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The same R&D center has Development Center. SWIM R&D
also digitized the provision of is a project proposal for NICER,
CoViD SHIELD documents a list of or Niche Centers in the Region
official health documents imple- for R&D, that aims to introduce
mented by the Inter-Agency Task innovative water management
Force (IATF) on CoViD-19 with the approaches thru institutionalizing
assistance of Philippine National a university-based water research
Police (PNP), in determining if an center to undertake R&D educa-
individual can cross-bound places, tion, capacity building programs
adaptive to the strict protocol on in the water resources sector and
public mobility. river basins, and provide technical
With the Electronic Pass extension services.
(E-Pass) Travel Authority, process- In addition to these, the Uni-
ing and issuance of travel docu- versity also sealed partnership
ments can be done online. The with the Department of Agri-
system is synced with databases of culture for the establishment of
respective municipal health offices additional R&D facilities with con-
to immediately provide informa- centration on livestock. These are
tion needed to issue travel author- Swine Multiplier Breeder Farm;
ities, supportive to the policy on National Dairy Cattle Breeding
minimizing physical transactions. and Artificial Insemination Center;
In November, the Universi- Poultry and Small Ruminants Mul-
As part of its institu- ty transferred the technology to tiplier Farm; and Cattle Feedlot
tional strengthening, PNP-Region 02, with PNP-Cauayan Fattening.
the University has as the implementing agency for ISU’s Research Centers were
recently established the pilot testing scheduled early monumental proofs in catering
29 January next year. research activities that are geared
towards community and industry
Expanding R&D Centers
needs. They are aligned to region-
With the rising concern on al and national thematic thrusts
Research and Devel- global warming, which had signifi- including agriculture, biodiversi-
opment Centers fo- cantly affected the status water ty, fresh water, animal sciences,
cusing in agriculture, threshold in reservoir and river social sciences, governance, higher
aquatic, environment basins in the region, water man- education, industrial technology
and natural resourc- agement became a crucial factor education, business, and entrepre-
es, farm machineries, necessary for integrating disaster neurship.
climate change and resiliency in communities. The
disaster risk manage- flooding events brought by the Funding Support for Research
ment, higher educa- Typhoon Ulysses became a sig- In order to sustain its thriving
tion, nificant turning-point to visit this research performance, ISU main-
social sciences, busi- management aspect. tains the good practice of allotting
ness and manage- As such, the University initi- adequate budget to its research
ment, ICT and health. ated the establishment of SMART engagements. Funding allocation
Water Infrastructure and Man- flows from the University’s linkag-
agement (SWIM) Research and es and research networks, which
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