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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS IN THE PHILIPPINES

WEAKNESS STRATEGIES TO RAISE (2006) DOST LAUNCHED “8- ENHANCING

OF S&T S & T 12 PILLARS OF POINT ACTION AGENDA” TO COMPETITIVENESS OF THE
COMPETITIVENESS PROMOTE & SUPPORT S&T, PHILIPPINE S & T HUMAN
AND INNOVATION.
RESOURCE

Review pillars of development in page 48.

Review the 12 pillars of competitiveness in page 45, figure 5.2.

The 8-Point Agenda (2006 launched by DOST) as generalized in the SEA-EU-NET (Southeast Asia – Europe
Joint Funding Scheme for Research and Innovation)
 Science-based know-how and tools.
 Innovative, cost-effective and appropriate technologies.
 State-of-the-art facilities and capabilities.
 Idea of the Philippines as a global leader in Information Technology-Business Process Management
Services.
 ICT-Based Information of governance broadening access to government services.
 Improved quality healthcare and quality of life thru Science, Technology, and Innovation.
 Highly skilled globally competitive S&T human resources in support of the National S&T program.
 Science-based weather information and climate change scenarios with associated impact assessments.

PHILIPPINE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY HUMAN RESOURCE

ANGEL C. ALCALA, PH. D RAMON C. BARBA , PH.D

Recognized for his Recognized for his

research on the ecology achievement in the field
and diversity of the of plant physiology,
Philippine amphibians especially the induction
and reptiles, as well as of mango and micro
marine diversity and propagation or the rapid
conservation of marine- multiplying of stock
protected areas. plant.

EDGARDO D. GOMEZ, PH.D GAVINO C. TRONO, PH.D.

He was cited for his

He is known for his outstanding
research and contributions in the
conservation efforts field of tropical
in invertebrate marine phycology,
biology and focusing on seaweed
ecology. biodiversity.

