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FOREWORD

I doff my hat to the Regional Research

Committee for coming up with the Regional

Development Research Agenda (RDRA) for

2014-2016. I could say that this is one big

step of the Regional Research Committee

IV-A after its creation because we have been

able to identify the research needs of the

region which guided us in the crafting of the

RDRA that would be beneficial to the various

sectors, both public and private, in

CALABARZON region.

The RDRA covers the CALABARZON region’s growth drivers

such as agriculture and fisheries, manufacturing and services, Information

Technology-Business Process Management, tourism development,

migration and development, energy and environmental protection and

natural resources management. It also serves as the blueprint for regional

development which will guide the research institutions, academe, private

sector and government agencies for fund sourcing as well as in the

conduct of research activities.

I therefore take this opportunity to encourage all researchers in the

region to focus all their efforts in the promotion of research in the region

by conducting researches and studies that are aligned with the research

agenda in order to propel CALABARZON into becoming a tiger in

research, thereby contributing in the economic progress of the region.

EMMYLOU B. YANGA, Ed. D.

Director IV and

RRC Chairperson

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MESSAGE

The Calabarzon Regional Development

Research Agenda (RDRA) 2014-2016 was

crafted to support the achievement of the goals

and objectives of the Calabarzon Regional

Development Plan (RDP) 2011-2016.

Through the RDRA, research institutions,

consortium, academe, private sector and

government agencies in the region will be

provided with a list of priority research areas

directed towards enhancing the implementation

of development strategies embodied in the RDP. Further, policy

recommendations and innovations arising from researches will strengthen

the region’s comparative advantage as well as its ability to meet the

demands of economic integration and inclusive growth.

We look forward to the active participation of all development

partners to support the implementation of the Calabarzon RDRA.

LUIS G. BANUA

RDC Vice Chairperson

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 1

Part I. Priority Research Areas 3

Agriculture and Fishery 3

Manufacturing and Services 9

Information Technology and Business Process

Management

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Tourism Development 16

Migration and Development 19

Energy 21

Environmental Protection, Natural Resource, and

Disaster Risk Reduction Management

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Other Related Development Researches 29

Part II. Implementation 35

Communicating the RDRA 35

Implementing Strategy 35

Monitoring Implementation 36

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ACRONYMS

AFMA Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BPLS Business Permit and Licensing System CAAP Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines

Calabarzon Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon provinces

DA Department of Agriculture

DOTC Department of Transportation and Communication

GRDP Gross Regional Domestic Product

HEI higher education institution

ICT Information and Communications Technology

IT-BPM Information Technology and Business Process

Management LCPC Local Council for the Protection of Children

LGU Local government unit LTFRB Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board

LTO Land Transportation Office

MRFs Material Recovery Facilities NEDA National Economic and Development Authority

NGA National Government Agency

NWCs Next wave cities

OFs Overseas Filipinos PNR Philippine National Railways

PPA Philippine Ports Authority

PPDO Provincial Planning and Development Office

PSA Philippine Statistics Authority

PWD People with Disability RDC Regional Development Council

RDIP Regional Development Investment Program

RDRA Regional Development Research Agenda

RDP Regional Development Plan

RLA Regional Line Agency

RM Result Matrix

RRC Regional Research Committee SLFs Sanitary Landfills

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SUCs State Universities and Colleges TMD Traffic Management Department

VAW Violence Against Women

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Government Agencies

Commission on Higher Education IV-A

Department of Agriculture IV-A

DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research

DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Department of Education IV-A

Department of Environment and Natural Resources IV-A

Department of Interior and Local Government IV-A

Department of Health IV-A

Department of Labor and Employment IV-A

Department of Science and Technology IV-A

Department of Public Works and Highways IV-A

Department of Social Welfare and Development IV-A

Department of Trade and Industry IV-A

Environment Research and Development Bureau

National Economic and Development Authority IV-A

PSA-Bureau of Agricultural Statistics

PSA-National Statistics Office IV-A

Sothern Tagalog Agricultural Resource Research and Development

Consortium

State Universities and Colleges

Batangas State University

Cavite State University

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Southern Luzon State University

University of the Philippines at Los Baños

University of Rizal System

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Local Government Units

PPDO Batangas

PPDO Cavite

PPDO Quezon

Private Sector

Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation

Private Sector Representatives

Engr. Ladislao L. Andal

Mr. Eduardo R. Nicolas III

Ms. Josephine Parilla

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CALABARZON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

RESEARCH AGENDA 2014-2016

INTRODUCTION

Calabarzon plays a key role in the national economy as destination

of investments for major industries, provider of human capital and source of export products. The region’s comparative advantage is, however, faced with challenges as its economy is vulnerable to adverse external factors and climate change affecting employment and production. Likewise, the region has to implement reforms to facilitate integration to the Asean Economic Community by 2015, given its potentials as supplier in the demand chain for the manufacturing and source of talents for the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industries.

