Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Peña
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DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña said both parties made such commitment during the first Philippines-France Joint Committee Meeting held on Feb. 5.
“The meeting discussed updates on existing initiatives and identified priorities and specifics for future collaborations, guided by the signed Program of Cooperation,” he said in his weekly report.
He noted that DOST Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara and her co-Chair, MESRI Dr. Denis Despréaux, “led the Committee to agree on the way forward” for the continued implementation of the Hubert Curien Partnership-Science for the People Researchers Mobility Program and the DOST-PhilFrance Scholarship Program.