Economic and development policy/planning

The project supports the goal of PPSTI in enhancing economic growth and social progress through an enabling environment for market-based innovation policy. Bridging R&D and S&T efforts/activities to policy development is continuously being recognized because public policies are formulated based on empirical researches and science and technology innovations. The APEC as the "premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation and prosperity for the region" generated various researches and innovations which should be translated into market-based policies. A three-day workshop is being proposed to be conducted in Manila, Philippines on September 2015. The workshop will foster information sharing on researchers as well as science and technology innovations of APEC member economies that can be used in policy formulation. The workshop will provide a venue to discuss the process of formulating policy statements. Likewise, the workshop output will a be written policy recommendations for perusal of APEC leaders on the PPSTI areas of concern

Philippines