The Calabarzon Regional Development Plan (RDP) 2011-2016, provides the strategic development direction of the region in addressing the challenges to attain inclusive growth. The accompanying documents of the RDP that translate into specific target outcomes, programs and projects, and innovations/researches are the Regional Result Matrix (RM), Regional Development Investment Program (RDIP) and the Regional Development Research Agenda (RDRA), respectively.

To define the research gaps identified in the RDP, the Calabazon Regional Development Council (RDC) through the Regional Research Committee (RRC) initiated the preparation of the RDRA. The document aims to guide various research institutions and partners on the priority researchable areas to address development issues and challenges, further spur sustainable development and innovations towards improving the productivity, competitiveness and inclusive growth of the region. The RDRA is anchored on achieving the goals and objectives contained in the RDP, to wit: (a) enhancing regional competitiveness as a global business hub; (b) adoption of knowledge-based industries and information exchange; (c) tying up human resource development to industry and research and development priorities; (d) reduce socio-economic disparity; (e) harmonization of regional development objectives and environmental protection; and (f) sustaining capacities in local governance.

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Figure 1. Calabarzon RDRA 2014-2016 Framework.

The RDRA framework supports the overarching goals and objectives of the Calabarzon Regional Development Plan (RDP) 2011-2016. The RDRA tries to focus the research activities of the region to its priority areas and improve the access to funding and collaborations of research institutions to achieve increased income, address development issues, generate more jobs and innovations, attain rapid and sustained growth, and reduce poverty. The overall framework of the Calabarzon RDRA 2014-2016 is shown in Figure 1.

The RDRA is composed of two parts. The first part contains the

research areas/subject matter relating to the region’s growth drivers in which both public and private research institutions and development partners may consider for their research activities. It consists of broad topics of researches that need urgent convergent or individual actions from research institutions, and are critical in attaining inclusive growth and in enhancing the region’s role as economic and business hub. The

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RDRA may serve as basis for sourcing funds from local and international research funding agencies for research proposals.

The second part is the implementation mechanisms of the RDRA.

The successful implementation of the RDRA is anchored on three major activities: 1) inventory of research studies of research agencies and consortiums; 2) advocacy of the RDRA; and 3) implementation and monitoring.

PART I

PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS

The regional priority research agenda focuses on the development

challenges, and opportunities of the region’s growth drivers geared towards enhancing the region’s competitiveness and productivity. The priority research areas are: agriculture and fisheries; manufacturing and services; information technology and business process management (IT-BPM); tourism; energy; and international migration. Areas for research also look at the capacity of the region to address environmental pressure on natural resources and heighten resiliency to disaster and climate change.

Generally, the research outputs aim to develop strategies and facilitate acquisition of new knowledge and techniques that will improve the region’s comparative advantage in the local and international markets. The researchable areas are catergorized into three levels: 1) urgent priority (UP); 2) high priority (HP); and 3) priority (P). The researchable areas classified as urgent are those critical to the development and are requiring immediate interventions. Those categorized as high priorities are vital researchable areas addressing two (2) or more development issues. Priority research areas are neither critical nor urgent, however are relevant to the region’s growth drivers. Agriculture and Fisheries. The Calabarzon’s agriculture and fishery productions place second behind Region III or Central Luzon, with an average of 9.9 percent share to the overall national outputs of the sector. Its products include rice, corn, coconut, coffee, pineapple, banana, vegetables, fisheries, livestock and poultry, among others. The sector is currently faced

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with numerous challenges in ensuring food security such as pressures brought about by declining production area, disasters and climate change, existence of pests and diseases, low income of farmers, supply and

demand, and weak policy implementation.

