Topic: Science and Technology and Nation Building
a. The Philippine Government S&T Agenda
Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 Overall Framework
Filipinos wish to enjoy a “matatag, maginhawa, at panatag na buhay.” This collective long-
term vision was revealed in a series of focus group discussions and an extensive nationwide survey that asked
about the aspirations of Filipinos by 2040.
On October 11, 2016, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed EO #5, s. 2016 approving and
adopting the 25-year long-term vision entitled Ambisyon Natin 2040 as a guide for development planning. It
also laid down four areas for strategic policies, programs, and projects over the next 25 years that will help
realize the Ambisyon Natin 2040. These areas are:
a) Building a prosperous, predominantly middle-class society where no one is poor;
b) Promoting a long and healthy life;
c) Becoming smarter and more innovative; and
d) Building a high-trust society
Strategic Outcomes
The long-term vision of matatag, mahinhawa, at panatag na buhay by 2040 will be achieved through
the following goals: inclusive growth, a high-trust and resilient society, and a globally-competitive knowledge
economy by 2022. This goal will be supported by three pillars – Malasakit, Pagbabago, and Patuloy na Pag-
unlad – which are further supported by strategic policies and macroeconomic fundamentals, and built on a
solid bedrock of safety, peace and security, infrastructure, and a healthy environment.
The major strategic outcomes are the following:
Pillar 1: Enhancing the social fabric (Malasakit): There will be greater trust in public institutions and across all
of society. Government will be people-centered, clean, and efficient. Administration of justice will be swift and
fair. There will be greater awareness about and respect for the diversity of our cultures.
Pillar 2: Inequality-reducing transformation (Pagbabago): There will be greater economic opportunities,
coming from the domestic market and the rest of the world. Access to these opportunities will be made easier.
Special attention will be given to the disadvantaged subsectors and people groups.
Pillar 3. Increasing growth potential (Patuloy na Pag-unlad): Many more will adopt modern technology,
especially for production. Innovation will be further encouraged, especially in keeping with the harmonized
research and development agenda. And in order to accelerate economic growth even more in the succeeding
Plan periods, interventions to manage population growth will be implemented and investments for human
capital development will be increased.
With the goal of laying down a robust foundation for a sustainable economic growth, the increasing
Growth Potential or Patuloy na Pag-unlad pillar of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 will
employ strategies that will help:
(a) Pursue an efficient population management to enable its citizens to be productive and engaged in
economic activities, and
(b) Promote science, technology use, and innovation to drive long-term growth of the economy.
Vigorously Advancing Science, Technology, and Innovation
By 2022, the efficiency and productivity of the agriculture, industry, and services sectors will be
improved. New public goods and services (or how services are delivered) will be created and improved. These
will be done through maximizing and adopting science, technology and innovation (STI).
Strategies
Science, Technology, and Innovation ecosystem is key to long-term growth. Technology adoption will
thus be promoted and accelerated, and innovation will be stimulated in all economic sectors to build the
foundation for a globally-competitive knowledge economy.
Strategies include the following:
❖ To increase STI utilization in agriculture, industry, and service sectors
• Promote commercialization and utilization of technologies from public and private-funded
research and development
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• Develop a vibrant intellectual property rights culture
❖ To increase the investments in STI-based start-ups, enterprise, and spin-offs
• Encourage more innovative financing mechanisms and private sector investments
• Provide support mechanisms for start-ups and Micro, small, and medium-sized Enterprises
(MSMEs) in the region
• Stimulating innovation requires increasing investments for human resource development and
infrastructure for developing an STI ecosystem, and fostering partnership among STI
stakeholders.
❖ To enhance the creative capacity for knowledge and technology generation, acquisition, and
adoptions
• Support research and development agenda
• Increase funding for human resource development
• Tap foreign and Overseas Filipino expertise
• Strengthen infrastructure for STI ecosystem
• Foster STI culture
• Establish and promote innovation hubs and other similar mechanisms
❖ To strengthen collaboration among sectors in the STI ecosystem
• Strengthen tripartite collaboration among the government, the academe, and the industry
• Intensify international cooperation in STI
References:
Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 Abridged Version (2017). National Economic and Development
Authority. Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605 Philippines.
Other reading materials:
Diega, Alladin S. (February 21, 2018. DST: Advancing Science, Technology Agenda Best Options for Philippine
Growth. Business Major.
Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for Development (STRIDE). (March 8, 2015). Philippine
Innovation Ecosystem Assessment: Executive Summary. International Journal of Philippine Science and
Technology Volume 8 Issue Number 1 pages 2-7.
Napa, Da. (n.d.) The Role of Science and Technology in the Philippine Economy. From URL:
https://medium.com/the-looking-glass/the-role-of-science-and-technology-in-the-philippine-
economy-8bd6562ed71c
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