Filipinnovation

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

I have always been a believer in the can-do spirit of Filipinos. We do have many innovative ideas on how to achieve development. Yet somehow and somewhere along the road to progress, we seem encounter setbacks after setbacks. Still we move on.

We have great thinkers and policy makers. We have good engineers and scientists. We also have bureaucrats with good intentions. And there are the private citizens who are willing to serve the country. Among them are the people who came up with Filipinnovation initiative.

Filipinnovation is simply a catchword referring to the strategy adopted by both government and private sector to make the Philippines an innovation hub. It aims, according to the Department of Science and Technology, "to increase industry productivity, to ensure an innovative environment, and to shape the national mind-set for a competitive innovation agenda."

The strategy is now on its third year of implementation. In support of this project, IBM Philippines opened recently its "Innovation Center" at its building in the UP-Ayala Land TechnoHub located right near the University of the Philippines Campus in Quezon City.

Another project of the Filipinnovation initiative is the launching of the electronic version of its magazine which will chronicle progress on the four major aspects of innovation namely: human capital, business incubation and acceleration, public policies, and the Filipino mindset.

More on this undertaking at Manila Bulletin.

4 comments:

Julianne January 13, 2010 at 11:30 AM  

matatalino't maabilidad talaga ang mga Pinoy. Kaya san mang sulok ng mundo may Pinoy. It's really a good thing na may mga tao pa rin na pinipiling maglingkod dito mismo sa ating bansa. Sana patuloy silang magtagumpay sa kanilang mga adhikain.

gege January 16, 2010 at 8:51 PM  

si gege:

PROUDLY PINOY.

hehe!
kamusta kuya earnest!

:P

JTG (Misalyn) January 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM  

Magaling at matalino talaga ang Pinoy kaya lang kinakain ang iba ng kakaibang attitude.

Jeniffer Antonio January 19, 2010 at 8:19 PM  

I knew it yung UP-Ayala Land, malapit kasi kami sa batasan. Iba talaga ang pinoy, sumasabay na sa pagunlad ng mga karatig bansa.. Yun nga lang kasabay nun ay ang paggamit natin sa language na english dahil yun ay isa sa mga tool para umangat. :)

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