It is imperative that the

region, through the research institutions has to give priority to conduct studies as well as share completed researches with the government and private sector on the innovative practices in the production of vegetable,

aquaculture and high value commercial crops such as use of cost effective, efficient, modern and intensified technology based and integrated multi-farming system; appropriate farming techniques/system towards adaptation to climate change; and market researches that will respond to the challenges of the sector. The extent of the researches intend to assess the impact of the practices and existing enabling laws and policies in the production and processing of major agricultural products. Researches on the supply and value chain of agricultural or locally grown products for exports by understanding its behavior in the market would further benefit the sector.

The research outputs aim to formulate policies, introduce innovations and new technologies, climate change adaptations as well as share the best practices to enhance the region’s products and services and ensure sustainability of food production for local and global markets. Specifically, the research areas are shown in Table 1.

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Table 1. Priority research areas for Agriculture and Fisheries.

Development Challenges Category/Research Area Rationale/ Objective/Purpose Priority

Level

Existence of pests and

diseases

I. Crop Protection

a. Existence/effects/control and

eradication of pests and diseases

of crops, livestock, poultry and

fisheries

To determine and evaluate the magnitude of

the effects of pests and diseases (including

scale insects and those related to climate

change) and come up with recommendations

to arrest recurrence and address the negative

impacts of the pests and diseases to the

industry.

Improvement of farming and aquaculture

systems and management to include

integrated pest management.

P

b. Control/Eradication of pests To find ecological ways to control/eradicate

crop and livestock pests and diseases.

HP

Low income of farmers II. Crop Science

a. Integrated farming system

approaches or models To determine the most viable techniques and

evaluate the effectiveness of existing

integrated farming systems for agricultural

products such as rice, coconut, coffee, green

corn, adlai grain, sugar apple, peanut, and

other major crops to increase production

and eventually, to introduce agri-based

products for development.

P

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To identify energy savings technologies to

replace intensive mechanical pulping, drying

and treatment systems.

Development of climate change-adaptive

farming technologies.

b. Technology improvement and

adoption of high value crops and

vegetables production

To study agricultural diversification from

traditional agricultural products to high

value crops such as fruits and vegetables

and other commercial crops.

P

Negative effects of

disaster and climate

change

c. Drought resistant/flood tolerant

plant varieties To identify conservation and utilize

extreme climate-condition-resilient plants

(variety traits).

P

III. Agricultural Economics/Agri-Business

Supply and demand

a. Development/promotion and

marketing of organic agricultural

products

To determine relevant technologies/practices

to promote organic farming.

To study the linkages between farm

production vis-à-vis agricultural services,

inputs and processing.

P

b. Supply chain and market-

matching analysis To assess accessibility of markets and

support services provided by the government

and private led initiatives to farm growers to

meet the demands of the local and foreign

P

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markets.

To determine the potential for expansion of

the existing and potential industries as

suppliers and manufacturers to form a

network of producers.

c. Technology production,

commercialization and

development of new product

lines from agricultural

commodities

Aims to commercialize production

technologies of agricultural products such as

arrowroot, rubber, bamboo, etc., particularly

in the development of new product lines.

To determine cost effective and environment

friendly production practices.

P

d. Agriculture commodity-based

product engineering (alternative

food products, materials)/

processing and product

development

New alternative products thru value-adding. P

e. Dimensions on the low income

situations of farmers

To come up with statistics of low income

farmers, and to identify the missing

dimensions.

P

f. Innovative agri-products

packaging technologies Value adding and increasing shelf life of

products.

P

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Policy implementation IV. Policy Review/Analysis and Evaluation

a. Food safety Identification of food safety nets,

development of product traceability systems.

Improve and ensure safety of food products

in the market (local and foreign).

P

b. Assessment on the

implementation of the

Agriculture and Fisheries

Modernization Act and other

agriculture related laws

To assess the effectiveness of the different

components of the AFMA.

P

c. Review of local agricultural

policies Assess the implementation of local policies

and evaluate impact on target beneficiaries.

P

Legend:

UP (Urgent Priority) – research areas that address urgent or critical issues of the region

HP (High Priority) – highly vital research areas that address two or more development challenges

P (Priority) – research areas relevant to the region’s growth drivers

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Manufacturing and Services. Calabarzon’s economy is mainly driven by the industry and services sectors. The industry sector contributes an average of 60 percent of the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) mainly coming from the manufacturing subsector, while the service sector contributes to more than 30 percent.

