Consultation-Workshop On A Competitive Philippines in ASEAN 2015 and Webinar On ASEAN Community 2015

CONSULTATION/WORKSHOP ONACOMPETITIVE PHILIPPINESINASEAN2015
Department of Science and Technology
National Research Council of the Philippines General Santos Avenue, Bicutan, Taguig City
December 2011
Contents
FOREWORD PHASE I: CONSULTATION/WORKSHOP FOR ASEAN 2015 One Vision, One Identity, One Community National Consultation Cluster I Cluster II Cluster III Cluster IV 16 17 19 22 2 1
Regional Consultation NRCP-Visayas Regional Cluster ASEAN Competitiveness Consultation Output 23
NRCP-Visayas Cluster Inputs on Identified Philippines Flagship Programme for the ASEAN 2015 Climate Change Bio-Fuels Functional Food Disaster Mitigation Health Open Source System Environment 24 26 26 27 28 30 30 30
NRCP-Visayas Cluster General Comments
NRCP-Mindanao Regional Cluster ASEAN Competitiveness Consultation Output 33
NRCP-Mindanao Cluster Inputs on Identified Philippines Flagship Programme for the ASEAN 2015 Climate Change Bio-Fuel Functional Food Disaster Mitigation Health Open Source System 36 38 38 39 39 41 42
NRCP-Mindanao General Comments
PHASE II: WEBINAR ON ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015

PROGRAMME WELCOME REMARKS Dr. Alvin B. Culaba NRCP President 44 47
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Engr. Mario G. Montejo Secretary, Department of Science and Technology SESSIONS (WEBINAR) 1. Promotion of Science and Health Education and Public Awareness on Science Policy Prof. Bruce HJ McKellar ICSU-ROAP Chair, Australia 2. The Move towards Green Growth in South Korea: Scientific, Technological and Economic Considerations Dr. Hong Kum Lee President, Korea Polar Research Inst. (KOPRI) 3. Health and Well-being in the Changing Urban Environment: A Systems Approach to an Integrated Understanding Prof. Soottiporn Chittmittrapap Secretary General National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) 4. ASEAN Community 2015 Dr. Graciano P. Yumul, Jr. Undersecretary for R & D Department of Science and Technology
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SYNTHESIS OF THE WEBINAR 2015
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Foreword
During the 9th ASEAN Summit in 2003, ASEAN leaders resolved to establish the ASEAN Community. In 2007, at the 12th ASEAN Summit, the Heads of States affirmed their strong commitment to establish the ASEAN Community by 2015. The ASEAN Community has three pillars: ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community, and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community forming the roadmap for ASEAN Community 2015. Its target is the creation of a single regional economic market known as the ASEAN Economic Community. In 2009, the 10-member ASEAN signed the Roadmap for an ASEAN Community to 2015, leaving the member-countries with only six-year preparation period from 20092015 to achieve the goal One Vision, One Identity, One Community to enable it to become a single market and production base, a highly competitive economic region, a region of equitable economic development, and a region fully integrated into the global economy.
Along this line, the Government has mandated the Department of Science and Technology to work on the policy framework for Philippine competitiveness that draws mainly on current internal strengths, resources, and possible corrective strategies. In turn, the DOST assigned the National Research Council of the Philippines to implement the mandate because of its acknowledged core competence in research, backed by a national multidisciplinary membership. The consultation workshop was done mainly to draw expert opinions, comments, suggestions, and recommendations; and to distill patterns of awareness, disparities, and consensus on the countrys level of readiness four years away from ASEAN 2015.
The phase I of this Report is the output of the said national consultation workshop dubbed as A Competitive Philippines in ASEAN 2015. This Document was submitted to the DOST Secretary during
th the NRCP 78 General Membership Assembly in March 2011.
If and how was this adopted and mainstreamed since then, in the national and sectoral policies and programs of the Philippine government, was pronounced during the Webinar on ASEAN Community 2015 an event that coincided with the 12th Regional Committee Meeting of the International Council for Science in Asia and the Pacific hosted by the DOST-NRCP on 11-12 November 2011 in Cebu City with 4 sites: Taguig (NRCP), Cebu(Marriott Hotel), Tacloban (UP) and Bukidnon (CMU) participated in the panel discussions via web-video conference.
Thus, this Report covers the results of two major activities, namely, the consultation/workshop for ASEAN 2015 and the Webinar on ASEAN 2015 with the hope that this document will be a useful reference for policy review and formulation, especially in the area of science and technology, competitive strength of the Philippines and ASEAN in the arena of globalized economy. to enhance the
PHASE I: National and Regional Consultation/Workshop on a Competitive Philippines in ASEAN 2015

One Vision, One Identity, One Community The National Research Council of the Philippines Department of Science and Technology 23 February 2011
I. Introduction
Recent world events appear to confirm a pattern of geopolitical and socioeconomic integration that began decades earlier. The 27-member European Union was the first to realize starting November 1993, what many previously thought was nearly unworkable. But a confluence of many significant events like ageing population, tepid economies, migration, intensifying internal and external trade competition, shifting security relationships, and rising political belligerence around Europe among others apparently
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accelerated the intricate geopolitical and socioeconomic cooperation process.
Across the Atlantic, the US is gripped with immense domestic and international issues that appear to shed its once invincible image as the Rome of the modern world. The US had most of the worlds compassion in the aftermath of 9/11. But how it reacted to a biblical-sized episode appear to have disrupted further its global influence. Saddled by two costly and unpopular military campaigns, massive debts, and a frantic economic recovery effort, the US appears to look more inward and north and south of its borders to consolidate and recuperate from a series of domestic and international setbacks. But along with Canada and Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement fully integrated in January 2008 is a gigantic trading block. It is the world's largest free trade area, which now links 444 million people producing $17 trillion worth of goods and services.
In South America, Brazil is taking a more aggressive role in its neighborhood. Buoyed by surging agriculture, mining, manufacturing and services sectors, neighbors look up to Brazil as its voice to the world. Already, 60 Minutes featured it as The Worlds Next Economic Superpower. It is frequently mentioned in the same sentence with emerging economic powerhouses such as India, China, and South Africathe so-called BRICS countries. Cultural affinities make Brazil a natural pick as the leader for the other mainly oil-fueled economies of Latin America.
Phase I: Output of the National and Regional Consultation/Workshop on A Competitive Philippines for ASEAN 2015 was consolidated by Ms. Cecilia J. Baquireza, Supervising Science Research Specialist under the supervision of Dr. Napoleon P. Hernandez former NRCP-Executive Director.
In Asia, China is the unquestionable front-page story for years to come. In 2010, it has overtaken Japan as the worlds second largest economy valued at $5.87 trillion compared to Japan's $5.47 trillion. Yet with its outsized population of 1.3 billion-a fifth of the worlds population, it has room large enough to expand even domestically. Chinas unrivalled average quarterly GDP growth, crisis or no crisis, from 1989 until 2010, stood at a blistering 9.31. It is the undisputed envy of the world.
While Japan slightly faded into the rear view mirror, India emerges as another economic rising star. Since reforms were implemented in the early 1990s, it went through accelerated growth, which averaged more than 7% annually since 1997. India's diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of services. Slightly more than half of the work force is in agriculture. But services are the major source of economic growth, accounting for more than half of India's output with only one-third of its labor force. India has capitalized on its large educated English-speaking population to become a major exporter of information technology services and software workers.
rd Japan will remain a major economy. It has long ago shifted to development of 3 wave technologies.
Already, it is talking of the future of cars todaysuch as building a network of refueling stations for longer-distance driving electric and/or hydrogen-powered vehicles. Many of its labor-intensive production systems are located in low-wage countries with labor surpluses.
Meanwhile, South Korea appears a downsized version of Japan. Its a leader in shipbuilding and consumer electronics. But it is also a step ahead in advanced technologies like biotechnology, materials science, communications, etc. South Korea along with Taiwan and Hong Kong comprise the Tiger Economies, which are by themselves major trading economies.
All these trading economies apparently derive their strengths from size, alliances, and technological competitiveness. Not one economy or country stands out to possess everything. What one lacks [natural resources], it compensates in another sphere [alliances/technological superiority]. And vice versa.
Where do all these leave the Philippines and its ASEAN neighbors?
First, the Philippines along with six other ASEAN members are also members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Established in 1989, APEC is a 21-member association of economies from the Asia-Pacific region that aims to advance regional economic integration and prosperity. This means mainly reduction of tariffs and trade barriers.
Second, ASEAN+3 adds another stratum to the Philippines and ASEANs socio-economic concerns. While there are enormous opportunities that the proposed gigantic regional block present, it can potentially dilute further the countrys focus, resources, and whatever residual comparative advantages it enjoys vis--vis its neighbors and potential partner-competitors. Meanwhile, less than three years since the Great Recession kicked off beginning in the US, the world is now on a two-speed growth path. Developed countries in Western Europe, North America, and Japan are on a slow 1-4% GDP growth trajectory, while the high flying BRIC countries are rolling on a fast 8-12% GDP growth range. The Tiger Economies feed on such two-speed world, taking advantage of market opportunities through agile strategies to grab and increase market shares.
Global experts tentatively call this post-global recession order the new normal. But what is also clearer now is the sharpening delineation of the alliances that the Philippines and ASEAN must seriously consider leading to ASEAN 2015. Apparently, the two-speed world demands a two-speed strategy at the minimum.
In a sense, it is imperative that the Philippines take along view of the history-shaping alliances that it must deal with without losing full consciousness of the strategic importance of consolidating its internal bearings. This consolidation process must be guided by broad and fast-shifting regional and global relationships. Thats because by latching on to every important acronym outside our terrestrial borders, every basic system of economic production in the most remote spots of the archipelago will sooner or later have to compete with the dominant regional and global production forces. So, think global, act local will stay on as a fashionable clich while internal consolidation is incomplete.
In this way, it can sit with confidence in any negotiating table, which there will be many, with profound knowledge of what to give and what to take at the very least. Thats because in that same table, the economically strong will try to speak louder, explicate longer, andwhen they feel necessary for drama whip out ancient wisdom on the value of cooperation.
In all these exercises, it is important to be reminded of what Claro M. Recto once said: In international relations, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
When stripped of all the diplomatic niceties, what ASEAN and the other trading blocks represent is the permanent interests of economic security, if not dominance.
II. Significance of consultation workshop
In 2009, the 10-member ASEAN signed the Roadmap for an ASEAN Community to 2015. This means each member-country has had a six-year preparation period from 20092015. Under the Roadmap, ASEAN agreed that by 2015, it shall have achieved One Vision, One Identity, One Community, which will allow it to compete as a block against the rest of the world.
The consultation workshop was done mainly to draw expert opinions, comments, suggestions, and recommendations; and to distill patterns of awareness, disparities, and consensus on the countrys level of readiness four years away from ASEAN 2015. In a sense, the workshop was a tool to achieve consensus among and across stakeholders. Consensus, after all, is the gold standard in achieving an integrated position on broad or sometimes divisive national and international issues.
The government believes that basic research and R&D are critical elements in accelerating national development that disperses opportunities to the greatest number of people in terms of knowledge, employment, and socioeconomic advancement.
Along this line, the government has mandated the Department of Science and Technology to work on the policy framework for Philippine competitiveness that draws mainly on current internal strengths, resources, and possible corrective strategies.
In turn, DOST has assigned the National Research Council of the Philippines to implement the mandate because of its acknowledged core competence in research, backed by a national multidisciplinary membership.
III. Is the Philippines ready for the ASEAN 2015 Vision? To determine the Philippines readiness for ASEAN integration, the NRCP has implemented a national consultation across disciplines and sectors in Luzon [Dec 2010], and Visayas and Mindanao [January 2011]. The 336 participants in the consultation are also spread in Luzon [225], Visayas [67], and Mindanao [44].
To achieve focus, NRCPs 13 divisions were classified into four clusters such as: 1. Cluster I a. Division I [Governmental, Educational, and International Policies] b. Division VIII [Social Sciences] c. Division XI [Humanities]
2. Cluster II a. Division II [Mathematical Sciences] b. Division VII [Engineering and Industrial Research] c. Division IX [Physics]
d. Division XII [Earth and Space Sciences] 3. Cluster III a. Division III [Medical Sciences] b. Division IV [Pharmaceutical Sciences] c. Division X [Chemical Sciences]
4. Cluster IV a. Division V [Biological Sciences] b. Division XIII [Veterinary Medicine] c. Division VI [Agriculture and Forestry]
Their participations were deemed critical to determine the variables that need attention, focus, and corrective action to achieve readiness for the Philippines to its imminent integration to ASEAN Community. These variables are political-security, economic, and socio-cultural aspects.
I. Output of Consultations
Cluster I Area: Human Resource Socio-Cultural Capital for Building Filipino and ASEAN Identity Goals To build socio-cultural capital by linking culture to national development Recommended Action Harness indigenous knowledge system and practices, and promote Filipino cultural strengths for ASEAN cooperation and participation Completion of information regarding cultural or social profiles of Filipinos at the regional and provincial levels Policy Recommendations The Philippines should integrate ASEAN awareness in basic education without expanding the curriculum. It should also emphasize the mother tongue as the language of teaching Inclusion of peace, development, and gender equity in education Issue/s for Resolution The use of mother tongue as the language of teaching might not be a good policy since domestic tongues cannot be used in communicating with other peoples in ASEAN and the global community 6
Area: Human Resource Development and Advancing Education Goals To promote and prioritize education, and develop human resources for S&T Recommended Actions Ensure sufficient resources for education, and improve the quality of education and training in science and engineering Improve the capability of colleges and universities to offer graduate programs especially in science and engineering Increase the number of S&T professionals Improve the quality of S&T feeders and graduates Encourage foreign-based experts to come home Provide concrete incentives for researchers including the unloading of teaching work Policy Recommendations The Philippines should de-clog the curriculum and adopt creative learning approaches to actualize functional literacy, and enhance public-private partnership and cooperation in education Investments in S&T HRD should continue, and in relation to population growth The voucher system for public school students in private schools should be reevaluated Alternative models for recruitment and training of teachers especially at the secondary level should be explored It should continue to develop school infrastructure including broadband connectivity Issues for Resolution Inconsistency in policy implementation on the use of mother tongue as language of teaching at the primary level The curriculum has too many subjectssome might not be relevant. Only the essential subjects should be retained Reduction of class sizes Proliferation of substandard state universities and colleges created by legislation Inequitable allocation of funds continues in spite the excellent programs in SUCs located in regions outside the NCR. In fact, 50% of funds allocated to the UP system is equivalent to the combined budget of more than 120 SUCs nationwide
Area: Developing Economic Competitiveness Goals To encourage bilateral and multilateral trade cooperation agreements with as many countries as possible [North-South, South-South] To implement trade promotions and assistance Recommended Actions Implement information dissemination regarding products, trade volume requirements, and quality control systems Achieve consistency from goals to policy implementation Policy Recommendations The Philippines should plan and implement programs to achieve food security It should provide a comprehensive package of mechanisms to raise economic productivity It should develop a system of protection for the health of women involved in international trade Cluster II There are 4 Key Issues that the cluster has identified, such as: 1. Urban Flooding Urban flooding is invariably a result of improper land use zoning that leads to residential and commercial developments in flood-prone areas. This faulty approach in turn often results to drainage problem like clogging or overfilling. Policy Recommendations A study should be carried out on flood patterns that consider future changes in land use due to urbanization, river basin flow and sedimentation, and climate change-induced extreme events and weather fluctuations. Results of such study should guide the implementation of land use planning and flood plain zoning. This will preclude the development of residential and commercial centers in flood-prone areas, and the construction of infrastructure in river flooded plains. Real time rainfall prediction and flood forecasting system should be put in operation to provide early warning system and reference for evacuation procedures. 2. Energy The cluster identified biofuels as domestic alternative/renewable energy source. But there is a concern that it will compete with food production from a shrinking land and water resources. Land conversion following capacity expansion also generates substantial carbon footprint.
But the cluster also backs an expansion of current researches to cover malunggay and other crops as potential biofuels sources and carbon sinks Meanwhile, in many countries where biofuel production is directly or indirectly subsidized, production targets exceed their resource base. This has resulted to rising trade between surplus producers and net consumers.
On the other hand, the quest for the Holy Grail of biofuels should be done in parallel with R&D on other alternative and renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and tidal among others. Across these efforts, production efficiency and cost should be a key consideration.
Key Research Needs The cluster categorized key research needs to enhance the production and use of biofuels in the country. [1] Basic research should be undertaken on new biofuel crops and feedstocks, novel conversion techniques, process intensification, other biofuels like DME and biobutanol, biorefinery design, and system engineering and policy studies. [2] On the other hand, applied research should be carried out including incremental improvements in first generation biofuel technologies and on crop yields, proto-biorefinery demonstration, and on opportunities for maximum use of biofuels byproducts. 3. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation The cluster cited renewable energy sources as climate change mitigation option. Meanwhile adaptation to climate change includes forecasting of future climate patterns, vulnerability assessments, and access to adaptation funds. 4. Data Mining for Environment Management There is a problem on data accessibility and cooperative frameworks. This can be solved through next generation computing infrastructure thats capable to provide intensive computation and analysis of shared large-scale databases among and across the scientific communities in the country.
Recommended Actions The Philippines should do benchmarking against ASEAN members Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to obtain critical data and determine outstanding issues and best practices in the region where the country may need to improve its competence. Benchmarking results may lead to policy shifts. Establish satellite database centers in Visayas and Mindanao Effective policy information dissemination and implementation
Key Issues + Main Objectives
To achieve parity with the regions best, there are key issues that might need to be harmonized with the main objectives such as: Increasing the number of graduate degree holders [manpower] Increasing R&D investments [money/funds] Changing method/processes to be responsive to S&T needs [methods/processes] Creating incentives to spur innovations, publications in ISI covered scientific journals, and integration of publication cost in research grants Requiring public funded researches to apply for patents to generate intellectual property portfolio [materials] Improving resilience to natural disasters through quick and timely response [machines/technology] Policy Recommendations The Philippines should emphasize MRA on degrees and licenses to facilitate cross border employment Peer monitoring mechanism should be integrated in outright grants Development of alternative energy generation as cottage industries A review of RA 9184 should be considered to enhance its substantive and specific purposes, effectiveness, and relevance in the light of new developments and expanding environment Development of stronger collaboration mechanisms with LGUs on disaster maps, vulnerability maps, etc.
Cluster III Area: Human Resource Development Goals To strengthen assistance for education and training to increase the ratio of S&T personnel to the general population To create incentives that would encourage innovations and scientific publications in ISI and Scopus covered journals To establish career paths in R&D Policy Recommendations Allocation of 2% of GDP for S&T/R&D Inclusion of research publications in other NRCP clusters DOST should lead the publications of peer-reviewed journals Full implementation of the provisions of the Magna Carta for S&T Personnel in Government 10
Area: Linkages and Networks Goals To develop linkages and to encourage multidisciplinary approach To promote multidisciplinary networking Area: Standards and Conformance of All Types of Testing Laboratories Goals To enhance technical infrastructure through international accreditation of additional domestic testing laboratories and certification bodies Recommended Actions Identify the capabilities of testing laboratories Develop a database of laboratories that are compliant to ISO 17025 and help other laboratories to gain accreditation Accreditation of services Maintain a database of technical analysts in cooperation with the Professional Regulation Commission Policy Recommendations Promulgate [or create?] a National Quality Law that integrates/harmonizes accreditation, certification, standards, metrology, and testing systems Harmonize the mandates and functions of government regulatory agencies like DOH, DA, DENR, BPS, FDA, EMB, NMIS, BPI, etc. Link Food and Drug Administration with companies selling health products with No Therapeutic Claims for strict regulation Formulate mutual recognition agreements private laboratories to complement government test and analysis
Area: Linkages and Networks Goals To create a hub of expertise and encourage multidisciplinary approach in working on the following: o Key problem areas such as disaster mitigation and preparedness, food security, biodiversity conservation, adaptation to climate change, health o Key development areas such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; nanotechnology, chemical/biochemical synthesis
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Policy Recommendation Create a law that would prescribe the tools, methods, and resources to resolve the key problems and promote the development areas Area: Access to Efficient Health Care Goal To improve access to efficient health care Policy Recommendation Development and training of health professionals with multidisciplinary orientation to facilitate access to health information and education, reproductive health, alternative medicine, nutrition, communicable diseases, and poverty and lifestyle diseases. Implement the Philippine Human Genome project to determine the unique genetic profile of Filipinos for better understanding and management of diseases, and development of more efficient diagnostic systems and drugs Area: Access to Quality and Affordable Pharmaceutical Products Goals To improve access to quality and affordable pharmaceutical products To enhance the role of clinical pharmacists in health care Recommended Actions Comply with harmonized ASEAN standards on generic pharmaceutical products, traditional medicine, and health supplements Policy Recommendation The Philippines should fully implement rules and programs on CGMP, GLP, GCP, etc Implement R&D on Halal to expand from food to pharmaceuticals and other products; integrate Halal in curriculum as major, elective or cognate subjects Cluster IV The cluster has identified four priority areas with specific champions or responsible line agencies, such as: 1. Environment [Champion: Department of Environment and Natural Resources] Goals To evaluate and harmonize existing national and international laws and regulations To be compliant to ECC rules and monitor the implementation of such rules To protect and conserve biodiversity General: To identify and secure fund support to operationalize the programs To institute a fast track mechanism in providing funds for basic researches General: To have access to and strengthen linkages and networks with identified groups and agencies
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To establish a mechanism for ASEAN member-countries to generate and pool resources that can be used for environment restoration and rehabilitation, and for sustainable use of natural resources To harness indigenous knowledge systems and practices on biodiversity conservation Current Status There is no systematic monitoring of compliance to national and international laws and regulations There is inconsistent and unclear measurement of carbon credits and green index for institutions There are inconsistencies and rampant non-compliance to ECC and related laws and regulations; ECC can be obtained even for illegal operations There is insufficient mechanism on funding and access to resources Constraints Acquisition of appropriate equipment and materials for research is difficult, circuitous, and slow, etc. There is evident lack of funds, and coordination and harmonization within and among concerned agencies. Contradicting political objectives or pressures muddle the situation further. There is a strong pro-environment advocacy model like ban on use of plastics in Los Baos, Laguna, and the cities of Mandaluyong and Muntinlupa in Metro Manila
Action Plan and Timetable The cluster will focus on organizational meetings during the first year [Y1] leading to ASEAN 2015 to execute benchmarking, review, and harmonization activities. These will be followed by simulation [Y2], finalization [Y3], validation [Y4], and refinement [Y5].
Support and Assistance Requirements The two keys that the cluster identified for a litter-free road to ASEAN 2015 are 1] funding resources, and 2] strict implementation and monitoring of environment laws and regulations
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2. Biotechnology [Champions: Department of Science and Technology, Department of Agriculture] Goals General: To implement and harmonize existing laws on biotechnology Adoption and use of ASEAN member-countries of Philippine biosafety standards/model Current Status There are existing biotechnology related laws in the country, such as: Executive Order No. 430 [Laboratory Experiments] Administrative Order No. 8 [Field Testing, and Utilization of Biotechnology DerivedProducts] Executive Order No. 514 [National Biosafety Framework of the Philippines] Biosafety standard in the Philippines imposes the monitoring of biotechnology activities through the IBC, NCBP, and DA-BPI It is difficult to implement biotechnology initiatives in the country due to many policies There is a depletion of biotechnology experts in the country Policy Recommendation The government should upgrade biotechnology programs and laboratories without biases for related laboratories in University of the Philippines system
3. Food Safety [Champions: Department of Agriculture, Department of Health] Goals The Philippine government should formulate a common Food Safety Standard General: To institute or revive proper coordination among concerned agencies on food safety To ensure compliance to ASEAN food safety standards To adopt locally developed technologies To establish maximum residue limit and withdrawal period for drugs To raise public awareness through IEC Current Status There is a draft Senate Bill on Food Safety authored by Sen. Loren Legarda There is RA 10068 [Organic Agriculture Law] There are available local diagnostic technologies There are product standards in place
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Policy Recommendation The Philippines should create a law on labeling of food products [Note: DOST-ITDIs R&D Packaging Center has expertise on labeling of food products] The Philippines should review/adopt the findings of the joint FAO-WHO Committee on Food Additives along with those on HACCP, Halal, etc.
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Professional Services [Champions: Commission on Higher Education, Professional
Regulation Commission] Goals To harmonize teaching curricula for allied professions To establish MRA that involves educational institutions on professional education To establish MRA that involves professional organizations and employers To harmonize professional licensure examinations Current Status There are distinct curricula for environmentalists, foresters, agriculturists, biologists, food technologists, veterinarians, and allied professionals Lack of two [2] years of pre-college education makes Filipino college graduates unacceptable/unrecognized based on ASEAN standards Additional 2 years of basic education is objectionable
Observations Generally, there is awareness on basic issues that the country [government] must sort, distill, work on to improve, and decide to follow to be on a position of strength leading to ASEAN 2015. Notably, there is an emergent consensus across the disciplines and clusters on the imperative of harmonizing laws, policies, resources; decentralization of resources, consistency in the implementation of laws, rules, and standards; and the enduring value of human resource development particularly on education and training.
Overall, there are three main concerns that seep from the consultations, such as: Continuing human resource development Enhanced policy design, development, and implementation Forward looking budget allocation
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There is a huge amount of work ahead to translate all the issues into effective and productive programs. And there are at least three paths to choose: Legislation [Congress] Executive/Administrative Orders Department level programs/initiatives
Each path has strengths and drawbacks, control and decontrol mechanisms, and distinctive tactical and strategic quality. Whatever path is taken, it is useful to be aware that the regional environment is evolving rapidly because of the compelling pressures of an equally rapidly changing ecosystem within and outside ASEAN.
National Consultation
Cluster I
CLUS TER I OUTPUT

