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Increased business productivity and job creation are but two of the many benefits of the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program or SETUP, a longstanding enterprise development and technology transfer initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

“SETUP, a development program to empower the micro, small and medium enterprises or MSMEs, creates a conducive business environment for MSMEs to improve their productivity and increase efficiency through the infusion of appropriate technologies”, said DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo.

 

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), through its Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) in partnership with DOH and other institutions,  plans to deploy at least 100 more RxBox devices by the end of 2016.

This was revealed in the second eHealth Summit held during the recent National Science and Technology Week celebration at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

 

The Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology (DOST-ICT) Office is aiming for 500,000 Filipinos in the countryside to work freelance via different online job platforms by 2016.

This was shared by Emmy Lou V. Delfin, program manager of ICT Office’s e-Innovation Group, during the forum on Rural Impact Sourcing last July 28, 2015 at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City as part of the recent National Science and Technology Week (NSTW).