To achieve the goal of the region of a globally competitive and innovative manufacturing and services sectors that contribute to inclusive growth and employment generation, the researches relate to the practices in scaling up to the higher end of value chain particularly processing and production of electronics, semi-conductors, car assembly, garments and transportation equipment commodities. Studies include new techniques and technology to produce quality and competitive products by the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and explore other potential food and non-food commodities to supply the increasing demand in and outside of the region. Equally important is to assess the efficiency on the utilization of physical assets, available manpower and use of land resources for industrial space to affirm the necessity for establishing additional ecozones and industrial estates in the region.

The outcomes of the researches aim to expand production and diversify value chains leading towards improved productivity and competitiveness of the services and manufacturing industry as well as maximize the use of land converted for industrial development. The research areas relate to but not limited to researches contained in Table 2.

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Table 2. Priority research areas for Manufacturing and Services.

Development Challenges Research Area Rationale/ Objective/Purpose Priority

Level

Improve techniques and

technology to produce

quality and competitive

products and services

Product Development, Technology Improvement and Assessment of the Industries’

Contribution

I. Product development and

promotion of value-adding

technologies for food and non-food

products for local and international

markets needs

Aims to research and evaluate modern

technologies in the production,

processing and preservation of

products for both local and foreign

markets.

To explore other potential food and

non-food commodities as supplier to

the demand chain.

To assess the impacts of the value

chain such as packaging systems

that are eco-friendly.

P

II. Technology improvement and

utilization of innovative

interventions

To upgrade current manufacturing

technologies of assist Micro, Small

and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for

better productivity, products and

services.

To provide laboratory analysis needed

by industries to MSMEs to comply

with standards and regulatory

requirements.

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III. Developing forecasting model of

employment needs of industries Intends to develop a methodology to

identify and assess the educational and

/or technical skills requirements of the

industry sector in Calabarzon.

P

Scaling up to higher end of

value chain

IV. Supply and value chain and

market-matching

Analysis of the accessibility of

markets and support services provided

to local and foreign markets.

To promote effective distribution and

transportation system in support to

efficient supply chain.

P

V. Tax Incentives / Tax Holidays for

Industrial Locators

The study aims to assess the long term

benefits of grants of fiscal incentives

to industrial locators in terms of

employment opportunities and income

generation for local government

units (LGUs.)

P

Efficiency on the utilization

of physical assets, available

manpower and use of land

resources for industrial

space

VI. Contribution/Impact of SMEs to

the Economic Growth of

Calabarzon Region

To determine how formal and informal

enterprises contributed and created

impact to the economic growth of the

region.

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VII. Land utilization for industrial space

The study aims to assess the efficiency

on the utilization of land for industrial

space as bases for establishing

additional ecozones and industrial

estates and to determine the physical

and manpower resources needs of the

industries as source of employment

and economic activities.

The study aims to explore the

possibility of adopting the Green

Technology approach in developing

additional ecozones.

P

Legend: UP (Urgent Priority) – research areas that address urgent or critical issues of the region



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Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM). The region’s proximity to the Metro Manila and availability of skilled workforce, educational institutions, infrastructure support and facilities needed by the industries put the region among the top destinations for ICT-BPM developers and investors. The fast pace of growth of the IT-BPM in the region poses a challenge to LGUs and stakeholders.

In 2012, the Calabarzon region was identified as among the top

10 next wave cities (NWCs) in the Philippines. The NWCs include Lipa City, Metro Cavite (Bacoor, Dasmariñas and Imus), Metro Laguna (Calamba, Los Baños and Sta. Rosa and Metro Rizal (Antipolo, Cainta and Taytay).

To keep pace with the growing demand for IT-BPM development

and sustain the region’s position as the NWCs, researches focusing on skills development, talent supply and demand trends and analyses, and support requirements of the industries, such as quality infrastructure, low cost of business operation and business-friendly environment, are among the research priorities.

The studies/researches aim to stimulate and enable innovations to improve the region’s competitiveness and potentials of IT-BPM industries. The priority researches are shown in Table 3.

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Table 3. Priority research areas for IT-BPM.


Level Increasing demand for IT-

BPM development

I. Talent Development Analysis of the talent supply and IT-BPM

industries demand analysis that would

clearly define what aspects of the existing

educational system needs to improve and to

increase employability of graduates vis -à-

vis the right skills to qualify for an IT-BPM

job.

Evaluate the ICT readiness of schools and

teachers in higher education.

Assessment of the training needs to

determine the level of students’ readiness to

qualify for a career in IT-BPM.

