- Cooperation on areas such as S&T capacity building, agriculture, environmental issues, health, mathematics and science education and climate variation protection.
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Status of above information as at June 2007.
