DAVAO CITY, Feb 20 (PIA) The Department of Science and Technology formally launched the Smarter Philippines program aimed at maximizing the use of information communication technology to spur inclusive growth and improve the quality of lives among Filipinos.
Speaking in the simple launching program at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City, Secretary Mario Montejo of the DOST said in Davao Region, Smarter Philippines can be best understood by local residents to their access to information on climate change adaptation given the with topographical maps that state geo-hazards like floods and landslide; which can help local governments to plan ahead given a base line data on possible disaster scenario.
“Imagine how a local government acts given timely information on disaster scenarios like inundation flood maps which can be used for disaster mitigation in identifying flood and landslide prone areas and in responding more rapidly to victims through networking with city and regional hospitals in emergency situations,” he said.
Montejo said that Smarter Philippines is a mindset of continually finding better ways of doing things for Filipinos.
He said at the DOST, Smarter Philippines pertains to coming up with new and better products and systems of improving the quality way of life.
Montejo said smart technologies can best help practically in all aspects in the Filipino way of life from agriculture, governance, economy, environment, human resources and people.
Undersecretary Louis Napoleon Casambre, executive director of the Information and Communications Technology Office of the DOST said underscored the use of the information highway in promoting the smarter Philippines mindset.
He reminded the people that though the internet is a powerful tool to bridge information, it is also a public domain and everything posted their can be seen by everyone.
Casambre said that even criminal elements lurk in the internet.
He also observed that people with less information technology education even unwittingly place their post publicly and have no way of knowing how to hide private information.
“The internet is a public place that is why it is dangerous. Consciously knowing that it is a public place, you must protect yourself and let your government protect you,” he said.
Representatives of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines, United Nations-Habitat Philippines, the European Union and the US government pledged support to the program. (PIA XI- Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
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