Marcos OKs national innovation agenda

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who chairs the National Innovation Council (NIC), has approved the National Innovation Agenda and Strategy Document (NIASD) 2023-2032, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Saturday.

In a statement, the PCO said the NIASD 2023-2032 outlines the country’s plan to improve innovation governance and establish a dynamic innovation ecosystem.

The Palace said that during the 5th NIC meeting, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary for Policy and Planning Rosemarie Edillon presented the rationale and features of the NIASD.

“The future, even the near future, is expected to be volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Developing a dynamic innovation ecosystem is critical to achieving our AmBisyon Natin 2040 of a matatag, maginhawa at panatag na buhay for all Filipinos,” said Edillon.

The NIASD characterizes a dynamic innovation ecosystem as one that fosters a pervasive culture of innovation driven by market demands, according to the PCO.

The strategy also facilitates collaboration through active, reliable, and useful platforms, and provides innovation actors with the necessary facilities and resources to transform their ideas into innovative products and services.

Further, it connects the innovator-entrepreneur to potential investors and funders.

For his part, NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan, vice chair of the NIC, said establishing a dynamic innovation ecosystem is one of the six cross-cutting strategies in the transformation agenda identified in the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028 to achieve a prosperous, inclusive, and resilient society.

“Chapter 8 of the PDP elaborates on this strategy by situating it within the continuum of research and development, innovation, technology adoption, then commercialization” said Balisacan.

The NIC is a 25-member policy advisory body that comprises 16 department secretaries and seven executive members from the private sector. —KG, GMA Integrated News