DIVISION Division I TITLE Governmental, Educational and International Policies Social Sciences Humanities
Area: Human Resource S ocio-Cultural Capital for Building Filipino and AS EAN Identity
Goals Policy Recommendations Harness IKS P (indigenous knowledge system and practices) Integrate AS EAN awareness in basic education without adding to curriculum Emphasize teaching in mother tongue Build socio-cultural capital by linking culture to national development
Division VIII Division XI
Promote Filipino cultural strengths for AS EAN cooperation and participation
Area: Human Resource Development and Advancing Education

Goals Advance and prioritize education Develop human resources for S&T Ensure and/ or increase sufficient resources for education Policy Recommendations Declog curriculum to actualize functional literacy
Area: Human Resource Development and Advancing Education

Goals Develop human resources for S &T (Cont). Improve quality of S&T feeders and graduates Policy Recommendations Find alternative modalities for recruiting and training teachers especially at secondary level Develop school infrastructures and provide for ICT broadband
Invest in human Strengthen and enhance resource development public-private by improving quality partnership and education and training in cooperation in education science and engineering Increase # of S&T professionals Continue with investments on S&T HRD Re-evaluate voucher system for public school students in private schools
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Area: Developing Economic Competitiveness

Goals Encourage bi- and multi-lateral trade cooperation with as many countries (N-S, and S-S ) as possible Trade promotions and assistance Information dissemination re products, volume, quality control Policy Recommendations Food security for Local self-sufficiency
Cluster Members
Division I : Dr. Ester B. Ogena Division VIII : Prof. Carmencita T. Aguilar Division XI : Prof. Felipe M. de Leon, Jr.
Providing for economic productivity
First Consultation/ Luzon

Cluster Chair : Dr. Ester B. Ogena Facilitator : Dr. Elena E. Pernia Rapporteur : Dr. Reuben R. Caete
Protection for migrant womens health for international trade
Cluster II
CLUSTER II OUTPUT
DIVISION
Division II Division VII
Division IX
TITLE
Mathematical Sciences Engineering and Industrial Research
Physics Earth and Space Sciences
CLUSTER II
Division XII
Data Mining for Environmental Mgt.
Problem on Data Accessibility & Collaborative Frameworks generation computing infrastructure providing intensive computation and analysis of shared large-scale databases across widely distributed scientific communities in the country
Versus Actual Most
Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia data need to be obtained
issues = need to increase competence policy shifts
Require
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Disaster Mitigation and Risk Management
Disaster Mitigation and Risk Management Energy Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Data Mining for Environmental Mgt.
Urban Flooding Improper landuse zoning Residential and commercial developments in floodprone areas Local drainage problem design and development of automatic weather station
Increase Manpower Money Methods/process Materials Machines/Technology
number of people with graduate investments in R&D
degrees
Increase Methods/processes Require
should be changed to be responsive to S&T needs govt funded researches to have patent applications/ intellectual property generation resilience to natural disasters: Quick and timely response
Improve
Specific Structural and Non-structural Measures to Address Urban Flooding Problems in the Philippines
Energy - BIOFUELS Competition with food production for increasingly scarce land and water resources Land conversion resulting from capacity expansion generates significant carbon footprint Many countries have set biofuel production targets that exceed their resource base, resulting in increased trade between surplus producers and net consumers In many countries, biofuel production is directly or indirectly subsidized
Implement proper landuse planning and floodplain zoning to avoid residential or commercial developments infloodprone areas and also construction infrastructures in riverflood plains. Conduct floodstudies that consider future landuse changes especially due to urbanization, extreme events and fluctuations due to climatechange, and riverbasin flow and sedimentation. Operationalize real-time rainfall prediction and floodforecasting system to provide early warning system and proper flood evacuation procedures.
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Biofuels: Key Research Needs
Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation
BASIC RESEARCH New biofuel crops and feedstocks Novel conversion techniques Process intensification New biofuels (e.g., DME, biobutanol) Biorefinery design Systems engineering studies Policy studies
APPLIED RESEARCH Incremental improvements in established firstgeneration biofuel technologies Incremental improvements in crop yields Opportunities for maximum utilization of byproducts Proto-biorefinery demonstration projects
Mitigation: renewable energy sources Adaptation: projection of future climate; vulnerability assessments; access to adaptation funds
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Emphasize MRA degrees, licenses, employment opportunities Outright grants peer monitoring Review of RA 9184 S&T should be seen as an independent mover of development
Mathematical Sciences, Engineering and Industrial Research, Physics, and Earth and Space Sciences
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Cluster III
Cluster III Output

Division III Division IV Division X Medical Sciences
Chair: Dr. Carmelita Domingo Pharmaceutical Sciences Chair: Dr. Zenaida G. Sadiwa Chemical Sciences Chair: Dr. Irene Villasenor
Area: Human Resource Development

GOALS Strengthen assistance for education & training to increase ratio of scientists & technologists to general population POLICY RECOMMENDATION 2% of the GDP should be allocated for S& T research

GOALS Create incentives to encourage innovations and scientific publications in ISI & Scopus accredited journals POLICY RECOMMENDATION

GOALS Establish attractive career paths in R&D
POLICY RECOMMENDATION
Fully implement magna carta for S&T
Area: Linkages and Networks

GOALS Develop linkages to encourage multidisciplinary approach (involving natural scientists, technologists & social scientists) to solving problems POLICY RECOMMENDATION

GOALS Promote multidisciplinary networking & linkages POLICY RECOMMENDATION
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GOALS C reate hub of expertise around key problem and development areas of the Philippines Problem areas: Disaster mitigation & preparedness, food security, biodiversity conservation, adaptation to climate change, health problems POLIC Y RECOMMENDATION Create legislation for these key problems and development areas.

GOALS Development Areas: Genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc.; nanotechnology; Chemical/ biochemical synthesis POLICY RECOMMENDATION
Area: S tandards & Conformance of Testing Laboratories (all types)

GOALS
Maintain database of analysts with technical capabilities in cooperation with PRC POLICY RECOMMENDATION Harmonize, and standardize the various government regulatory bodies (e.g. BPS, FDA, DOH, EMB, NMIS , Pesticide Lab (BPI), etc.
Area: S tandards & Conformance of Testing Laboratories (all types)

GOALS
Identify capabilities of testing laboratories
AREA: ACCES STO EFFICIENT HEALTH CARE

GOAL S POLIC Y RECOMMENDATION
AREA: Access to Quality Affordable Pharmaceutical Products

GOALS
Plan of Action
Improve access to efficient health care.
Reproductive Health Health Information and Education Alternative Medicine Nutrition Communicable Diseases & Diseases of Poverty Philippine Human Genome Project
Create a multipotential health professional
Improve access to quality Compliance to ASEAN affordable harmonized standards: pharmaceutical products Generics Traditional Medicine Health Supplements Enhance the role of clinical pharmacists in health care delivery Pharmacovigilance
Full implementation of CGMP, GLP, GCP
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Cluster IV
ST R EN GTH EN IN G TH E PH IL IPP IN ES F OR ASE AN C OM PET IT IVE NE SS

CLUST ER PRIO RIT Y OBJ ECT I VES/ AR EAS GO AL S 1 . Env iro nmen t CURRENT ST ATUS CO NSTRAINT S CHAM PI ON S purchasing of equi pm ent /mate ri al s fo r rese arch DENR PLAN OF ACT IO N AND T I MET ABLE SUPPO RT AND ASSIST ANCE REQ UI REM ENTS
P OL ICY R EC O MME ND A TIO NS
ST R EN GTH EN IN G TH E P HI LIP PIN ES FO R A SEA N C OM PET ITIVEN ES S

CLUST ER O BJECTI VES/ CURRENT PRI ORI T Y GO ALS ST ATUS AREAS 1. Envi ro nmen t GENERAL: Presence of To have ASEAN Cent re access/ st rengt fo r Bi odiv ersi ty hen l inkages and n etworks wit h i denti f ied groups an d agencie s Est abli sh a m echanism f or ASEAN count ri es t o generat eand pool th eir resource s f or th e restorat io n and rehabil it at ion of th e environ men t and sustain able ut ili za tion of nat ural resource s PL AN OF ACT I ON AND T IMETABL E SUPPORT AND ASSI ST ANCE REQUI REMENT S POLI CY RECOM MEND AT I ONS
Evaluat e and No system ati c harm oni ze the m oni torin g of exist ing com pli ance nat ional and int ernat ional laws and regul ati ons
Y1Fundi ng resources ORG ANIZ AT IO NA L MEETI NG: benchm arking/ revi ew/h armon izat ion
CO NST RAI NTS C HAMPI ONS
Y2- sim ulation Y3- f inal izati on I nconsisten ci es non-com pl iance and noncom pli ance t o exi st ing laws and regul ati ons Y4- vali dat ion Com pli ance/ m onit oring to and of ECC ECC l ack of coordi nati on and harmoni zatio n am ong and wit hi n concerned agen ci es Y5- ref inement l ack of fu nding resources cont radict ing pol it ical obj ecti ve s F unding and resource m echani sm i s i nsuf f icient St rict imple men tat ion and m oni tori ng of existi ng laws and re gulations
Protection a nd conservat ion of bi odiversit y GENERAL: Fu nd support to operat ion alize t he program s
IKS pract ices and I Ps conservati on
S TR EN GT H EN ING T HE PH IL IPPI NE S F OR ASE AN COM PET IT IV ENE SS

CLUST ER PRIO RIT Y AREAS OBJECT I VES / GOAL S CURR ENT STAT US Existi ng laws e. g. lab oratory experim ent sEO430; AO #8 on F iel d T esti ng; Ut ili za tion of use of bio logical lyderive d product sCONST RAINT S CHAM PI ONS DOST and DA PL AN O F ACT I ON AND TI MET ABLE SUPPORT AND ASSIST ANCE REQUI REM ENT S PO LI CY RECO M MENDAT IO NS
S TR EN GT H ENI NG T HE PH IL IPPI NES F OR ASE AN C OM PET IT IVE NE SS

CLUST ER O BJECTI VES CUR RENT PRI O RIT Y / GO ALS STAT US AREAS Exist ing l aws 3. Fo od Safety GENERAL: I nst it ut ional ize e. g. RA 1006 8 / re vive proper on organic coordina ti on agri cul tu re law am ong concerned agenci es Ensure com pli ance to ASEAN stand ards Adopt local ly- Avail able l ocal di agnosti c devel oped t ech nologi es t echnolog ies Product Est abl ish Sta ndard m axim um residue lim i t, wit hdrawal period f or drugs Awareness/ I EC 4. Profes sio nal Harm onized F ood Servi ces curricula for all t echnolog ists, agri cul tu ri sts, prof essi ons bi ologi st s, f oresters, envi ronm ental pract it ioners, vet erinari ans, and oth er al lied prof essi onals C ONSTR AI NT S CHAM PIO NS PL AN O F ACT I ON AND TI M ET ABLE SUPPORT AND ASSI STANCE REQUI REM ENT S POL ICY RECOM M ENDATI ONS
2. G ENERAL: Biotech no lo gy Im plem ent at io n and ha rm on izati on of e xisti ng l aws
l abell ing
Adopt io n by al l Monit oring o f ASEAN IBC, NCBP and coun tries to DA-BPI use our bi osafe ty st andard/ mode l
EO 51 4Nat ional Biosaf ety Fram ework o f th e Phil ippi nes
CHED and PRC
3. Fo od Safety F orm ulat e a Draf t bill on com m on F ood Foo d Safety Saf et y Stand ard by St andard Sen. Legarda
DA and DOH
cong re ss legisl ati ve
STRENGTHENING THE P HI LIP PINES FO R ASEAN COMPETITIVENES S

