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Innovative Innovation in Philippines: Strengthening Societal Challenges with Strategic Approaches

Learn about the innovative strategies and policies driving growth and competitiveness in the Philippines, focusing on human capital, technological readiness, and market sophistication. Explore key initiatives like the Filipino technology transfer act and ERDT program.

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Innovative Innovation in Philippines: Strengthening Societal Challenges with Strategic Approaches

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  1. Title of Presentation Subtitle/otherinformation Innovative Innovation in: Philippines STI Days, Bangkok, 21 Jan 2014 Session: Innovation in ASEAN Svend Remoe, RCN EU-ASEAN S&T cooperation to jointly tackle societal challenges

  2. I. Context: Key indicators

  3. Context: Overall picture • Strengths: • Macro-economicstability and growth • Technologicalreadiness in manysectors • Market size • Business sophistication and R&D in somesectors • Increasingparticipation in global valuechains • Weaknesses • Qualityofinstitutions and infrastructure • Education and human capital • Commodity and labormarketefficiency • Lowlevelsoftaxrevenues

  4. Context: Policy • Filipinnovation: A comprehensivestrategicapproach to enhanceinnovation and competitiveness in Philippines • Initiated in 2007 withhigh-level support, mixedintegrationin policy, keynetwork still in place • Key objectives: • Strengthening human capital • Supporting business incubation and acceleration • Regeneratingtheinnovationenvironment • Upgradingthe Filipino mindset • An important policy initiative: The technology transfer act • A response to weakpatenting and tech transfer • Enacted in 2009-2010 • Assumesownership to RDIsratherthanthefundinginstitutions • Has proved to be an important, wellsupported policy in line withFilipinovation

  5. II. Innovative innovation support: CoEs and CoDs

  6. Innovative innovation support: ERDT • Engineering Research and Development for Technology • Spearheaded by the University of Philippines, and has a set of specific objectives: • Deliver high-impact research aligned with the country’s National Science and Technology Plan (NSTO) and the Medium-Term Development Program (MTDP); • Attain a critical mass of Master and Doctoral graduates; • Upgrade the qualifications of practicing engineers; • Develop a culture of research and development. • ERDT offers scholarships to students, and • Represent a dedicated effort to boost the science and engineering capacity through training of graduates in doing research in science and engineering fields. • Entry to the program is based on a competitive process to ensure that the best students are recruited. • Cooperation with universities in Japan and USA

  7. Innovative innovation support: The Balik program How to benefit from the vast number of expats? The Balik program: foreign-based Filipino scientists and foreign scientists of Filipino descent are invited to return on short term stays to assist in priority R&D projects. It aims to strengthen the scientific and technological human resources And upgrade R&D capabilities of private and public institutions. Balik complements national initiatives to improve the human capital situation and helps expand networks and S&T linkages nationally and internationally.

  8. III. Conclusions The three instruments address key challenges for the Filipino innovation system: The human capital and the education system Wider support to innovation is needed But meets with a heavy challenge: A very large informal economy How can Philippines expand its innovation system, its formal economy and investment capabilities?

  9. Contact Thank you! The final study will be available at: www.sea-eu.net in June 2014 Research Council of Norway Svend Remoe sore@rcn.no

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