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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, La Union – This is the time of year that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) calls for students with aptitude for science and mathematics to take advantage of the call for applicants to the DOST Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS).

DOST Region I has taken the call and encouraged students from the Ilocos Region to file their applications through the DOST Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) Program Campaign, done in collaboration with DZAG Radyo Pilipinas Agoo.  The weekly radio program titled Tekno Presyensya: Syensya ken Teknolohiya para kadagiti Umili, aired the announcement on its 30 June 2022 episode.

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The Department of Science and Technology Regional Office I (DOST-I), for the past years, has been implementing one the department’s flagship programs called the Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology (CEST) program geared at addressing the socioeconomic challenges that communities in the regions are facing.

CEST uses five entry points, Human Resource Development, Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Climate Change Adaptation, Livelihood/ Economic Enterprise Development, Health and Nutrition, Environmental Protection and Conservation, to specifically provide science-based solutions to pressing issues confronting economically challenged communities within the region.

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On 12 July 2022, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) published on its website the Department of Science and Technology’s flagship program, “Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program 4.0 (SETUP 4.0)” as part of the SDG Acceleration Actions under “The Partnership Platform”.

The Philippines was recognized by the UN DESA during its interventions at the Seventh Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) and the 2022 ECOSOC Finance for Development Forum.

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The Department of Science and Technology Region I - Research and Development and International Linkages Program Management Center (DOST-I RDILPMC) is pushing for the adoption of coffee processing technologies during the 3rd episode of TechTalk with the theme “Tara, Kape?” aired on 27 June 2022 via Zoom and Facebook live.

TechTalk is a webinar series that promotes DOST-generated and -funded technologies and projects. TechTalk: Tara, Kape? featured the coffee processing technologies from the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech). The development of the technology was funded by the DOST Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD).  Also discussed during the program was the coffee geographical origin identification project under the Food Authenticity and Traceability (FAT) Program of the DOST-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) and La Salle Food and Water Institute (LSFWI).