{"id":381,"date":"2021-09-30T18:10:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/?page_id=381"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:11:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T12:11:24","slug":"riat-to-liat-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/?page_id=381","title":{"rendered":"LIAT History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"381\" class=\"elementor elementor-381\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79cf80f elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79cf80f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3977ba\" data-id=\"f3977ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa00e56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa00e56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The former EPD team focusing on innovation in rural settings, developed the LIAT toolset aimed at helping local actors take stock of local innovation activities, engage in deeper conversation on how to promote local innovation, and to identify and implement innovative initiatives that have potential to yield far reaching and lasting development impact. The broad applicability of the tools to areas that are not rural and their role in advancing (beyond assessing) innovation in specific localities triggered the need for the change of name from RIAT to LIAT.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Since then, LIAT has been continuously evolving to fit various local contexts and policy development needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-297937ee elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"297937ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bfac17a\" data-id=\"3bfac17a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fe48be7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fe48be7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45a63a6a\" data-id=\"45a63a6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e047957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e047957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/04_02.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-586\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d8f3575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d8f3575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"ui-provider cbj cbk c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t cbl cbm w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">RIAT Concept Paper Series<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5bda77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c5bda77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1_Skills-Development-in-Rural-Areas-A-Brief-Review-of-Evidence_2012.pdf\">Skills Development in Rural Areas<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2_Concepts-in-Innovation-Studies-Towards-Working-Definitions_2012.pdf\">Concepts in Innovation Studies<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3_Review-of-South-African-Innovation-Policy-and-Strategy-1994-2012-Innovation-for-Rural-Development_2012.pdf\">Review of South African Innovation Policy and Strategy 1994-2012<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/6_Innovation-Methods-Indicator-Development_2012.pdf\">Innovation Methods &#8211; Indicator Development_2012<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/9_RIAT-Community-of-Practice_2018.pdf\">RIAT Community of Practice_2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former EPD team focusing on innovation in rural settings, developed the LIAT toolset aimed at helping local actors take stock of local innovation activities,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1898,"href":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/381\/revisions\/1898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liat.hsrc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}