Externally Funded Projects

Dates of Implementation:    November 2003 to November 2004 Partner Institution: UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines Objective: To collect information on various aspects of youth life and the transitions that today’s youth negotiate towards adulthood. Project Description: The project entailed the conduct of an in-depth survey of the perceptions, attitudes, ambitions, fears, and concerns […]

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  2003-2010 Partner Institution: Asian Scholarship Foundation, Ford Foundation, Philippine Social Science Council Objectives: The principal goal of the ASIA Fellows Awards is to increase the overall awareness of intellectual resources in the People’s Republic of China, and the countries of South and Southeast Asia and to contribute to the growth of long-range

Dates of Implementation: 2003 Partner Institution: UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines Objective:  To assess and analyze the achievement orientations of today’s youth towards school and employment, and their self-identities or definitions as individuals and members/citizens of larger social wholes (families, communities, the nation and the world). Project Description: A joint project of the UNESCO

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  July 2002 – April 2003 Partner Institution: Japan Foundation  Objectives: The project aimed to cover the following :  state to state or government to government relations; business to business or economic relations; and  cultural, educational and civil society relations. Project Description: The project entailed the preparation of a sourcebook that contains (1)

Dates of Implementation/Duration: December 2002 Partner Institution: Ford Foundation-Manila Objectives: provide the participants a forum for familiarizing one another of their respective research work and interests and for understanding and/or appreciating better the factors and influences in their own lives that had shaped their (and others’) intellectual development and academic pursuits explore possibilities for future

Dates of Implementation: June 8 2002 Partner Institution: UNACOM Project Description: In anticipation of the nationwide implementation of the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum, the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines-Social and Human Sciences Committee (UNACOM-SHSC) and the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC) spearheaded a roundtable discussion to elicit the views of nationally recognized model educators

Dates of Implementation/Duration:  2002 Partner Institution: Ford Foundation Philippines Objectives: As an IFP International Partner, the PSSC is tasked to help shape the Program globally and implement it locally. PSSC performs the main tasks of interacting with Fellows, from initial outreach to selection, through placement, ongoing support, and post-Fellowship activities. Project Description: Thirty-five outstanding individuals

Dates of Implementation: April 2001 – March 2002 Partner Institution: Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology (PFST) Objective: To enhance the use of and integrate ICTs (information and communication technologies) in science teaching and learning, and to stimulate interest in science and the applications of these in the day-to-day concerns/activities of individuals and communities. Project