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Southeast Asia – Europe Joint Funding Scheme for
Research and Innovation in the thematic areas of
Health, Environment /Climate Change.
Type of funded projects: Europe-Southeast Asian
Joint Call Projects must comprise of at least 3
partners (either 2 different Southeast Asian partners
and 1 European partner or 2 different European
partners and 1 Southeast Asian partner) and cover
the thematic areas of Health (Anti-microbial drug
resistance, Emerging infectious diseases),
Environment/ Climate Change (Adaptation/Resilience
of food production systems, Impacts of Climate
Change on Ecosystems/Biodiversity) to enhance bi-
regional co-operation and develop new partnerships
as well as strengthen existing ones.
Participating countries:
 Belgium (french speaking) - Fund for scientific
research (F.R.S – FNRS)
 Cambodia - Ministry of Education and Youth
(MOEY)
 France - French National Research Agency
(ANR)
 Germany - Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF)
 Lao PDR - Ministry of Science and Technology
(MoST)
 The Philippines - Department of Science and
Technology (DoST)
 Poland - National Centre for Research and
Development (NCBR)
 Spain - Centre for the Development of Industrial
Technology (CDTI)
 Sweden - Swedish Research Council for
sustainable development (FORMAS)
 Sweden - Swedish Research Council (SRC)
 Switzerland - Swiss National Science
Foundation (SNSF)
 Thailand - National Science and Technology
Development Agency (NSTDA)
 Thailand - Thailand Center for Excellence for Life
Science (TCELS)
 Turkey - Scientific and Technological Research
Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK)
Scope of the projects:
Funding will be provided for the duration of a maximum
of three years (36 months). They should start earliest
in January 2018.
Within the framework of the Joint Call, funding can be
applied for:
 Personnel costs
 Equipment and consumables (project-related
miscellaneous expenses and project-related
larger equipment)
 Mobility costs (exchange research visits between
Europe and Southeast Asia. Travel costs, living
expenses and visa costs are eligible for funding.
 Other costs (Costs which cannot be classified
under the previous cost items but are required for
the project implementation, such as costs related
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to dissemination, intellectual property,
demonstration, market search, management,
organisational and subcontracting costs).
The eligibility of cost items and their calculation is
according to respective national regulations. You can
download the respective national regulations for your
country in the attachments section.
Who can apply?
Proposals may be submitted by public legal RTD
(Research and Technology Development) entities, higher
education institutions, non-university research
establishments, companies (all depending on national
regulations). The participation of SMEs, industries and
clusters in consortia is recommended. Eligibly criteria can
be found in the respective national funding regulations.
Countries contributing to the Call are: Belgium
(Wallonia), Cambodia, France, Germany, Lao PDR,
The Philippines, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Thailand and Turkey,
Institutions not explicitly mentioned as recipients might be
included in consortia if they provide their own funding
(non-eligible organisations might join on their own costs).
Other entities may apply if the respective national
regulations allow it.
Applicants should discuss their intentions and confirm
eligibility with their respective National Contact Point
before submitting a proposal.
Application Process
Project proposals are to be submitted electronically using
the PT-Outline web tool.
Please note: Some funding agencies might require that
applicants from their respective country submit specific
complementary documents at the national level, in
addition to the PT Outline web tool. Please check the
additional requirements stated in the national regulations
of the countries represented in your project before
submitting your proposal.
Each project consortium has to choose a Project
Coordinator from among all partners of the respective
project eligible for funding (partners participating on their
own budget may not be coordinators). Only one
proposal per project should be submitted using PT-
Outline. The Project Coordinator is responsible for
submitting the proposal on behalf of its project
consortium. The responsibilities of the Project
Coordinator are to keep the other project partners
updated on the submission process, to ensure the internal
management and coordination of the project consortium
and to constitute the main contact for the Joint Call
Secretariat.
All proposals must be written in English only.
The PT-Outline electronic template consists of four pages
(General information, Project coordinator, Project
partners and Project description) that need to be filled-in
online. In addition, a word document has to be
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downloaded from the Project description page of PT-
Outline, filled-in with the requested information, converted
to PDF format and then uploaded again.
The Project description document should contain the
following information (max. nr of 10,000 words):
1. Basic project data
Project title
Project Acronym
Name and institution of the Principal Investigator
Names and institutions of other project partners
2. Project description
2.1 Short abstract of the project
2.2 Objectives of the project
2.3 Scientific excellence
2.4 Transnational added value
2.5 Scientific excellence of applicants
2.6 Multi-/interdisciplinarity of the project
2.7 Contribution to national priorities of the participating
partners (if applicable)
3. Work plan
3.1 Methodology
3.2 Envisaged types of activities
3.3 Involvement of each partner
3.4 Time plan
