Mr. Ronaldo Sumait, the SPUP-KDC Librarian/Knowledge Facilitator,
joined the 33 academic and research institutions from all over the Philippines
in the SERP-P`s Third Network Members` Meeting last November 20 in Makati City.
The importance of making the fruits of socioeconomic
research easily available to a wide audience to promote knowledge exchange and
collaboration was highlighted in the event.
The SocioEconomic Research Portal for Philippines or SERP-P
is an online knowledge bank which contains completed, ongoing and pipeline
research studies related to socioeconomic development and policymaking in the
Philippines. Since its inception in 2000, SERP-P has grown into a network of 48
academic and research institutions from all over the country and now hosts over
5,000 studies in different formats. Studies that may be downloaded from the
SERP-P include working papers, journal articles and discussion papers, to name
a few. SERP-P was initiated and is being managed by the Philippine Institute
for Development Studies (PIDS), a government policy think-tank based in Makati
City.
In his opening statement, PIDS President Josef Yap
emphasized the important role of research and analysis in policymaking. He
explained that one of the core mandates of PIDS enshrined in its charter is the
establishment of a repository for economic research information and other
related activities. He further stressed that SERP-P is an excellent platform
that serves as a portal and one-stop repository for all socioeconomic policy
studies in the country. Anyone who is looking for studies related to a
particular socioeconomic issue can simply go SERP-P, do a search using keywords
and browse through the studies available in the database. SERP-P is a valuable
tool not only for policymakers in crafting research and evidence-based policies
but also for researchers and students of the social sciences who are writing
their theses and dissertations. SERP-P is currently linked to the Economic
Resource Base for Legislators (ERBL), a website containing major socioeconomic
bills filed at the House of Representatives.
Member institutions of the SERP-P can directly upload their
studies into the database, provide keywords, abstract, and even the full text
of the papers. In the future, the SERP-P will include an inventory of social
science experts in the country. Experts will be classified according to their
fields of expertise. This experts` database is intended to promote knowledge
exchange and research collaboration among social scientists in the Philippines.
For the general public, a moderated forum is available so that users of the
SERP-P can raise questions, interact and share information with one another.
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