CLUSTER PRIORITY AREAS 4. Professional Services OBJECTIVES/ GOALS Esta blish MRA i nvolving professional orga nizations an d emplo yers CURR ENT STATUS CHAMPION S PLAN OF ACTION AND TIMETABLE SUPPORT AND POLICY ASSISTANCE RECOMMEN DA TIONS REQUIREMENTS
CONSTRAINTS
Esta blish MRA for professional ed uca ti on i nvolving ed uca ti onal i nstitutions
Harmoni zati on of l icensure exami nati ons for professional s 1-ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: benchmarking or revie w or harmoni zatio n 2- simul ati on 3- fin alization 4- va lidatio n 5- refin ement
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Regional Consultation
Visayas
NRCP-VISAYAS REGIONAL CLUSTER ASEAN COMPETITIVENESS CONSULTATION OUTPUT
CLUSTER I: GOVERNMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
1. Incomplete information regarding cultural/social map of Filipinos by region/province --- primary capital for human resource 2. Inconsistency in the implementation of policy on teaching the primary graders using the mother tongue/local language 3. Proliferation of sub-standard colleges and universities that were created by legislation 4. Improvement of the capability of existing colleges and universities to offer graduate programs especially in engineering and sciences 5. Non-equitable allocation of funds to continue the offering of excellent programs in SCUs especially in regions far from Manila; of the budget allocated to UP is equivalent to the budget given to 120+ SCUs in the country CLUSTER II: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, PHYSICS, AND EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES
1. Need for more effective dissemination and implementation of approved policies 2. More support in the use of alternative energy sources (solar, wind, etc.) 3. Research to bring down cost of production of biofuel (e.g bioethanol) and other essential products 4. Collaboration with LGUs regarding disaster maps, vulnerability maps, etc.
CLUSTER III: MEDICAL SCIENCES, PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES 1. Harmonization of accreditation standards of various government agencies (DENR, DOH, BFAR and DA) in lab testing 2. Formulation of MRA (Mutual Recognition Agreement) 3. Accreditation of private laboratories to complement analytical services offered by government laboratories 4. Linkage with FDA of companies selling drugs with No Therapeutic Claim
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CLUSTER IV: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
1. Lack of 2 years of pre-college makes our college graduates unacceptable/not recognized based on ASEAN standards The Visayas Cluster strongly objects to additional 2 yrs in basic education. Let us not be dependent on foreign employment for our graduate but instead we should develop our economy so that they can all work in the Philippines 2. Measurement of carbon credits and green index of institutions 3. Advocacy issues as in use of plastics Los Baos, Laguna and Mandaluyong banned the use of plastics 4. Issue on pandemic outbreaks and wildlife carriers of diseases 5. Non-implementation of regulatory laws and policies can obtain ECC even for illegal operations 6. Difficult to implement biotech initiatives due to many policies
NRCP-VISAYAS CLUSTER INPUTS ON IDENTIFIED PHILIPPINES FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME ON ASEAN 2015
1. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO AT PRESENT:
Extreme weather conditions heat and rainfall, not happening seasonally Limited to reduction of fossil fuel emission High impact on production Lack of clear agenda for environment and climate change Lacks nationwide awareness
SCENARIO DURING THE ASEAN 2015
Implement fully the anti-pollution law Philippines can adequately respond to disasters and households have taken steps to reduce risks from climate change May extend to all facets of life/governance Under capacity to respond Culture sensitive to environment and climate change
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GAPS TO BE ADDRESSED:
A device for monitoring CO2 footprints and ways of reducing CO2 sink Lack of information/guidelines on climate change preparedness and adaptability in all sectors of the society Low accessibility to technology which reduces risks No dissemination of effective response to extreme weather conditions High cost of certification/verification process of carbon credit system, that small savings with Green House Gas (CHG) emission are not monetized as incentive Identify climate change impact areas and provide policies to mitigate effects More focused direction Policies on the clean and green technology Capability building on measuring carbon footprints, green index, carbon credits Extensive information and awareness and strict implementation down to the grassroot level Lack of advocacy for preparedness/awareness of climate change
WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING:
R&D on effects of climate change on tropical terrestrial and marine resources Estimate Carbon footprints of industries, etc. Teach people about conservation of forests, waste disposal All sectors concerned should be well-informed and ready anytime There must be a government unit that shall handle the packaging and facilitate the issuance of Certificate of Emission Reduction (CER) or Verified Emission Reduction. CER- for big projects and VER-for small projects Shift to fuels with lesser emissions Energy efficiency improvement studies for products and services to be competitive Inventory all resources and anticipate which ones are prone to climate change effects Watershed rejuvenation Extension research for climate change mitigation and adaptation Readiness of LGUs should be determined through surveys Conduct orientation/awareness/advocacy campaign for climate change awareness
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2. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: BIO-FUEL SCENARIO DURING THE ASEAN 2015:
Bio-fuel, solar, wind energies are widely accepted and used by industry
Low productivity and low production of coconut for coco methyle ester (CME) or bio-diesel Provide more funds to research R&D on bio-fuel are not enough
R&D on bio-fuel from marine resources Promote use of alternative energy sources solar and wind energy No to coal! Government intervention required/tax incentives and government support needed Massive plantation, rejuvenation of coconut Define and locate areas suitable to coconut Provide support services/components (funds, technology (breeding, production, process), legislative support requiring a portion of land owners vacant/idle lands to be planted with coconut Focus more on competitive production of biodiesel Research and Development Extensive study to reduce the cost of bio-fuel, solar and wind energy Tapping local resources (i.e. non-food seaweeds) Full and sustained support from the government Conduct R&D on other sources of bio-fuel. (Inter-agency R&D) SUC, DOE, DOST
3. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: FUNCTIONAL FOOD SCENARIO DURING THE ASEAN 2015:
No harmonized/unified policies regarding food safety standard (aquaculture products both raw and processed) among ASEAN member countries Safe food as properly regulated by respective agencies
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Standardization of protocols e.g. drug residue detection in aquatic products Lack of continuity due to change in manpower. Leadership should not constrain the implementation of the already approved project Lack of funding support
R&D on bioactive components of functional food More support for acquisition of appropriate instrumentation to support R&D Implementation of laws and monitoring information dissemination Lobby at congress/government executives to allot 5-10% GDP to R&D Actively participate in creation of good policies Crop yield productivity improvement studies Harmonized methods for extraction, concentration etc. from each source (raw materials) Can educational institutions to be tapped for this? Availment of funding support from DOST, GFIs
4. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: DISASTER MITIGATION SCENARIO AT PRESENT:
Not coordinated and no direction Myopic view of risk management
SCENARIO DURING THE ASEAN 2015:
There must be disaster-alerting mechanism. It must be fully functional Some areas may be prone to disaster brought about by climate change More vulnerable without any action
Infuse with LGU programs and make compulsory (by policy) in disaster prone areas Translate to policies Provide funds for disaster mitigation No coordinated plans DENR has vulnerability maps what is needed is dissemination for strict implementation Lack of dissemination reaching barangay level implementation
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Source of fund to sustain Encouragement and capability building to help personnel Lack of networking/not enough coordination IEC as far as disaster mitigation is concerned with LGU and barangay folks High cost of Automated rain gauge and water level equipment
R&D to mitigate floods, typhoons, earthquake, volcanic eruptions and other disasters Environmental protection Early warning and info dissemination Strict implementation without exception the policies related to disaster mitigation Early warning system Adaptation: build toilets, develop life rafts, life jackets for disaster preparedness Watershed rejuvenation Strict compliance of available guidelines Continuous revision of guidelines to meet the changing needs of times Put the fund/logistical support for disaster mitigation programs El Nio and El Nia Phenomena links to agricultural pest blooms More IEC materials needed/advocacy campaign Encourage researchers, engineers/inventors to fabricate flood early warning system equipment locally comparable to the imported ones
5. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: HEALTH SCENARIO AT PRESENT:
Still lack of health facilities and support Genetically modified organisms/GM foods More diseases brought about by climate change This issue is related to poverty and access to education Lacks access to on-line journals or books for sustained research effort
Entry of ASEAN doctors and medical industry specialists Reduction of poverty incidence Philippines should have sustained access to on-line journals and books
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No proper food labeling Standards in food safety Government should provide more support/incentives for local inventors especially in the IPR application of pharmaceuticals Certifications and standards Intervention for poverty alleviation Access to journals and books for sustained support for research Links of climate change to disease occurrence Policies for bioethical issues Proliferation of nutraceuticals/food supplements which has not undergone clinical laboratory research to confirm efficacy. Proliferation of herbal food supplement No control in the market Safety issues
Strong R&D on dengue, malaria especially on use of herbal preparations vs. dengue or vaccines vs. dengue Filariasis Information dissemination Coordinate with other government agencies Conduct research for withdrawal period of antibiotics, etc. Develop more centers for clinical research studies on many health products entering the market. Continuous research/study on microbiological safety of foods Product safety standards should be in harmony with ASEAN without jeopardizing Philippine methods and standards Policies should be developed for bioethical issues; not only in health but also in food safety and biotechnology Conduct of clinical laboratory research for local food supplements, which claim no therapeutic claim. Other ASEAN countries (Malaysia, Singapore) are producing Food Supplements in volume and should be regulated
Clinical trial fees very high thus small pharma factories cannot afford to pay, recommendation: lower cost of clinical trials so SMES can afford to pay
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6. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM GAPS TO BE ADDRESSED:
Database for monitoring data Use texting to get feedback from citizens just like bayan patroller of SBS-CBN LGUs and other stakeholders not knowledgeable about the rudiments of open-source system
Training/orientation needed for LGUs, etc. to adopt open source system
7. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES: ENVIRONMENT GAPS TO BE ADDRESSED:
Environmental educational programs for the local government units DENR should be monitored- some units here in the Visayas seem to have problems with management and implementation
Module development and seminars can be done to assist in the environmental education program. PEW foundation and the Zoological Society of London (with Dr. Jurgenne Primavera) are presently working with mangrove advocacy
GENERAL COMMENTS:
Need to strengthen implementation of rules and regulations Need to deal with corruption on different levels in government to be able to use government resources more efficiently Work towards recognition by ASEAN of the PRC we are as good with ASEAN countries No to additional two years in pre-college Minimize corruption in government from top level to barangay level NRCP can propose subsidizing private companies selling technology until they become affordable to most; until we can be weaned from our dependence on fossil fuel
FOR ALL PRIORITY AREAS: Do we have support industries (recipient industrial networks or systems) for the many researches we will be generating? What are the conditions for technology catch up in every priority areas?
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CLUSTER I
Educational system How do we select for the best What are the standards? Teaching in mother-tongue got lost for quite a while National policy: mother tongue for education or English?
Filipinos should be expert in their mother tongue before getting expert in English Mother tongue is the best basis for learning another language Western Visayas got the most outstanding teachers, but why is it that that students in this area are low in exams and achievements Scientific research is not the best way to express Filipino creativity Specific task of the workshop is to come up with comprehensive activities that will ensure Philippine competitiveness in the ASEAN What intervention by the Scientific Community should be prepared in order to be competitive in the ASEAN
CLUSTER II
On disaster mitigation, in urban planning are the local government units consulted? LGUs lack awareness on availability of disaster maps National land use plan (NLUP) should be implemented Plenty of policies in place but not properly implemented Dissemination campaign should be enhanced Lack of information approach, does dot reach the grassroots level Filipino culture should be taken into account in the information dissemination Vulnerability maps are not available but disaster maps are. Philippines cannot compete with Brazil in the production of biofuels due to cheaper cost of production Bringing down the cost of biofuel production should be addressed by policies Need to increase S&T manpower Address issue of S&T workers in the province migrating to Manila to pursue MS & PhD, there should be host schools to offer graduate courses in the province Imported diesel engine vehicles should be regulated policy regulations should be crafted. Use sources of energy such as solar and wind instead of biofuel or bioethanol.
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CLUSTER III
Need to strengthen laboratory standards ISO accreditation/certification exist but not enough, DENR, BFAR, DA, DOH, DOST for a lab to be accredited/certified a laboratory should apply to these agencies, which is cost prohibitive. The government should intervene on this.
CLUSTER IV
No to two years pre college Lack of two years makes Filipinos uncompetitive in the ASEAN as this is the set standard Lack of two years is not a simple issue of economic, if they dont recognize Filipinos, Filipinos should not recognize them too. PRC should espouse to the ASEAN member countries that Philippines is just equal with them Environment clean and green should be a concern of all sectors Enforce clean and green position
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Regional Consultation
Mindanao
NRCP-MINDANAO REGIONAL CLUSTER ASEAN COMPETITIVENESS CONSULTATION OUTPUT
CLUSTER I: GOVERNMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Issue #1: Use of Mother Tongue not a good policy recommendation since this cannot be used when communicating with other ASEAN countries and the global community.
Issue #2: Declog the curriculum Should be added with the use of creative approaches Existing curriculum too many subjects and not all may be relevant, retain only the essential subjects. Should be strong implementation of curriculum
Issue #3: Increase/Sufficient Resources More of an issue to reduce class size and to equip classrooms with proper facilities. Provision of modern gadgets/facilities where the teacher act more as facilitator
Issue #4: Human Resource Development and Education Spreading of experts in the country Enticing experts from the outside to come to the country Providing concrete incentives for researchers and if possible without teaching loads.
Other Comments: Inclusion of peace and development, and gender equity Human resource development in relation to population growth Research outputs for extension Food security as supreme Consistency between goals and policy recommendations
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CLUSTER II: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, PHYSICS, AND EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES
Key Areas of Concern: 1. Disaster Mitigation and Risk Management 2&3. Energy and climate change adaptation/mitigation
Biofuels Develop alternative renewable energy sources such as solar heating, solar panels, wind, tidal Possibility of developing and/or adopting alternative energy generation as cottage industries Researches on Malunggay and other crops as potential biofuel resources and/or carbon sinks.
4. Establishments/Replication of database centers in Visayas and Mindanao 5. Additional Issue: entrepreneurial S&T project management 6. To create incentives to encourage innovations and scientific publications in ISI and accredited journals, incorporate publication costs in research grant budget application 7. Revise 4th policy recommendation (S&T should be seen as an independent mover of development)
CLUSTER III: MEDICAL SCIENCES, PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES Key Area of Concern: Food Security Comments/Recommendations: 1. Halal is not only for food and not only for nutrition 2. Market for Halal has grown exponentially and it has now become a lucrative market It is recommended that Halal should not only be for food but also for pharmaceuticals
and other products. It should not only be for muslims but also for non-muslims 3. DOST of Region 12 has a Halal laboratory which is the first in the country 4. It is recommended that Halal should be integrated in the curriculum, perhaps as a major, elective or cognate subjects. 5. Institutions should be encouraged to conduct Hala R&D 6. Promoting non-meat sources for proteins should also be included under food security
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Key Area of Concern: Create incentives to encourage innovations and scientific publications in ISI: Comments/Recommendations: 1. ISI publications are mostly based outside the country. It is recommended that DOST should spearhead the publications of peer-reviewed journals Dr. Malaluan informed the body that there are 6 ISI publications in the Philippines It was emphasized that published researches are considered as valuable researches Thailand and Vietnam rank high in the number of published researches
2. There are some institutions in Mindanao that are resistant to subjecting their researches to a peer-reviewed process. Hence, it is recommended that institutions should strengthen the peerreview process in their research culture. 3. Some publications require publication fee and it is recommended that other than the incentives given to published researches, assistance for publication should also be extended. 4. Research publications should be included in other NRCP clusters.
CLUSTER IV: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
1. Food Safety Standards Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Joint FAO/WHO Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) adopt/review Halal standards
2. Depletion of experts in biotechnology Biotech Program on R&D DOST- PCIERD and PCASTRD Update/upgrade biotech labs withour biases for UP Biotech/Molecular Bio
3. CHED-COE requires good biotech lab collaboration, e.g. sharing
4. Food Safety/Biotechnology: Equipment should be provided for biotechnology researches, laboratories should be upgraded also, Biotechnology programs should also be updated.
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NRCP-MINDANAO CLUSTER INPUTS ON IDENTIFIED PHILIPPINES FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME FOR ASEAN 2015:
1. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO AT PRESENT:
Flooding and brownouts CDO at present is easily flooded Unusual occurrence of floods globally Not understood the reason why we are not able to prepare and to respond appropriately Bio-safety and environmental protection Separate and fragmented programmes Deforestation Soil erosion Extreme weather Global warming Urban flooding Snowfall Riverbasin/Rise in sea level (flow)
SCENARIO DURING THE ASEAN 2015
Flood occurrences should have been mitigated Flood-free city with well-established drainage and urban zoning One data to all ASEAN members Philippines should already be ready and prepared to respond appropriately to climate changes Improve facilities and equipment of mitigation program Focused program that will address many issues at the same time with the other mainline agencies, not just DOST, working on the same e.g. Dep. Ed. Requiring students to do the planting, DSWD not just giving cash outs but cash in exchange for planting, etc.
Normalized weather condition
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Collaboration of stakeholders Fund requirements should be provided Absence of legislation and proper planning to arrest the problem ASEAN members information data-banking system Knowledge inadequate Lack of preparation Alternative measures to counter the effects of climate change Quality manpower and high technology Control degradation (legal/illegal logging) Implementation of laws re: logging Adaptation of communities
LGUs should establish direct link with research centers (including the academe) to address the emerging problem Unify all (govt/NGO) resources into one office to address the problem Collaborative research in/with various sectors: farmers, fisherfolk etc. Increase budget allocation Massive planting of trees (malunggay trees, breadfruit, pili nuts, etc.) and other non-tillage perennial plants on all mountainous and sloping lands and the farming of goats in the understorry which will respond to issues of climate change (by sequestering carbon), environment and disaster mitigation (by preventing soil erosion, by promoting capacity of the ground to absorb water and reduce water run-off that contributes to flooding), food security and food sufficiency (the trees especially malunggay serving as food source and other plants as fodder for goats and the goats themselves), livelihood (for the mountainous and sloping land settlers and NPAs), and energy (malunggay seed oil as bio-diesel).
R&D will be needed for developing the best provenances of malunggay (high oil content of the seeds, high protein content of the leaves) and of the other non-tillage perennial plants especially shade-adapted ones and goats.
Identify areas in Mindanao that are experiencing flooding as a result of deforestation Plant trees and practices solid waste management IEC in climate change at the community level
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2. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: BIO-FUEL SCENARIO DURING THE ASEAN 2015:
Increased production of biofuels Open trade to biofuels
Availability of raw materials (mass-production should be considered) Environment friendly technologies
Strengthen advocacy Develop better technology in biofuel production to lessen the cost Continuous R&D activities and transfer the result of the R&D activities
3. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: FUNCTIONAL FOOD SCENARIO AT PRESENT:
Halal laboratory in place Food safety standards are in place Halal food and non-food R&D and Forensic laboratory (Philippine Halal Science Center)
Sustainable food supply All processors are compliant to all food safety standards
Lack of training for food processors in good manufacturing practices, HACCP, food safety) Lack of Halal lab equipment and analytical capability Lack of Halal SMEs to compete and be felt not only in the ASEAN but in the global Halal market
Lobby for procurement of equipment Train more human resources (HRD) Aggressive information campaign on the advantage of organic food.
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4. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: DISASTER MITIGATION SCENARIO AT PRESENT:
Disaster mitigation programs are campaigned Strong multi-sectoral cooperation and partnership
Fully implemented disaster mitigation programs Flood, drainage
No vulnerability maps on geo-hazard map
Conduct more researches that would help mitigate disasters Please see also climate change Empower communities to be prepared to face the challenges of global warming
5. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: HEALTH SCENARIO AT PRESENT:
Epidemics dengue and cholera Data banking system Less understood emergency diseases Waterborne and airborne diseases by climate change High IMR, MMR, BR Preventive and curative medicines for various emerging diseases: low IMR, low MMR, low BR Bio-safety and environmental protection Unpreparedness to bio- and chemical-exposure Proliferation of food supplements without proper approval of regulating body of the government Health condition is alarming Health care services are limited High cost of medicines for health services R&D activities for Halal medicines/pharmaceutical products not yet undertaken Halal Science and Technology Program (Halal foods as healthier and safer)
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Improve manpower capability and technology innovation in the pharmacological services standard Risk of exposure to hazardous products Halal pharma products will be available/affordable
Funding for research and implementation of health programs Prioritize health services and environmental protection High cost of analytical and preventive equipment (imported) Personnel capability enhancement Information campaign/awareness program on the adverse effects of these food supplements Technical capability to conduct Halal certification Data on health Efficacy of herbal medicines Lack of manpower complement Lack of facilities, etc.
Conduct more researches and disseminate Provision of unmet needs Family planning Integrate mutual responsibility y of ASEAN nation on health program Acquisition of equipment Training of more personnel Designing and fabrication of analytical equipment using locally available materials. Conduct advocacy program and info campaign or the use of safe & wholesome products Produce and eat organically grown foods Provide support for the development of the Philippine Halal industry thru S&T and innovation Develop more Philippine Halal Premium Brands compliant to both Islamic and Scientific requirements
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6. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM SCENARIO AT PRESENT:
Unharnessed Not coordinated Not well Training of personnel is just starting Info campaign is not yet wide
The system is fully adopted Awareness utilized
Coordination
Always have forum & conferences and meetings
GENERAL COMMENTS:
Need to strengthen implementation of rules and regulations Need to deal with corruption on different levels in government to be able to use government resources more efficiently Work towards recognition by ASEAN of the PRC we are as good with ASEAN countries No to additional two years in pre-college Minimize corruption in government from top level to barangay level NRCP can propose subsidizing private companies selling technology until they become affordable to most; until we can be weaned from our dependence on fossil fuel FOR ALL PRIORITY AREAS: Do we have support industries (recipient industrial networks or systems) for the many researches we will be generating? What are the conditions for technology catch up in every priority areas?
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GENERAL COMMENTS: CLUSTER I:
Using in teaching the native tongue not a good policy recommendation Teaching language should be in mother tongue Development for language for students should start early; children have difficulty expressing themselves in English Curriculum is okay, support in the implementation of the curriculum is lacking hence, problems occur Creative approach for the students should be considered for the students to become more creative. Addressing the problem of creative approaches in the curriculum is what seems to be lacking
Resources are the issue Policy recommendations should ensure availability of resources for education Policy recommendations addressing class size, class hours, and good school facilities. Use Bernidos educational approach as model using improvise educational materials where students can learn by themselves Using Bernidos approach will require proper training of teachers Teaching and research should be separated as teachers responsibilities Include social science Consider the issues of peace and development, gender equity and food security Should it be food supremacy rather than food security? Programs should be created first before policy recommendations
CLUSTER II:
On computing/data mining put up a center in Mindanao for data sharing (sort of a facebook) Philippine e-lib can be a solution for data sharing Data sharing is important especially in health for outbreak of diseases Databases are not synchronized Database at Regional categories on disease outbreaks are in the process of creation Left behind in entrepreneurial management Discoveries of scientists should be translated into usable forms by the community Schools should be provided with funds to materialize Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) Lack of awareness as to other sources of energy Solar energy has been proven to run vehicles
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CLUSTER III:
Publications should be peer-reviewed Philippines does not rank well in publication as compared to other ASEAN countries Incentive for researchers for publications Publication issue be included in all Clusters as a major concern Grant for publication should be provided in the institutions, also for travel expenses
CLUSTER IV:
On food safety/biotechnology equipment should be provided for biotechnology researches laboratories should be upgrades programs should also be upgraded
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PHASE II: WEBINAR ON THE ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015 Programme of Activities