P

II. ICT-BPM industries contributions

to inclusive growth

To assess the contribution of the ICT-BPM

industries to the local economy in terms of

employment and services.

P

III. IT-BPM Business Development Intends to determine which strategies will

be most effective to encourage more IT-

BPM industries to set up operations in the

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Level Calabarzon region, such as talent,

infrastructure, business cost and business

environment.

To assess integration of ICT-BPM

industries in the ecozone parks.

IV. ICT Infrastructure Development

The proposed research seeks to undertake

feasibility study of enhancing ICT

infrastructure thru Public-Private

Partnership in support to the successful

implementation of the Smarter Philippines

program.

P




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Tourism Development. The region is home to natural wonders, cultural sites, and man-made facilities that attract millions of tourists annually. It has one of the highest same-day tourist arrivals in the country. However, while the region offers diverse tourist attractions, the absence of a global promotional strategy, clear safety-

nets to mitigate environmental degradation, due to misuse and exploitation of natural resources for tourism activities, high costs for tourists compared to other neighboring countries, and poor accessibility pose challenges to the sector.

Researches intend to assess the potential impact of tourism to the

environment and local economy, as well as help design and promote tourism circuits. Further, the absence of database and indicators for the tourism sector makes it difficult for planners to come-up with sound plans and policies to develop the sector in the region. Appropriate methodology to generate major tourism indicators/data could be explored to address the perennial issue on the unavailability of tourism statistics for development planning and policy formulation.

The results of the

studies/researches are expected to strengthen the development, and increase investments of tourism facilities, and improved products and services. Further, studies for exploration of sustainable tourist attractions are also needed to introduce or develop new destinations to potential clients. The priority researches for Tourism Development are shown in table 4.

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Table 4. Priority research areas for Tourism Development.


Level

Clear safety-nets to mitigate

environmental degradation

I. Conservation and management of

protected areas for ecotourism

To determine the carrying capacity of

ecotourism areas in the region.

Assessment of the social, economic and

environmental impacts of agro and

ecotourism.

To share environment-friendly and cost

effective tourism management practices.

To study the effects of water intensive

recreational facilities to water resources.

P

Unavailability of tourism

statistics for development

planning and policy

formulation

II. Establishment of data indicators

and tourism management

information system on local

tourism facilities, historical write-

ups of significant places

To establish management information system

of tourism areas.

P

III. Data generation system for the

tourism industry To develop a methodology or database

system for the generation, integration and

feedback mechanism related to tourism.

Researches include development of a

registry system to monitor tourist arrival.

P

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Level

Absence of a global

promotional strategy

IV. Tourism promotion and

development The research seeks to develop products,

services and tour packages for local and

foreign tourists. Outputs of research

would institutionalize and promote

tourism circuit as a strategy to increase

tourist arrival.

To determine comparative cost and

analysis of local vis-à-vis ASEAN region

tourism, including mode of transport.

HP




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Migration and Development. Calabarzon is one of the biggest source of international migration or Overseas Filipinos (OFs) and consequently the major contributor of remittances to the national economy. Despite of the benefits derived from remittances, there are social costs and challenges that needs to be addressed to sustain the gains of migration. Migration and development related researches will validate/assess the major contributions of OFs remittances to economic and social growth of the region particularly those areas with high concentration of migrants.

The outputs of the researches will serve as bases for the policy-makers and implementers in crafting policies and interventions to maximize the utilization of remittances for investments, minimize the social cost for the families of OFs and provide safety nets to protect the rights of OFs, and ensure reintegration upon return to their families. The priority researches for Migration and Development are shown in table 5.

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Development Challenges Research Area Rationale/ Objective/Purpose

Priority

Level

Maximze benefits and

minimize social costs of

migration

Impact assessment of

international migration to

economic and social

development of the region

Assess the major contributions of international

migration to economic and social growth of the

families and the locality.

To determine the social costs of international

migration such as family alienation and break-up

and over-dependency on migrant earnings, among

others.

P

Psycho-social impact of

international migration in the

families of OFs

To determine the effects/outcome of the

feminization of migration and the effects of

reversal of roles between husbands and wives.

P

Utilization of OFs’ remittances

Analysis of the OF families’ spending pattern

specifically for consumption and investments.

P

Legend:

UP (Urgent Priority) – research areas that address urgent or critical issues of the region HP (High Priority) – highly vital research areas that address two or more development challenges


Table 5. Priority research areas for Migration and Development.

