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DOST-Metals Industry Research and Development (DOST-MIRDC) conducted a Mold Technology Demonstration, Appreciation, and Promotion activity recently in General Trias, Cavite to promote the Mold Technology Support Center (MTSC) and hear testimonials from their clients in the manufacturing sector.

The MTSC aims to develop die and mold-related skills to ensure that there will be a ready pool of people to hire in the industry, as well as help make the manufacturing industry more competitive. According to Atty. Norma Tañag, Zone Administrator of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), there are more than 200 companies that are expected to benefit from MTSC's training program and webinars.

Success stories that stemmed from these training sessions and webinars were shared during the event, thus validating the importance of the center to boosting capacity building initiatives in the die and mold industry.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) recently signed a joint memorandum circular on the establishment of Knowledge, Innovation, and Science Technology or KIST parks at the DOST Main Building in Taguig.

DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. and PEZA Director General Tereso O. Panga signed the joint memorandum circular before a group of witnesses composed of members of both agencies.

According to the science department, KIST will pave the way for start-ups or newly formed companies that use science, technology, and innovation to access various enabling services from the DOST to spur economic development in growth areas in different regions in the country. 

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Member-representatives of the Department of Science and Technology’s ScINET-PHIL gather last month at City Garden Suites Manila for the two-day DOST ScINET-PHIL General Assembly and Strategic Planning Workshop.

The DOST Science and Technology Information Network of the Philippines (ScINET-PHIL) is a network of all the libraries and information centers under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), including the regional offices and the Provincial S & T Centers (PSTCs).

Created through the DOST Administrative Order No. 29, Series of 1995, it aims to organize and coordinate the information sourcing and sharing in the DOST system. Its general objective is to promote and improve the flow and use of science and technology (S&T) information through resource sharing and networking.

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Dr. Tohme leads the DOST delegation headed by Secretary Solidum to the Future Seeds Building

30 August 2023, PALMIRA, COLOMBIA — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), forging stronger partnerships to jointly deliver science, technology, and innovation-based solutions on pressing agricultural challenges in the Philippines.

The new Understanding reaffirms both institutions' commitment to accelerate an evidence-informed approach in addressing the interconnected crises in climate change, food security, malnutrition, and biodiversity loss by aligning the Alliance’s research agenda with the Department’s key priorities in agriculture and food systems transformation. The DOST and the Alliance look forward to implement joint initiatives through possible collaborative research and development, capacity building activities, exchange of experts and scientists for research studies, and holding of joint conferences, symposia, and workshops.

The DOST and CIAT, represented by Secretary Renato Solidum, Jr. and Director General Joe Tohme, respectively sign the 2023 Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions

In its two-day visit in the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in Palmira, the DOST delegation led by DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum, Jr. met with the Alliance’s Managing Director for the Americas and CIAT’s Director General Joseph Tohme and Alliance Associate Director General, Research Strategy, and Innovation Marcela Quintero as well as several leaders across the center’s various programs in biotechnology, climate action, genebank, cassava, rice, and tropical forages, among others. The Palmira campus hosts the Alliance’s groundbreaking genebank, Future Seeds, which enables data-driven deployment and conservation of crop diversity through genomics, digital phenotyping, and information technologies.