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DOST seeks closer collaboration between weavers, textile stakeholders

Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. urges weavers and textile stakeholders to sustain initiatives through continuous dialogue, stressing the need for cross-disciplinary collaboration to revive the country’s textile industry. The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute opened this year’s National Textile Convention, or TELACon, at Pasay City on Jan. 27, 2026 to celebrate this year’s Philippine National Textile Month.

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00:00We must sustain textile innovation initiatives through constant dialogue and immediate follow-through actions.
00:09We find common ground between our diverse backgrounds as the finest display of transdisciplinarity,
00:16and we must work together towards inclusive solutions that benefit the largest number of people while protecting the nature.
00:25Second reason, stitches mend.
00:28We look at mending our industrial policies of textiles.
00:33The governance pillar includes policies that need revisiting and review.
00:37It also includes mending fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to stimulate private sector investments and government programs
00:46that absorb and dissipate upfront risks, skills, and education framework,
00:53like the textile academy that prepares those who will mend this rebounding industry.
01:00All of these and more form part of several layers and several levers and strategies in our bid to revitalize the textile and allied sectors.
01:32You
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