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Introduced by Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to establish a National Center of Excellence for Technology 
Assessment, Management, Forecasting and Planning by expanding what is now 
the Technology Management Center (TMC) at the University of the Philippines in 
Diliman, Quezon City. 
The TMC was created by the Board of Regents of the University of the 
Philippines on February 1995. It was established in response to the need of 
Filipino firms and industries to keep themselves abreast with teclmological 
advancements that have a direct effect in increasing productivity. It was designed 
to help our industries to become globally competitive. 
As distinguished from the TMC, the main function of the proposed Center is to 
provide Congress and other government agencies expert advice on technology 
forecasting, assessment and evaluation, planning, policy analysis and other 
technology-related activities. 
The need for the expanded Center has all the more been made urgent by the 
emergence of a more liberal trading regime and the Philippines' accession to the 
World Trade Organization. It is therefore imperative that the Philippines should 
catch up with its rapidly industrializing Asian neighbors in terms of technology 
development, productivity, economic growth and competitiveness, among other 
things. 
The passage of this bill will help pave the way for an accelerated awareness and 
rapid development of science and technology in keeping with global trends. 
Hence, its early approval is earnestly sought. 
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13" CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
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Introduced by Senator Aqziilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. 
AN ACT 
EXPANDING THE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CENTER OF 
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AT DILIMAN, 
QUEZON CITY, INTO A NATIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE 
FOR TECHNOQOGY ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND 
FORECASTING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of fhe Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Technology Management Center: Expansion into a National 
Center of Excellence for Technology Management. - The Technology Management 
Center of the University of the Philippines at Diliman, Quezon City is hereby 
expanded into a National Center of Excellence for Technology Assessment, 
Management and Forecasting, hereinafter referred to as the Center. 
The Center shall provide the Congress and other government agencies, as 
well as private business and industry, advice and assistance on technology 
forecasting, assessment and evaluation, planning, policy analysis, technology 
sourcing, acquisition, negotiation, upgrading and innovation, as well as on other 
technology-related activities. 
SEC. 2. Functions. - The Center shall have the folIowing functions: 
(a) Through the Congress, advise and assist the Government in science and 
technology planning, technology assessment and forecasting, and other aspects of 
technology management; 
(b) Act as technology resource center for the Government and its agencies as 


well as for the private sector; 
(c) Provide advanced education and training in the field of technology 
management; 
(d) Undertake interdisciplinary research on various aspects of technology 
management; 
(e) Render consultaiicy services to local entrepreneurs, business and 
industry executives, and other technology u6ers; and 
(f) Manage, directly or indirectly, the technology-oriented business ventures 
of the UP. 
SEC. 3. Organization Strucixire, Staffing and Supervision of the Center. - 
The Center shall 
directors, both of 
be headed by a director who shall be assisted by two deputy 
whom shall be appointed by the President of the University of 
the Philippines. The director and his deputies shall serve for a term of three (3) 
years. 
The director and his deputies must be citizens of the Philippines, at least 
thirty (30) years of age on the day of theit appointment, of good moral character, 
with recognized experience in research and consultancy as well as executive ability 
and competence in the field of science, technology, business management, public 
administration, economics, finance, or any other related field. The director and his 
deputies shall be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Center as well as 
other administrative and supervisory functions. The director is hereby authorized 
to hire such technical and administrative staff and provide compensation subject to 
the Salary Standardization Law, the Civil Service Law and the Civil Service rules 
and regulations as may be necessary to attract highly-qualified personnel and to 
ensure high quality staff work. 
The Center shall be attached to the office of the UP Diliman Chancellor for 
purposes of supervision and program coordination. 


SEC. 4. Advisory Board: Composition. - The Advisory Board of the Center 
shall be composed of the following as ex officio members: 
(a) The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology; 
(b) The chairperson of the House Committee on Science and Technology; 
(c) The Undersecretary for Research and Development of tlie Department of 
Science and Technology; 
(d) The president of the UP System; 
(e) The chancellor of the UP in Diliman; 
(f) The director of the Ceqter; and 
(g) A recognized expert in the field of science and/or technology, 
representing the private sector to be nominated by the chancellor of the UP in 
Diliman. 
SEC. 5. Advisory Board: Functions. - The Advisory Board shall have the 
following functions: 
(a) Advise the Center regarding technology management concerns of the 
public and private sectors; 
(b) Help develop and strengthen the Center's linkages with appropriate 
national, regional and international institutions and agencies; 
(c) Foster resource generation for the Center's prograins and activities; and 
(d) Conduct an annual review and assessment of the Center's activities and 
performances. 
The Advisory Board shall be co-chaired by the chairperson of the Senate 
Committee on Science and Technology and the chairperson of the House 
Committee on Science and Technology. The director of the Center shall be the 
vice-chairman. 
The Advisory Board shall meet once every three (3) months and at such 
other times as may be requested by either of the chairpersons of the Board. 
other times as may be requested by either of the chairpersons of the Board. 


SEC. 6. Funding. - The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act 
shall be included in the budget of the University of the Philippines System. 
Thereafter, ,such amounts as may be necessary for the continued operation of the 
Center shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 7. 
Transfer of PersonnelI Records, Appropriations, Assets and 
Liabilities. - All permanent personnel, records, appropriations, assets and liabilities 
of the Technology Management Center shall be transferred to the National Center 
of Excellence for Technology Assessment, Management and Forecasting. 
SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations 
or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, 
amended or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any part of provision hereof 
referring to any person or circumstance is declared invalid, such declaration shall 
not affect the other provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers 
of general circulation. 
Approved,