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Energy. Calabarzon hosts the majority of the power plants in the Luzon Grid. Considering that the region’s major economic contributors belong to the manufacturing and services sectors, it is therefore imperative that the region has a steady power supply to meet the increasing demand of the industries and services sector, as well as commercial and household requirements. Sustained development, implementation and adoption of cost-efficient power, using renewable energy, and unregulated or inadequate information on known standards for alternative sources, remain to be a challenge for the energy sector.

Related researches include analysis on ways for a sustainable, reliable, affordable and clean energy for the Calabarzon region. Extent of research covers topics on the exploration of potential energy resources, prototyping of renewable energy technologies, and development of cost and energy efficient technologies for

household, commercial and industrial consumption. The research findings seek to ensure sustainable and low cost of energy source and power supply. The priority researches identified for the energy sector include but not limited to are shown in table 6.

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Table 6. Priority research areas for Energy.


Level

Steady and cheap power

supply to meet increasing

demand of the industrial,

commercial and household

requirements

Alternative and

Renewable Energy

Resources in Calabarzon

Region

Data profiling of energy resources, viability, and supply-

demand analysis to identify, design and develop

unconventional and new technologies source of energy

such as alcogas, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, solar, mini/micro-

hydro power and wind power.

Researches include assessment of the factors that affects

varying electricity costs of the cities and municipalities.

UP

Energy efficiency audit

(accounting) Recommend measures for energy utilization efficiency.

UP

Development of standards

for alternative modes of

energy including

regulatory mechanisms

Recommend measures to publicize known standards and

regulatory mechanisms.

UP

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Environmental Protection,

Natural Resource, and Disaster

Risk Reduction Management. Air quality in urban areas of the region posed alarming threats and immediate health hazards to its population. Excessive ground water extraction has also been noted in urban areas. Flooding and stagnated water due to heavy rains, typhoons, lack or poor drainage systems also pose challenges in the sector. The Laguna Lake Region has experienced changes in the ecological setting due to economic activities, urbanization, and settlements that led to its deterioration and poor water quality. Increased sedimentation from denuded uplands, contaminants from agricultural activities, domestic wastes, industrial discharges, effluents from dumpsites, and large scale commercial fishing contribute to the deterioration and water quality of lakes. The Laguna Lake Region is also the location of the high risk areas for flooding.

Accessible and sustainable water supply is necessary to keep pace

with the increasing demand for sufficient water in the region, due to growing population and rapid urbanization, increasing requirements for industrial operations and increased cropping intensity. It is also vital in achieving the region’s target to attain the Millennium Development Goal 7 or “reduction by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.”

Researches and studies needed are those that will measure/evaluate

the impact of different policies and initiatives of the government and the private sector in addressing challenges to the sector. Furthermore, researches/ studies on the practices/ methodology/ technology that utilize, manage and develop land, coastal, marine, energy and water resources, including biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation are also imperative for the sector. The priority researches for Environmental protection, natural resources management, and resiliency to disasters and climate change are shown in table 7.

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Table 7. Priority research areas for Environmental Protection, Natural Resource, and Disaster Risk Reduction Management.


Level

Pollution I. Environment Protection and Conservation

a. Technologies and science-based

information system for

environmental management

To assess the impacts of Greenhouse Gas

emissions emitted by vehicles, industries,

livestock and dumpsites and Material

Recovery Facilities (MRFs) in relation to

health.

To determine the cost and benefits of

Green Architecture Adoption in

Calabarzon.

P

b. Marine and freshwater

biodiversity Assess status of lakes, rivers, streams,

etc. (flora and fauna) ensuring

sustainability of freshwater/saltwater

resources.

P

c. Tools on air quality monitoring

system

Quantify air quality parameters. P

d. Green technology on urban areas Design system/mechanisms for pollutant

sequestration.

P

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Effective implementation of

environmental laws, policies

for environmental

management, compliance of

LGUs in environmental law

implementation

e. LGU compliance to

environmental laws Assessment of LGU compliance to

environmental laws.

P

f. Policy review/analysis Policy review/analysis of environmental

laws.

