DOST MIMAROPA 2010 Annual Report region4b.dost.gov.ph QUALITY POLICY We are committed to provide relevant services to both the government and private sectors in MIMAROPA Region with the highest standards of quality and reliability within our capabilities and resources according to customer and all applicable regulatory and statutory requirements and to continually improve the effectiveness of our QMS at all times in order to meet customer satisfaction. OUR MISSION To effectively respond to the social, economic and ecological development challenges of the MIMAROPA Region through S&T interventions OUR VISION DOST-MIMAROPA as a virtual bridge of the islands where knowledge, creativity, and innovation drive regional economic growth to improve quality of life TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the Secretary 2 Message from the Undersecretary 3 Message from the Regional Director 4 Technology and Acquisition and Upgrading 5 SETUP Core Funded Projects 6 SETUP Non-Core Funded 10 Science and Technology Services 15 Manufacturing Productivity Extension Program (MPEX) 16 Consultancy for Agricultural Productivity Enhancement (CAPE) Program 18 Packaging and Labeling 20 Science and Technology Volunteer Pool Program (STEVPP) 23 Food Safety 25 DOST-Academe Technology-Based Enterprise Development (DATBED) 26 Technology Forums 27 Technology Training 28 Other Priority Areas 33 S&T Scholarships 34 Library Services 36 S&T Promotion 37 Networks and Linkages 39 Finance and Administrative 41 General Fund Allotment and Expenditures 42 Human Resources Management Personnel 43 Training Attended 44 The DOST-MIMAROPA Interim Organization 47 DOST-MIMAROPA Directory 48 MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY On behalf of the Departmenf of Science and Technology, I wish to express my warmest greetings to the DOST-MIMAROPA Office for a productive 2010. This 2010 Annual Report highlights the programs and activities of the Regional Office and is a testament to its accomplishments in the service of its constituents in MIMAROPA. I wish to take this opportunity to commend its management and staff for carrying out the Department’s thrusts in key areas such as Disaster Mitigation, Poverty Alleviation, Economic Development, Health, and wherever S&T promises to be of great value in the region. I hope that DOST-MIMAROPA will continue rise to the day-to-day challenge of delivering exceptional service and performance to the public. Let us be guided and be inspired by the key message that local technology works, so we must always find ways to apply tools and knowledge that we can call our own to address local problems and concerns. May we remain committed in discharging our mandated duties with an eye toward the development of a forward- looking, knowledge-investive economy. Let’s do it through innovation, hard work, and an unwavering devotion to our Republic. Mabuhay and DOST-MIMAROPA! HON. MARIO G. MONTEJO Secretary MESSAGE FROM THE UNDERSECRETARY The year 2010 was both challenging and inspiring for DOST Region IVB officers and staff. They pursued priority programs and projects while challenged with minimal resources at hand. Through collaboration with stakeholders, other national government agencies (NGAs), non-government organizations (NGOs), private sector, the academe, and industry, projects of the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) were successfully implemented, with more than 1,000 individuals provided employment opportunities. Adoption by beneficiary firms and communities of local technologies such as styre-densifier, bioreactor, bleaching and dyeing of natural fibers among others, made a difference in the people’s lives. Truly, with commitment, team work, and passion, anything is achievable. And DOST- MIMAROPA has shown this in concrete form. My sincere congratulations to DOST- MIMAROPA team for its accomplishments. Rest assured of our support to your projects and activities for the betterment of the lives of our fellowmen and the development of out ocmmunities in the island provinces of Region IVB DR. CAROL M. YOROBE Undersecretary for Regional Operations MESSAGE FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR With great demands from our clients and with a sense of urgency to provide quick response to their Packaging and Labeling (P&L) needs, we made significant innovations in this program as we built our in-house capacity for P&L designs, thereby institutionalizing our own P&L service. Instead of more than a year of waiting, our clients retrieve and implement their label designs in less than half the waiting time before. Needless to say, we did not consider our limited human resources as a weakness. Rather, the selfless dedication and great passion for excellence and hard work of the management and staff who worked as a team complimented our limited number. And