One of DST's main aims is to develop the innovation capacity to further contribute to socio-economic development. The National System of Innovation (NSI) is currently being reviewed to enhance the country's innovation capacity. The idea is to build a world-class science and technology infrastructure (STI) to extend the frontiers of knowledge, train the next generation of researchers and enable technology development and transfer, thereby positioning South Africa as a strategic international research development and innovation (RDI) partner and making the exchange of knowledge, capacity and resources between South Africa and its regional and international partners possible.