P

Pollution II. Solid Waste Management

a. Alternative Method for Solid

Waste Management MRFs and Sanitary Landfills (SLFs) are

the common facilities used by most

LGUs in the region for solid waste

management. However, sustaining the

efficient operation of such facilities is

costly, hence, are not sus tainable. The

research aims to study other affordable

and feasible alternative methods for

efficient disposal and recycling of solid

wastes aside from MRFs and SLFs.

Other researches are related to

management of waste disposed by

residential, agricultural, commercial and

P

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industrial areas. The extent of research

covers proper handling and storage,

collection and transportation as well as

sorting, processing and disposal of

wastes.

III. Water Resource Management and Conservation

Excessive ground water

extraction

a. Water harvesting technology in

urban communities and relocation

sites of informal settlers

Pilot testing of water harvesting

technology to prevent flooding.

P

b. Integrated Water Resource and

Management The proposed study aims to identify other

potential water resources in the region and

integrating it with other vital natural

resources to be equally distributed

throughout the region, while ensuring its

sustainability especially in areas where

water is scarce.

To study the existing policies and come up

with analysis and recommendations to

standardize prices for groundwater.

P

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Level

To identify and develop standards/criteria

to enhance consumers’ (industries,

households and stakeholders) willingness

to pay for the water sourced from

watersheds.

Changes of major lakes in the

ecological setting,

deterioration and poor water

quality

c. Techniques/ tools on water quality

monitoring Provide real-time data/information on

changes on water quality to various

levels.

HP

d. Conservation of bodies of water

(major lakes and rivers) Develop protocols on introduction of

invasive plant and animal species .

HP

IV. Disaster Risk Reduction Management

Flooding and stagnated

water/ Disaster risk reduction

and management

a. Vulnerability Assessment of

Existing Infrastructures to Natural

Disasters/Hazards

Aims to assess the structural integrity of

the existing critical infrastructures against

the natural hazards present in the region,

namely: (a) ground shaking; (b)

liquefaction; (c) earthquake induced

landslide; (d) tsunami; (e) volcanic

activities; (f) flood; (g) rain induced

HP

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Level

landslide; and (h) storm surge.

Disaster risk reduction and

management

b. Assessment of local community

protocols in disaster management

To determine the effectiveness of local

community protocols and resources

sharing in times of disasters.

To assess the effectiveness of early

warning systems.

To study and share existing best practices

on Disaster Risk Management.

HP




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Other Related Development Researches . Development research topics in support to the challenges of other sectors identified in the Calabarzon RDP are shown in Table 8.

Table 8. Other Related Development Researches.

Research Area Rationale/ Objective/Purpose Priority

Level

I. Social Protection

a. Gender issues in recruitment, hiring and

promotion of employees

To determine gender issues in the current practices of private

companies in the recruitment, hiring and promotion of

employees.

P

b. Compliance of barangays in the installation and

operation of barangay violence against women

(VAW) desk (RA 9710)

To determine the extent of effectiveness of the implementation

of barangay VAW desk.

P

c. Functionality of Local Council for the Protection

of Children (LCPC)

To assess the functionality of the LCPCs and consolidate best

practices of LCPCs in the region for replication.

P

d. LGUs and commercial establishments'

compliance to People with Disability (PWD)

Law

To determine the level of LGUs compliance to PWD laws such

as Accessibility Law and Magna Carta for PWDs.

P

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Level

e. Labor market analysis for graduates of higher

education institutions (HEIs) in the Calabarzon

Region

To investigate the labor market needs, job opportunities and

employability of the graduates of HEIs in the region.

P

f. Data generation system/methodology Aims to develop a database management system to generate

data for the following indicators: a) OFs, b) permanent and

undocumented international migrants, c) OFs’ remittances with

regional and provincial disaggregation, d) local migration, and

e) children.

P

II. Education

a. Readiness of schools in Calabarzon Region in

the implementation of K-12 program

To assess the level of readiness of schools in the region in the

implementation of gender and development vis -à-vis K-12

Curriculum.

HP

b. Study on the competency requirements and

preferred tracks of the first batch of the Grade 9

(School Year 2014-2015) students

To determine the number of Grade 9 students who will take

each of the four tracks of Senior High School such as

academics, sports, arts and design in addition to technical and

vocational education.

HP

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Level

III. Health and Nutrition

a. Effectiveness of supplementary feeding program

for malnourished children under 5 years old To identify implementation gaps in supplementary

feeding programs strategies to facilitate/provide food

access to children under 5 years old who are not enrolled

in Day Care Center.

