Community Empowerment thru

Science & Technology (CEST)

Presented by:

Engr. RAMIL T. UY
Sr. Science Research Specialist, DOST VIII

Presented during the ASEAN-India Grassroots Innovation Forum

September 27-30, 2018 at
Graha Widya Bhakti Puspiptek Building Area, South Tangerang City
 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

The Department Of Science and Technology

Mandate:

To direct, lead, and coordinate the country's

scientific and technological efforts geared
towards maximum economic and social
benefits for the people.
 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

The Department Of Science and Technology

Long-term Vision:

The DOST is the “provider of world-class

scientific, technological and innovative solutions
that will lead to higher productivity and better
quality of life.”
 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

The Department Of Science and Technology

DOST VIII Strategic Vision (2018-2022):

Excellent prime-mover of regional and

countryside development with equity.
What is CEST?

“CEST is a package of S&T interventions

which aims to build progressive,
empowered and resilient rural
communities.”
CEST Components

Economic
Development
Disaster Risk
Reduction &
Management and Health &
Climate Change Nutrition
Adaptation

Environmental Human
Protection & Resource
Conservation Development
Intervention per Entry Point vs. Success Indicator

Economic Provide livelihood opportunities.

Development

Interventions Success Indicator

Economic Development
a. Implement S&T based
livelihood projects
b. Conduct technology
trainings
c. Assistance on packaging &
labeling design
a. Increase in employment
generated
b. Increase in sales/income
c. Increase in new markets
penetrated
Intervention per Entry Point vs. Success Indicator

Health & Assist in addressing health & nutrition

Nutrition concerns.

Interventions Success Indicator

Health & Nutrition
a. Deployment of a. Avoidance of epidemic
Technologies addressing diseases
health and nutrition issues b. Increase in the number of
b. Complementary Feeding deployed technologies for
program and breastfeeding health and nutrition
for malnourished children c. Decrease malnutrition
(0-5 yrs old) incidence
Intervention per Entry Point vs. Success Indicator

Human Enhance access to S&T information &

Resource
Development increase interest in STEM courses

Interventions Success Indicator

Human Resource Development
a. Conduct of training/review a. Increase in the number of
classes DOST exam
b. Starbooks installation qualifiers/scholars
c. Grant scholarships
Intervention per Entry Point vs. Success Indicator

Promote environmental protection/

Environmental
Protection & conservation through the adoption of
Conservation environment-friendly technologies

Interventions Success Indicator

Environmental Protection &
Conservation
a. Provision of Ceramic water a. Communities with access to
filters (CWFs) potable water
b. IEC b. Decrease in water-borne
diseases cases
Intervention per Entry Point vs. Success Indicator

Disaster Risk
Reduction & Promote science-based information &
Management and technologies for disaster prevention &
Climate Change
Adaptation mitigation

Interventions Success Indicator

DRRM & CCA
a. Installation of early a. Users using EWS devices
warning system devices b. Reduction of casualties of
b. DRRM awareness/training natural or manmade
conducted (+IEC) calamities
CEST Beneficiaries

Communities Women’s
with Conflicts Organizations

Marginalized
Sectors e.g.
fisherfolks, Indigenous
farmers People (IP)
association, etc.
GIDA
Communities
 Framework
DOST
Service Institutes, Councils,
RDIs, ROs, Advisory Bodies

Community Empowerment thru

Science and Technology

(1) Economic Development

Progressive and
(2) Health and Nutrition
(3) Human Resource Development
empowered rural
(4) Environmental Protection
and Conservation communities
(5) DRRM & CCA

Partners / Stakeholders
LGUs, NGAs, CSOs, Industry
Academe, Others
How the program works

1. Social Preparation

2. Project Identification
6. Transition Stage
& Planning Stage

5. Monitoring and 3. Project Approval

Evaluation Stage

4. Project
Inplementation
Assisted

Communities
nationwide as of
August 2018
2018 CEST Communities

Total of 165 CEST

Communities for C.Y. 2018
 Milestones

Economic Development

Technology-based projects implemented

Packaging materials and labelling design provided

Technology Training conducted

 Milestones

Health & Nutrition

OL Traps deployed

No. of beneficiaries (households, schools)

No. of Normal / Malnourished Children (0-5 y.o.)

assisted /served under the regular feeding program
 Milestones

Human Resource Development

No. of training / review classes conducted

No. of STARBOOKS units deployed

No. of scholarships granted

 Milestones

Environmental Protection &

Conservation

No. of CWF* units provided or number

of beneficiaries receiving CWF Units
 Milestones

DRRM & CCA

No. of WLMS devices installed

No. of ARG devices installed

No. of Tandem (WLMS+ARG) devices

installed
 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
CEST
Harmonized CEST CEST already a Mainstreaming of
CEST in the DOST
Completed Good Partners Buy-in VISION
Program Tier 1 budget Planning and
Practices of CEST
Implementation/ program Budgeting Programs E P R C
Operation Cycle/System
M R E O
A. EXECOM Approval A. Full Operationalization A. Documentation of A. Weaning P O S M
1. Strategic Plan Implementation of: of M&E Good Practices and
2. Operations Manual 1. SP Framework Synthesis B. Complete O G I M
3. Roadmap 2. OM Impact
3. RM B. Successful Assessment W R L U
B. Secure P80M Budget for
CEST Implementation in B. Approved
Conduct of CEST
Summit: C. Part of
E E I N
2018 Monitoring and
Evaluation
1. Awarding of
Successful CEST
President Rodrigo
Duterte SONA
R S E I
C. Successfully completed
CEST Summit with all
Framework Community Project
2. with all D. Developed CEST
E S N T
collaterals collaterals 2.0 D I T I
D. Identified Target and C. Complete Buy-in V E
Priorities of CEST Champion
1. # of locally funded E S
projects
2. # of GIA co-funded
Projects
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The CEST-- a program continually pursuing growth by

community empowerment through science and
technology-- proudly presents its official logo.

From the plant's roots to its leaves up to its apical

meristem, the logo embodies how CEST enables
communities to be empowered until it is capable to be
independent and is able to pass on its legacy to other
communities.
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The ROOTS are represented as an atom symbolizing

Science and Technology. Roots are the plant's anchor and
channel of nutrition, just like CEST is anchored to
scientific interventions and nurtured by the continuing
research and development for new scientific
interventions.
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The FIVE LEAVES represent the Five Entry Points of CEST

namely Health & Nutrition, Environmental Protection &
Conservation, Economic Development/Livelihood
Opportunities, Human Resource Development, and
Disaster Risk and Management & Climate Change
Adaptation. Like the leaves of a plant that serve as the
entry points of Oxygen and Sunlight, two primary
necessities for plant growth, Five Entry Points of CEST are
necessary interventions to make communities grow.
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The STEM represents DOST. Like the stem that channels

and transports nutrients throughout the plant, it is DOST
that delivers roots’ science and technology and the
leaves’ interventions to the community which ultimately
catalyzes growth.
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Lastly, the uppermost portion is the APICAL MERISTEM

of a plant which composed of many dividing cells
working together to ensure vertical growth for the plant.
Here, the Apical Meristem represents the CEST
Community. Like the Apical Meristem that leads the
vertical growth of the plant, it is the CEST Community’s
Dedication and Teamwork that spearheads its own
growth towards genuine empowerment.
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Ultimately, this is a representation of our commitment,

our VISION: Empowered, Progressive, and Resilient
Communities.

Once again, the Community Empowerment thru Science

and Technology: Revolutionizing Empowerment through
Commitment and Innovation
THANK YOU!