PTRI boosts service delivery capability

Two Technology Centers are now operational in La Trinidad, Benguet and Kalingagan, Villanueva, Misamis Oriental.

These Centers, formerly the Philippine Textile Research Institute's sericulture stations concerned mainly in Sericulture Technology and Silk Industry Program have been expanded to handle also other PTRI programs, projects and services.

A move deemed vital by Dr. Carlos C. Tomboc, PTRI's Director to make the Institute more responsive to the needs of the bureaucracy and the industry.

The Center in Misamis Oriental will service the whole of Mindanao and part of the Visayas and the center in Benguet will service the Northern and part of Central Luzon.

Zita l. Sanchez and Paul M. Bacuso were designated as Officer-in-Charge of Misamis Oriental and Benguet respectively.

Likewise, two units were also created in the office of the Director Tomboc to strengthen PTRI's service delivery capability.  These are the Planning and Information Management Staff (PIMS) and the Technology Transfer and Promotion Staff (TTPS).

The main functions of Planning and Information Management include evaluation of projects and integrates them into plans and programs of the Institute, designs and implements an effective monitoring system, gathers scientific and statistical data for use in planning and programming work, prepares reports on the projects and technical activities of the Institute and establishes linkages with scientific institutions and other science based organizations for wider S & T outreach.

On the other hand, Technology Transfer and Promotion plans and implements programs, projects and activities for the efficient and effective packaging and transfer of matured and related technologies; and for this purpose, establishes linkages with mass media, scientific institutions and disseminates S & T information through available channels to reach various target clienteles.

Dr. Carlos C. Tomboc, director, said that the creation of the two staff units is part of the institutional building which he initiated upon his assumption to office in January last year.  Earlier, Director Tomboc instituted three policy directions for PTRI under his leadership, namely: unified management system; complementation and integration of programs, projects and activities; and relevance of PTRI to the bureaucracy and industry.