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c) Enhanced productive practices of industries d) Increased responsiveness of research products to market needs e) Strengthened S&T infrastructure and human capital
Targets The region shall achieve the following targets:
Increase R&D expenditures from .06% in 2007 to .40% percent of GRDP Increase the average number of R&D human resource from 98 per 1 million population in 2007 to the standard 380 per 1 million population in 2016 100% adoption and commercialization of technologies developed 100% of SUCs and private HEIs utilizing the unified regional development research agenda for the research requirements of students and faculty
Strategies Strengthening of a policy framework and support to S&T through linkages among government, the academe, the business sector, and civil society The region shall strengthen its policy framework and support to STI by strengthening and establishing networks among government, the academe, the business sector, and civil society that shall contribute in mapping out the development directions of STI in the region.
Promoting technologies in industries The region’s R&D consortia, as well as, STI practitioners shall proactively undertake the conduct of researches on products and technologies as required by the region’s industries. This shall also involve capacitating industries in absorbing these new knowledge and technologies to advance productivity.
Promoting institutional innovations that build the capability of the region’s human resource to enhance existing technologies Inventors and innovators shall pursue the diffusion of institutional innovations to help the region’s human resource maximize the utilization and enhancement of existing technologies.
Upgrading standards of S&T systems and services for the development of globally-competitive products This shall involve the institutionalization of certification and accreditation processes for products developed, as well as the protection of items of intellectual property developed in the region. STI practitioners and other regional stakeholders shall also assess and upgrade STI services in the region as means to capacitate industries in developing globally-competitive products.
Utilizing ICT for productivity enhancement in industries The utilization of information technologies to facilitate organizational and management processes, as well as, the creation of new ideas or value-adding activities that produce better products and Davao Regional Development Plan, 2011-2016