The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) SOCCSKSARGEN – Cotabato Provincial Science and Technology Office (PSTO) carried out an orientation on the company’s Programs, Projects, and Activities (PPAs) for the uniformed and non-uniformed personnel of the PNP Cotabato Police Provincial Office (CPPO), led by Provincial Director PCol Ramil B. Hojilla.
The exercise aimed to reinforce the attention of CPPO personnel on the varied science, expertise, and innovation (STI)-based alternatives and interventions being provided by DOST, notably within the areas of technology-based livelihood growth, entrepreneurship, productiveness enhancement, group growth, and capacity-building initiatives.
During the orientation, the DOST Cotabato group offered an outline of the company’s mandate, core features, and its function in selling science, expertise, and innovation as drivers of inclusive progress and sustainable growth. The dialogue highlighted a number of flagship applications, together with the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP), which assists micro, small, and medium enterprises by way of expertise interventions and innovation assist, and the Community Empowerment through Science & Technology (CEST) Program, which delivers science-based options to handle the wants of underserved and susceptible communities.
The group additionally launched different DOST initiatives equivalent to scholarship alternatives, expertise switch applications, STARBOOKS, and community-based expertise interventions designed to enhance the standard of lifetime of Filipinos.
Through this exercise, DOST Cotabato and the Cotabato Police Provincial Office strengthened their partnership in selling public consciousness of presidency applications and fostering a tradition of innovation, group growth, and citizen empowerment within the Province of Cotabato.