Saturday, November 12, 2011 7:00 - 8:00 Registration Welcome Remarks Dr. Alvin B. Culaba NRCP President Presentation of Participants Dr. Cecilia P. Reyes NRCP Executive Director Keynote Address Hon. Mario G. Montejo Secretary, Department of Science and Technology Mechanics of the Webinar Dr. Jaime C. Montoya Executive Director, PCHRD and Immediate Past President of the NRCP
WEBINAR (Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao Cluster Members) 8:00 8:15 Promotion of Science and Health Education and Public Awareness on Science Policy Prof. Bruce McKellar ICSU-ROAP Chair, Australia
8:15 9:00
Open Forum Moderator: Dr. Salcedo L. Eduardo NRCP Member-at-Large Rapporteur: Dr. Irene M. Villaseor Chair, Division of Chemical Sciences
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The Move Towards Green Growth in South Korea: Scientific, Technological and Economic Considerations Dr. Hong Kum Lee President, Korea Polar Research Inst. (KOPRI)
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Open Forum Moderator: Dr. Ester B. Ogena Chair, Division of Governmental, Educational and International Policies Rapporteur: Dr. Felix P. Muga Chair, Division of Mathematical Sciences
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Health and Well-being in the Changing Urban Environment: A systems Approach to an Integrated Understanding Prof. Soottiporn Chittmittrapap Secretary General, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
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Open Forum Moderator: Dr. Flaviana D. Hilario Chair, Division of Earth and Space Sciences Rapporteur: Dr. Wilson O. Garcia Chair, Division of Physics
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ASEAN Community 2015 Dr. Graciano P. Yumul, Jr. Undersecretary for R & D, DOST
Panelists: Dr. Evelyn Grace de Jesus-Ayson Head, Research Division Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Dr. Alvin B. Culaba President, NRCP-DOST
Prof. Soottiporn Chittmittrapap Secretary General, National Research Council ofThailand
Emeritus Prof. Mohd Nordin Hasan Executive Director ICSU-ROAP, Malaysia
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Dr. Jose Paulo E. Campos Chair, Coordinating Council for Private Educational Associations of the Philippines
11:15 12:00
Open Forum Moderator: Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz Vice President and Member-at-Large, NRCP & National Scientist, NAST
Rapporteur:
Dr. Zenaida G. Sadiwa Chair, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Synthesis Prof. Carmencita T. Aguilar Chair, Division of Social Sciences
Prof. Felipe M. de Leon Chair, Division of Humanities
Dr. Portia G. Lapitan Vice Chair, Division of Agriculture & Forestry
Resolutions Dr. Grace D. De Ocampo Chair, Division of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Carmelita F. Domingo Chair, Division of Medical Sciences
Dr. Zenaida G. Sadiwa Chair, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Welcome Remarks
DR. ALVIN B. CULABA President, National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Executive Vice-President, De La Salle University, Manila (DLSU)
To our distinguished guests and speakers, more importantly to our colleagues in the Headquarter of the NRCP in Taguig City, Metro Manila, in the University of the Philippines-Tacloban City Campus and in the Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Bukidnon, Good Morning.
Welcome all to this occasion of the Webinar which we celebrate together with the 12th Regional Committee Meeting of the International Council for Science in Asia and the Pacific here in Cebu City, Philippines.
It is always indeed a pleasure and honor to open this kind of gathering and capitalize the presence of distinguished scientists that will serve as our resource speakers today. As earlier mentioned by Dr. Cruz, they are going to share with us the Asia-Pacific strategies on the areas of health care, public education and green economic growth. The presentation of Undersecretary Yumul on the Philippines preparation for the ASEAN 2015 will be the culminating lecture. Actually, we are planning to consider the last topic, Green Economy, which will be presented by Dr. Hong Kum Lee, as the theme in our next Annual Membership Meeting in March 2012.
We will likewise hear comments and questions from our panel of discussants as well as from NRCP members from the three sites. Hence, this is a tremendous opportunity for all of us, NRCP members, to engage with our counterparts here and abroad.
I look forward to a productive and fruitful Webinar. Again, thank you and good morning to all.
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Keynote Address
ENGR. MARIO G. MONTEJO Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (read by NRCP Executive Director Cecilia P. Reyes) ICSU-Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Chair (ICSU-ROAP), Prof. Bruce McKellar, NRCP President Dr. Alvin B. Culaba, Dr. Cecilia Reyes, delegates and observers of the science councils in Asia and the Pacific, members of the NRCP Governing Board, NRCP and DOST Region 7 officials, guests, media, ladies and gentlemen, Good Morning. The National Statistics Office reported that until 2010, the rate of unemployment in the Philippines was 7.5% while the rate of
underemployment was 18-20%. The same source says that poverty incidence in the period 2007-2008 was 26.5% and the percentage of the population earning $1.25 was 22.6%. The present administration embarked a national development plan that envisions effectively addressing poverty and creating massive employment opportunities, with good governance and anti-corruption as the overarching theme. The question before us now is - how can science and technology, or scientist and technologists, alleviate poverty and minimize social injustice? Foster transparent and accountable government? In practical terms, how can the Department of Science and Technology be appreciated, be felt by ordinary Filipinos in their daily struggle for survival? My answers to this question and as a policy direction of the DOST - we should develop S and T that address national needs and problems, we should develop technologies that create growth in the countryside and alleviate poverty; we should harness existing technology that improves our industrial competitiveness; we should use S and T to enhance delivery of government and social services, and; we should develop emerging technologies to boost national competitiveness. The ways and means to realize these and which are already being done by DOST are - we are putting serious effort for developing care technologies to fight infectious and tropical diseases such as dengue, malaria and other mosquito-born diseases. We are continuously developing S and T for food fortification to respond to childrens malnutrition. We are working on the nationwide use and application of ICT in governance. We are developing early warning system of floods, tsunami and volcanic eruptions, and so forth.
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To enable our scientists play substantial role in national development and nation-building, the government will provide adequate support to the scientific endeavors through continues implementation of the national innovation strategy called Filipinnovation. This will enable the country to achieve competitive and multidisciplinary work force competent in producing value-added knowledge-based services of global standard, competitive local firms driven by or borne out of constant innovation brought about by increased R&D, and a public policy environment that ensures continuous innovation not only through executive, legislative and judicial initiatives but through local government program. The Filipinnovation focuses on strengthening human capital investment for STI, stimulating STI, enhancing management of STI system, and upgrading the Filipino mindset in S&T. The Philippines has not been alone in the quest to make S&T instrumental in fostering human development. It is the policy of the DOST to foster international linkage and cooperation with both international governmental and non-governmental organizations. A developing country like the
Philippines has more to gain than lose in entering international cooperation and partnership. Membership in international cooperation provides opportunities and exposure not available or offered by ones native country. Membership in international scientific councils provides the avenue to connect local research issues with global challenges such a climate change and food security, access world-leading experts and facilities, and influence global research priorities and facilitate the interfacing of researches and scientists from around the world. In the experience of the DOST, linkage and collaboration with scientific organizations had enhanced and strengthened the scientific and technological cooperation between the Philippines and partner-countries for joint research and development, exchange of experts, knowledge and technology sharing, exchange visits, and collaborative training, workshops and seminars. This subject will be elaborated by
Undersecretary Yumul in his presentation tomorrow about the ASEAN Community 2015. As the Secretary of DOST, I look at the scientist as one that brings hope, solution and answers to the need of the impoverished Filipinos and to the thousands of people around the world plagued by natural and man-made calamities, that scientists that do not bear knowledge for knowledges sake but help alleviate human suffering and deprivation, and by doing so, makes this world a better place to live, and heralds the beauty and goodness of human being. I was informed that in this occasion of the ICSU Regional Committee Meeting, is a signing also of a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Research Council of the Philippines and the National Research Council of Thailand. As the Secretary of the DOST, I welcome this development and I hope that this conference will open more opportunities for collaboration between us and the council members of ICSU-ROAP and the ICSU as a whole. Thank you and welcome to the Philippines.
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Sessions
SESSION 1
Promotion of Science and Health Education and Public Awareness on Science Policy
SPEAKER: Prof. Bruce HJ Mckellar Chair International Council for Science- Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ICSU-ROAP) University of Melbourne, Australia
Presentation The topic promotion of science and health education and public awareness on science policy is a very broad one. For that reason I will concentrate my presentation on some of the items which interest me personally 1. Primary School Science Education 2. Junior Secondary School Science Education 3. Informal Education at School Level 4. Health Education of the General Public 5. Mathematics Education in Schools 6. Public Awareness of Science 7. Informing Policy Makers
1 Introduction The brief I have been given is to talk about the promotion of science and health education and public awareness on science policy from an Australian perspective. This is a very broad brief because it covers education in schools, both through the formal curriculum and through many forms of informal school education, education through the media, and through other means.
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Because of its breadth it attracts many players, including Departments of Education at state and federal level, state and independent school systems, Academies, Universities, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), media, and various NGOs. My own background is as a theoretical physicist doing research and teaching at the University of Melbourne, who has been a VicePresident of the Australian Academy of Science and of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, as well as the Chair of the ICSU Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific. It is this perspective I will bring to the subject. In outline, I will concentrate on some of the items which interest me personally 1. Primary School Science Education 2. Junior Secondary School Science Education 3. Informal Education at School Level 4. Health Education of the General Public 5. Mathematics Education in Schools 6. Public Awareness of Science 7. Informing Policy Makers
That means I won't be able to say much on each, and so I encourage you to ask questions, in the webinar or after, by email. I give some urls so you may find out more for yourself.
Because a theoretical physicist is some sort of a mathematician, when I talk about science" I include mathematics as one of the sciences, and regard mathematics education as an essential part of science education, and include it in my chosen list of topics.
2 Primary School Science Education Traditionally in Australia many primary school teachers have studied as little science or mathematics as they could manage. This has meant that they are not particularly confident with either subject. While in their teacher training they have instruction in mathematics teaching, and are required to devote a reasonable amount of time to it in their teaching, in science they generally have neither the preparation for teaching nor the requirement to teach a certain amount of time to it. In this context, the Australian results in various international tests of students in science and mathematics are surprisingly good. In the recent TIMS analysis of year 8 students, Australia ranked 13th in Science (score of 515 compared to a maximum of 567, a minimum of 303 and a mean of 500) and 14th in Mathematics (score of 496 compared to a maximum of 598, a minimum of 307 and a mean of 500) but there is also much room for improvement. It is also the case that Australia's relative position, but not the absolute score, has been declining significantly over the last decade. We have not been keeping up with other countries.
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The Australian Academy of Science has a long history of involvement with school education, and now has a very successful program called PrimaryConnections. This program overcomes the problem of space in the timetable by linking science and literacy, and thus becoming a part of the literacy program. It overcomes the lack of teacher confidence by providing extensive support for teachers.
PrimaryConnections is an innovative approach to teaching and learning that aims to enhance primary school teachers confidence and competence for teaching science. Created through a partnership between the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Government, PrimaryConnections focuses on developing students knowledge, skills, understanding and capacities in both science and literacy. It responds to the principle that successful science education requires teachers to be supported not only with curriculum resources but also with professional learning to boost their pedagogical content knowledge in the teaching of science and literacy. The Primary Connections programme provides both components, which have undergone substantial testing and will support the implementation of the recently developed Australian national curriculum.
An important feature of the Primary Connections program is that is based on first class science and first class pedagogy, and that the mutual respect of these two components of a science teaching program is incorporated from the beginning.
Primary Connections has adopted a 5Es teaching and learning model, with phases responding to the need to: engage, explore, explain, elaborate and evaluate. Details of the program can be obtained at: www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/
The introduction of this program required an immense amount of work to get it adopted in the education system to a reasonable extent, in part because of the many providers of primary education --- State Education Departments and their schools, Church School Systems, independent schools, and in part because of the autonomy of teachers and schools regarding the delivery of the curriculum. The prestige of the Academy of Science has been instrumental in paving the way for this adoption, but it still required much lobbying and work.
You will be particularly interested that Primary Connections has had outstanding results with Indigenous students. Indigenous students taught under the Primary Connections program were not only more engaged with science, they were more confident in all aspects of the classroom. Their self esteem improved, they participated more fully in class activities, and they were more enthusiastic about learning. Because of this, their attendance records at school also noticeably improved.
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Erin, the Aboriginal Education Manager from one of the districts, reflected on her experience with the program. She said: What I've seen going on ... is amazing. I've never seen the kids so engaged..... . Science is a really powerful way of doing that, because for Aboriginal people its a way of life; they are very connected to the land and the environment, which are integral to their culture.
Primary Connections is now taught in more than half of Australian Primary Schools. It is delivering improved learning of science, and also improved literacy. There have been many studies which have confirmed the success of the program. Australia has recently introduced a universal testing of literacy and numeracy in primary schools, and one of the 'best" schools was a small rural school which attributed its success to its use of Primary Connections.
It was very surprising that the Australian Government recently decided to terminate its support for Primary Connections. The Australian Academy of Science is maintaining the program development at a basic level because of its importance for our children, and in the hope that the shortsightedness of this decision will become obvious, and that it will be reversed, or that other support can be found.
3 Junior Secondary School Science Education A decade ago, a review of Australian science education painted a concerning picture of science learning, especially in secondary schools. Many students were disappointed with their high school science. Traditional chalk and talk" teaching, copying notes and cookbook" practical lessons were all too prevalent: these types of lessons offer little challenge or excitement for students.
Today, student disenchantment with science continues. This is all too apparent from the declining number of students who choose to study science in senior secondary school. In 1991, more than 1/3 of Year 12 students chose to study biology. Now, that has dropped to less than 1/4. 23% of Year 12 students studied chemistry ten years ago, compared with 18% now. In the same period, physics has fallen from 21% to 14%.
In Australian Schools Science is taught as single subject in junior high school, and is not yet separated into its various disciplines. It is therefore an appropriate subject for the Australian Academy of Science to support, leaving support of the more specialist subjects to professional scientific societies and University Science Departments. The Academy's Science by Doing project is in some sense an extension of PrimaryConnections, and also emphasises an enquiry based approach to learning in science. Once again there is the recognition that the teachers are the key to successful learning outcomes in the classroom, and Science by Doing provides educational resources, and interactive programs, to support the teachers, and through them the students.
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The project focuses on increasing the amount of investigation activity by students and decreasing the amount of didactic pedagogy. Previous research suggests that the latter is an important reason why high school students are losing interest in science. Teachers have an opportunity to better understand and practise student-centred, or inquiry-based teaching strategies via the Science by Doing professional learning resources. These self-contained, digital resources are designed to be used by teams of science teachers within a school and serve as a basis for ongoing professional discussion among that team. Each resource comprises three parts; a DVD which models a key idea, an interactive CD-ROM which provides an opportunity to practise the key idea, and an A5 booklet which explains the evidence base to the ideas. Titles in the series include Inquiry-based Teaching, Effective Questioning, Assessment, Leading for Change and Student Learning.
The aim of the program is to enable teachers to inspire their students to learn more science. Whether or not they go on to become scientists, a sound science education is important if the public is to make informed decisions on the many scientific matters which will confront them and the nation. For further information refer to www.science.org.au/sciencebydoing/
We cannot afford to relax in our efforts in science education. A recent survey has shown that Australians clearly value science 80 per cent of respondents acknowledged that science education is absolutely essential or very important to the national economy.
But it also revealed some alarming holes in the basic science understanding of the average Australian, e.g. Three in ten believe that humans were around at the time of dinosaurs. More than one-fifth of our university graduates think that it takes just one day for the Earth to travel around the sun. Almost one-third of Australians do not think that evolution is currently occurring.
So it appears we understand that science education is important to society and to the national economy. But, as a nation, many of us do not understand even the most basic science.
This makes me even more concerned by the fact that Australian Government support for Science by Doing was also terminated this year, and as it was not as advanced as PrimaryConnections its immediate future is less secure.
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4 Informal Education at School Level
Formal science education in the classroom is but one way in which our children learn about science. Why?", How?", and What happens if...?" are all questions asked frequently by children, whose natural spirit of inquiry is crucial to understanding the big exciting world around them.
We have to take every opportunity to foster the enthusiasm for learning that comes from asking these questions and finding some of the answers.
Universities, the CSIRO, and science museums, provide many ways to encourage and satisfy children's curiosity. Their programmes include: placing young scientists (often students) in schools, giving children the opportunity to interact with scientists at an early age, putting together travelling \science spectacular" shows, which enthuse school students, providing opportunities for school students to work in a research laboratory, and many others
As with all programs, success is critically dependent on the skills of the people involved. Ideally they should be enthusiastic themselves and be trained in a way which enhances that enthusiasm. There is a limited amount of training available for presenters of these programs.
Only the CSIRO program has had an evaluation, as far as I am aware. That was favorable. I am quite sure the programs will continue, because we are all convinced that they are important. The Australian Academy of Science has two programmes, which provide informal education to students and also to the general public. But their primary focus is as a resource to school students, so I consider them as: Interviews with Australian scientists Nova, Science in the News
4.1 Interviews with Australian scientists The Academy established the Interviews with Australian scientists program in 1993 to record interviews with outstanding Australian scientists. The scientists talk about their early life, development of interest in science, mentors, research work and other aspects of their careers. The programme has several aims: 1. To provide an historical record of Australias scientists --- a firsthand account of their scientific achievements and personal lives. 2. To provide a resource for students and teachers --- for the educational content and as a source of inspiration.
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3. To unveil the scientists and show the people behind the science --- to help change the publics poor perception of scientists.
To date 146 interviews have been recorded. The Interviews transcripts and videos are used by a variety of people and organizations. Over the past twelve months we have had reproduction requests from _lmmakers, book publishers, writers and students.
The outputs of the program are in the form of DVDs available for purchase ($15 each) and free edited and illustrated transcripts with accompanying teachers notes available from our website
www.science.org.au/scientists. The teachers notes consist of a summary of the scientists career, an extract from the interview, focus questions, activities and key words.
The project ties in with the Australian Curriculum: Science strand, Science as a human endeavor and is particularly aimed at secondary students. The Interviews can be used as a primary source of information for this curriculum strand.
To quote a teacher: this is a fantastic idea and I am very keen to introduce my students to the people who change things, i.e. the scientists...
You can find the transcripts of the interviews at: http://www.science.org.au/scientists/
4.2 Nova, Science in the News Novas goal is to provide accessible scientific information that will help to remove confusion surrounding complex science questions featured in the news.
The topics encompass a vast array of scientific fields and provide reliable and up-to-date information for science teachers, students, journalists and anyone who is interested in learning more about the science that is behind topical issues.
We provide real life examples of current research and how scientific information is used to make informed decisions. Each topic also includes teachers, notes, student activities, links, further reading and resources, and provides accessible and up to date information on relevant Australian research.
The information on Nova has been checked for accuracy by experts in the field and is updated regularly. New topics are posted regularly.
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Latest Nova topics Getting the buzz on the value of bees Australian agriculture has been getting a free ride from honeybees for nearly 200 years. Their pollination services are worth several billion dollars a year, but Australia's honeybees are under increasing threat, including from a mite known as Varroa destructor. Piezoelectric Sensors and Self Monitoring Planes Metal fatigue has been the cause of many airline, ship and bridge disasters. New piezoelectric sensors are now helping to detect report and even fix such problems as they occur. Bioinformatics: making sense of the information flood Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have been inundated by biological information. Bioinformatics is helping to make sense of it all. Geoengineering --- can it help our planet keep its cool? Geoengineering involves applying technology on a massive scale to change the Earth's environment. It might help to cool the Earth, but at what cost? Rebuilding humans using bionics
Bionic bodies have been depicted in science fiction for decades. Now, researchers are making bionics the new frontier of medical science, by creating hi-tech devices to help people walk, see and hear again.
To read one or more of the topics go to: http://www.science.org.au/nova/. You notice that Nova does not shy away from controversial topics.
5 Health Education of the General Public I have recently become interested in health education because of the development of a science plan for Health and Wellbeing in a changing urban environment by the ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The ICSU program takes a systems approach to health and wellbeing, and is thus holistic, recognizing that health and wellbeing goes beyond the treatment of disease. It also involves urban planning for housing and transport, food and water supply, waste disposal, and public education about health issues.
From an Australian perspective, there are two important but distinct aspects of public health education: The health problems associated with the general largely urban population
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The education of the public uses two channels, the schools, and the media, especially television. There have been successes: 1. Reduction of heart attack deaths, though public awareness of diet and the need for health checks 2. Reduction of road accident deaths and trauma, through compulsory seat belt use, graphic campaigns against drink driving in the media coupled with random breath testing to enforce the limits on blood alcohol (0.5%) and other recreational drugs (0%). 3. Reduction of skin cancer incidence though a campaign to cover up when in the sun (with a side effect of increasing incidence of vitamin D deficiency, illustrating the need for a holistic, systems approach) 4. Reduction of Breast Cancer deaths though early detection and treatment 5. Expected reduction in cervical cancer incidence as a result of a vaccination campaign of teenage girls with Gardasil, the vaccine, which prevents infection with human papilloma virus, the cause of cervical cancer, was developed by Ian Fraser of the university of Queensland
However there are continuing problems, most notably obesity, and childhood obesity, and the related increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes. The health problems of remote and indigenous communities Regrettably, indigenous Australian have much higher death and illness rates than the rest of the community. There are many reasons for this, but lack of basic health education is one. This is being addressed primarily through individual intervention in the indigenous communities.
6 Mathematics Education in Schools I have already commented on the poor results that Australian school students have for mathematics in international surveys. An Australian survey, the No More Excuses report issued by the Industry Skills Council earlier this year points to an alarming deficit in even basic skills. According to this report, literally millions of Australians have insufficient Language, Literacy and Numeracy skills to benefit fully from training or to participate effectively at work." The Council reports that a recent project looking at the maths skills of bricklaying apprentices at a regional college for Technical. And further, Education showed that: 75% could not do basic arithmetic; and 80% could not calculate the area of a rectangle, or the pay owed for working four-and-a-half hours at a given hourly rate
The gloomy Industry Skills Report is particularly worrying at a time when the demand for higher-level skills is increasing in the workplace.
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The major programs for improving mathematics education in our schools are being delivered by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), which is a consortium of the University Mathematics Departments, funded primarily by the departments themselves, with support from governments and industry. as well as being a very effective way of pooling resources for graduate level education, it has an educational division --- the International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics (ICE-EM).
ICE-EM was initially funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), its aim to improve the mathematical sciences base through improved mathematics education in schools, higher education, research and industry. Following cessation of the DEST funding in 2008 a re-defined ICE-EM program runs which has received funding from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), commercially generated income, and contributions from Corporate Members.
ICE-EM Mathematics continues to set a new benchmark for the teaching of mathematics in Australia. Developed by the International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics (ICE-EM) and now marketed in its Australian Curriculum version by Cambridge University Press, ICE-EM Mathematics provides a program that gives students a clear understanding of the ideas and concepts in mathematics, and helps them to develop skills to make effective use of them.
It is a comprehensive mathematics program for Year 5 to Year 10, bridging the transition to secondary school with a careful development of key concepts. It comprises two textbooks per year level and has been carefully mapped to the new curriculum. The program is designed to: Help teachers carry out their role as mathematics educators more easily and effectively; Make learning mathematics clear and straightforward for students; and Enable parents to understand what their children are learning so that they can assist them if they wish.
In 2009 AMSI received Australian Government funding of $2 Million for a national collaborative project, Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES), targeting school mathematics education. The project concluded in June 2011.
There are 3 components to the TIMES Project: 1. Outreach As part of the Outreach program in 2010 AMSI staff visited schools in six regions and worked with teachers to develop mathematics programs and to build content knowledge in mathematics.
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This was an extension of the successful program in the Wollongong region sponsored by BlueScope Steel in 2007-09.
2. Teacher modules for the Australian Curriculum To support teachers in their implementation of the Australian Curriculum, AMSI has developed Teacher Content Modules. The modules are organised under the strand titles of the Australian Curriculum: Number and Algebra Measurement and Geometry Statistics and Probability
The modules are written for teachers and designed to give them the background content knowledge needed for topics from Foundation to Year 10.
3. Careers Materials The Maths: Make Your Career Count campaign was launched in December 2010 with every school in the country receiving a pack of posters, brochures and a DVD with profiles of people explaining how mathematics helps them in their career.
You will notice four common themes in the approaches to improving science and mathematics education: The involvement of professional educators and professional scientists and mathematicians The emphasis on developing the skills of the school teachers A commitment to be involved in the project over the long term Funding over the long term is not guaranteed, and so the commitment to be involved must also involve a commitment to continue to raise funds. 7 Public Awareness of Science Once again there are many organisations involved with the public awareness of science; the Australian Academy of Science, Universities, the CSIRO, science museums and print and electronic media are all involved.
I will briefly describe two activities with which I am most familiar, to give you a flavor of the activities.
The Australian Academy of Science runs public lectures, and provides information on its website and in publications.
A recent example of the latter is its publication The Science of Climate Change: questions and answers, which aims to address confusion created by contradictory information in the public domain. It sets out to explain the current situation in climate science, including where there is consensus in the scientific community and where uncertainties exist. The document is structured around seven questions:
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1. What is climate change? 2. How has Earths climate changed in the distant past? 3. How has climate changed during the recent past? 4. Are human activities causing climate change? 5. How do we expect climate to evolve in the future? 6. What are the consequences of climate change? 7. How do we deal with the uncertainty in the science?
The Science of Climate Change: Questions and Answers was prepared by a Working Group of nine members, co-chaired by Drs Ian Allison and Mike Raupach. The document was also reviewed by an Oversight Committee of seven members chaired by Professor John Zillman.
The University of Melbourne has an extensive series of public lectures, and a also a very informative set of information on the web. One regular series of public lectures is the July Lectures on Physics. which has now run every year since 1970. These lectures are very well attended, even when they are on rather esoteric subjects, and although they occur on Friday evenings. The most recent lecture I personally gave was on Brownian Motion", on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's epochal paper on the subject, to an overflow audience of 600.
8 Informing Policy Makers Ensuring that the policy of our governments is informed by the appropriate science, and that it ensures that science will continue to be available to inform future policy is a major responsibility of all scientists, and all of their organizations.
The Australian Academy of Science takes this responsibility very seriously. The Academy Executive Committee, which meets almost every month, often invites senior bureaucrats or politicians to lunch for informal discussions on policy matters. The Government also asks the Academy for informal opinions on upcoming legislation or regulation. There is a downside to this informal consultation, in that it cannot be publicly cited or quoted, and Academy Fellows sometimes complain that the Academy is not doing enough in this area.
There are more formal avenues of influencing policy makers, as the government calls for submissions and comments on various matters under consideration. This activity is in the public arena. Recent reports and submissions by the Academy this year are:
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15-07-2011 2011 Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research Infrastructure Exposure Draft --- Submission 01-08-2011 Parliamentary Inquiry into Australias biodiversity in a changing climate --- Response 19-07-2011 2011 Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research Infrastructure Expo- sure Draft --Response 06-05-2011 2011 Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research Infrastructure --- Submission 19-04-2011 Australian Governments Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program --- Submission 07-04-2011 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2011 Consultation --- Submission 09-03-2011 Review of Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research Legislation --- Submission 03-03-2011 Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 --- Submission 17-02-2011 National Research Infrastructure Councils Discussion Paper, Strategic Framework for Research Infrastructure Investment --- Response 16-020-2011 Rural Research Councils Draft National Strategic Rural Research and Development Investment Plan --- Response 04-02-2011 Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness --- Submission
The Australian Academy of Science now has such a large involvement in Science for Policy that, although it has long had a Secretary for Science Policy, it recently appointed a Science Policy Manager assist with the timely preparation of all of this material. Like all of the activities I have described it requires a great deal of effort.
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9 Conclusion As you would expect, Australian scientists have a committed and deep involvement in the Promotion of science and health education and public awareness on science policy. Some of the work is effective and, unfortunately, some is not as effective as we would like it to be. Reflecting on 50 years of involvement in this work at some level, I think the most important developments in that time are the much more general involvement of the science community in the promotion of science, and the much greater transparency in the involvement of science in policy making. I am confident that both of these developments will ensure more success in the future.
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OPEN FORUM Moderator: Dr. Salcedo L. Eduardo, NRCP Member-at-Large Rapporteur: Dr. Irene M. Villaseor, Chair, NRCP Division of Chemical Sciences CMU-Bukidnon: Please elaborate on the science courses or fulfillment of the science education curricula how it is implemented?
PROF. BRUCE HJ. McKELLAR: In my talk I included mathematics as one of the sciences. Mathematics education is an important part of science education.
CMU-Bukidnon: May I ask elaboration on the five (5) modules?
PROF. BRUCE HJ. McKELLAR: To engage, explore, explain, etc. are the purposes of the teacher content modules, in support to the teachers in the implementation of the Australian curriculum. The modules are organized under the following strand titles: 1) Number and Algebra, 2) Measurement and Geometry, 3) Statistics and Probability.
CMU-Bukidnon: What are the policy implications in the implementation of primary connections in public schools?
PROF. BRUCE HJ. McKELLAR: The policy implications to some extent some school teachers failed. Results of research in education to some extent are successful.
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Promotion of science and health education and public awareness on science policy
Bruce H J McKellar Chair, ICSU Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific President-Designate, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics University of Melbourne, Australia
Outline
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Primary School Science Education Junior Secondary School Science Education Informal Education at School Level Health Education of the General Public Mathematics Education in Schools Public Awareness of Science Informing Policy Makers
What does science include?

