(NAR) VOL. 18 NO. 1/JANUARY - MARCH 2007
WHEREAS,
Article XIV, Section 10 of the Constitution provides, that "x x x The
state shall give priority to research and development, invention,
innovation, and their utilization; and to science and technology
education, training, and services x x x.";
WHEREAS,
efforts to support and strengthen our scientific and technological
capabilities and their application to our country's productive systems
and national life require complementary initiatives in generating new
scientific knowledge and technology,technology transfer and diffusion,
and technology utilization and management;
WHEREAS,
all these efforts presuppose the availability of highly trained
manpower to lead and direct scientific and technological activities In
the academe, the private sector, and the government;
WHEREAS,
the University of the Philippines, demonstrating competence and
availability of core scientific personnel, national centers of
excellence, intellectual resources, and academic and research
infrastructure, is in the best position to harness and organize State
Universities and Colleges (SUCs), private universities, other private
and public academic institutions, industry government agencies, and
other sectors, in order to serve as the national hub for the generation
and application of new scientific knowledge in the natural and applied
sciences and mathematics;
WHEREAS,
the University of the Philippines, with the assistance of the
aforementioned institutions and sectors, has the capability of supplying
competent manpower and Technical support for the UP S&T Park and
its component Technology Business Incubators (TBIs);
WHEREAS,
the University of the Philippines and its S&T Park can potentially
serve as a model for other technology parks in the country;
WHEREAS,
in a meeting of the UP Board of Regents on September 29, 2006, the
establishment of the National Science Complex in UP Diliman has been
approved and has authorized the UP President to seek support from the
government on this endeavor;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. The National Science Complex. - The
National Science Complex and Technology Incubation Park
is hereby established in a 21.9 hectare area of the southern sector of
the University of the Philippines, Dillman, which shall be composed of
the following Member Institutes:
- National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS)
- Marine Science Institute (MSI).
- National Institute of Physics (NIP)
- National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB)
- Institute of Biology (IB)
- Institute of Chemistry (IC)
- Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (IESM)
- Department of Mathematics (DM)
- Natural Science Research Institute (NSRI)
SECTION 2. Management, Operation and Institution of the National Science Complex and Technology incubation Park.
- The UP Board of Regents is hereby authorized to organize the
abovementioned institutes, and such other additional institutes,
centers, departments and laboratories in the future which it may deem
proper to create, utilizing the staff, physical facilities and programs
of the University and its constituent units as appropriate. It shall
issue such rules regulations and other issuances as may be necessary to
ensure the effective implementation of this Executive Order.
SECTION 3. Appropriations.
The appropriation for the infrastructure of the National Science
Complex and Technology Incubation Park, as authorized under Republic Act
No. 9358, approved on October 16, 2006, to supplement the FY 2006
Budget, under Section1, C, C.1 thereof, in the amount of
Five Hundred Million Pesos (PhP500,000,000.00)
shall be released to UP by the Department of Budget and Management
(DBM) in accordance, with budgeting laws, rules and regulations.
SECTION 4. Repealing Clause.
- All other executive issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof
which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order are
hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE, in the City of Manila, on this 8th day of December in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Six.
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITAExecutive Secretary