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DOST calls for stronger interdisciplinary collaboration to address national challenges

The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) on March 13, 2026 stresses the need for stronger collaboration across different disciplines to help address the country’s most challenging issues. Speaking at the 2026 annual scientific conference in Pasay City, DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. said that research must not be confined to publications alone but must translate into initiatives that foster national development. Dr. Bernardo Sepeda, executive director of the DOST-NRCP, told _The Manila Times_ that in adopting research into policy, it is important that the initiative comes from the policy makers.

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00:00Today, we come together as a community dedicated to pursuing responsive research, sharing knowledge, and building partnerships that make research
00:10work for the people.
00:12This year's theme, Transdisciplinary Capacity Building and Ethical Research Towards a Progressive, Unified, and SDG-Driven Nation, reflects the Department
00:25of Science and Technology's mission to harness science, technology, and innovation for national development.
00:32We are all aware that many of the challenges we face today are interconnected.
00:37Disaster vulnerability, climate resilience, water security, gaps in many systems like healthcare, show how social issues and environmental realities intersect.
00:54These challenges operate across different levels, from local communities to national systems, and even to global concerns.
01:03Addressing them requires informed decisions, coordinated action, and the continuous strengthening of our country's knowledge base.
01:14If we truly want to make progress, we cannot remain confined within rigid disciplinary boundaries.
01:25Transdisciplinary research encourages us to cross borders between disciplines, between institutions, and even between scientific expertise and lived experience in
01:37communities.
01:38It allows us to combine perspectives, deepen understanding, and produce solutions that are practical and grounded.
01:48At the same time, transdisciplinarity does not replace disciplinary strength. It builds on it.
01:56The 13 divisions of the National Research Council of the Philippines, represent deep expertise across fields.
02:06These divisions provide the foundation that makes collaboration meaningful.
02:12When these friends are connected, research becomes more capable of addressing national concerns.
02:19From health and food security to environmental resilience, culture and emerging technologies, while maintaining scientific rigor.
02:29First of all, what we have discovered in our past five years, is that it is more important for the
02:39request that comes to lawmakers.
02:40It is that we produce first the research and then send it to the lawmakers.
02:45What we have discovered recently, in our experience in our past five years, is that it is more important for
02:52the request that comes to lawmakers.
02:54I'm not referring to Congress or Senate. We support them.
02:57When the request that comes to lawmakers, it's more important for the request that comes to lawmakers.
03:07At bakit mahalaga yun?
03:10Kasi pagkatapos ng research, alam namin na yadap nila as ordinance,
03:15as kung ano yung kailangan nilang batas.
03:20Alibawa yung sa Mount Agad-Agad.
03:23Alam niyo yung research na nagawa ng request ng mayor ng miligan
03:29about conserving the Mount Agad-Agad.
03:32And they were able to produce two ordinances sa local level.
03:37Kasi ibig sabihin kasi involving the community,
03:40ikinadap nila yung research at nagamit nila sa kanilang mga.
03:45Another example is yung sa H.R. Isabella.
03:48Nag-request din yung mayor, ginuwa yung research to raise a map ito.
03:54And because of the research, alam niyo yung nakakuha sila ng funding from DPWH,
03:59hindi sa flood control, kundi sa road network
04:03para yung mismong etsyagi ay mapuntahan
04:07ng mga gustong makita yung tulisan sa ito.
04:11So ibig sabihin, mahalo ka yun na, request ng solor.
04:15Pangalawa, kasama sila sa paghanap ng solution.
04:19So ibig sabihin, mahalo ka yung mga.
04:21So ibig sabihin, mahalo ka yung mga.
04:22Ibig sabihin sa paghanap ng solution.
04:25So ibig sabihin sa pagha.
04:27So ibig sabihin.
04:30So ibig sabihin.
04:31So Ibig sabihin sa paghati in 16 Resp 5417 2 jaa ka-anääiza.
04:36Jiay hiya
04:37il kou isolate pkaha. Sparul quai
04:40tiep home sa paghanap ng solution. On jinyah ira
04:47na yugumaisepu paier. See, siis. Like how
04:52tak mie angelage it po wake upnoit kites? Kay. Awestake.
04:53Hส
04:54the chartuny teclai
04:54poco diep 백iaa only sa teogida, destroy habrZai in 175 Arya
04:54p Thanos animals. So treaty, it's办. So.
04:54You
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