(Techno-Scientific Questions)

Focal Question: What should be the strategy of the Philippines on the WPS in 20
years?
Re-Stated Questions

Drivers/Forces

Enablers

Inhibitors

- Transpo, Information & Commo -

What will be the state or

condition of the nations
transportation,
information and
communications
infrastructure in the
future (Philippines
compared with its
ASEAN neighbors)? In
the next 5, 10 or 20
years?

Quality of:
- Economic Activity
- Airports
- Political Will
- Seaports
- Roads & Highways
- Inland Waterways
- Railways &
Railroads
- Pipelines
- Information
Technology
- Integrated Telecoms
- Electronics
- Audio-Visual

Can the country meet or

match the demands of
the future in terms of
science, technology and
innovation? What is the
level of its
competitiveness in
terms of regional or
global standards?

Level (based on
regional and global
standards:
- Scientific Research
and Development
- Aviation and
Shipbuilding
- Power and Energy
- Health and Welfare

- Graft and Corruption

- Science, Techno & Innovation/Research, Development & Innovation -

Services
- Trade and Industry
- Space Program and
Development
- Technology for Defense and Armed Forces -

What are the essential

Level of Capability elements needed for the and Inventory of:
Philippines to realize a - Weapons and
well developed and
Military Hardware
robust defense
(Armament &
technology
Equipment
infrastructure capable of - Missile Program
supporting the countrys - RMA and MTR
defense requirements?
(Military
Technology
Revolution)
- C4ISR Technology
- Defense Industry

- Talent and Skills Development-

What are needed to

prepare the nation (and
its people) to be able to
absorb the future
technological and
scientific shocks and
trends in the coming
decades?

Importance of:
- Technical Education
- Professional Training
- Technology Transfer
- Institutions and
Centers for
Science and
Technology
- Technical
Cooperation and

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