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 a. Increase in employment
livelihood projects generated
b. Conduct technology
trainings b. Increase in sales/income
c. Assistance on packaging &
labeling design 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!
