Group 2
Group 2
POLICIES ON
SCIENCE AND
TEC H N O LO GY
GOAL
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.
2015, in response to the ASEAN 2015
Agenda, the government, particularly the
Department of Science and Technology
(DOST), has sought the expertise of the
National Research Council of the Philippines
(NCRP) to consult various sections in the
society to study how the Philippines can
prepare itself in meeting the ASEAN 2015
Goals. As a result of the consultation, the
NCRP is expected to recommend policies
and programs that will improve the
competitiveness of the Philippines in the
ASEAN Region.
FOUR NCRP POLICIES
• Social Science Humanities, Education, International Policies
and Governance
• Physics, Engineering and Industrial Research, Earth and Space
Sciences, and mathematics
• Medical, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Biology Sciences, Agriculture, and Forestry
SOCIAL SCIENCE HUMANITIES, EDUCATION,
INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND
GOVERNANCE
• Integrating ASEAN awareness in basic education
without adding to the curriculum
• Emphasizing teaching in the mother tongue
• Developing school infrastructure and providing for ICT
broadband
• Local security
PHYSICS, ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL
RESEARCH, EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES,
AND MATHEMATICS
• Emphasizing degrees, license, and employment
opportunities
• Outright grants for peer monitoring
• Review of R.A. 9184
• Harnessing science and technology as an
independent mover of development
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 care
• Empowering food and drug agencies to conduct evidence-based research as pool of
information.
• Allocating two percent of the GDP to research
• Legislating a law supporting human genome projects
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,
AGRICULTURE, AND FORESTRY
• Protecting and conserving biodiversity by full implementation of existing laws
• Use of biosafety and standard model by ASEAN countries
• Promoting indigenous knowledge systems and indigenous people’s conservation
• Formulation of common food and safety standards
PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY THE
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
THROUGH DOST.
• Providing funds for basic research and patents related to science and
technology. The government funds basic and applied researches.
Funding of these research and projects are also from the Overseas
Development Aid (ODA) from different countries.
International Treaty
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• Policies
• Programs
• Projects
Legal Frameworks