1. DATABASE UPDATES Field/Area Database NameNo. of RecordsAvailability S&T Councils Industry & Energy Health Project Proposals On-going projects Projects submitted by SCUs & R&D Institutes Health Library Research Projects Medical & Health Periodicals Specialty dB on Surgical Specialties Specialty dB & Internet Resources on Medical Devices Specialty dB & Internet Resources on Tuberculosis Specialty dB & Internet Resources on Malaria Health News Paper “ Web Web/CD-ROM Web 265 191 1,402 6,191 2,520 2,317 1,800 568 2,185 Presentation of Philippine Representatives, 4 th CO-EXIST-SEA Workshop 8 – 9 October 2002, Jakarta, Indonesia

2. DATABASE UPDATES Field/Area Database NameNo. of RecordsAvailability Agriculture Advanced S&T Thesis/Dissertation Journal RETRES CAB Abstracts Crop Protection Compendium AGRIS/CARIS CORDIS MIN Fish Base Current Contents Advanced S&T Research National Biotech Research Experts on Advanced S&T National Biotech Experts Stand-alone CD-ROM Paper Web To be uploaded For recons on the web 900 2,479 77 485 324

3. DATABASE UPDATES Field/Area Database NameNo. of Records Availability R&D Institutes Nutrition Forest Products Metals Textiles S&T Services F & N R&D in the Philippines Bamboo Info System Rattan Info System Philippine Trees Info System Tech Delivery Info System FPRDI R&D Metal Products Metal Working Industries Mills dB Garments STEdNET R&D Projects Documents dB Scientists dB Web On-going dev. Web, CD-ROM Paper Web For uploading Stand-alone Web 1,058 1,104 8,500 15,000 1,000

4. S&T Portal  Designed to be specific point of entry to one of the largest and most useful collection of web pages in the country  Gateway to search any information on Philippine S&T

5. FIU* ISPs ICs** Phil websites with own domain – 3.5M –50 –1,500 –500 Internet Demographics in the Philippines * Filipino Internet Users ** Internet Cafes

6. E-commerce Law (Republic Act 8792)  Requires all government agencies to be wired to the internet by June 30, 2002  Government entities with websites 347 national government agencies 49 local government units 69 cities have websites 77 colleges & universities

7.  Aims to interconnect academic and government institutions through a broadband information network.  An environment that will allow collaborative research, development and education activities in net generation, internet application, services and technologies.  Primary network to integrate existing and proposed Philippine government information networks. PREGINET (Phil. Research, Education and Government Information Network)

8. Thank You