Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 1) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who chairs the National Innovation Council (NIC), has approved the 2022-2023 National Innovation Agenda and Strategy Document (NIASD), a 10-year plan to improve the country’s innovation governance, Malacañang said.
Under the NIASD, the government aims to make Filipinos proactive, smart, and innovative by improving the country’s education and healthcare system.
It also plans to secure proper and affordable nutrition while providing income to local producers, and further improve financial and digital literacy as well as manufacturing and trade.
NIC said that by 2032, Filipinos will have accessible energy resources; efficient, inclusive and safe land, water and air transportation as well as reliable government institutions.
“Chapter 8 of the PDP (Philippine Development Plan) elaborates on this strategy by situating it within the continuum of research and development, innovation, technology adoption, then commercialization, ” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan Balisacan, vice chair of NIC, said Saturday in a statement.
The NIC is a 25-member policy advisory body consisting of 16 department secretaries and seven executive members from the private sector.