after undergoing series of training and establishing our Quality Management System based on ISO 9001:2008, we can only say that we aim for better services. In the next years, we see our office continuing these great achievements of higher quality and quantity. And as the youngest DOST Regional Office, I modestly announce that our hard work has started paying. Thank you and congratulations to us! DR. MA. JOSEFINA P. ABILAY Regional Director TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION AND UPGRADING SETUP CORE FUNDED PROJECTS RUM Bakeshop owner, Leonora Rosales, helps in training bakery staff in operating their new dough kneader, one of the equipment provided by DOST-MIMAROPA for the project, Enhancement of Specialty Pastries Production. The Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading sectors which include 3 from furniture, 1 from Program (SETUP) is a flagship program of the metalworks, and 1 from the gifts, housewares Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and decor (GHD). From the 67 technology to encourage and assist micro, small and medium interventions provided to 58 firms, the firm- enterprises (MSMEs) to adopt technological beneficiaries improved their productivity by an innovations to improve their operations and thus average of 26% enabling them to generate boosts their production and competitiveness. a total of PhP 33.14M gross revenue and SETUP enables firms to address their technical employment for 714 individuals. problems through technology acquisition and upgrading, new product development, product Since it started its operation in October 2007, quality enhancement, packaging and label DOST-MIMAROPA has been relentless designs, facility improvement including waste in continually improving its operations. In management, and skills enhancement through 2010, the Regional Office identified areas of training. improvement to better provide quality S&T services to its growing clientele which was Like in the previous years, the largest percentage evident in the enhanced implementation of its of core-funded projects in the Region belongs varied processes. to the food sector. Forty-two out of the 58 firms assisted or 72% are involved in food The conduct of a more intensified Technology processing. These firms were provided with Needs Assessment (TNA) for DOST- varied technology interventions from different MIMAROPA’s core and non-core projects is Technology Interventions Firms Assisted Accomplishment 67 Accomplishment 58 2010 2010 Target 25 Target 25 Accomplishment 49 Accomplishment 17 2009 Target 20 2009 Target 11 Employment Generated Average Improvement in Productivity/Firm(%) Accomplishment 714 Accomplishment 26 2010 Target 259 2010 Target 20 Accomplishment 806 Accomplishment 23 2009 Target 2009 720 Target 23 one of them. Proper use of this tool enabled the technologies provided and desired impact. the Region’s PSTC personnel to conduct An array of data was collected to assess the an effective assessment of the technology level of improvement in terms of productivity, requirements for a particular client, match it with product quality and sales brought about by the available technologies, and provide a viable DOST assistance provided to the beneficiary. recommendation for adoption. During the Moreover, the visits conducted were also aimed year, 26 out of the 90 technology interventions on validating the correctness and effectiveness provided by the Region came in the form of of the technology interventions recommended. TNAs. Furthermore, for the core funded projects alone, recommended technology interventions These project visits further validated that from the TNA conducted the previous year was micro or backyard enterprises remain to be realized for 40 firms. the backbone of economic development for the provinces since majority of the projects Another identified area of operation that assisted were cottage or micro businesses, 40 the Region focused on again was project out of the total of 58 firms for the core funded monitoring. During the last quarter of 2010, projects, and 15 out of the 27 non-core funded a series of project visits was conducted in projects could be classified as MSMEs in terms selected provinces to determine the level of of production. performance of assisted projects based on Technology and Acquisition and Upgrading and Technology | 6 Salt Production Table 1. Assisted Firms for SETUP Core Projects PROJECT TITLE NAME OF FIRM/OWNER/ ADDRESS AMOUNT (PhP) FOOD JMG Food Products Upgrading the Production of Bagoong and Patis for JMG Mr. Jose Gacusan 163,000.00 Food Products San Jose, Mindoro Occidental Joy’s Soya Milk Upgrading of Joy’s Soya Product’s Production Facilities Mr. Nelson Ruto 174,000.00 Sablayan, Mindoro Occidental ARTCO Meat Processing Improving the Production of Processed Meat Ms. Corazon Morales 122,895.00