I am a theoretical physicist, which is some sort of a mathematician, so when I talk about ``science'' I include mathematics as one of the sciences, and regard mathematics education as an essential part of science education, and include it in my chosen list of topics. After all, science education depends on a good knowledge of mathematics
Primary School Science Education

Australias standing in Science and Mathematics education is fair In TIMS 2007 year 8, 13th in Science and 14th in Mathematics But decreasing. Should do better!
Primary Connections is the Primary Science Program of the Australian Academy of Science Now adopted in >50% of Australian Primary Schools It is a hands on program
Overcomes the problem of space in the timetable by linking science and literacy, and thus becoming a part of the literacy program. Overcomes the lack of teacher confidence by providing extensive support for teachers. Enhances primary school teachers confidence and competence for teaching science
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an immense amount of work to get it adopted in the education system to a reasonable extent Many providers of primary education State Education Departments and their schools, Church School Systems, independent schools Autonomy of teachers and schools regarding the delivery of the curriculum.
The prestige of the Academy of Science has been instrumental in paving the way for this adoption, but it still required much lobbying and work.
Indigenous students using the program more engaged with science more confident in all aspects of the classroom self-esteem improved participated more fully in class activities they were more enthusiastic about learning. attendance records at school also noticeably improved.
Primary Connections is delivering improved learning of science, and also improved literacy. Australia has recently introduced a universal testing of literacy and numeracy in primary schools, and one of the 'best" schools was a small rural school which attributed its success to its use of Primary Connections. It was very surprising that the Australian Government recently decided to terminate its support for Primary Connections. The Australian Academy of Science is maintaining the program development at a basic level because of its importance for our children, and in the hope that the shortsightedness of this decision will become obvious, and that it will be reversed, or that other support can be found.
Junior Secondary School Science Education

Students are disenchanted with science as is apparent from the declining number of students who choose to study science in senior secondary school. In 1991, more than 1/3 of Year 12 students chose to study biology. Now, that has dropped to less than 1/4. 23% of Year 12 students studied chemistry ten years ago, compared with 18% now. In the same period, physics has fallen from 21% to 14%.
Unified science course for Junior Secondary School In some sense an extension of Primary Connections, as it emphasizes an enquiry based approach to learning in science. Recognition that the teachers are the key to successful learning outcomes in the classroom Science by Doing provides educational resources, and interactive programs, to support the teachers, and through them the students.
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Junior Secondary School Science Education
The aim of the program is to enable teachers to inspire their students to learn more science. Whether or not they go on to become scientists, a sound science education is important if the public is to make informed decisions on the many scientific matters which will confront them and the nation. For further information refer to www.science.org.au/sciencebydoing
A recent survey has shown that Australians clearly value science 80 per cent of respondents acknowledged that science education is absolutely essential or very important to the national economy. But it also revealed some alarming holes in the basic science understanding of the average Australian. Three in ten believe that humans were around at the time of dinosaurs. More than one-fifth of our university graduates think that it takes just one day for the Earth to travel around the sun. Almost one-third of Australians do not think that evolution is currently occurring. We understand that science education is important to society and to the national economy. But, as a nation, many of us do not understand even the most basic science. Australian Government support for Science by Doing was also terminated this year, and as it was not as advanced as PrimaryConnections its immediate future is less secure.
Informal Education at School Level

Formal science education in the classroom is but one way in which our children learn about science. Why?, How?, and What happens if...? are questions asked frequently by children, who want to understand the big exciting world around them. We have to take every opportunity to foster the enthusiasm for learning that comes from asking these questions, and finding some of the answers.
Some approaches to Informal Education at School Level

placing young scientists (often students) in schools, giving children the opportunity to interact with scientists at an early age, putting together traveling ``science spectacular'' shows, which enthuse school students, providing opportunities for school students to work in a research laboratory, and many others
Australian Academy of Science and Informal Education at School Level

The Australian Academy of Science has two programs, Interviews with Australian scientists Nova, Science in the News which provide informal education to students and also to the general public.
The scientists talk about their early life, development of interest in science, mentors, research work and other aspects of their careers. Aims To provide an historical record of Australias scientists --- a first hand account of their scientific achievements and personal lives. To provide a resource for students and teachers --- for the educational content and as a source of inspiration. To unveil the scientists and show the people behind the science --- to help change the publics poor perception of scientists.
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Public Awareness of Science Two Examples
The Australian Academy of Science

runs public lectures, and provides information on its website and in publications.
The University of Melbourne has an

extensive series of public lectures, and a also a very informative set of information on the web
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Informing Policy Makers

Ensuring that the policy of our
governments is informed by the appropriate science, and that it ensures that science will continue to be available to inform future policy is a major responsibility of all scientists, and all of their organisations.
Informing Policy Makers

The Australian Academy of Science takes this responsibility very seriously. The Academy Executive Committee, which meets almost every month, often invites senior bureaucrats or politicians to lunch for informal discussions on policy matters. The Government also asks the Academy for informal opinions on up coming legislation or regulation. There is a downside to this informal consultation, in that it cannot be publicly cited or quoted, and Academy Fellows sometimes complain that the Academy is not doing enough in this area.
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SESSION 2
The Move towards Green Growth in South Korea: Scientific, Technological and Economic Considerations
SPEAKER: Dr. Hong Kum Lee

President Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Presentation
Since 2008 Low Carbon, Green Growth has emerged as a new paradigm for development in the Republic of Korea. The Korean government has enacted the Green Growth National Strategy as a new development vision. The Korean government aspires to Green Growth not only to introduce strategies for green economy but also to function as a global agenda in developed and developing countries. The rapid industrialization and urbanization has led to a significant pressure on the environment and natural resources such as forests and water resources, biodiversity and the urban environment. In addition to no longer sustainable brown growth, the motivation for green growth development strategy of Korea comes from the concern with the mounting global climate change crisis and the newly recurrent international energy crisis. In responding to these challenges, Korean leaders are focusing efforts on the development of environmentally-friendly industries and technologies in order to stimulate the economy through additional investment, innovation, and employment generation, while having minimal adverse effects on the environment. In this context, President Lee Myung-Bak announced a low-carbon green growth strategy
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as a new vision to guide the nations long-term development on 15 August 2008, during a national address on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Korea. Till the end of 2009, government concentrated on laying institutional foundation for green growth strategy. Presidential Committee on Green Growth launched in Februay 2009. This Committee prepared and released the National Strategy and Five-Year Plan (2009-2013) for Green Growth. Under the new paradigm of qualitative growth, the essential factors of production are new ideas, transformational innovations, and state-of-the-art technology. Economic growth based on these drivers is expected to generate substantially intensive, qualitative growth unlike the extensive quantitative growth of the past. This approach facilitates a mutually beneficial relationship between economic growth and the environment.
The green growth strategy has three key objectives: 1) Creating new engines of a higher and sustainable growth path by developing low-carbon, environmentally-friendly industries; 2) Ensuring climatic and environmental sustainability; and 3) Contributing to the international negotiations to fight climate change.
This set of objectives provides the foundation for the green growth strategy which has been articulated through a substantial green stimulus package and a plan of action for the next five years. In November 2009, the PCGG finalized Koreas MT GHG emission reduction target at 30% BAU by 2020. President Lee declared this as Koreas voluntary target in Copenhagen. At the end of 2009, the National Assembly passed the Framework Act for Low Carbon Green Growth.
National Green Growth Strategy: Framework
Table 1 shows the framework of Koreas GG Strategy. Vision is to become one of a leading green economic power by 2050. Aim is to maintain investment level of 2% of GDP for green growth. The vision is translated into three strategic objectives: become a low carbon society, create new engines of growth, and enhance peoples quality of life and become a global green growth leader. These three objectives give rise to 10 policy agenda.
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Table 1: National Green Growth Strategy
Vision: A Model Green Nation through creating virtuous harmony of environment and economy
Objectives
10 Key Agenda 1. Reduce carbon emissions
Low Carbon Society and Energy Security
2. Decrease energy dependence and enhance energy self-sufficiency 3. Support adaptation to climate change impacts 4. Develop green technologies as future growth engines
New Engine for Growth
5. Greening of industry 6. Develop cutting-edge industries 7. Set up policy infrastructure for green growth
Enhanced Quality of Life & International Leadership
8. Green city and green transport 9. Green revolution in lifestyle 10.Enhance global cooperation on green growth
Some highlights of the important policy programs are as follows. In July 2011, mid-term action plan to cu GHG for high-emitting sectors was established. Bill on GHG Emission Trading System was submitted to NA in April 2011. Power transformation, industrial combustion and transportation were the three largest sources for carbon emissions. In April 2010, Act on the Facilitation of New and Renewable Energy was amended to strengthen regulation. Proportion of N&R Energy is expected to increase from 2.5% (2009) to 6.0% (2020), and 11% (2030). Oil and coal are currently the largest and the second largest source of energy in Korea. Next comes neclear power and LNG, of similar weight. According to the First Basic Plan for Energy of 2008, Korea should increase the share of nuclear power from 14% in 2007 to 28% by 2030, while the share of the renewable energy should increase from 2% to 11%. The plan represents a guide for national policy directions for the green growth vision, specifying future action plans on investments, target goals for each year, including the role of the various actors and stakeholders, such as ministries, along with other government agencies in pursuing the green growth strategy. Under the plan, US$ 83.6 billion, representing 2% of GDP, will be spent in the area of climate change and energy, sustainable transportation and the development of green technologies.
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Green Technology as New Growth Engine
Spending on the green growth plan is expected to stimulate production worth 182 to 206 trillion won (US$ 141.1 billion to US$ 160.4 billion) during 2009-2013 with a yearly average production inducement of 36.3 to 41.2 trillion won. This production inducement corresponds to 3.5 to 4.0 per cent of estimated 2009 GDP. The value-added inducement is calculated at 75.0 to 94.9 trillion won 58.4 billion to US$ 73.9 billion) over the five years, with a yearly average of 15.0 to 19.0 trillion won (US$ 11.7 billion to US$14.8 billion). These estimates are based on two scenarios developed by the Presidential Committee on Green Growth, using input-output tables to calculate the expected macro-economic gains from the countrys fiveyear green growth plan. It is planned that investment will then be directed into the high-technology sectors (the 27 core technologies), which should provide future engines of growth for the country, making use of its highly-educated work force. Table 2. Green Technologies. Sector Climate Change Technologies 1. Monitoring and modeling climate change 2. Climate change assessment and adatation 3. Silicon-based solar cells 4. Non-silicon-based solar cells 5. Bio-energy Energy Source Technology 6. Light water reactor 7. Next-generation fast reactor 8. Nuclear fusion energy 9. Hydrogen energy R&D 10. High-efficiency fuel cells 11. Plant growth technology 12. Integrated gasification combined cycle 13. Green cars 14. Inteligent infrastructure for transportation and logistics Efficiency Improving Technology 15. Green cities and urban renaissance 16. Green buildings 17. Green process technology 18. High-efficiency light-emitting diodes/Green IT 19. IT-combined electric machines 20. Secondary batteries
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21. CO2 capturing, storing, processing 22. Non-CO2 processing End-of-Pipe Technology 23. Assessment of water quality and management 24. Alternative recycling 25. Waste recycling 26. Monitoring and processing hazadous substances R&D Vitual Reality 27. Virtual reality
Koreas level of green technologies was on the average at the 50~70% of the levels of the leading advanced countries by technology. The Korean Ministry of Knowledge and Economy then identified 10 core green technologies which Korea can develop and deploy during the 2010s with more focused R&D efforts. The lists of those technologies are LED, Next generation secondary cell, Future nuclear energy, Photovoltaic, Fuel cell, Smartgrid, Green car, Green IT, CCS, Advanced water treatment. To support start-up companies with outstanding green technologies, Korean government has created 100 billion won Green Start-up fund.
Green Business
Only under a completely new social environment and economic paradigm, green economy can be achieved. Since the introduction of green growth strategy, many organizational grounds have been implemented and green growth has been set out as the means for achieving green economy. Last three years green businesst pervaded industiries. While the general index in the Korean stock market rose by 77% during 2009 ~2010, the green business stock index rose by 128%. The largest portion(39%) of the green investment went N&R energy technologies, followed by next-generation electric equipment(26%), and green cars(15%). The increase of green car investment led during the three yeasrs with 313% growth. Climate change adaptation projects accounted for 13%, which focused on energy saving and GHG reduction. In N&R energies, the leading investment is photovoltaic power and wind power. In the next-generation electric equipment, the leader is LED followed by large power storage equipment and fuel cell. In green car, the investment is focused on rechargeable battery.
Green Institutions for Cooperation One of 10 Green Agenda is to instituionalize the economic policy instruments necessary to implement green growth policy goals. Educational programs for green human capital, green finance are the examples. The role of university is crucial in green growth sector. Universities can play the role of putting ideas into practice and promote new technology in market. Young people with flexible way of thinking can make significant contributions in this area.
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The government is going to develop 100,000 core green professionals by spending 1.1 trillion won until 2013. Also, through expansion of investment and research, the government will continue to develop customized professionals who can play leading roles in green industry. As part of the plan, the government will designate professional graduate schools or education institutions as training centers for such professionals. Also, expansion of international cooperation on green growth is taking place through East Asia Climate Partnership and the launch of Global Green Growth Institute. The government is also pursuing research projects with international organizations like the OECD, and is seeking an active participation in post-Copenhagen negotiation on climate change.
Developing countries have insufficient technological and financial capabilities in developing new green technologies. Develpoed contries should facilitate technology transfer and provide financial support to developing contries for global green growth. Korea is a unique country in that it successfully tranformed itself from an aid recipient into a donor country. With its green growth strategy, Korea plnas to play a key role as a bridge between developing and developed countries for eco-friendy economic growth and development. The Korean green growth strategy could become a role model to promoting the quality of life as a key value that our society must pursue.
Open Forum
Moderator: Dr. Ester B. Ogena, Chair, NRCP Division of Governmental, Educational, and International Policies Rapporteur: Dr. Felix P. Muga, Chair, NRCP Division of Mathematical Sciences DR. VIRGINIA L. BARRAQUIO-NRCP-Taguig: What is Green Growth? Will you recommend nuclear power as a source of alternative energy?
DR. HONG KUM LEE: Green Growth , or low carbon, is a new paradigm for development in Korea. The Korean government hopes that green growth will not only introduce strategies for green economy but will be viewed as a global economy in developed and developing countries. On nuclear power, we do not produce gasoline or methane. The safety of atomic power is highly important. We have a committee looking on the safe use of it.
DR. VIRGINIA L. BARRAQUIO-NRCP-Taguig: economy?
How far are you now in the global green growth
DR.HONG KUM LEE: For almost a year.
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Dr. Rio John Ducusin-NRCP-Taguig: Green Growth is expensive but if successful, would the use of cheaper non-green technologies become justifiable?
DR. HONG KUM LEE: Some European countries have such form of energy utilizing biotechnology. Green Growth is environment-friendly clear air, clear water. We are hoping to become a developed country. We dont produce petroleum.
Dr. ARALAR-NRCP-TAGUIG: How does the Korean population accept the shift towards green growth with each concomitant shift in consumer practice, huge investments from govt. and devt. focus?
DR. PACIENTE A. CORDERO, JR.-NRCP-Taguig: In specific terms, what is the key role-to be played by Korea to bridge between developing and developed countries?
DR. HONG KUM LEE: The reaction of our people is focused on green university. They want to save on electricity by having little electricity consumption. In the 1900s, Korea has begun to realize the benefits of sustainable development. Now in 2011, we can compare it with green growth. We need money for infrastructure to clean rivers, etc. Without money, we cannot make environmental changes.
DR. TORRES-ITDI-DOST-NRCP-Taguig: May we know what is the objective of the GreenTechnology Center? Will there be possible collaboration? What products have you developed?
DR.HONG KUM LEE: We have very cheap biomaterials and other products are still being scrutinized. We have clean oceans.
PROF. CARMENCITA T. AGUILAR-MarriottHotel-Cebu: I commend Dr. Lee for using beautiful terminologies, i.e., green growth, brown technologies, etc. How much does the Korean government spend to promote such technologies?
DR. HONG KUM LEE: Our people concentrate on developing power, clean economies, clean ITs, etc. We have co-makers on these. Without clean growth we cannot survive. Our industries in Korea contribute funds to develop our technologies. Investments in Korea increased to US$30-M.
Marriott Hotel-Cebu: Korea developed the first strategy. What is the bridge from poor to rich country?
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DR. HONG KUM LEE: It is the choice of the government concerned. Green growth is a useful model for developing countries with many institutions and organizations. DR. FLAVIANA D. HILARIO-Marriott Hotel-Cebu: We hope that Korea is bridging the technology from poor to rich countries on technology transfer.
DR. HONG KUM LEE: If Korea want to be a global leader, it has to provide assistance to developing countries. We have to share with them our technologies, like our biotechnology. We can help and work together.
DR. FLAVIANA D. HILARIO-Marriott Hotel-Cebu: PAGASA is thankful for South Korea from which we are receiving aid in monitoring our stations.
CMU-Bukidnon: Are green technologies valuable enough to be accepted by Korean industries? Is there a plan to promote Koreas technologies to the ASEAN region?
DR. HONG KUM LEE:
The industries in Korea provide aid to our technologies. They accept our
technologies to which they strictly follow.
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ICSU - RCAP, Ce bu, 2 01 1 .1 1.1 1 - 12
Lay ing t he Fo un dat ion fo r Gre en Gr o wt h : Mile st o ne s

The declaration of low carbon, green growth as Koreas new development vision by President Lee Myung- bak in August 2008. Presidential Committee on Green Growth launched in February 2009 as the highest body for deliberation and coordination. The National Green Growth Strategy and the Five- Year Plan for Green Growth ( 2009~ 2013) prepared in 2008. President Lee declares Koreas MT GHG emission reduction target of 30% BAU by 2020 in Copenhagen in 2009. National Assembly passed the Framework Act for Low Carbon Green Growth at the end of 2009.
Next 60 years Last 60 years Brown growth
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Green growth
Na tional Gre e n Growth Strate gy : Frame work
Cu rr en t Fo cus o f th e Pr es ide nt ial Commit te e

Shifting to the Structure of Green Economy & Green Society
Vision
A Model Green Nation - through creating virtuous harmony of

environment & economy Low Carbon Society & Energy Security Enhanced Quality of Life & Intl Leadership
Green Transportation & Land Managem ent Green Life-style Intl Leadership
Introduction of the Emission Trading System Rationalization of Power Pricing and Environmental Tax Reform Greening of Buildings and Transportation Intensifying Green Living Campaigns
Objectives
New Engine for Growth
Build Low Carbon Society
R&D for Green Tech. Foster G reen Industry Greening the Industry Lay the Foundation for Green Economy
Strengthen the Foundation for Green Industry Development

Green R&D and Training of Green Manpower for Green Industries and Jobs Facilitate Green Financing with tax incentives and VC market development
10 Key Agenda
Greater Energy Security Addressing Climate Change
Enhance International Green Growth Leadership

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In no vat ion as Ke y t o Gre en Gro wt h
Gree n Inves tme nt by Big Bus ines s es : 2008~ 2010
Koreas GG Strategy seeks to transform its economys entire system of resources and energy uses across the whole range of sectors for sustained green growth, assisted by a new green export dynamism. The key to sustained green growth will be a pervasive and continuing process of innovation, technological and institutional. This is key to delinking economic growth and environmental degradation. The ultimate driver of innovation is the need to reduce GHG emissions to meet the declared target.
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Le a ding Are a s for Gre e n Inve s tme nt by Big Bus ine s s
Com po sition of Gr e e n Inve s tm e n t in N&R Ene rg ie s: 2 011 ~ 201 3
C om pos it ion of Gr e e n In ve s tm e nt in NG Ele c tr ic Eq uipm e n t: 20 11~ 2 013
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Eight renewable energies for government- supported deployment: solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind, bio, hydraulic, geothermal, ocean, and waste energies. Three new energies for government- supported deployment: hydrogen, fuel cell, and clean coal energies. 16
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P olic y P ro gr am s by Age nd a: 1 0) Be c om e a G lo ba l GG Le ade r
Support Developing Count ries in Green Growt h

Portion of Gr ee n ODA (Both Par ties) : (0 9)1 4 ? (1 3)2 0% GEF C ontr ibution : (0 9)0 .23 ? ( 2 0)0 .25 %
Green Growth Role-Mo del

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Thr ough Ea st Asia Clim ate Par tner ship, Exte nd Gre en le ader ship Bridges be twe en de ve loping c ountr ie s and a dv anc ed countr ies for c lima te change negotia tion
Green Hub Ko rea

Integra te d with Gre en Te chnology a nd S yste m inc luding gre en gr owth c ity a nd gre en FE Z (Fre e Ec onomic Zone) The ce nter of Asia C lim ate Change tha t lea ds Asias Gr ee n Gr owth
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In te r nat io na l GG In it ia tive s : Me F ir s t Initia tive s
Inte r na tiona l GG Init iat ive s : T o Globa lize Gre e n Gr ow th

Korea launched the East Asia Climate Partnership Initiative in 2008.
President Lee proposed Me First actions while announcing the MT emission reduction target as a voluntary commitment. This target is domestically binding on the government, however. Korea proposed registration of non- Annex I countries voluntary commitments on the NAMA Registry and having them bound domestically. Korea is bidding to host COP18 in 2012.
Korea is increasing green ODA: 20% by 2013 ? 30% by 2020 : EACP, GEF, and ADB Carbon Fund for the Future. OECD has completed a 2- year project on green growth strategy at the proposal of Korea. Report released in last May. OECD has launched the Green Growth Strategy(GGS). Korea launched Global Green Growth Institute in June 2010 to promote green growth as a new paradigm for developing countries. Partners: Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, ROK, and UAE ADB, Danfoss Group, EBRD, GIZ, GGG Forum, NRCHS Korea, UNESCAP, and WEF.
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J une 2011
Discussed green growth for a Planet- Responsible Civilization.

L ate 1960s
President Lee proposes to open the era of Earth 3.0 in which earth environment and human civilization coexist in harmony. President announced a plan to launch a Green Technology Center for the benefit of developing countries. GGG Summit will be held annually.
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SESSION 3
Health and Well-being in the Changing Urban Environment: A Systems Approach to an Integrated Understanding
SPEAKER: Prof. Soottiporn Chittmitrapap Secretary General National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
Prof. Soottiporn said that the methodology is both international and interdisciplinary. It has value in relation with other on-going or planned community activities. The approach is useful as a research method, for capacity building and useful for human resource development. In this case, it will apply to research in health and well-being as well as problem orientation; also for policy research and services research.
His paper is concerned with health issues in rural communities wherein he looked into health policy. The issue of poverty reduction in the community is concerned with the problems of orphans and their health condition. The issues involved have something to do with extensive drug resistant, as well as intellectual property rights. In the rural area, villagers and children must be empowered to be capable of critical
thinking. Health services or well-being are much needed by the Thai in Southern Communities as well as the flood victims in Bangkok. Aside from health, the speaker said, there is need to develop more awareness of non-use of plastic materials to prevent wastes that clog the water ways, which contribute to flooding. Herbal medicines are also used in the rural areas as a result of social practices, which can be helpful to the community.
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Open Forum Moderator: Dr. Flaviana D. Hilario, Chair, NRCP Division of Earth and Space Sciences Rapporteur: Dr. Wilson O. Garcia, Chair, NRCP Division of Physics
Dr. Marietta Sumagaysay-UPV-Tacloban College: How do you propose to implement Health R&D in poor and rural communities where research and empirical findings are not usually available to support informed decision-making by politicians?
PROF. SOOTTIPORN CHITTMITTRAPAP: Implementation is very important. Even health personnel or people who work in the hospital try to find out what are the problems in the universities, etc. The essential research must be problem-oriented to match with ones own need.
Prof. Margarita de la Cruz-UPV-Tacloban College: One of the impacts of climate change is on the health and well-being of the people. What is the status of research in this area and what would you suggest as priority research areas to focus on in the next 5 years or so?
PROF. SOOTTIPORN CHITTMITTRAPAP: One is the cause for emerging diseases.
DR. JAIME C. MONTOYA-Marriott Hotel-Cebu:
One of the root causes of all of these is poor city
planning. I think, we have to come up with a scientific city planning. It is possible for us to develop a S&Tbased planning to develop healthy people in the city.
PROF. CARMENCITA T. AGUILAR-Marriott Hotel-Cebu: I dont know how urbanized the urban Thais are. What are the policies made for the urban Thais? What kind of diseases affect children in the Southern part of Thailand?
PROF. SOOTTIPORN CHITTMITTRAPAP: We try to come up with database on these.
DR. TEVES-Marriott Hotel-Cebu: The assistance approach to solve problems requires strong political will. Can you share how Thailand is doing this in coordination with government agencies?
PROF. SOOTTIPORN CHITTMITTRAPAP: We must work together. We must identify the health systems available. NTRC provides funds for research. Each institution in Thailand serves its mandate and mission.
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Be International and Interdisciplinary Build on expertise of the ICSU Unions Add value to other ongoing or planned activities Fill a unique niche Incorporate links with pertinent international bodies Generate new scientific insights Focus on population health / disease prevention Fit within the context of the Millennium Development goals Broader the agenda of science for sustainable development
Systems Approach & Implementation
ICSU
Research objectives Capacity building HRD - Researchers
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE POOL
accessibility affordability
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE POOL
accessibility affordability
acceptability feasibility
LOCAL APPLICATION
acceptability feasibility
LOCAL APPLICATION
1.1 Research towards local application
of global knowledge pool.
1.2 Research for understanding of ones own situation and problems.
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1.3 Problem-oriented Research

Examples:
Oral rehydrating salt for diarrhoea (Bangladesh) DMPA contraceptive drug research (Thailand) Alternative energy sources
1.4 Policy research System research Services research Operational research
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1.5 Poverty reduction research 90 % of the efforts and investment in health research was for the health problems affecting only 10 % of the world population, while 90 % of the people mainly in developing countries were left with neglected health problems ( 10% research).
Global Forum on Health Research for Development
ADB Institute: Poverty Reduction Research Program by initiating better primary healthcare and happy fami lies (Thailand) Poverty targeting, Making markets work for the poor (India) Rural roads and poverty reduction (India), Microfinance (Pakistan, Bangladesh) World Bank: Southwest Chi na / Qinba Poverty Reduction Project (China) Sufficient economy for the elimination of poverty in rural areas etc.
Examples:
Extensive drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) Emerging viral diseases in developing countries: SARS, H5N1 Bird Flu, etc KN OW LEDGE-EXPORTING COUNT RIES KNOWLEDGE-IMPORTING COUNTRIES
Intellectual property right Monopoly Pricing of technology

RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN
Problems unsolved
RELEVANT RESEARCH NOT DONE
Need the technology Buy high-priced technology With limited resources
Relevant & used

Irrelevant
POORER
It is relevant for developing countries to try to develop their own competitive research.
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ICSU
Knowledge and skills acquired through research process

# Tool to cultivate scientific and critical thinking # Employment in technology-intensive jobs will need abilities to work on knowledge and technology from access, critical appraisal to application of new technology as well as preparation for future advances . # Training of future researchers
Villagers in the community empowered by research process.
Priority
ICSU
Priority Settings Diversity of Problems
Platform
Access
Funding
Research for important /significant health problems Routine to Research (R to R) Biomed. R / R&D for commercial
Multi-tasks Programme development
Suitable dialogues
Phase III
system
Experienced strategists
Programme Structure
Prioritized Health problems Phase II
Phase I
Information and database access
network
Research & Investigation team Determining, promoting and coordinating research projects/ parallel collaboration
All stakeholders
Resource
Developing methodologies and identifying data needs / Finding the new knowledge
Researchers / gov.officers
Communicating & im plementing new knowledge : Promotion and outreach

Policy officials / politicians
Other involved groups
Funding and supporting bodies
Time-line ICSU catalyst
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SESSION 4
ASEAN Community 2015
SPEAKER: Dr. Graciano P. Yumul, Jr.

