Recent S&T Activities in the Philippines Victoria Bautista-Bartilet Science and Technology Information Institute Victoria Bautista-Bartilet Science and Technology Information Institute 6th CO-EXIST-SEA Workshop December 2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6th CO-EXIST-SEA Workshop December 2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MTPDP S&T knowledge for greater productivity and global competitiveness accelerate establishment of more community e-centers (CECs)

CO-EXIST-SEA contribute in making STI accessible and relevant focus on ICT in the community level open discussion on STI projects for unserved and underserved communities

conceptualized in the middle of 2003 approved by ITECC in December 2003 provide information needs of all sector of society in convenient, affordable and efficient way

creation and “integration of critical” for e-Lib infrastructure and services Philippine materials for content build-up cooperative acquisition and shared access to e-Databases training and skills enhancement of network staff Phil e-Lib features

Benefits of Phil e-Lib Citizen-centric – provides basic library and information needs of the general public Multiplier effect – information accessed used for varied purposes Catalyst for development – information content helps enhance competitive advantage Support good governance by reducing red tape Promote social benefit by empowering the citizenry

Phil e-Lib Partners The National Library of the Philippine (TNL) University of the Philippines (UP) Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Department of Agriculture (DA) Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

content builder of Phil e-Lib consortium of libraries and information center of 20 agencies and 15 regional offices of DOST organize and coordinate information sourcing and sharing promote and improve flow and use of STI

single entry point to library collections and other information within the DOST system web-based and serves as search engine DOST SciNET Phil Union Catalog

DOST SciNET Phil ILMS help manage library holdings and make it accessible to the public 12 trainings on the ILMS conducted for 11 S&T agencies and 7 regional offices

S&T info dissemination thru the mass media Philippine Science Journalists Association, Inc. or PSciJourn organized in 2001 PSciJourn is non-stock, non-profit organization of media practitioners, communicators and advocates of S&T serves as catalyst of change

PSciJourn legislative initiatives for S&T House Bill 5009, “An act requiring all mass media facilities to allocate at least five (5) minutes a day for airtime and minimum of five (5) column inch space for write up designed to spread information on S&T House Bill 5010, “An act mandating multinational and domestic corporations to allocate 1% of net annual corporate income for scientific and technological research and development

PSciJourn initiatives... Presidential Proclamation 437, declaring the third week of July of every year as Science Journalism Week Presidential Proclamation, declaring the fourth week of June of every year as Typhoon and Flood Awareness Week Move to organize the party-list for S&T -- drafted constitution, by-laws and platform of government

Mobile IT Classroom (MITC) provides schools in far- flung communities access to computers bus loaded with laptop computers, audio-visual equipment and learning software four units developed and have served more than 200,000 students turned over to the Department of Education regional office thru a memorandum of agreement

Farmers Information and Technology Service (FITS) or Techno Pinoy information and technology facility to improve access of information and technologies in agriculture and natural resources utilize ICT, which include information databases and the Internet, to facilitate information flow and respond quickly to clients 25 established Techno Pinoy centers in the Philippines

Multipurpose Community Telecenter (MCT) established in 1999 in the southern part of the Philippines contribute to people empowerment thru access to community-based information and communication resources and services readers integrated service of a public calling office, Internet café, computer processing, library and reading center, and training resource center

CO-EXIST-SEA spurs ideas for future STI projects and activities transcends cultural boundaries fosters better understanding and fruitful relationships among participants

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