Consortium Overview

The Southern Tagalog Islands Research and Development Consortium is a funding project of DOST-PCIEERD. With all the member-agencies working in collaboration, the STIRDC shall coordinate the planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating of integrated regional research and development and extension programs and related activities in the various scientific and technological fields.

It shall develop strategies and implement a dynamic system of research and development and extension management attuned to the development needs of the MIMAROPA Region, with the view of promoting and utilizing research results and information to support regional, as well as national development goals.

Executive Order 103 signed on May 7, 2002 dividing Region IV into Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA) to focus on economic development and facilitate delivery of social services spurred the creation of theRegional R & D Consortium for MIMAROPA. The conceptualization of STIRDC was thus carried out to accelerate the growth of the island provinces of MIMAROPA.

The Consortium is intended to serve as a venue for planning, monitoring and evaluating regional R, D & E programs that cover various disciplinary areas of scientific and technological fields, and for capability building of researchers. The consortium concept relies on the combined individual strengths and capabilities of the member-agencies in carrying out their given mandates. Grouped together, the member-institutions of varying strengths in different disciplines complement their efforts to achieve an even more potent combination of strengths.

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