Undersecretary for R & D Department of Science and Technology
Usec. Yumul talked on the ASEAN 2015 why we have it, the preparations for the coming 2015, and what the Philippines has been doing concerning the ASEAN 2015.
Dr. Yumul, as a prelude, gave some information about current situations in some ASEAN member-states. Thailand was being flooded having hard time exporting rice. China was having drought, with its
hydropower plant not actually working. On 11 March 2011, Japan was hit by a magnitude 9 earthquake, followed by almost a massive tsunami. In 1911, Tokyo was devastated by a great earthquake but it was not the earthquake that killed the people but actually the massive fires that followed. Right now, people are still debating whether there is global warming or not whether it is man-made or due to natural causes. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is negotiating for a 2oC limit of temperature. But looking at literatures we see that there is almost 4oC temperature happening in the world. With global warming we see emerging and reemerging diseases for which there is a massive search for cure. In the Philippines, dengue lately has been a major issue. When there is global warming and/or climate change, weather (all about water) would be the first to be affected.
All these issues and how they affect the ASEAN made our leaders come up with plans and programs to ensure that the ASEAN will be competitive in the global scenario. The ASEAN 2015 will be a borderless
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community wherein the ASEAN as a group will be collaborating and competing with the rest of the world. Its main purpose is to make sure there is peace and instability in the ASEAN Region, which will bring about economic progress.
What the ASEAN is doing now is making sure that before 2015 the political, economic, and socio-cultural arena are strengthened and the development gap in the region is narrowed down. The ASEAN provides paradigm shifts, making sure that the region will become innovative. Indonesia ensures that our
biodiversity and food chain are taken care of. Vietnam pursues building up its two nuclear power plants, that the first will operate in 2015. Brunei-Darusalam is investing its petro-dollars, not only in the ASEAN Region, but also in other parts of the world. The program ASEAN Helps ASEAN sees that Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam would be at par with other member-states. Thailands hospitals and medical institutions are forming a consortium so that no hostile takeover bid could engage these institutions. There are now rich foreign schools in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand knowing that the ASEAN is the way to go. In the Philippines, all professionals are up to the accepted standards in the region.
2015 will just be the start. We are actually aiming for 2020 which is about East Asia that the ASEAN will have Australia, Japan, Korea, China, India, New Zealand, and possibly Pakistan. The plan is that the ASEAN will come up with a document defining a rich ASEAN by 2030 resilient, inclusive, competitive, and harmonious. China, Japan, and Korea have come up with their own game plan up to 2030 and the ASEAN cannot afford not to have its own up to 2030. When it becomes East Asia, it will be about the whole region. China and Korea already came up with their version of East Asia. The New ZealandAustralian version of East Asia will be ready by 2020.
The National Research Council of the Philippines, as commissioned by DOST, has come up with an action plan for the ASEAN 2015, which underscores the importance of human capital development, policy design development, and implementation.
The DOST is currently having ICT as a major backbone, addressing the administrations key result areas: good governance; anti-corruption; human capital development; poverty reduction; economic
development; security, justice and peace; climate change and disaster. It is putting all its financial resources on S&T human resource development program, R&D and technology transfer, and disaster preparedness. It also invests funds on cloud computing, algal research, and ultimately on non-adversarial mining technology with state colleges and universities and other institutions. Technology transfer could be accepted in the community, not only through science and technology but also through social science aspects.
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Asso ciatio n o f So uthe ast Asian N atio ns (ASE A N)

ASEAN Declaration, 08 August 1967
Promote econom ic growth, social progress and cultural development Promote peace and stability Work as a team

Mem ber States
Original 6 Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Malaysia Philippines S ingapore Thailand New Memb ers Viet Nam (1995) Lao PDR (1997) Myanmar (1997) Cambodia (1999)
ASE A N C o m mu nity 2015

ASEAN Community
ASEAN Political-Sec urity Community (APSC) ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)

ASEAN Political Security Community (APSC)
R ules-based community; C ohesive, peaceful, stable and resilient; and D ynamic and outward-looking
Narrowing the Deve lopment G AP (N DG)
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
Single market and production base Competitive economic region Equitable economic development Fully integrated into global economy

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
Human development Social welfare and protection Social justice and rights Environmental sustainability ASEAN identity Narrowing the development gap
Krabi Initiative 2010:

Scienc e Technology a nd Innov ation (STI) for a Competitive, Sustaina ble and Inclusi ve ASEAN
A SEA N 2015 Vision of A SEA NL eaders
Ratification of ASEAN Treaty

ASEAN: legal entity, can sue and be sued Towards a borderless economy Follow a region-wide standard
Rationale
R oles of STI A Balance of C ompetitiveness and Human Development (People-oriented STI) R einventing AS EAN Scientific Community for a Meaningful Delivery of S TI Ag enda in A SEA N AS EAN Innovation for Global Market Energy Security STI Enculturation Digital Economy, New Media & Social Network Biodiversity for Health & Wealth Youth-focused Innovation Green Technology Food Security
Thematic Tracks
Water Manag ement Bottom-of-the -Pyramid F ocus (BOP)
Science and Innovation for L ife STI for Green Society Public-Private Partnership Platform
Paradigm Shifts
Org anisational restructure for a meaning ful delivery of STI ag enda in ASE AN
C ourses of Action
Develop mechanisms to pursue partnerships and cooperation with other stakeholders in S TI E nhance the A SEA N Plan of Action on S&T for 2012-2015 and leverag e the recommendations of the K rabi Retreat for development of future APAST beyond 2015 Implement monitoring &evaluation mechanism for the implementation of STI thematic tracks
Examples
Indonesia: Coral Triangle initiative and development programs Vietnam: Two nuclear power plants Brunei Darussalam: Investment of petrodollars CLMV: Bringing them up to par
Examples
Thailand: Hospitals and medical institutions consortium Singapore: Take over bid of the Australian stock exchange Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia: Establishment of offshore foreign schools Philippines: Registration as APEC engineers
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After 2015
East Asia: 2020 RICH ASEAN: 2030 (Resilient, Inclusive, Competitive, Harmonious)

DIALOGUE RELATIONS
ASEAN + 1 S&T Cooperation China biotechnology, traditional indigenous technology, food technology, renewable energy, seismology, marine science and technology, S&T management, materials science and technology

DIALOGUE RELATIONS
ASEAN + 3 Priorities for S&T Cooperation International S&T Partnership (China) Strengthening East Asia Cooperation (Japan) Center for the Gifted in Science (ROK)
Asso ciatio n o f So utheast Asian Natio ns (ASE AN)