3.5 Project coordination and management
4. Potential impact and exploitation of results
4.1. Expected scientific/commercial impact
4.2. Dissemination and exploitation of results
4.2. Prospects to establish sustainable partnerships
5. Financial Plan
6. Annexes
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6.1. Letter of Commitment of partners participating at their
own costs (if applicable)
6.2 CVs of participating researchers and scientific track-
record
Proposals must clearly demonstrate the added value of
transnational collaboration.
All information inserted into the PT-Outline web tool is
saved after having clicked on the “SAVE” button at the
bottom of each page.
During the proposal submission phase, it is allowed to
replace already registered and eligible project partners, or
to add project partners to the consortium. Please note that
after the binding submission of a proposal (through
clicking on the ‘SUBMIT NOW’ button in PT-Outline) no
further changes can be made to your proposal.
Evaluation Process
The evaluation process includes the following steps.
Eligibility check
The Joint Call Secretariat (JCS) will check all pre-
proposals to ensure that they meet the formal criteria of
the call (date of submission, number and country
distribution of participating research partners, inclusion of
all necessary information in English and length). The JCS
will forward the proposals to the National Contact Points
who will perform a check for compliance to
country/regional rules (as described in respective
"National Guidelines for applicants”).
Please note that proposals not meeting the formal criteria
or the national/regional eligibility criteria and
requirements may be declined without further review.
Peer review
Independent scientific experts in the relevant thematic
research fields will carry out the anonymous peer review
of the eligible project proposals according to evaluation
criteria set up by the funding parties. Each proposal will
be evaluated by three evaluators (at least one Southeast
Asian and one European peer reviewer). The peer
reviewers will be nominated by the Southeast Asian and
European National Contact Points in cooperation with the
funding parties.
The evaluation is done using the following evaluation
criteria:
1. Scientific/technological excellence and
innovativeness of the project idea (scoring
from 0 to 10)
o Sound concept, quality of objectives
o Innovativeness of the project idea:
capacity of a project to contribute to the
development of a new technology,
service or product
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oQuality and effectiveness of the
methodology and associated work plan
o Good balance between the
technology/knowledge available at each
participating team
o Complementarity of qualifications and
relevant experience of the coordinator
and the individual
participants/participating teams
2. Potential impact and expected outcomes of
the project (scoring from 0 to 10)
o Social and/or market related impact
o Potential to meet market, economical
and societal needs and significant
exploitation potential
o Prospects for establishing efficient and
sustainable partnership within the
network, including transfer of know-how
and experience
o Appropriateness of measures for the
dissemination and/or exploitation of
trans-national projects results, and
management of intellectual property
3. Management, Transnationality and
Cooperation (scoring from 0 to 10)
o Quality and effectiveness of the
management structure and distribution of
tasks
o Added value of transnational cooperation
o Appropriate allocation and justification of
the resources to be committed (budget,
staff, equipment)
The total score of the proposal is the weighted average of
the individual scores given to each criterion, rated from 0
to 10. The table below summarises the scores and weight
coefficients per criterion:
Criteria Score Weight
1. Scientific/Technological excellence 0-10 40%
and innovativeness of the project idea
2. Potential impact and expected 0-10 40%
outcomes of the project
3. Management, Transnationality and 0-10 20%
Cooperation
TOTAL 0-10 100%
Once the peer review process is finalise, the JCS will
send the full proposals and pooled reviews to the
Scientific Council (SC) members. The SC will meet to
discuss each proposal and, after consideration of the
evaluation criteria, external reviews and their own
discussions, the SC will make a classification of the
proposals and rank proposals recommended for funding.
Funding decision
Based on the ranking list established by the SC and on
available funding, the PSC will take a final decision
(subject to budgetary considerations). The Joint Call
Secretariat will communicate to all project coordinators
the final decisions about their proposal together with a
review summary from the SC.
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ANGEL ALCALA
Angel Alcala is a scientist from the Philippines who
has spent over 30 years studying the natural world.
He was born in 1929 and grew up in a coastal village
in the Philippines. Angel's father worked as a fish
farmer, so Dr. Alcala was introduced to fish at a
young age. This was when his interest and passion
for environmental science, especially marine biology,
began.
As part of his long career, Dr. Alcala studied at
Silliman University in the Philippines and Stanford
University in the USA. After his graduate studies, he
returned to the Philippines and even worked as
president of Silliman University. He currently serves
as a Trustee and Professor Emeritus at Silliman
University.
Additionally, Angel Alcala has worked in many
different capacities in the Philippines. He was the
secretary of the Department of the Environment and
Natural Resources from 1992 to 1999, and he served
as the chairman of the Commission on Higher
Education from 1995 to 1999. In 2014, Dr. Alcala was
named a National Scientist, which is the highest
