CIP
Offers research teams and institutions for CIP in built environment, manufacturing, and energy systems.
The Critical Infrastructure Programme (CIP), administered by South Africa's Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), provides cost-sharing grants for infrastructure projects that are deemed critical to attracting or retaining industrial investment — meaning the investment would not occur, or would not operate optimally, without the public co-funding. CIP targets roads, utilities, …
Infrastructure critical for attracting or retaining industrial investment — roads, utilities, stormwater, power, water on or near industrial sites.
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