Science and
Technology and
Nation Building
THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENDA
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES
GREAT FILIPINO INVENTORS
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENDA
AIMS TO:
Stronger Research and Development in the regions, not just in
Manila
Strategic Projects
• Renewable Energy
• S&T for industry development
• Faster and cheaper internet
• Increased food production
• Climate Change Adaptation
Government
Policies on
Science and
Technology
THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
Introduced and implemented
• Programs
• Projects
• Policies
to boost the area of science and technology.
• To prepare the whole country and its people to meet the demands of a technologically
driven world and capacitate the people to live in a world driven by science.
• Department of Science and Technology (DOST) sought the expertise of the National
Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
- To consult how the Philippines can prepare itself in meeting the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) goals.
THE NRCP CLUSTERED THE POLICIES
1. Social Sciences, Humanities, 2. Physics, Engineering and Industrial
Education, International Policies Research, Earth and Space
and Governance Sciences, and Mathematics
• Integrating ASEAN awareness in basic • Emphasizing degrees, licenses and
education without adding to curriculum employment opportunities
• Emphasizing teaching in the mother • Outright grants for peering monitoring
tongue
• Review of R.A. 9184 - Government
• Developing school infrastructure and Procurement Reform Act
providing for Integrated Circuit
• Harnessing science and technology as
(IC) broadband.
an independent mover of development
• Local food security
THE NCRP CLUSTERED THE POLICIES
3. Medical, Chemical, and 4. Biological Sciences, Agriculture,
Pharmaceutical Sciences Forestry
• Ensuring compliance of drug- • Protecting and conserving biodiversity
manufacturing firms with ASEAN- by full implementation of existing laws
harmonized standards by full
• Use of biosafety and standard model
implementation of the Food and by ASEAN countries
Drug Administration (FDA)
• Promoting indigenous knowledge and
• Creating an education council indigenous people’s conservation
dedicated to standardization of
pharmaceutical services and care • Formulation of common food and
safety standards
• Empowering food and drug agencies to
conduct evidence-based research as
pool of information
• Allocating two percent of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) to
DOST PROGRAMS SUPPORTED
BY PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
• Providing funds for basic research and patents
related to science and technology.
• Providing scholarships for undergraduate and
graduate studies of student in the field of
science and technology.
• Establishing more branches of the Philippine
Science High School System for training young
Filipinos in the field of science and technology.
• Creating science and technology parks to
encourage academe and industry partnerships.
DOST PROGRAMS SUPPORTED
BY PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
• Balik Scientist Program
• Developing science and technology
parks in academic campuses to
encourage academe and industrial
partnerships.
• The establishment of the National
Science Complex ad National
Engineering Complex within the
University of the Philippines campus in
Diliman.
- To develop more science and technology and
• Establishment of national centers of excellence
• Manpower and institutional development programs,
• Establishment of regional centers to support specific
industries that will lead the country in different
research and development areas
• Establishment of science and technology business
centers to assist, advise, and incubate
technopreneurship ventures
• Strengthen science education at an early stage
through the Philippine Science High School system
1. Use of alternative and safe energy
2. Harnessing mineral resources
Areas and fields that the 3. Finding cure for various diseases and illness
country is looking forward 4. Climate change and global warming
to embark various
research and projects. 5. Increasing food production
6. Preservation of natural resources
7. Coping with natural disasters and calamities
8. Infrastructure development
Development of Science and Technology Policies in the
Philippines
Science and Technology
Policies
Programs
projects
Legal
National Goals
Frameworks
Social Needs,
International
Issues, and
Treaty
Problems