honor bestowed upon a scientist by the president of
the Philippines. Finally, he has served as an adviser
on a number of marine and aquatic projects, including
projects supported by the United Nations, the World
Bank General Environmental Facility, and the Marine
Science Institute of the University of California, Santa
Barbara.
During his 30 years of experience as a biologist,
Alcala made major contributions to marine biology
research efforts in the Philippines and authored over
160 scientific papers as well as books. Alcala was the
first Filipino scientist to engage in comprehensive
studies concerning Philippine reptiles and
amphibians. He also made contributions for mammals
and birds.
From the 400 already known species of reptiles and
amphibians, 50 more species were identified due to
his efforts. Because of his work, conservation
programs in the Philippines are now well established.
In 1977 Acala set up the first artificial reef in the
Philippines in Dumaguette in 1977 when he worked
for the Philippine government as Secretary of
Environment and National Resources.
In 1994, he was given the Field Museum Founders’
Council Award of Merit for contributions to
environmental biology. He is a recipient of the
Magsaysay Award for Public Service. In 2014, he was
named a National Scientist of the Philippines. Alcala
is currently Trustee of Silliman University and is also
Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences.
Work with Philippine Amphibians &
Reptiles:
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Angel Alcala has done the most
comprehensive studies on Philippine
amphibians and reptiles, and minor studies
on birds and mammals. His research done
between 1954 to 1999 lead to the addition
of fifty new species of amphibians and
reptiles.
RAMON C. BARBA
Early Life and Personal
Background
Ramon Barba was born on August 31, 1939, the
youngest of the four children. His father, Juan
Madamba Barba was a lawyer, and his mother
Lourdes Cabanos was, like Ramon himself, a
graduate of the University of the Philippines.
He finished his elementary education in 1951 at the
Sta. Rosa Academy where he was the third highest in
his group. Barba then attended the University of the
Philippines where he met Dr. Helen Layosa Valmayor
who was famous for her research about orchids; she
was his teacher for biology laboratory classes.
At the University of the Philippines in Los Banos,
Laguna finished his college degree. In 1958, he
graduated and obtained his degree in Bachelor of
Science in Agriculture, with a major in agronomy and
fruit production.
His inspiration to study in this field came from his
grandfather, Juan Cabanas, who was then an official
of the Bureau of Plants and Industry (BPI) and Dr.
L.G. Gonzales who is considered as the father of
horticulture in the Philippines.
Career Path
After graduating, Barba served as an assistant
instructor from 1958 to 1960 in the Department of
Agronomy, Fruit Crops Section, University of the
Philippines College of Agriculture (UPCA).
Barba left his university position to take up a
scholarship which allowed him to attend the University
of Georgia. There, he conducted a number of
experiments concerning how to make plants flower
using fertilizers containing gibberellic acid and
potassium nitrate. In 1962, he graduated with
distinction with a Master of Science in Horticulture
from the University of Georgia.
He furthered his education by obtaining a doctorate in
plant physiology, specializing in tropical fruits and
tissue culture in the East-West Center in Hawaii. He
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earned his doctorate in 1967 with a Ph.D. in
horticulture.
Barba was appointed as assistant professor at the
UPCA in 1969, later resigning in 1975. He was re-
appointed as a professor in 1981.
From 1975 to the late 1980’s he was also program
leader of the Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Laboratory
of the Institute of Plant Breeding.
He also held several private consultancy positions
during his career.
Career and Contributions in
the Field of Mango
Horticulture
The Philippines is known as a largely agricultural
country, and Barba’s dedication to finding a solution
to help mango exports flourish benefited his home
country. However, his road to success wasn’t
straightforward.
Mango trees were seasonal, producing one crop a
year and this limited the country’s ability to earn
precious foreign income from exports, because of the
time that the trees naturally take before bearing more
fruits.
Filipino mango tree growers already had a system to
make mango trees flower; it involved using smoke
(smudging) to help induce flowering. Barba, however,
while he was still a student, saw this as a tedious and
expensive practice and he thought there must be a
more practical solution to induce the mango trees to
flower.
He proposed that a chemical spray with Etherel (2-
chloroethylphosphonic acid) may induce flowering but
could not obtain permissions to begin trials. He had
previously conducted research using Etherel and
potassium nitrate and wanted a trial to try these
fertilizers on mango trees.
Barba faced several rejections when he proposed
applying the technique he developed to make mango
trees flower more frequently. Thanks to the help of
Ramon Barba’s friends in Quimara Farms, Mr. and
Mrs. Jose Quimson, Ramon Barba conducted his
experiment on 400 mango trees which were 10-12
years old spraying alternate tree branches with
Etherel and potassium nitrate.
Lo and behold, the results from the simple experiment
were astounding on the branches that had been
sprayed with the potassium nitrate solution. After
combining a kilo of potassium nitrate with a hundred
liters of water and spraying it on the selected tree
branches, the buds began forming a week later.
Barba patented his invention but charged no royalties,
so allowing his findings to be of benefit to mango
