Government Policies

• THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT 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
• The Philippine Government


  Introduced and implemented Programs, Projects, Policies to boost the area of science and technology
• The Philippine Government introduced and implemented programs, projects, and policies 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 ASEAN 2015 goals
• THE NRCP CLUSTERED THE POLICIES

  • Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, International Policies and Governance
  • Physics, Engineering and Industrial Research, Earth and Space Sciences, and Mathematics
  • Medical, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Biological Sciences, Agriculture, Forestry
• NRCP POLICIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES, EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE


  • Integrating ASEAN awareness in basic education without adding to curriculum
  • Emphasizing teaching in the mother tongue
  • Developing school infrastructure and providing for IC broadband
  • Local food security
• NRCP POLICIES IN PHYSICS, ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES, AND MATHEMATICS

  • Emphasizing degrees, licenses and employment opportunities
  • Outright grants for peering monitoring
  • Review of R.A. 9184 - Government Procurement Reform Act
  • Harnessing science and technology as an independent mover of development
• NRCP POLICIES IN MEDICAL, CHEMICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

  • Ensuring compliance of drug-manufacturing firms with ASEAN-harmonized standards by full implementation of the Food and Drug Administration
  • Creating an education council dedicated to standardization of pharmaceutical services and care
  • Empowering food and drug agencies to conduct evidence-based research as pool of information
  • Allocating two percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research
  • Legislating a law supporting human genome projects
• NRCP POLICIES IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY


  • Protecting and conserving biodiversity by full implementation of existing laws
  • Use of biosafety and standard model by ASEAN countries
  • Promoting indigenous knowledge and indigenous people's conservation
  • Formulation of common food and safety standards
• 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 engineering manpower resources needed by the country
  • To produce more researchers in these fields
• Areas and fields that the country is looking forward to embark various research and projects

  • Use of alternative and safe energy
  • Harnessing mineral resources
  • Finding cure for various diseases and illness
  • Climate change and global warming
  • Increasing food production
  • Preservation of natural resources
  • Coping with natural disasters and calamities
  • Infrastructure development
• Development of Science and Technology Policies in the Philippines

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  • Policies
  • Programs
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  • National Goals
  • International Treaty
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Social Needs, Issues, and Problems