The Philippines can look forward to a better normal post-pandemic situation if science & technology is developed in the regions of the archipelago, according to the country's second-highest official and S&T chief.
Published June 10, 2021, 8:08 PM
Hoping to spark the interest of applicant-Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to start their own ventures, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) conducted a series of pitching sessions showcasing its locally-developed technologies.
‘TeknoLokal para Makabagong Bayani’ aims to encourage OFWs to adopt DOST-developed technologies which will be funded under the Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH) Program. (Photo from DOST)
DOST on Thursday, June 10, said that its Regional Office I (DOST-I) spearheaded a three-day virtual technology pitching session of locally-developed technologies from the DOST-Planning Sectoral Councils and Research and Development Institutes (RDIs) that was held recently via the virtual platform Microsoft Teams.
Published June 9, 2021, 9:07 PM
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has formally announced on Wednesday, June 9, the inclusion of the Research and Development Leadership (RDLead) Program in its innovation landscape map.
The DOST Innovation Landscape Map shows the reach of the 4 component programs of the Science for Change Program (S4CP): NICER, CRADLE, BIST, and RDLEAD. (Photo from DOST)
The RDLead Program is one of the four sub-programs under the Science for Change Program (S4CP).
The DOST Innovation Landscape Map, on the other hand, was developed to showcase the reach of the various projects and programs of the DOST and its attached agencies.
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families can take advantage of the Department of Science and Technology- Regional Office 1’s virtual learning sessions on its Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH) program, which will be conducted starting next month.
MANILA, May 3 Aiming to upskill science researchers on publishing their work, the Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development and global scientific publication aggregator Elsevier trained 4,000 scientists and engineers from 26 countries on using the scientific search engine.
Entitled “Best Practices in Writing and Publishing Your Research Paper,” the webinar is a first of a series of workshops lined up for the renewed partnership between the DOST council and Elsevier in boosting the capabilities of the country’s science and technology (S&T) community.
The event was facilitated by Johan Jang, customer consultant of Elsevier Southeast Asia.