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The COFISA website will be unavailable from 1 August 2010. To access our presentations/documentation please visit www.dst.gov.za/links/cofisa Dear Stakeholders This serves to formally notify you that as per the Agreement between the South African Department of Science and Technology and the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, COFISA will officially come to an end on 26 February 2010. Over the next few months COFISA's focus will be on wrapping up of the Programme's activities, finalising all outstanding payments, closing of contracts, and consolidation of various project documents including programme outputs into closure reports for the relevant authorities. Please note that there will be no further financial commitments from either the South African Department of Science and Technology or the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to any of the projects initiated or supported during COFISA. We thank you for all your cooperation since 2006 and wish you and your team the best in all your endeavors. Kind regards Nirvashnee Seetal, SA National Coordinator: COFISA Issued: 17 September 2009

COFISA newsletter Read the October 2009 issue of the COFISA Online Update In the news Open Innovation YouTube, 16 October 2009 The Future Of Innovation ... A Key To Development by Dr Neville R Comins, June 2009 Maaseutu ja kurjuus eivät kuulu yhteen Loimaan Lehti, 28 August 2009 New documents/presentations for download Science Park Potentials Assessment COFISA Provincial Biotechnology Foresight Summary Report BioSA Workshop: Intellectual Property Rights and the implications for SMMEs in the Biotech sector Final Report: Mapping triple helix innovation networks in the Western Cape Final Report: Regional Economic Impact Assessment of Eastern Cape Universities View all documents and presentations

The South African Network for Innovation (SAINe) is a COFISA initiative BioSA appointment and endorsement The Innovation Hub in partnership with COFISA (Co-operation Framework on Innovation Systems COFISA has announced its endorsement of the mandate and activities of BioSA (Biotechnology and Life Science Industry Organisation of Southern Africa) towards representing the interests of SMEs in the Southern African life science sector. Finnish Funding Opportunities A number of Finnish funding opportunities are available. Find out more!