Philippine Consultation
DOST KEY PROGRAMS
AQ UINO ADMINISTRATIONS KRAs

GOOD GOVE RNANCE AND ANTICORRUPTION
Human ca pital d evelopment P olicy des ign, dev elopm ent and im plementation Resource allocation
ICT PROGRAMS
S&T HUM AN RESOURCE DE VELOP MENT PROGRAM
HUMAN DE VELOP MENT AND POV ERTY REDUCTION
RESE ARCH AND DEVE LOPME NT AND TE CHNOLOGY TRANS FER P ROGRAMS
ECONOMIC DEV ELOPMENT
SE CURITY, JUSTICE AND P EACE
DISASTE R PREPARE DNESS AND HAZARD MITIGATION P ROGRAM
CLIM ATE CHANG E ADAP TATION AND MITIGATION
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WAY FORWARD
Priority Areas:
CLOUD COMPUTING
Community: Acceptance Social Preparations
DISASTER SCIENCE and MANAGEMENT
Technology Transfer
ALGAE RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION
Government
Researcher
Private
NON-ADVERSIAL MINING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Facilitative Environment
Technology Generation
Product Marketing
Reactors:
Dr. Jose Paulo E. Campos Chair, Coordinating Council for Private Educational Associations of the Philippines What is the Bologna Accord? In 1999, the Ministers of Education of 29 European countries agreed to make the school systems of their countries compatible with each other. Degrees from one country would then have to be accepted by any country signing the Accord. The agreement was signed at the University of Bologna in Italy. Whats in the Accord? Under the Bologna Accord, European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is very much like our system of units. One ECTS-credit is equivalent to about 30 hours of study.
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A bachelors degree can be earned in three years. Europeans three-year bachelors degrees are equivalent to Americas four-year undergraduate degrees. The European three-year degrees is considered distinct from the Indian BComm, which is not equivalent to a bachelors degree as it often requires further study before the degree recipient is qualified to enroll in a graduate management program. More bachelors graduates, and consequently, more potential masters students. The Bologna Accord creates a shorter undergraduate degree 3 years. It is expected that there will be more European students who will successfully complete bachelors degrees, which would, in turn, create a large pool of potential graduate students. The estimate is 2.4 million students per year by the year 2010. Before the Bologna Accord, first degrees in Europe which is equivalent to an American bachelors degree plus masters degree were supposed to take 5 years to complete. However, in practice, the length of study was often considerably longer than 5 years because of students tendency to re-sit years and take a long time to write a final thesiswithout which, many degrees could not be awarded. And so the length of these first degrees was a deterrent from attempting them and a barrier to education. Of those that did enter higher education, on average, students in 5- to 6-year courses had a 17% higher dropout rate than students in 3- to 5-year courses of study. With shorter degrees, more students will earn a bachelors degree. For example, In Italy, first degrees took an average of 5.6 years to complete. In France and Germany, degrees were typically completed in 5.3 and 6 years, respectively. In Austria and Greece, a first degree took an average of 7.3 years to complete! In Europe, very long first degrees were the dominant model. With the Bologna Accord, there will be a fundamental shift. More bachelor degree graduates would mean more potential masters students. While its difficult to predict what the student will do after graduating with a bachelors degree, it is their hope that they will continue to work on a masters degree.
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Whats in it for us? The Philippines uses the American educational system. Our Engineering courses use the Washington Accord. Bologna Accord tries to make the European education compatible with the American system. But the Bologna Accord is bad news to graduates in the Philippines intending to further their studies in Europe. It is also bad news to those who would be looking for a job in Europe. Then again, it could also be good news for us. Why? This will force our Department of Education to adopt major improvement changes to our educational system to meet the requirements of the Bologna Accord. The question is, will they? And when? According to Isagani Cruz: Starting this year, undergraduate degrees in the Philippines will no longer be recognized in most European countries. Jobs in most European countries that require undergraduate degrees will no longer be open to Filipinos, who went to school in the Philippines. (Source: Philstar) Take note, will no longer be open to Filipinos was how it was written on the article. (We dont know if it applies also to foreigners who went to school in the Philippines.)
Dr. Evelyn Grace de Jesus-Ayson Head, Research Division, SEAFDEC
The Webinar on ASEAN Community 2015 held last 12 November 2011 featured 4 papers: Promotion of science and health education and public on science policy (Professor Bruce HJ McKellar, University of Melbourne, Australia), Move towards green growth in South Korea: Scientific, technological and economic considerations (Dr. Hong Kum Lee, Korea Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea), Health and wellbeing in the changing urban environment: A systems approach to an integrated understanding (Professor Soottiporn Chittmittrapap, National Research Council of Thailand), and ASEAN Community 2015 (Dr. Graciano P. Yumul, Jr., Department of Science and Technology, Philippines).
The Green Growth National Strategy enacted by the Government of South Korea in 2008 as a new development paradigm in response to environmental concerns and energy crisis issues is highly commendable and worth emulating.
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The overall objectives include: 1) to be a low carbon society and achieve energy security, 2) to create new engines of growth, and 3) to enhance the peoples quality of life while at the same time becoming a global leader for green growth.
The government is focusing its efforts in the development of environment-friendly technologies and industries. To push its Green Agenda, the government forged strong partnerships with industries, the business community and the people. Intensive information and education programs like the Green Starts with Me are being put in place to institutionalize the policy from the grassroots. The role of universities in terms of development and promotion of new green technologies as well as development of human capital is also being strengthened. To make an international impact, the government is pursuing international cooperation on green growth through the East Asia Climate Partnership and the launch of the Global Green Growth Institute. This is a very positive development for developing countries that do not have sufficient technological and financial capabilities to develop new green technologies. Developed countries therefore should facilitate the transfer of already available and new technologies developed from their R&D to developing countries and provide financial support to these countries to adopt these green technologies for global green growth.
With the ASEAN Declaration of 08 August 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed to promote economic growth, social progress and cultural development; and promote peace and stability. From its 6 original members (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore and Thailand), the ASEAN now comprise 10 member states (including Viet Nam, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia). The ASEAN member states are working towards strengthening cooperation towards an ASEAN Community in 2015 in three (3) fronts: the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC), the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC).
In the Science & Technology front, a number of regional initiatives are being pushed e.g. the Roadmap on Climate Change S&T intervention and the ASEAN Network for Drugs, Diagnostics and Vaccines Innovation. The ASEAN has likewise forged cooperation with several countries in the Asia-Pacific region including among others the ASEAN + 1 S&T Cooperation with China, ASEAN + 1 S&T Cooperation with Japan, ASEAN + 1 S&T Cooperation with Russia, and ASEAN + 3 with the Republic of Korea, China and Japan, on S&T areas of mutual interest.
A stronger ASEAN for better economic security is important in the food production sector. Food security is a common goal for all ASEAN member states. World fisheries production records show that production from capture fisheries has been stagnant in recent years whereas aquaculture production has registered steady growth and now contributes about 50% of total fisheries production (FAO 2009).
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The aquaculture industry is expected to continue to expand and increase production and contribute more in meeting the global requirements for fish and fishery products. At present, nine out of ten of the top 10 aquaculture producing countries are in Asia; 4 ASEAN member states are in the top 10 Indonesia, Thailand, Viet Nam and the Philippines. However, the fisheries and aquaculture industry in ASEAN member countries is highly vulnerable to the threats of climate change. Since the fisheries and aquaculture industry is a very significant economic sector for ASEAN member countries, initiatives such as harmonization of production practices and product quality standards, adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change and other related policies are being actively pursued in preparation for a single ASEAN Economic Community in 2015. Recognizing the importance of fisheries and aquaculture in meeting the food security goals of the Philippines and of the region, the National Research Council of the Philippines and other national science councils, either singly or collaboratively through the International Council for Science Union (ICSU) has an important role to play in the promotion of R&D on fisheries and aquaculture as well as dissemination of science-based technologies that will ensure the sustainable development of the industry.
DR. ALVIN B. CULABA President, NRCP The NRCP underscores the importance of research in this country for national development. NRCP now confirms that those issues and concerns discussed today by our resource persons and those included in the Strategy in the ASEAN Committee 2015 are those that we have identified in the document that we came up after the national consultation. We are now ready to also come up with an action plan that will ensure that all government policies will be science-based.
PROF. SOOTTIPORN CHITTMITTRAPAP Secretary-General, National Research Council of Thailand We have first to improve the economy then aim for the action. We are a country with less technologies. We have to share together whatever improved technologies we have.
PROF. MODH NORDIN HASAN Secretary-General, ICSU-ROAP There are certain roles that the ICSU could play in the ASEAN context.
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OPEN FORUM Moderator: Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz, National Scientist and NRCP Vice President Rapporteur: Dr. Zenaida G. Sadiwa, Chair, NRCP Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences CMU-Bukidnon: To be able to reach the vision of ASEAN Community 2015 where there is economic growth, political security and socio-cultural development, what do you think is the best strategy to narrow the development gap? Given the volatile condition of ASEAN community, what should be given priority and why?
DR. GRACIANO P. YUMUL, JR.: We will make sure that within the ASEAN member-states, we will work for a single standard. It will not be one standard working in one member-state and another standard in other member-state.
DR. PACIENTE A. CORDERO, JR.-NRCP-Taguig: If ICSU-ROAP has funding for research, can we submit research proposals?
PROF. MOHD NORDIN HASAN-Marriott Hotel-Cebu: ICSU is not a funding body for research programs. It is more of a catalyst on science. But it has small grants open to its scientific unions.
CMU-Bukidnon: ASEAN Community 2015 is just 4 years from now. Where do you think we are now in
the roadmap and what are the pressing concerns that should be given priority?
DR. GRACIANO P. YUMUL, JR.-Marriott Hotel-Cebu: We have to move along the pace, direction of the ASEAN 2015 whether we like it or not, finished or not finished,
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Synthesis
12th Regional Committee Meeting for ASEAN & the Pacific and Webinar on ASEAN Community 2015 HOSTED BY: Department of Science and Technology National Research Council of the Philippines
Prof. Carmencita T. Aguilar Chairperson, Division of Social Sciences
Dr. Portia G. Lapitan Vice Chair, Division of Agriculture & Forestry
Dr. Alvin B. Culaba.delivered the Welcome Remarks National Research Council of the Philippines, President Dr. Cecilia P. Reyes. ..presented the Participants National Research Council of the Philippines Executive Director
Dr. Jaime C. Montoyaexplained the Mechanics of the Webinar Executive Director of DOST-PCHRD Past NRCP President and Member of ICSU-ROAP
Webinar Participating Units: NRCP Head Office, Taguig City, Metro Manila University of the Philippines in Tacloban City Central Mindanao University in Bukidnon
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Session I Promotion of Science and Health Education & Public Awareness on Science Policy
Prof. Bruce HJ McKellar highlighted in his presentations two aspects: first, the importance of Science and Health Education; and second, the value of public policy awareness by the community. He said that Physics and Mathematics are always part of Science education. However, it has come to a point that the primary Science program of the Australian Academy is almost sliding down. Fortunately, 50% of Primary Schools are still adopting Mathematics and Science in their Curriculum.
Presenter: Prof. Bruce H.J. McKellar University of Melbourne Australia
These are done by linking Science and Literacy program. They also overcome the lack of teachers by providing extensive trainings for teachers to enhance primary schools teachers confidence and competence for Science Teaching. The Academy of Science gives assistance to the providers of State Education Departments to the Church school system and the independent schools. The effort has encouraged the indigenous students who are enrolled in the program to gain more confidence in the classrooms, as well as self-esteem, which improve their participation in school activities. These efforts have improved their literacy in Science.
Recognition of teachers in Science is also the key to the successful learning outcome in the classrooms. By doing and providing educational resources for Science learning has developed an interactive program to support teachers and students. 80% of Australians recognized that Science education is important. After 50 years of involvement in Science education, the author concluded that to place scientists in the map of the schools could improve the science programs even while it will entail a lot of work in Science education. Australian Scientists are committed to the promotion of Science and Health education. The author calls for more transparency and encouragement in the involvement of the sciences in policy-making.
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Session II
The Move Towards Green Growth in South Korea: Scientific, Technological and Economic Consideration The author said that the Republic of Koreas green growth strategy and policies were prepared as early as 15years ago in response to the impending energy crises. The policy was a result of the vision of President Lee Myung Bak in 2008 as part of his 5 years plan for 2009-2013. President Lees goal was to meet an MTGHG emission reduction target of 30% only. The objectives were to have a low carbon society; new engine; enhance quality of life and International Green Growth Leadership.
The following are the strategies to implement the plan: Presenter: Dr. Hong Kum Lee President, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) Republic of Korea I. Science and Technology of green Growth 1. Adopt to Climate Change 2. Privatization of 4 Major Rivers 3. Promote Healthy Forests and Eco-system II. Adopt Green Technologies 1. Education for green technology with international cooperation. 2. Expand green technology infrastructures III. Core of the Green Technologies 1. Investments involvement of big business and industries in 2008-2010 with an investment of $14 Billion in 2010 2. To increase the investments to $20 Billion by 20112013 or an 18% increase.
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IV. Deployment of Renewable Energies in 2010-2030 Solar Thermal 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Sources Solar Photovoltaic Wind Biogas Hydraulic Geothermal Ocean
V. International Initiatives for Green Growth 1. International Leadership 2. Me-first policy and initiatives 3. Achieve the program through international conferences on related issues to global green growth 4. Meeting the actual situation issues to global green growth or pollution caused by gas pollution and atomic energy and related technology.
VI. Creation of Green Growth Institute for the purpose of: 1. Promotion of more green growth technologies 2. Bio-energy and substitute to promote clean environment with less exposure.
The author claimed that the South Korea green growth policy was successful and industries and other entities that caused pollution have committed to cooperate with the government policy.
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Session III
Health & Well Being in the Changing Urban Environment: A System Approach to an Integrated Understanding
The author said that the methodology is both international and interdisciplinary. It has value in relation with other on-going or planned community activities. The approach is useful as a
research method, for capacity building and useful for human resource development. In this case, it will apply to research in health and well-being as well as problem orientation; also for policy research and services research.
His paper is concerned with health issues in rural communities Presenter: Prof. Soottiporn Chittmuttrapap Secretary General National Research Council, Thailand wherein he looked into health policy. The issue of poverty
reduction in the community is concerned with the problems of orphans and their health condition. The issues involved have something to do with extensive drug resistant, as well as intellectual property rights. In the rural area, villagers and
children must be empowered to be capable of critical thinking. Health services or well-being are much needed by the Thai in Southern Communities as well as the flood victims in Bangkok.
Aside from health, the author said, there is need to develop more awareness of non-use of plastic materials to prevent wastes that clog the water ways, which contribute to flooding. Herbal
medicines are also used in the rural areas as a result of Social practices, which can be helpful to the community.
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Session IV
ASEAN Community 2015
Dr. Graciano P. Yumul, Jr. explained why there is an ASEAN and what are the ASEAN goals by 2015. He explained what the Philippines is doing as it moves towards 2015, faced with several issues as follows: 1. The need for clean source of energy. 2. The issue of importing rice. 3. The hazards and risks and disasters. 4. Global warming 5. Water and issues of flooding Presenter: Dr. Graciano P. Yumul, Jr. DOST Undersecretary for Research & Development Chair, ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology, Philippines
The Philippines keeps on seeking a clean source of energy, which can economically affordable by the country. The
development of biogas and alternative sources are looked into.
Rice is being imported by the country, mainly from Thailand. But with the floods in Thailand, rice will not be exported by that country because it will be reserved for its needs. The Philippines may have to look for an alternative source for rice importation.
Hazards and disasters like what happened in Fukushima, Japan due to tsunami must be something to think about, while the Philippines has no nuclear power plant but disasters can come from earthquakes and inclement weather.
Global warming can cause diseases. Dengue is a major disease in the Philippines.
Flooding and the overflow of major dams are problems that occur in the Philippines.
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While ASEANs objectives are to promote economic growth, promote social programs, peace and economic stability, the country must work to achieve the socio-cultural and successful economic security. The ASEAN therefore, must work to achieve: 1. human development 2. social well being 3. social justice and rights 4. environmental stability 5. narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor.
What INNOVATION ASEAN Must Make: ASEAN must develop into a legal entity with a borderless economy. It must follow a region-wide standard to achieve ASEAN economic and social variability by 2015, to be resilient, inclusive, competitive and harmonious.
What other ASEAN Countries have achieved: 1. Indonesia Coral triangle initiative and biodiversity 2. Vietnam 2 nuclear power plants 3. Brunei Darussalam investments of petrodollars 4. Cambodia Myanmar Laos Vietnam moves toward economic viability 5. Thailand Hospitals and medical treatments 6. Singapore Economically viable
Moreover, the ASEAN needs human capital development and resource allocation as well as support the Open Sky Policy to achieve the ASEAN 2015 vision. On the other hand, the DOST should invest in ICT as enabling tool for good governance, anti-corruption, economic development, and S&T development. Likewise, it should give priority to the development of mining technologies to trigger a vibrant mining industry that is environmentally sustainable and socially responsible.
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Discussants to the presentation of Dr. Graciano P. Yumul Jr.
I. Dr. Alvin B. Culaba NRCP NRCP will support government policy to be Science-based. As a proof, NRCP and NRCT has just entered into a MOA to help facilitate the efforts of Science-oriented objectives of ASEAN.
II. Prof. Soottiporn Chittmittrapap The goal of the ASEAN as it was organized in 1967 is basically economics. They bond together to move towards science-oriented technologies, which can assist in the development of initiatives based on the resources for operations which each country possessed.
III. Emeritus Prof. Mohd Nordin Hasan There are certain roles that ICSU can perform in Science and Technology which can allow closer link with ASEAN. ICSU can be useful in the ASEAN to address Science issues in the region like China having an international program office to address environmental issues; ICSU within ASEAN can initiate identification of scarce products available from an economy where it is available; Scientists can promote trade exchange by developing biodiversity; ICSU Scientists must develop their knowledge in identifying needs by creating the mind set for it. Scientific minds must be used to answer fundamental needs of the ASEAN countries.
IV. Dr. Jose Paulo E. Campos Chair, Council for Private Educational Association of the Philippines (CPEAP)
There are educational component relevant to ASEAN 2015 - such as the state of common higher education implementer through the SEAMED. The system of higher education can be harmonized in the region. There can be student mobility through student exchanges such as what are happening in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. The students attitude toward this program must be consulted
because of the differences in the S.Y. Calendar.
For instance, there is Quality Assurance program funded by New Zealand and Australia. Member states can compare qualifications framework that can be adopted by the Philippines and probably other ASEAN States. The Philippines 12 year educational structure will start this year and be within the ASEAN 2015 framework perhaps, this can be studied particularly, the initial curriculum for ASEAN purposes.
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V. Dr. Evelyn de Jesus Head, Research Division, SEAFDEC
SEAFDEC is concerned with food and food security. Fisheries production is going down. The fish producers in SEA are from the ASEAN. There can be coordinated study to improve the situation and look into the problems and concerns of the 10 countries concerned with fisheries and aquaculture.
WORKING COMMITTEES
NRCP SECRETARIAT: Marriott Hotel-Cebu: Dr. Cecilia P. Reyes Ms. Renia C. Corocoto Ms. Alicia C. Mercado Ms. Cecille Baquireza Ms. Rhodora Tuplano Mr. Danilo Sallilas Mr. Jaime Ragos
NRCP-Taguig: Ms. Leilani Pelegrina Mr. Andrew Salamat Mr. Nicasio Lambino Mr. Joselito A. Carteciano Mr. Gerry S. Petilla Mr. Jesus Piquero UP Visayas-Tacloban: Ms. Ruby Villavicencio Ms. Josefina Marin CMU-Bukidnon: Ms. Melinda Perez
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NRCP GOVERNING BOARD:
Dr. Alvin B. Culaba
President, and Chair, Div. Of Engineering and Industrial Research Vice President and Member-at-Large Corporate Sec., and Chair, Div. Of Vet.Medicine Treasurer, and Chair, Div. Of Biological Sciences Member-at-Large DOST Representative Asst. Corp. Sec., and Chair, Div. Of Pharmaceutical Sciences Assistant Treasurer, and Chair, Div. Of Earth and Space Sciences Chair, Div. Of Governmental, Educl. and Intl. Policies Chair, Div. Of Mathematical Sciences Chair, Div. Of Medical Sciences Vice Chair, Div. Of Agriculture and Forestry Chair, Div. Of Social Sciences Chair, Div. Of Physics Chair, Div. Of Chemical Sciences
Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz Dr. Grace D. De Ocampo Dr. Maritess G. Yee Dr. Salcedo L. Eduardo Dr. Graciano P. Yumul, Jr. Dr. Zenaida G. Sadiwa
Dr. Flaviana D. Hilario
Dr. Ester B. Ogena
Dr. Felix P. Muga II Dr. Carmelita F. Domingo Dr. Portia G. Lapitan Prof. Carmencita T. Aguilar Dr. Wilson O. Garcia Dr. Irene M. Villaseor
Prof. Felipe M. De Leon, Jr. Chair, Div. Of Humanities
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Annex A 12th International Council for Science Regional Committee Meeting for Asia and the Pacific and Webinar on ASEAN Community 2015 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS NAME Marriott Hotel, Cebu 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Lilia R. Lauron Salcedo L. Eduardo Grace D. De Ocampo Manuel K. Palomar Zenaida G. Sadiwa Flaviana Hilario Carmencita T. Aguilar Felix Muga Edna Salaguban Nor Zaneedarwaty Norman Mohd Nordin Hasan Jianxin Zhang Javed Iqbal Bruce McKellar Soottiporn Chittmittrapap M.C.N Jay Asuriya Ahmad Fadzil M. Hani Hong Kum Lee Irene F. Abaygar Dexter Ontoy Arnel Mannes Jun Austria Rene Burt Llanto Portia G. Lapitan Wilson Garcia Ester B. Ogena Vivian Cabando Venus Retuya Yvette Hope Lapus Elvira L. Arellano Evelyn Grace Avson Jose Campos Felisa Etemadi Aurora Pinky Marcelo 109
INSTITUTION
SEI-DOST NRCP-UPLB NRCP NRCP-Visayas NRCP NRCP NRCP NRCP NRCP-DOST-COA ICSU ROAP ICSU ROAP ICSU ROAP ICSU ROAP ICSU ROAP ICSU ROAP ICSU ROAP ICSU ROAP ICSU ROAP WVSU CNU PAGASA-DOST PAGASA-DOST DOST 7 NRCP-Agriculture NRCP-Physics NRCP/PNU DOST 7 DOST 7 DOST 7 WVSU SEAFDEC COCOPEA UP Cebu DOST-NCR
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Graciano P. Yumul, Jr. L. B. Gonzales Franco G. Teves Carmelita F. Domingo Marites G. Yee Alvin B. Culaba Irene M. Villaseor Lourdes J. Cruz Nio Monsanto
DOST PAGASA MSU-IIT UP-PGH NRCP NRCP NRCP NRCP/UPMSI DOST 7
Media 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Junjie Mendoza Jill B. Tatoy Rhea Ruth V. Rosell Arnold Bustamante Noel Saniu Ferdinand Dugay Mark Anthony Bautista Leofil Labastida Phobe Jen Indino Cardeze Mogaya Cebu Daily News SunStar Cebu Daily News TV 5 TV 5 TV 5 GMA 7 GMA 7 Manila Bulletin Cebu Daily News
NRCP Staff 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Rhodora S. Tuplano Cecilia J. Baquireza Renia Corocoto Danilo Salillas Alicia C. Mercado Jaime Ragos Dr. Cecilia P. Reyes
NRCP, Bicutan, Taguig City 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Maxima E. Flavier Norma N. Fajardo Nerrisa K. Torreta Waren N. Baticados Rio John T. Ducusin Carmencita Mateo 110
Res. Consultant Inst. Of Chemistry, UPLB IBS, CAS, UPLB CVM, UPLB CVM-UPLB UPLB
7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.
Lovely Jen Aggabao Joy G. Hofilea Achilles del Callar Claro M. Santiago, Jr. Rosalinda C. Torres Maria Lourdes Aralar Virginia L. Barraquio Evalour T. Aspuria Jovita L. Movillon Abigail Baticados Maribelle D. Pabiania Fernando B. Aurigue Ursela G. Bigol Paciente A. Cordero, Jr. Ceferino L. Follosco Mariluz Dionglay Julieta Z. Dionglay Marieta de Luna Wila A. Hurtada Leticia P. Olay Adela S. Tan Reynaldo A. Gomez
SRS 1 CAS, Malayan Colleges Laguna NRCP Div. VII Asst. Director Supvg. Sc. Res. Spec. Scientist UPLB UPLB CEAT-UPLB CVM Malayan Colleges Laguna PNRI ITDI Consultant-VSU NRCP Div. VII FPRDI CEU NKTI UPLB NRCP Div. IV FPRDI TAPPI-Phils.
NRCP Staff 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Jesus S. Piquero Leilani D. Pelegrina Clarita A. dela Cruz Jesse M. Nicavera Joselito A. Carteciano Gerry S. Petilla Andrew R. Salamat Nicasio R. Lambino II
UPVisayas Tacloban College (UPVTC), Magsaysay Blvd., Tacloban City
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Irma R. Tan Marieta B. Sumagaysay Margarita dela Cruz Ladylyn L. Mangada Ervina A. Espina Anita G. Cular
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Faculty/UPVTC Faculty/UPVTC
7. Marjhun A. Ricarte 8. Facundo Rey M. Ladiao 9. Miah Maye M. Pormon 10. Ryan Rey M. Daga 11. Edween D. Manaog 12. Virginia N. De Asis 13. Obdulia G. Camoying 14. Rey J. dela Calzada 15. Teresita C. Jocson 16. Lualhati M. Noriel 17. Lutgarda S. Palomar 18. Emma S. Data 19. Amelia Lourdes M. Prieto 20. Antonio E. Lim, Jr. 21. Emelita B. Jaca 22. Anna Malindog
Visayas State Univ.-Tolosa Campus
Visayas State University-Baybay, Leyte Palompon Institute of Technology St. Scholasticas College Tacloban Tacloban
NRCP Staff 1. Ruby B. Villavicencio 2. Ma. Josefina B. Marin
Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon 1. Thelma C. Montero-Galliguez 2. Alnar L. Detalla 3. Maria Estela B. Detalla 4. Nimfa L. Bracamonte 5. Arnold C. Alguno 6. Roberto M. Malaluan 7. Rosario L. Reserva 8. Rebecca B. Cagmat 9. Luzviminda T. Simborio 10. Agripina R. Aradilla 11. Lesley C. Lubos 12. Numer G. Escalante 13. Francis Thaise C. Cimene 14. Erwin P. Ambasa 15. Annie L. Deriada 16. Joy M. Jamago 17. Julnar E. Pepito 18. Alma Cita S. Calimbo 19. Rolito G. Eballe 112
Caraga State University Central Mindanao University MSU-IIT Central Mindanao University Liceo de Cagayan University Capitol University Central Mindanao University
20. Jose S. Valmomba 21. Jupiter V. Casas 22. Editha L. Agus 23. Gloria Jesusa D. Baltazar 24. Emmanuel T. Baltazar 25. Florfe M. Acuin 26. Andrea G. Azuelo 27. Reynaldo L. Intong 28. Cecilia O. Bucayong 29. Jose Hermis P. Patricio 30. Mayflor D. Prantilla-Arambala 31. Gloria L. Galan 32. Thea Arbie M. Rivera 33. Anthony M. Penaso 34. Marilag T. Mateo 35. Maria Emily S. Damag 36. Bienvenido M. Butanas, Jr. 37. John Paul S. Asenuevo 38. Roejae C. Ang 39. Celso C. Tautho 40. Alan P. Dargantes 41. Eleazar C. Galliguez 42. Noel C. Sieras 43. Ramel E. Claros 44. Agapito M. Bayron, Jr. 45. Domingo P. Lodevico 46. Reggie Y. Dela Cruz 47. Estrella D. Alfabeto 48. Angela Grace C. Bruno 49. Ricardo G. Villar 50. Donald G. Camatura 51. Pilar V. Domagsang 52. Fernando Domagsang 53. Rubie A. Arroyo 54. Nenita B. Baldo 55. Lydia C. Sison 56. Judith D. Intong 57. Raul Margas 58. Einstine M. Opiso 59. Eva M. Mendoza 60. Jeneifer C. Nueva 61. Isidora M. Olazo 62. Joycelyn Grace A. Escarlos 63. Nenita I. Prazo
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Caraga State University Central Mindanao University
64. Revelieta B. Aloven 65. Lotis Joy R. Catane 66. Raul C. Orongan 67. Lorelie Gloria A. Samaniego 68. Rodney D. Colinares 69. Normie Jean B. Saja
NRCP Staff 1. Melinda L. Perez
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ANNEX B: FINANCIAL REPORT Department: Department of Science & Technology National Research Council of the Philippines Report No : Date : December 2, 2011 Project Title: Consultation/ Workshop on a Competitive Philippines in the ASEAN 2015.
STATEMENT OF ALLOTMENT, DISBURSEMENT AND BALANCES ICSU-ROAP MEETING AND WEBINAR MARRIOTT HOTEL, CEBU CITY November 10-12, 2011 EXPENSES ALLOTMENT FUNDING SOURCE A. DOST a. Continuing Appropriation 2010-2011 Representation Printing and Publication Sub - Total b. Additional Funding 2011 (Activity 4) Representation Supplies and Materials Traveling Expenses Sub - Total TRUST MDS TRUST MDS TRUST MDS BALANCE
221,372.46 33,000.00 254,372.46
221,372.46 33,000.00 254,372.46
248,872.46 5,500.00 254,372.46
-27,500.00 27,500.00 0.00
205,627.00 34,000.00 156,000.00 395,627.00
205,627.00 34,000.00 156,000.00 395,627.00
205,627.00 34,000.00 156,000.00 395,627.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
GRAND TOTAL
649,999.46
395,627.00
254,372.46
395,627.00
254,372.46
0.00
0.00
CERTIFIED CORRECT:
NOTED:
APPROVED BY:
DANILO A. SALILLAS Accountant III
EDNA SALAGUBAN State Auditor IV
CECILIA P. REYES, Ph.D. Executive Director
115
DOST Form no. Series of 1974 Department: Department of Science & Technology National Research Council of the Philippines Report No : Date : December 2, 2011
Project Title: Consultation/ Workshop on a Competitive Philippines in the ASEAN 2015.
STATEMENT OF ALLOTMENT, DISBURSEMENT AND BALANCES ICSU-ROAP MEETING AND WEBINAR MARRIOTT HOTEL, CEBU CITY November 10-12, 2011 EXPENSES ALLOTMENT FUNDING SOURCE B. PCHRD Accommodation/Representation GRAND TOTAL TRUST TRUST TRUST BALANCE
96,000.00 96,000.00
96,000.00 96,000.00
96,000.00 96,000.00
0.00 0.00
CERTIFIED CORRECT:
NOTED:
APPROVED BY:
116
DOST Form no. Series of 1974 Department: Department of Science & Technology National Research Council of the Philippines Report No : Date : December 2, 2011 Project Title: Consultation/ Workshop on a Competitive Philippines in the ASEAN 2015.
STATEMENT OF ALLOTMENT, DISBURSEMENT AND BALANCES ICSU-ROAP MEETING AND WEBINAR MARRIOTT HOTEL, CEBU CITY November 10-12, 2011 EXPENSES ALLOTMENT FUNDING SOURCE C. NRCP Supplies Representation GRAND TOTAL MDS MDS MDS BALANCES
75,000.00 91,000.00 166,000.00
75,000.00 91,000.00 166,000.00
31,150.00 12,555.54 43,705.54
43,850.00 78,444.46 122,294.46
CERTIFIED CORRECT:
NOTED:
APPROVED BY:
117
ANNEX C: PICTORIALS Marriott Hotel, Cebu City
118
Central Mindanao University, Bukidnon
119
National Research Council of the Philippines, Bicutan, Taguig City
120
University of the Philippines, Tacloban City
121

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CONSULTATION/WORKSHOP ONACOMPETITIVE PHILIPPINESINASEAN2015

Department of Science and Technology

Regional Consultation NRCP-Visayas Regional Cluster ASEAN Competitiveness Consultation Output 23

NRCP-Visayas Cluster General Comments

NRCP-Mindanao Regional Cluster ASEAN Competitiveness Consultation Output 33

NRCP-Mindanao General Comments

PHASE II: WEBINAR ON ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015

SYNTHESIS OF THE WEBINAR 2015

PHASE I: National and Regional Consultation/Workshop on a Competitive Philippines in ASEAN 2015

accelerated the intricate geopolitical and socioeconomic cooperation process.

II. Significance of consultation workshop

Key Issues + Main Objectives

Professional Services [Champions: Commission on Higher Education, Professional

CLUS TER I OUTPUT

Division VIII Division XI

Promote Filipino cultural strengths for AS EAN cooperation and participation

Area: Human Resource Development and Advancing Education

Area: Human Resource Development and Advancing Education

Area: Developing Economic Competitiveness

Providing for economic productivity

First Consultation/ Luzon

Protection for migrant womens health for international trade

Data Mining for Environmental Mgt.

Versus Actual Most

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia data need to be obtained

issues = need to increase competence policy shifts

Disaster Mitigation and Risk Management

Increase Manpower Money Methods/process Materials Machines/Technology

number of people with graduate investments in R&D

Biofuels: Key Research Needs

Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation

Cluster III Output

Area: Human Resource Development

Area: Human Resource Development

Area: Human Resource Development

Fully implement magna carta for S&T

Area: Linkages and Networks

Area: Linkages and Networks

Area: Linkages and Networks

Area: Linkages and Networks

Area: S tandards & Conformance of Testing Laboratories (all types)

Area: S tandards & Conformance of Testing Laboratories (all types)

Identify capabilities of testing laboratories

AREA: ACCES STO EFFICIENT HEALTH CARE

AREA: Access to Quality Affordable Pharmaceutical Products

Improve access to efficient health care.

Create a multipotential health professional

Full implementation of CGMP, GLP, GCP

ST R EN GTH EN IN G TH E PH IL IPP IN ES F OR ASE AN C OM PET IT IVE NE SS

ST R EN GTH EN IN G TH E P HI LIP PIN ES FO R A SEA N C OM PET ITIVEN ES S

CO NST RAI NTS C HAMPI ONS

IKS pract ices and I Ps conservati on

S TR EN GT H EN ING T HE PH IL IPPI NE S F OR ASE AN COM PET IT IV ENE SS

S TR EN GT H ENI NG T HE PH IL IPPI NES F OR ASE AN C OM PET IT IVE NE SS

2. G ENERAL: Biotech no lo gy Im plem ent at io n and ha rm on izati on of e xisti ng l aws

EO 51 4Nat ional Biosaf ety Fram ework o f th e Phil ippi nes

CHED and PRC

cong re ss legisl ati ve

STRENGTHENING THE P HI LIP PINES FO R ASEAN COMPETITIVENES S

NRCP-VISAYAS CLUSTER INPUTS ON IDENTIFIED PHILIPPINES FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME ON ASEAN 2015

1. ASEAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME: CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO AT PRESENT:

SCENARIO DURING THE ASEAN 2015