To assess the impact of supplementary feeding program in

the reduction of malnutrition in the Calabarzon.

P

b. Introduction of additional health service delivery

for post discharge

To know the basic and post discharge needs of patients to

formulate a service delivery guidelines and come up with a

package rate incorporated to existing PhilHealth case rates.

P

c. Study on the health and social status of retirees To determine the social and economic status of retirees to

develop post retirement programs.

P

d. Occupational Safety and Health Hazard To identify gaps in the implementation and compliance of

companies on the policies related to occupational health

hazard.

P

IV. Infrastructure

a. Policy review of transport agency regulators and Develop traffic efficiency and safety for the transport of goods, P

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Level

management (LTO, LTFRB, LGU-TMD,

CAAP, DOTC, Marina PNR, PPA, etc.)

resources and services.

b. Research on intermodal transport system To come up with other modes of transport and develop linkage

of interconnectivity of tourism areas.

HP

V. Governance

a. Institutionalization of Business Permit and

Licensing System (BPLS) in all Calabarzon

Region LGUs

To institutionalize the implementation of BPLS by all LGUs in

Calabarzon region to ensure the establishment of database on

MSMEs through the application for Business Name

Registration.

P

b. De-synchronization of government and private

working hours To determine the effects of de-synchronization of

government and private working hours on traffic system

in Calabarzon and identify policy for the traffic system.

Assessment on the implementation of the BPLS and

ensure LGU compliance to the BPLS standards .

P

c. Assessment of functionality of the different local

bodies

To assess the functionality of local development bodies and

consolidate the best practices of LCPCs in the region for

replication.

P

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Level

d. Private sector participation in the local and

regional bodies To assess the impact of private sector participation in the

local and regional bodies.

To assess the effectiveness of private and public

partnership in the development process.

To assess efficiency and share the best practices of private

led development programs and projects .

P

e. Development of planning, investment

programming and monitoring and evaluation

guidelines

To develop guidelines that will further strengthen and

synchronize regional and local planning, investment

programming and project monitoring and evaluation systems.

P

f. Development of data generation methodologies To develop or enhance existing data generation/survey

and census methodologies.

To develop or assess practical applications of new or

existing methods in analyzing data and to share studies

which present best practices and experiences on data

collection and processing, among others.

P

VI. Banking and Finance

a. Assessment of efficiency of micro-insurance and

micro lending services

To assess the efficiency of micro-insurance and micro-lending

services to improve resiliency of rural and urban communities

P

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Level

to economic shocks and emergencies.

b. Livelihood and microfinancing programs of the

poor and the vulnerable sector

To assess the efficiency and effectiveness of livelihood and

microfinancing programs designed for the poor and vulnerable

sector.

P

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PART II

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Communicating the RDRA

The RDC through the RRC will take the lead in the advocacy of

the RDRA. Massive advocacy campaign of the RDRA yearn to further strengthen the collaboration and innovative efforts of the research institutions, academe, private sector and the government agencies in the region for fund sourcing and the conduct of research activities in the attainment of the Calabarzon RDP goals and objectives. Furthermore, the academe and the SUC students may choose from the research areas identified in the RDRA for their undergraduate and/or graduate research proposals.

Implementation Strategy

The implementation of the RDRA needs to come-up with the inventory of research studies to guide research institutions of the completed and on-going researches for the region. It aims to avoid duplication of researches, thereby promote complementation and possible sharing and mobilization of available resources. The inventory of research study papers will be housed by its respective research agency concerned. The NEDA IV-A website under the RDC-RRC page will provide the link to the inventory posted by the research institutions in their respective websites.

Strategic implementation mechanisms such as partnership with the

private and national research institutions for the research funding and commercialization of the outputs will facilitate realization of the proposed priority researches and studies contained in the RDRA. Establishment of institutional mechanisms, identification of areas of convergence, linkages and collaborations among SUCs, Consortiums, NGAs and private sector will also be conducted through the RRC.

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Monitoring implementation The monitoring of the RDRA will involve the establishment of an

on-line database system of research studies, which will help facilitate sharing and analysis of research studies, and assessment of the researches by various institutions that are aligned with the RDRA priority research areas. Furthermore, the conduct of Research Utilization Forum as a strategy to showcase the findings of the researches conducted by research institutions will also serve as a monitoring mechanism of the RDRA. The implementation framework of the RDRA is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. RDRA Implementation Framework.

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