University of San Carlos

Department of Political Science

Centre for Governance, Leadership, and Development
PoSc142CC Data Gathering and Analysis

PROGRESS REPORT FORM

(this must be filled appropriately and submitted as scheduled; a copy must also be attached as annex to the final technical report)

Name of Researcher : Facundo, Ardiane Redj B., Manuel, Mary Moira Kaye I., Vargas, Adrian Jeremiah C.

Title of Thesis : The Philippine Nation Brand: Drawing Experiences from Established Nation Brands

Date of Submission : August 20, 2016

Direction: Please rate the degree of completion of each and every Data Gathering task or activity using the rating scale from 1
to 5, please see the qualitative equivalents below. Also provide some remarks especially about the opportunities and/or
challenges you encountered in fulfilling the task/activity.

1: 100% Completed 2: Up to 75% Completed 3: Up to 50% Completed

4: Up to 25% Completed 5: Up to 10% Completed

Data Gathering Task/s or Activities 1 2 3 4 5 Remarks

We have made further progress in data
gathering for documents. However, it is
Document Gathering for Nine Countries X difficult to gather validated documents.
Extremely challenging to find legitimate
sources for selected countries.
We have made further progress in
requesting for documents, i.e. we have
requested documents from the embassies
of the countries selected. The key
Request for Documents from Key Institutions X
institutions were very accommodating. We
hope to establish a working partnership in
order to ask for expert advice during the
next phase of research.
We have successfully finished one (1)
questionnaire answered by the PDU
(Public Diplomacy Unit). Other key
informant interviews in our case will not
Key Informant Interviews X
be done until the last weeks of August and
the first week of September due to the
availability of respondents and their
location.
Summary reports have been made and
further document reviews has been done.
Documents review using checklists has
Documents Review/Analysis X
been effective. Data gathering with the aid
of a checklist research instrument has
proved to be invaluable.
Like the request for documents from key
institutions, correspondence was very
Correspondence with Key Informants X smooth and lacked the generic red-tape
commonly associated with government
organizations in the Philippines.

Noted By: Student’s Name and Signature:

Adviser, POSC142CC
University of San Carlos – School of Law and Governance – Department of Political Science
Pelaez St., Cebu City, Philippines 6000 ® +63 32 2531000 loc. 158 ® poscdept@usc.edu.ph