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ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

(3) Undertake technical services and provide training

programs.

SECTION

22.

Advanced

Science

and Technology

Institute .

—

The

Advanced Science and Technology

Institute shall have the following functions:

(1) Undertake long-term researches to strengthen and

modernize science and technology infrastructure;

(2) Conduct research and development work in the

advanced fields of studies including biotechnology and

microelectronics; and

(3) Complement the overall endeavor in the scientific

field

with

intensive

activities

in

the

computer

and

information technologies.

SECTION 23. Science Education Institute . — The

Science

Education

Institute shall have the following

functions:

(1) Undertake science education and training;

(2) Administer scholarships, awards and grants;

(3)

Undertake

science

and technology manpower

development; and

(4)

Formulate

plans

and

establish

programs and

projects for the promotion and development of science

and technology education and training in coordination

with the Department of Education, Culture and Sports,

and other institutions of learning in the field of science

and technology.

SECTION 24. Science and Technology Information

Institute . — The Science and Technology Information

Institute shall have the following functions:

(1) Establish a science and technology databank and

library;

(2) Disseminate science and technology information;

and

(3) Undertake training on science and technology

information.

SECTION 25. Technology Application and Promotion

Institute . — The Technology Application and Promotion

Institute (TAPI) whose primary responsibility is to serve as

the implementing arm of the Department in promoting

the commercialization of technologies and in marketing

the

services

of

the

other

operating

units

in

the

Department shall have the following functions:

(1) Undertake contract research, particularly at the

pilot plant and semi-commercial stage;

(2)

Provide

technical

consultancy

including

engineering design services, patenting and licensing

services; and

(3) Provide grants and/or venture-financing for new

and/or emerging projects.

SECTION 26. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical

and

Astronomical

Services

Administration .

—

The

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical

Services

Administration

shall

have

the

following

functions:

(1)

Maintain

a

nationwide

network

pertaining

to

observation

and

forecasting

of

weather

and

other

climatological conditions affecting national safety, welfare

and economy;

(2)

Undertake

activities

relative

to

observation,

collection, assessment and processing of atmospheric

and allied data for the benefit of agriculture, commerce

and industry;

(3) Engage in studies of geophysical and astronomical

phenomena essential to the safety and welfare of the

people;

(4)

Undertake

researches

on

the

structure,

development and motion of typhoons and formulate

measures for their moderation; and

(5)

Maintain

effective

linkages

with

scientific

organizations here and abroad, and promote exchange of

scientific information and cooperation among personnel

engaged in atmospheric, geophysical and astronomical

studies.

SECTION 27. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and

Seismology . — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology

and Seismology shall have the following functions:

(1) Predict the occurrence of volcanic eruptions and

earthquakes and their geotectonic phenomena;

(2) Determine how eruptions and earthquakes shall

occur and the likely areas to be affected;

(3)

Exploit

the positive aspects of volcanoes and

volcanic terrain in furtherance of the socio-economic

development efforts of the government;

(4) Generate sufficient data for forecasting volcanic

eruptions and earthquakes;

(5) Formulate appropriate disaster-preparedness plans;

and

(6) Mitigate hazards of volcanic activities through

appropriate detection, forecast, and warning systems.

CHAPTER 5 Regional Offices

SECTION 28. Regional Offices . — The Department is

authorized to establish, operate and maintain a Regional

Office,

whenever

appropriate,

in

each

of

the

Administrative regions of the country, to be headed by a

Regional Director who shall report and be subject to the

supervision

of,

the

Undersecretary

for

Regional

Operations.

A

Regional

Office

shall

have, within its

administrative region, the following functions:

(1) Implement laws, rules, regulations, policies, plans,

programs and projects of the Department;

(2) Provide efficient and effective service to the people;

(3)

Coordinate

with

regional

offices

of

other

departments, offices and agencies in the administrative

region;

(4) Coordinate with local government units; and

(5) Perform such other functions as may be provided

by law.

SECTION 29. Department Offices in Other Countries .

— The Department may also have such offices and

representatives in other countries in places where its

presence is considered necessary, subject to the approval

of the President for each of them.

CHAPTER 6 Attached Agencies

SECTION 30. Attached Agencies . — The following

agencies

shall

be attached to the Department: the

Philippine

National

Science

Society,

the

National

Academy

of Science and Technology, the Philippine

Science High School, and the Metals Industry Research

and Development Center.

SECTION 31. The Philippine National Science Society .

— The Philippine National Science Society shall be a

corporate body composed of prominent scientists and

technical men and shall have the following functions:

(1) To stimulate research in the mathematical, physical,

biological and other basic sciences and in the application

of these sciences to engineering, agricultural, medicine,

and other useful arts, with the object of increasing

knowledge and of contributing in other ways to the

public welfare;

(2) To give encouragement to individual initiative in

research

as

fundamentally

important

to

the

advancement of science; and

(3)

To gather and collate scientific and technical

information at home and abroad, in cooperation with

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