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growers world-wide. He soon developed the plant
growth enhancer “Flush” which speeds up the growth
cycle of trees and advances flowering.
From further studies conducted spraying “Flush” onto
mango trees. This product tripled the mango yield;
making mangoes available thrice instead of just once
a year; the fruits were 15% smaller, but overall, the
mangoes were of good quality. Later studies showed
that the trees which had been sprayed still bore fruit
30 years later.
Academician Gavino C.
Trono, Jr. Is National
Scientist
Academician Gavino C.
Trono, Jr. Is National Scientist
Renowned for his outstanding contributions in the field of
tropical marine phycology with focus on seaweed
biodiversity, biology, ecology, and culture, Acd. Gavino
C. Trono, Jr. was conferred the rank and title of National
Scientist by virtue of Proclamation No. 737signed by
President Benigno Aquino III on March 13, 2014.
He is credited for his extensive studies on the culture
of Eucheumadenticulatum,Kappaphycusalvarezii,
Gracilaria spp., Caulerpalentillifera,
and Halymeniadurvillaei, seaweed that benefited
thousands amongthe coastal populations. He was the
first to report the occurrence of “ice-ice” disease which
has caused tremendous loss of biomass in seaweed
farms. He published papers on the open water and pond
cultures of Gracilaria, pond and lagoon culture
of Caulerpalentillifera and culture and management of
stocks of Sargassum. He led a team in a field survey
and assessment of coastal areas in Western Mindanao
which identified sites in Sakol Island in Zamboanga and
Tapaan Island in Siasi, Sulu where the commercial
seaweed farms were established in 1972.
His dedication to science led to the successful
implementation of 45 research projects, which resulted
in the publication of 142 papers consisting of 20 ISI and
120 technical papers. He was also able to describe and
publish 25 new species of marine benthic algae. His first
major publications on the marine algae in the Northern
Tropical and Western Pacific expanded and altered the
knowledge on the geographical distribution of the
benthic algae in Central and Western Pacific.
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Acd. Trono was instrumental to the development of
degree programs in the marine and biological sciences,
mentoring graduate students, and in promoting seaweed
research and sound coastal resources management. He
established the largest phycological herbarium in the
country —the G.T. Velasquez Herbarium in the Marine
Science Institute of the University of the Philippines,
which houses more than 70,000 curated herbarium
specimens of the seaweed flora.
His strong advocacy on the culture of seaweeds as the
most environmentally friendly and productive livelihood
for fisherfolks, has earned him many awards and
citations, which include the “LikasYaman Award” from
the Ministry of NaturalResources (Philippines) in 1978,
UP Alumni award In 1979, and Plaque of Recognition for
his outstanding scientific contributions to the
advancement of the science of phycology in the
Philippines by the Asia Pacific Society of Applied
Phycology in 2006.
Acd. Trono obtained his Bachelor of Science in Botany
from the University of the Philippines Diliman (1954),
Master of Science in Agricultural Botany from the
Araneta University (1961), and Doctor of Philosophy in
Botany (Marine) from the University of Hawaii (UH)
through an East West Center Study Grant (1968). He
was a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Department of
Botany under the advisorship of the late professor
Maxwell S. Doty during his five-year stint at UH.
In 2008, Acd. Trono was elected as Academician by the
membership of the National Academy of Science and
Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL), the highest
recognition and advisory body to the government and
science community on matters related to science and
technology.
In May 2012, the Academicians of NAST PHL endorsed
Acd. Trono to President Benigno Aquino for the Rank
and Title of National Scientist, the highest recognition
given by the President of the Republic of the Philippine
to a Filipino man or woman of science in the Philippines
who has made significant contributions in one of the
different fields of science and technology. This award
was created under Presidential Decree No. 1003-A on
December 16, 1976. Since 1978, the rank and title of
National Scientists has been conferred on 37 Filipinos,
12 of whom are living.
Currently, Acd. Trono is affiliated with Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO) Aquaculture Seaweed
Research and Development as technical consultant,
where he is actively engaged in the development and
generation of scientific knowledge and information in his
field of expertise.
Ice-ice is a disease condition of seaweed. Ice-ice is
caused when changes in salinity, ocean
temperature and light intensity cause stress to
seaweeds, making them produce a "moist organic
substance" that attracts bacteria in the water and
induces the characteristic "whitening" and hardening
of the seaweed's tissues.[1] Bacteria involved include
those in the Vibrio-Aeromonas and Cytophaga-
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Flavobacteria complexes.[2] The

bacteria lyse epidermal cells and chloroplasts, turning
the seaweed tissue white.[2] The disease is known
from seaweeds including Kappaphycus
alvarezii and Eucheuma denticulatum, economically
important sources of carrageenan.[2][3] In countries
where seaweed is harvested as a crop, ice-ice can
wreak havoc on yields. Zamboanga, Philippines, had
an outbreak of ice-ice in 2004,[1] and Bali, Indonesia,
experienced an outbreak in 2009.[4] A rise in surface
sea temperatures of 2–3 degrees Celsius can trigger
ice-ice outbreaks.[4]

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